Posts by Sarah
Transitioning your kid from single-player Minecraft to playing on a server
If you’re a parent of a kid who plays Minecraft but you don’t play yourself, you may have no idea how to handle requests to play with others or play on a server. It took me a while to figure it out, and honestly, I didn’t bother until I started to play myself, so I…
Read MoreALDI product comparisons
We like ALDI and most of the products we’ve bought there. If you’re not familiar, it’s a German-owned grocery chain and almost everything they sell is generic. This is a lot like Trader Joe’s, and in fact, they’re both owned by the same German family. I often wonder how similar the generic products are to…
Read MoreBuilding a // phpcs:ignore string for WordPress Coding Standards
I’ve been using PHP_CodeSniffer and the WordPress Coding Standards sniffs in Visual Studio Code to help me avoid issues and follow the standards. Occasionally, though, I’ll get an error from a sniff that is either over-vigorous or I can’t comply with for reasons outside of my control. A common case is when I’m working with…
Read MoreSponge Shortcake for Strawberry Shortcakes
We love strawberry shortcake in my house. We’re also not particularly snobby about it. Gourmet concoctions? We’ll take ’em! Those funny packaged sponge cakes from the grocery store? We’ll take those, too! However, if I’m going to go to the effort of making something from scratch, I’ll try to find the best recipe. We knew…
Read MoreHow to get WordPress to load jQuery in the header
I had a pretty specific use-case where I needed jQuery to load earlier than usual. After googling “how to force wordpress to load jquery in the header”, I got all kinds of advice about how to replace the WordPress version of jQuery by deregistering the default and registering a different version, etc. I didn’t want…
Read MoreWhat to do with discarded (or “unfed”) sourdough starter
With so many people at home and bread hard to find in stores, a whole lot of people seem to have taken up baking. This is awesome! My friend Jen even live-streamed some bread-making to help folks get started. The second-order effect, though, is that many stores are now out of yeast. One of my…
Read MoreBook love in the time of coronavirus (or how to use your library’s digital resources)
Over the last few years, I’ve introduced loads of people to the wonderful digital resources their local (and not local!) libraries have to offer. Now, since so many people are unexpectedly at home thanks to COVID-19, and since most local libraries are closing their in-person spaces to “flatten the curve,” I figured it’s a great…
Read MoreGetting ready to sew the Tiny Bag
I’ve had this free pattern for a very cute, tiny zippered bag earmarked for a while and I’m sewing it this month! I’ll be adding posts as I go with in-process (and, one hopes, finished!) pictures. I have friends who are sewing it along with me, so I’m using this post as a spot to…
Read MoreSolving phpcs: Referenced sniff “PSR12.Keywords.ShortFormTypeKeywords” does not exist
I’ve been trying to get the WordPress Coding Standards playing nicely with Visual Studio Code (I had it working on my Mac, but I’ve since moved to Elementary OS and everyone knows that configuring things you haven’t looked at in years is the most fun ever). I’d tried it a couple of months ago and…
Read MoreStarting September 16: join me in a two-year Bible-reading plan
I’ve decided to begin a two-year Bible-reading plan, and you’re invited to join me. My invitation is kind of in the form of a FAQ. 😉 Why two years? I’ve done one-year plans before, and while it’s pretty awesome as a bucket-list item, the pace often meant it was a mad dash toward a checkbox…
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