Some edges are fun. Some test you. Some are exhilarating. Other edges exist purely to plague us with an inanity that’s hard to even quantify. You don’t like Microsoft Edge. I don’t like Microsoft Edge. If you’re using Windows 10…
How to Remove or Hide reCAPTCHA V3 in WordPress. But Be Careful.
The million+ of us WordPress users employing the Contact Form 7 plugin are probably the largest group exposed to Google’s new reCAPTCHA V3. You may have noticed, with the plugin’s December 2018 update, that reCAPTCHA V2 support has been dropped,…
Please Stop Ruining the Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Most of us have probably heard the term digital nomad by now. You may be thinking, oh, those jerks filling my Instagram feed with pictures of their amazing lives? Thanks for constantly making me feel inferior to you. Others may…
Detecting Touch Devices – A 2018 Update
Detecting touch capability for your web site or application is a famously complicated task. A quick search on Stack Overflow returns many threads full of frustrated developers. Given the break-neck pace of the modern web, most of the discussion is…
Defeat Is How We Begin to Win
Ego is there at every step of the spiritual path. We must know this, at least on an intellectual level. Ego has been in charge our entire lives—the tyrant on the throne. After decades of despotic rule, why would it…
What It Really Takes to Learn Something New
A few months ago, a coworker of mine asked me, “how did you learn X?” I can’t remember what “X” was, but I very clearly remember the context for the question: this was a person who wanted to know how…
Apocalypse Now Meets The Lord of the Rings
In the Heart of Mordor Rivendell. Shit. I’m still only in Rivendell. Every time, I think I’m going to wake up back in the wild. They tell me I’ve been here for four days. Elrond, my Elvish host and surgeon,…
Notes From a Meditator
Last night, as I lay down to sleep—literally the moment my head hit the pillow—a thought shook my mind with all the force of a hurricane. I call it merely a thought because I can’t quite justify labeling it a…
The Evolving Digital Frontier
Author’s note: This once existed as a static page on this site, but I couldn’t quite find a reason to keep it where it was. I’ve decided to preserve it instead as a blog post. The Wild West The internet…
The Vacuum Always Fills
I am a bookworm, for better or worse. When I’m aiming to learn something new, I read and read. I dive deep and get lost there. In 2010, before I embarked on my new occupation as a backpacker and vagabond,…