I’ve redesigned GeorgeSpake.com with the default WordPress TwentyTwenty theme.
I wanted to to light up some 1/6 scale figures easily without having to flip switches or replace dead batteries. The Soap Reactor is the go-to solution for this but it’s expensive and hard to buy so I decided to go the DIY route with a little help from a Facebook post, some coworkers, and […]
How I added a custom post type to my site to showcase projects I’ve been a part of and how I was involved
Last weekend I participated in GiveCamp Memphis, a weekend long event where tech professionals come together to help Memphis non profits solve problems. This year, the event coincided with the AIGA Memphis Chapter’s Design for Good event. This is the fourth year I’ve participated in GiveCamp and, with 20 non profits; 30+ projects completed; over […]
These are the slides and notes from my Command Line Crash Course talk presented at DevMemphis on March 3, 2020 This was the first DevMemphis meetup that was streamed live and recorded but, unfortunately, because of some issues with the recording, the audio was unusable. Outline This month we’ll be talking about leveling up your […]
What’s a Technical User Group? Memphis is home to a thriving tech scene and a welcoming community of technical experts, enthusiasts, and beginners who you can find on any given day of the week at one of the many active technical meetups in town. User group meetings feature conference quality content delivered by members of […]
This content was written for the Memphis Web Workers User Group on April 10, 2018 The purpose of this talk is to convey how essential NPM, Yarn, Babel, and Webpack are to the JavaScript ecosystem; how lucky we are to have them given the scope of the problems they solve; and why JavaScript developers should […]
I’ve had aftermarket audio in my car for close to a decade so I guess it’s safe to say I’m an enthusiast. It all started when I purchased two 12″ subs, an amp, and a box from a friend. Since then, I’ve replaced some equipment, switched cars, fixed some wiring, and I became pretty familiar […]
This past weekend, Feb 23-25, the seventh annual GiveCamp Memphis event was held at the Fedex Institute of Technology on the University of Memphis Campus. “GiveCamp is a weekend-long event where technology professionals from designers, developers and database administrators to marketers and web strategists donate their time to provide solutions for non-profit organizations” A dozen […]
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