The built-in “code” block for WordPress (the CMS I use for this site) is virtually useless – it’s just a <pre> block, essentially. The appearance may vary depending on WordPress theme, but will virtually always be bland. In fact, it’s not even guaranteed to use a monospaced font – the example I’ve shown here is… Read more
I wrote this review of the Archiver WordPress plug-in: ★☆☆☆☆ I love the idea, but unsurprisingly – given it hasn’t been updated in over seven years – this no longer works. With my site, running WordPress 6.4.2, it broke it so badly that I couldn’t even login in recovery mode. I had to SFTP in… Read more
This is a follow-up to my earlier review of the Apple Watch Ultra & Oceanic+ app, prompted by the fact that “apple watch ultra air integration” is one of the top search queries that brings traffic to my website. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 changed essentially nothing about the underwater capabilities of the Apple Watch… Read more
macOS Sonoma is in so many ways a dumpster fire. It’s the worst Apple OS update I can remember (although admittedly there’s been some real stinkers over the years, so maybe I’m overlooking some repressed memories). There was of course the bug whereby encrypted external drives no longer mounted automatically. That was pretty special, because… Read more
On a bit of a whim – a silly tangent off of migrating to a new web host – I resurrected the ‘frozen in time’ copy of my iTools / .Mac / MobileMe HomePage website. You can find it here, for better or worse. My old website dates back to at the latest September 2005… Read more
Mainly just a note for posterity – after many years of wanting to do it but procrastinating, I’ve finally migrated to a new web host. While I was doing that, I figured it was high time to drop the subdomain, so now it’s just https://wadetregaskis.com, instead of https://blog.wadetregaskis.com. Blogs are so last year. Previously I… Read more
A while back I wrote a review on Amazon for the movie Fury. Long story short it’s one of the most disturbing movies I’ve seen in a long time, with cavalier depictions of murder, torture, and rape, but most disturbing of all, a weird Nazi-sympathising subtext. I couldn’t decide if that aspect was editorially brave… Read more