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Styling the WordPress SyntaxHighlighter

I ve been fighting with the SyntaxHighlighter for years. Thanks to a friendly WordPress.com support response, I managed to add custom CSS again. I am not a CSS expert. I found it pretty hard to tailor this. So here s my best attempt to mimic the GitHub embedded Gist styling, as a demonstration of the CSS: The [ ]

Pattern Matching in Ruby: A Wayfinder

Ruby now has three distinct mechanisms for matching values That’s the high-level summary. Each behaves differently and is worth knowing in detail. After programming in Ruby for years, I only recently realized its depth. There is much more to it than I had assumed. This write-up is my attempt to sort it out. And if [ ]

IndexNow: Rethinking How We Talk to Search Engines

Update: I m building out a web app that handles the hassle of IndexNow submissions.

Open source wiki servers with a “draft mode”

I asked: Which open source wiki servers allow draft-mode edits for most public users, which must then be approved by an Editor role? ChatGPT o1 Replied:

Low-Cost, Quality, Online MS Computer Science & Data Science Programs in 2025

I m looking for programs that are high quality, online, and affordable to pay for out of pocket: I work full time consulting, teaching, and expanding my startup. The nearest college campuses are 25 45 minutes away in Denver and Boulder. So I want to do the vast majority of the work online, with the option to [ ]