The Expert

By Bryan Hoffman | April 29, 2014 |

I can say with absolutely relative certainty that we’ve never received a request like this. Never. Via @human_0_1

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Blood Moon Eclipse

By Bryan Hoffman | April 15, 2014 |

I’m an admitted space nerd. I love anything doing with space, NASA, or tiny green men. And I miss the Space Shuttle terribly. So the opportunity to see a rare Blood Moon eclipse wasn’t to be missed. I even got the kids up at 1:30am to have a look. It was pretty spectacular, equally as…

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Responsive Web Design

By Bryan Hoffman | April 10, 2014 |

We first began experimenting with responsive design techniques way back in 2011, but have yet to sit down and define what it is, and more importantly, what it means to us. So let’s do that. The Technical Explanation of Responsive Web Design Let’s start with what Wikipedia thinks Responsive Web Design is: Responsive Web Design (RWD)…

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The Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug

By Bryan Hoffman | April 9, 2014 |

On Monday, security researchers announced a security flaw in OpenSSL, the defacto standard in securing data on the internet. NPR reported about it this morning, have a listen to their report: I host with you, is my site safe? To all of our Cinch Hosting clients, we want to reassure you that your website is…

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Opening Day

By Bryan Hoffman | March 31, 2014 |

While I don’t think Opening Day should be a national holiday, I do say a quiet thank you to the heavens that the day has come. Happy Opening Day, and may the Twins make it to October and beyond. Or at least not embarrass the crap out of me again. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/31705013″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″…

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On Blogging and Self Publishing

By Bryan Hoffman | March 27, 2014 |

Since the day we began building websites on content management systems we’ve encouraged our clients to blog; To write about things that might interest their clientele in order to engage a community and drive traffic to their sites. Usually we suggest these sections be labeled a ‘blog’ – in the name of calling something what…

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Codekit 2.0, WordPress, and MAMP

By Bryan Hoffman | March 25, 2014 |

I upgraded to Codekit 2.0 a few days ago and so far it’s great. I thought the browser refresh feature was broken but it turns out I was just doing it wrong. If you’ve used Codekit 1.x you’ll know that it refreshed what ever browser you had open and in front at the time. The…

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Tesla, and Why Buying A Car Is So Awful

By Bryan Hoffman | March 19, 2014 |

With the recent news about New Jersey kicking Tesla out of their state, here’s an apt rebroadcast of a Planet Money podcast: Why Buying a Car is so Awful: I didn’t realize the auto dealership industry was so well protected. It would be great to see this changed, but I wonder how Tesla customers feel…

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