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“Digital publishing, unzipped” article on Rhizome
Article in Rhizome’s Journal on the zip file as a medium, see also Gauss PDF interview.
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Music by Holly Herndon
Musician from Tennessee, see article in California Sunday; she works with Max on a lot of her projects.
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WordPress security resources
- Introduction to WordPress front end security: Escaping the things, a CSS-Tricks article
- WordPress front end security: CSRF and nonces, a CSS-Tricks article
- Step-by-step WordPress security guide from WP Beginner
- Wordfence, a security-focused WordPress plugin
- “Is shared hosting secure?” on Quora
- Let’s Encrypt, a free, automated, and open SSL Certificate Authority
- haveibeenpwned.com; check your email / password against existing data dumps
- 1Password, a cross-platform password manager
- PHP version calendar, don’t use an end-of-life release!
Links to a few of the security resources I find useful, some WordPress-specific and some more general.
A note about that “step-by-step” guide: it’s pretty decent, but IMO Wordfence is a better security plugin to go with. Sucuri is maybe more user-friendly, but Wordfence comes with more out-of-the-box (incl. two factor authentication and login limiting) and the settings seem more granular. Doesn’t hurt to try both though to see what’s the best fit.
Last edited 22 June 2019
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Work by Roger Ackling
I wasn’t familiar with Roger Ackling’s sunlight-on-wood work until Sam showed me the Kickstarter page for the new Occasional Papers book “Roger Ackling: Between the Lines”. Hope to visit the upcoming exhibition of his final work at Annely Juda Fine Art.
Update 27/3/15 – See also Five Sunsets in One Hour from 1978.
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Website updated
Finally updated my website to include information and links for a few recent projects. Sam and I worked together to redesign the site. In return, I helped him move his domain to sambaldwin.info.
I’m quite excited about the colour of the text and favicon. The hue, saturation, and lightness are calculated according to the season, temperature, and time of day where I am.
There’s definitely a couple of issues to sort out, will get to those soon.
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Mother and child double exposure
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Phở recipe
Make twice the quantity of broth next time.
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Atelier Ji, art prints and publishing
Very impressed by Atelier Ji’s quality, saw a few prints they have made on behalf of their clients at the Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair. Their flyer was printed on lovely paper, the (super kind) guy at the stall said it was Somerset. Somerset satin 300gsm? Lots of prints on their site seem to be on that stock.
Particularly liked Out of Sight by James Seow.
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Work by Glenn Brown
Decline and Fall from the Arts Council Collection (image source)
Glenn Brown
Decline and Fall, 1995
Oil and canvas on board
58.4 × 54.6cm
Decline and Fall by Glenn Brown is currently on display in the One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. The smooth surface of the painting is astounding and incredibly confusing up close, the image above just doesn’t do it justice.
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Whiskey Sour recipe
Was shown the light this past New Years and have been enjoying whiskey sours ever since. Keep forgetting the recipe though.
Pour 2 parts bourbon, 1 part fresh lemon juice (or lime in a pinch), ½ part simple syrup, and ½ part egg white in to a shaker and shake for 20-30 seconds. The proteins in the egg generate significant foam and this will add pressure, so hold it tight. Next, add cubed ice and shake hard until very cold. Strain into a tumbler with fresh ice, and garnish with an orange peel twist if you’ve got it.
Note: Aquafaba (the liquid from a can of chickpeas) also works if you don’t want to use egg whites. The egg white from one US large egg is roughly 1 oz, so this is a great cocktail to make in batches of 2.