John Hawkins

I'm looking for a way to take a large animated gif and turn it into a reasonable size animation to use as a background element on a site. Any suggestions on where to start?

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If I unsubscribe from your newsletter, you can bet with 100% certainty that I do not need or want a followup email saying "Goodbye from our Newsletter"

I'm still on the hunt for another WordPress developer to join me full-time at a food & beverage marketing agency. Hybrid role in Minneapolis/St Paul. Reach out to me! #WCMSP #WordCampMSP @wordpress.org

I saw on LinkedIn some folks listing their job title as "Vibe Coding Cleanup Specialist". I loved it so much, I'm now trying to figure out how to properly word "I fix business sites that were built by the boss's nephew" for my new title.

I had a client with a daily process that stopped running and nobody noticed. I thought I fixed it by adding a daily "success" notice, but that turned into noise. The real fix was an alert when it DIDN'T run. I wrote about how the journey and solution. vegasgeek.com/never-wonder...

Self reminder: When a phone call comes in and the screen says (Spam Risk), believe it.

Cleaning up some old bookmarks and ran across my favorite placeholder image site. I forget about it for long periods, and then I'm happy to rediscover it. robohash.org/300/300

From @robertdevore.com #WordPress & #WooCommerce plugins he no longer maintains. "If you liked any of these, or wished you had created them, now’s your chance to fork them and keep them alive." robertdevore.com/wordpress-wo...

I don't really mind the heat in Vegas during the summer. But, the first few days of the season when it's over 100° are awful. Then, the last few weeks when you shout "JUST BE DONE ALREADY", are awful. The rest I can deal with. But right now... ugh.

Me: We received an item in our order that shouldn't have been sent. No problem, I'll just return it. Cat: The fuck you will!

If internet is out at my house, I get to treat it as a holiday, right?

I don't know about you, but I use WP_Query a lot when coding in #WordPress. This article from @spacedmonkey.bsky.social is a great resource on how to enhance your use of WP_Query. Well worth a read. https://bit.ly/4kwUVfa

As a developer, I can't think of anything worse than dealing with time zones.

Life gets real between paychecks, so I’m running a quick flash sale this week. Starting at just $30 gets you: – A website fix – A blog post or content cleanup – A polished email or social caption – etc If it helps you shine online, I’ll write or fix it. Fast, friendly, professional. DM or comment

*Very* cool use of typed attr() for grid placement! 😀 dev.to/madsstoumann...

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Just spammed myself with 6,101 test emails on accident. So, yeah, Wednesday is feeling like an extension of Monday.

About once a year I check to see if this vital plugin is still in the repo. It may be THE most important plugin in the repo. (or, it's one of those silly ideas that pop up at a WordCamp. You decide.) wordpress.org/plugins/the/

If you have an hour or two to kill, this 6000+ word post (+600-ish photos) about a font way more interesting than I expected for a post about a font. I may also now be obsessed with finding the Gorton font in the wild. aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

You know what today needs? Today needs a pic of a kitty sleeping in a box holding his fishy.

The entire #4nations tourney has been fantastic hockey. It's only fitting for USA/Canada to be going to overtime in the final.

Looking to add 10 new PokemonGo friends. Hit me up! #pokemon #pokemongo #pokemongofriendcode

Seat belts, everyone 💚 If you’re on the struggle bus, please remember your seat belt (your seat belt is self-care). It is NOT selfish to prioritize your mental health, take care of you. Visit your local library or favorite bookstore, watch your comfort show, drink some water, pet all the dogs… 💚

Me: [sign in to website] site popup: Need help? Start a chat! me: oh, perfect... [starts chat] site popup: we're sorry, chat is offline on weekends. me: then why did you ask me to start a chat?

I like to think that checking "I never signed up for this mailing list" when unsubscribing from yet another spammer's email list that it informs @mailchimphelp.bsky.social and they actually slap the senders hand.

Do ya ever watch a video that gives you goosebumps and makes you sad for all the music that could have been? For me, it's this one. Every. Damn. Time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm...

If somebody asks what your favorite movie is, do you feel compelled to have some deep philosophical answer about an Oscar-worthy that touched your soul, or are you fine to say something like... Galaxy Quest, Grandma's Boy, That Thing You Do.

When everything it feels like the world is burning down around us, do you find it hard to celebrate the little victories at work? or is that just me?

Saw this on a password reset page today: "Please do not use a password that you also use on other websites or accounts because administrators will have access to your password." New Password: F1x Y0uR ShI77y Cod3 Hope an admin sees it.

When I first set up Cursor, it felt like a game changer from VSCode. Turns out, I hadn't yet taken the training wheels off. Do yourself a favor and read this post (and watch the vid!). 🤯🤯🤯

I'm just gonna keep on shouting out companies with amazing support. Today it's @spinupwp.com that is just crushing it. Support email response in under 15 minutes. Not just some blanket response. Super specific step-by-step instructions for my request. Huge thanks!

Did y'all watch the SNL 50 Years of SNL Music special? SO good! Seeing all the music clips was great, but even better was hearing the stories about how the performances came to be, and how some very nearly didn't. I absolutely loved it!

Hey! I'm thinking of doing a virtual workshop where I'll show you how to set up ads on your website and follow a proven checklist to monetize your content. Price is $47. If I did, would you be interested?

I'll say it again... QuickBooks Live Expert is unbelievably helpful. Instant call-back, super helpful, friendly, knowledgeable. Can't recommend it enough.

Feature request for concert/sports ticket seller websites. I want a "price including fees" viewing option. Because those $20 seats aren't really $20. Just tell me it's $34 to begin with. "fee roulette" isn't a very fun game.

My new favorite use for ChatGPT is learning new guitar chords. #learningguitar

A world where all logos are the same shape would be pretty boring, but holy crap would it make displaying a series of sponsor logos easier/cleaner.

A few months back, I stopped tracking my weight daily because it was adding to my stress level, which was already topping out. Time to kick it back in gear. For me that means drinking a lot of water (100 oz/day) and limit the chips & cheesecake intake. (notice I said limit and not eliminate)

How good is @cloudflare.social Turnstile? I had a @gravityforms.com form getting CRUSHED by spam and causing thousands of emails to be sent to the client daily. Set up Turnstile, added the GravityForms add-on, and it was like flipping off the light switch.

Many years later, this is STILL my favorite family photo. It shows up in my FB Memories every December and always makes me smile.

I was wrapping up a call with a client and VERY nearly ended the wall with "Love you". Awkward!

I'm positively blown away by the support team at KadenceWP. I submitted an edge-case issue and said "I've already found a workaround, this is just FYI", and yet, they went above and beyond to dig in, find the root issue, and provide a code snippet to fix more elegantly. You get all the high-fives!

This year I decided to learn to play guitar. I initially used the Fender Play app, but in March I switched to Yousician. Just received this email with my stats for the year. Not too shabby.

Them: Thank you for contacting support. Please take this 8 page survey to tell us how we could do better. Me: For starters, you could stop sending surveys after every single interaction of any kind.

Peloton devised a way to ensure their Cyber Monday emails weren't lost in the flood of emails their users received. They sent them out today instead!

I found this thanks to Jeopardy tonight. Your welcome? youtu.be/HPIVczZGm74?...