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  • Monaspace Font

    As a computer nerd, I spend a lot of time staring at text editors and terminal windows. As a result, I like them to be both pleasing to look at and easy to read… so I spend more time than I care to think about trying out different fonts and themes to make things both…


  • Automatic Python Linting and Formatting in Neovim

    Outside of languages that more or less require a specific IDE (looking at you, Java), I typically prefer to write code in Neovim. It’s fast, it’s lean, and with a little bit of configuration to get an LSP running, it gives the exact same experience as something like VS Code but with much better editing…


  • WordPress Stock Images Without Jetpack

    As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’ve recently found myself back in the realm of managing some WordPress sites. One of the first things I typically do for a WordPress site is link it up with Jetpack for things like CDN, minification of CSS and JavaScript, etc. Overall, it does a great job of…


  • Geeky Blinders Glasses and Keychains

    Geeky Blinder The WiFi Ninja continues to outdo himself. Shortly after creating our first buttons and stickers, he went above and beyond by creating even more awesome Geeky Blinders swag. There are now laser etched keychains and cocktail glasses! These turned out absurdly well. The cocktail glasses have the Geeky Blinders logo on one side…


  • Create JAR File With IntelliJ

    I’ve recently been doing some work with Java and Groovy for the first time in a year and some change. I’ve historically done some random scripting in Groovy, but I’m now at the point where I’m making some libraries that I can use in other places and greatly simplify some areas of my (coding) life.…


  • Geeky Blinders Buttons and Stickers

    Hot on the heels of our laser etched wooden decals, we now have even more Geeky Blinders goodies. I happened to be lucky enough to spend some time with fellow Geeky Blinder The WiFi Ninja a few days ago, and he showed some of the new things he’s been working on. The first was a…


  • Sign Git Commits With 1Password

    I recently decided to stop being lazy and digitally sign my git commits, at least for the ones I do on projects for work with my work laptop. This was something that had actually been in the back of my mind for a while, but I kept forgetting about it almost as soon as I…


  • Full Site Editing With WordPress Twenty Twenty-Four

    As I had mentioned in my inaugural post, I’ve recently been involved in WordPress again for the first time in a few years. Most of my previous theme work has been fairly pedestrian. For basically all of my previous sites I would simply design it to match the Dracula theme and call things complete from…


  • Laser Etched Wooden Decals

    We all had that one kid in class that did too much in a group project, right? The WiFi Ninja, founding member of The Geeky Blinders True to his word, founding Geeky Blinders member The WiFi Ninja quickly began to expand our “merch” that you can’t buy by using his local maker space (AKA his…


  • EasyWP PositiveSSL With External Domain

    Having recently dipped my toes into the world of WordPress once again, I needed to find where to a host a new WordPress site. WordPress hosting tends to be a bit tricky because it can easily become quite expensive if you don’t want to take on ownership of doing a WordPress install of your own…