For the theme I’m currently using, the field descriptions on the Jetpack contact form appear really, really small.
After some fiddling (and Googling, which although yielded answers, I didn’t find any that worked) I found a solution.
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The Recent Bluehost Network Outage
At the weekend the popular WordPress host (and recommended by WordPress.org) Bluehost had an outage for approximately 12 hours. This affected many customers, including the Automattic owned WP Tavern website.
Somebody asked why WP Tavern was on Bluehost and not one one of the WordPress VIP hosting packages, to which Matt Mullenweg replied…
I like to have things on each of the hosts that .org recommends to get first-hand customer experience, both the ups and the downs. So Tavern is on Bluehost.
Matt, WP TavernNow, isn’t that a REALLY good idea?
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Let’s get behind our PM
No, not that PM. I mean PM as in ‘post meridiem’.
The idea of dividing the 24 hours of a day into 2 groups of 12 has been around for about 2.5 thousand years. In comparison, the 24 hour clock, favoured by scientists and the military, has been around for a few centuries, really only gaining any popularity in the 20th century.
And you can see why certain people benefit from the lack of ambiguity associated with a 24 hour clock, particularly the military. For most people, though, you’re not going to get confused at 5 o’clock as to whether it’s the afternoon or early morning – that level of preciseness is not required. Yet most digital clocks automatically default to 24 hours. Personally, I’ve, more than once, got confused by it, often thinking 17:00 is 7pm.
And I refuse to comply! Let’s stand up for the humble AM and PM. Where I can, I’m switching all my devices to show a 12 hour clock (my damn oven being a rare exception in that it can’t be switched). Let’s throw down the shackles of that blasted 24 hour timepiece and return to a simpler time.
It’s time. And in more ways than one.
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State of the Word, 2016
Last weekend was WordCamp US (WCUS ), during which Matt Mullenweg gave his yearly “State of the Word” keynote speech. It’s interesting, particularly this year, as it’s not just about the previous year but also about what to expect from WordPress in the coming year.
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