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XOM and the question of music, part 3

Published April 2020 in Words by Korvin M

In Review: XOM's classic Rockyoke Part Three: Another Overload The Boar's Head, Kidderminster, 23 March 2019 Kidderminster, described by Pevsner, the art and architecture historian, as "uncommonly devoid of visual pleasure and architectural interest", can claim some musical heritage as... read more ❯

Covid-19 in the UK

Published April 2020 in Words by Korvin M

One week into the UK's so-called 'lockdown', and I thought it would be good to look at the UK response to the virus, and round up some political and social developments within this benighted territory over the past... read more ❯

Birthday Tales

Published March 2020 in Words by Korvin M

It was my birthday yesterday, here in virtual lockdown in the UK. It was weird, but by no means the weirdest birthday I've had. I think the weirdest is still the one where I woke up in a... read more ❯

Opiatic For The People

Published March 2020 in Words by Korvin M

Karl and Groucho Marx - opium of the people

On becoming an undergraduate, I soon looked up Karl Marx's well-known, and often quoted remark on religion: the opium of the people. Nuance and subtlety drift over time. We may assume Marx dismisses religion as a soothing crutch, or... read more ❯

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Private Posts in WordPress

Published April 2020 in Korvin M Media

In WordPress, post visibility can be set to Public, Private or Password Protected, in the Gutenberg editor under the Document menu. Password Protected is out of scope for this article; it's not a feature I've used much. I... read more ❯

Simple stylesheet switcher

Published October 2019 in Korvin M Media

Tidying up my server I found a front-end style switcher lying around I'd not used much. It seems very simple and pleasant to use, so thought I'd blog it here, as a demo, before deleting the original... read more ❯

PHP basics

Published March 2019 in Korvin M Media

As a kinesthetic learner, my preference when taking a course in code is to build what I'm shown, but tweak, improve, build on and document what I learn as I go along. Returning to professional web development after a... read more ❯

the annotated notepad

Published March 2019 in Korvin M Media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-JMOTy_9OE I feel I just learned a lot about using git from this great little talk. read more ❯