Author: Seth Goldstein

  • They Grow Up So Fast

    They Grow Up So Fast

    I was diving through my pictures of my kiddo for a homework assignment for his 5 grade class. I’m the keeper of all the photos, so I started pulling out photos and putting them in folders on a shared drive. Man, Ilan had grown up so much in the past few years. To think he…

  • 15 Years Of Marriage! Time Flies!

    15 Years Of Marriage! Time Flies!

    It’s been 15 years that I’ve been married to the love of my life — Meredith. The woman deserves a medal for all that she goes through with me, llan, Olive. Through it all she’s an amazing Mom, wife, and doggy mom. I can’t imagine life without her. Happy 15th Babe! Here’s to many more!

  • The Urge To Go To A Small Mastodon Host Again… I Did It

    The Urge To Go To A Small Mastodon Host Again… I Did It

    I can’t explain it. I’m going back to hosting my own instance. It’ll be just for me and I’ll have complete control over the whole instance. Managing Masto.ai with Stux was fun and all, but the responsibility became too much as more and more people were complaining about spam and what not. I still wish…

  • Why I Moved Hosting Providers From Flywheel to Rocket.net

    Why I Moved Hosting Providers From Flywheel to Rocket.net

    I’m almost full moved to Rocket.net from Flywheel/WPEngine. For the longest time, I loved Flywheel’s hosting. I love how it was a boutique WordPress optimized host and wasn’t part of the big dogs. Then WPEngine bought them. At first it was decent enough. Then they started nickel and diming for every small feature. To get…

  • The Block Theme (Twenty Twenty-Four)…

    The Block Theme (Twenty Twenty-Four)…

    It’s a completely different way of thinking about WordPress and how to develop. I’m still on the fence about what I think about Gutenberg/Block Editing vs. Elementor, but for a simple site like this one. Guess what? It works! This is site is my testing ground. More fun shit to come! Photo by Avery Evans…

  • Dropped Into Twitter

    Dropped Into Twitter

    I dropped into Twitter/X during WordCamp US 2023, because most of what was going on was being documented over in Musk-ville. Much to my chagrined. I’ve now dropped in daily for a quick peek to see what’s going on. Still not spending to much time there. More people are moving to alternatives, which include Mastodon,…

  • Taking The Leap

    Taking The Leap

    I just migrated to the “beta” of the new block theme Twenty Twenty-Four. I want to see how the full site editing (FSE) works. So here goes! Wish me luck! CC0 licensed photo by Michelle Frechette from the WordPress Photo Directory.

  • Day 2 After Getting Home From WordCamp US 2023

    Day 2 After Getting Home From WordCamp US 2023

    It’s day 2 since being home from #WCUS and still no Covid. Thank goodness. Still going to test through Thursday to be sure. Came home after getting the pupster from the in-laws and life is good. Kid is home for this week and goes back to school after Labor Day. But life is getting back…

  • The Day After… The Final Day At WordCamp US and Washington DC

    The Day After… The Final Day At WordCamp US and Washington DC

    What a trip it’s been. WordCamp US was amazing, fun, and exhausting. Now me and the family travel back to Doylestown to get back to life. But before that we’re going to see my sister, who lives around DC, for lunch. I can’t wait! Then we go pick up the dog at my in-laws and…

  • Last Night Was So Much Fun

    Last Night Was So Much Fun

    After my last post here, I wrapped up the day and went to dinner with the folks at a WordPress group that I’m part of — Post Status. The dinner was sponsored by A2 Hosting. Let me just say this, the dinner was fantastic. The food was incredible and the people who I sat with,…