Photo of the Week: Belted Kingfisher Finds Lunch

gray-crested stocky bird perched on wire holding a goldfish in its bill.

A quick dark blur shot across my view in front of my windshield as I drove slowly down the dirt back road in Superior Township, Michigan.

Wait, what was that?

It was larger than an American Robin, but definitely smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk. And looked like it had streaks of white on its body.

What stood out for me was a bright orange object, something the bird was carrying either in its legs or bill. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Belted Kingfisher Finds Lunch

August 14, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about the user experience of video streaming websites and apps, find out what’s new in WordPress 5.5, discover how to structure your CSS, and more. Continue reading August 14, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Recovering and Restoring a Website: Planning Makes a Difference

Person using a pen to handwrite a checklist in a paper journal.

You know that awful thing you hope never happens when you’re making changes on your website?

It happened to me this morning.

I was working on my site, updating plugins, making changes in multiple places, checking the configuration for some obscure setting that took me down a rabbit hole.

When suddenly, when I review my site, it’s not displaying the way it should.

Some update I made caused a problem with search disappearing.

The blog page was empty, there were no posts.

Uh oh. Continue reading Recovering and Restoring a Website: Planning Makes a Difference