Founder of Novatorius & creator of Siren Affiliates. WordPress engineer and partnership advocate helping businesses grow with flexible incentive programs.
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I’m still technically in the south I guess, but Virginia is about as far north as the south gets. I’m glad to be coming north, because I miss my stouts! It’s so hard to find a good stout in the south.
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I just realized that the Jetpack app supports group blocks(!) This means that if I want to publish a thread, I can put each intended “post” in individual group inside a single WP post. That allows me to thread things, but also delineate between the items for threads on social. It’s not quite as good…
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We’re parked pretty close to a military base right now, and there are (loud, but very cool) jets flying by overhead. Kate and Devin are enjoying the view out the back window and watching them zoom by. I love this setup! I wish we used it more. It’s just a little too annoying to rotate…
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I am at an awesome Mexican restaurant in Virginia Beach. The food is REALLY good. I speak a fair bit of Spanish but am always scared to speak it back, but my waiter today basically served us in Spanish so I took a chance. I was presented with a free shot of coconut rum. I…
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I have created a second RSS feed on my site, specifically for micro content, like the post you’re reading right now. If RSS is your thing, and you’d rather follow me using that, you can do so directly through my site now using the micro content feed: https://www.alexstandiford.com/microcontent-rss.xml
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So proud of my oldest son today. He had to go to the eye doctor to get a piece of sand out of his eye. He was very brave and held strong as the doctor used a q-tip to remove it. So, we got KFC today because that’s his favorite ☺️.
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I added comments on my site today! I mean, it doesn’t support replies or anything yet, but it can accept a new parent comment, and will display that comment on the post at the bottom.
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Loops, and my Sanity
I love these little ear plugs. They have worked into my life in ways I never considered when I first got them, but I now own several pairs and always have one in my pocket just-in-case the mood strikes me.
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Rediscovering WordPress
Over the years, all of my authenticity has found itself on social media instead of my website. I think that sucks. Why should Elon freaking Musk get the most authentic version of me? Mark Zuckerburg? Or anyone else for that matter? Screw that noise. I’m publishing stuff on my website first.