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How to Globally Ignore files from git
TLDR; nano ~/.gitignore git config –global core.excludesfile ‘~/.gitignore’ Background Git is all the rage, why wouldn’t it be? You can save every iteration of your work; it’s the persistent undo button for developers. Seriously, if you’re not using it, start now. Find a tutorial, stop everything you’re doing and get on that. It will make…
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Ep7 – We hold these truths to be self-evident
On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most powerful speeches of all time. I know I cannot do this speech justice. But to be honest, I’m not doing any of these speeches justice. I’m studying and I’m practicing. I’m studying history, and what makes a great speech and I’m practicing my oratory.…
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Ep6 – Owning Books
On April 8, 1933, the Main Office for Press and Propaganda of the German Student Union proclaimed a nationwide “Action against the Un-German Spirit”, which was to climax in a literary purge or “cleansing” by fire. On May 10, 1933, Nazi Germany staged an event unseen since the middle ages young German students from universities,…
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Why doesn’t flush_rewrite_rules() work on my WordPress plugin?
One common issue that people run into when using custom post types in their plugin is that the pretty permalink structure doesn’t seem to take hold on plugin activation. When adding new paths into the permalink structure, like with a new custom post type, you typically need to run flush_rewrite_rules() in order for them to…
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Ep5 – We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead
ON June 14, 1946 The Baruch plan was proposed during it’s first meeting of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. Less than a year after the US dropped fat man and little boy it was time to put in motion a plan to make sure that such destruction could be prevented from ever happening again.…
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Object Oriented WordPress Plugin Development
I’m refactoring my WordPress plugins to implement better Object Oriented Programming concepts in them. During my exploration I came across wppb.io. I have the utmost respect for the initiative and contributors to the project. I see this post as an exercise in understanding other people’s code, and thinking about what I would do. So I’m…
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Ep4 – Blood, Toil, Tears, And Sweat
On May 10th 1940 Germany invaded Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom upon the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. The United Kingdom invaded Iceland, and Belgium declared a state of emergency. As the new prime minister, Churchill was called on to form a wartime coalition government. On May 13,…
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Ep3 – Why We Need To Avoid Taboos
I wrote this next piece about a year ago while pondering the trend that was emerging to ensure that everyone has a “safe space” to protect them from ideas they don’t like. Hi I’m jack. I decided to flex my oratory muscles by recording myself speaking out loud. And since I”m doing that, I decided…
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Ep2 – We Choose To Go To The Moon
On September 12 1962 John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University where he declared his plan to send man to the moon within the decade. I chose this as the first speech I would practice because it serves as a constant source of inspiration to me. This speech gives me chills each time…
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Ep1 – “For if Achillês is left alone to fight…” – Zeus Cloudgatherer
The literature of humanity that has stayed with us taps into the deepest part of how we perceive our existence. The stories that our ancestors have crafted and passed down to us resonated with them. The stories that made it down to us, made it through the filter of time because those stories said something…
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Jack Reichert 