Finished product.

I put in a PR to update the Authentication section of the WordPress.org REST API docs that was approved and merged: https://github.com/WP-API/docs/pull/149

Here is a link to the new section: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/using-the-rest-api/authentication/#basic-authentication-with-application-passwords

Initial thoughts on upgrading to an M2 Pro MacBook:

• It looks a lot like my old 2008 MacBook Pro
• The Migration Assistant is much better than the Migration Assistants of Yore (I think I first used one in ~2004), but it still failed on the first try, just like it did on my iPhone last month.
• Using a Thunderbolt cable connected to both machines was the right move. Very fast migration.
• This machine is stunningly fast. I can’t believe how much faster it is than my 2019 Intel i7. UI changes are instantaneous.
• My Google Chrome Extensions didn’t transfer. Also, no surprise here, Chrome didn’t respect any of my previous preferences.
• I miss the Touch Bar.
• Keyboard is better.
• Booting up from sleep is instant.
• It drives two external screens much better than my 2019 machine.

Wow, the new Apple MacBook Pro with the M2 Pro chip looks and feels like the MacBook Pro I had in 2008, right down to the body and MagSafe connector.

I don’t know who needs to hear this: You don’t need to measure with any kind of precision in most types of cooking. Some blogger just made that recipe up. Eyeballing is totally fine.

Baking, other than fine pastry, doesn’t need precision, either. But you aren’t ready to hear that yet.

This little town with 8 indie bookshops is only 2.5 hours away from us in the Catskills. Seems like a great summer weekend getaway destination.

Testing posting a micropub note via curl!

When was the last time you went through your 404 logs and added redirects?

If you use WordPress, I highly recommend using Redirection (https://redirection.me) for your redirects and enable 404 logging. You can group the 404s by URL count and occasionally triage the top 404 URLs.

After a year and a half, I think we finally found the winning combo for baby puke and poop stains:

• Spray with Puracy while still fresh and let sit
• Regular detergent + Oxiclean odorblaster + 20 Mule Team Borax
• 30 minute pre-soak cycle, hot water
• Extra rinse

Forget improv classes. Drive a car with a grumpy toddler in the back seat. You’ll figure out how to fill the silences pretty quickly since the stakes are higher.

It is amusing to me that ChatGPT is running on Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure and Microsoft Teams has already integrated it into the product. Every company I know that uses Windows, Teams, and Outlook are the absolute last ones I’d expect to embrace AI in their workflows.

The week of 50F (10C) weather has the crocuses popping up! They are in for a rough time when the temperature hits 6F (-14.4C) tomorrow.

When ChatGPT is over capacity, it should at least let you log in see your previous chats while preventing new ones.

Mark D and I love jq for quick json processing via the command line.

curl -sH 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer [REDACTED]' https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/me/sites | jq -r '.sites[] | .URL' > sites.txt

Katz’s Valentine’s Day copywriting is on-point:

“Impress your beau with two pounds of hand-carved pastrami (the most sensual of all deli meats) with all the fixings, plus our rich cinnamon rugelach and an egg creme scented candle to set the mood.”

They hung it! Pretty cool. Now I need an excuse to go to Barcelona and visit.