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'social distancing' as an Orwellian term

Published May 2020 in Words by Korvin M

Have you considered the double-speak around the term 'social distancing'? No one is any more or less 'socially distanced' per se. If anything we seem to be more socially intimate. We still live in a society. Physical distancing is... read more ❯

a good play needs no epilogue

Published May 2020 in Words by Korvin M

or, a bum reduced to the status of a trained actor Part One: Yes, And? January. But not just any January. It's 2018. On Jan 9th President Trump cancels a program allowing 200,000 San Salvadoreans temporary status to live in... read more ❯

The Picard Manoeuvre

Published April 2020 in Words by Korvin M

In Review: Star Trek: Picard I want to review CBS's latest Star Trek series, Star Trek: Picard. But first I have to set the scene, about my relationship with Star Trek, and a potted guide to its history for... read more ❯

Laughter Lines

Published April 2020 in Words by Korvin M

In late 2015, after physically healing an injury I'd sustained in midsummer, I was looking for some psychological healing experiences. Laughter, of course, is often called 'the best medicine' and there seems to be some truth in this.... read more ❯

Woven Webs

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 ❯