Building a Last.fm custom block plugin with Claude When it turned out there were no WordPress plugins to show my Last.FM feed in blocks - I decided to vibe code my own.

Growing Up Average (and why I’m writing about it anyway) I grew up in a pretty average middle-class Australian home. Eldest of three kids, Dad worked while mum home-schooled us (until public schools), kinda conservative - but nothing drastic. On paper, there's not much there that screams "tell me…

Film: Thursday Murder Club I thoroughly enjoyed Thursday Murder Club when I first read it. The combination of a good old-fashioned murder mystery (in the vein of Agatha Christie) along with the subtle and quaint British humour really resonated with me. When I saw the casting for the film…

Photographer: Christian Spencer A prism of light shines through the wings of hummingbird. #photography #WildlifePhotography #birds

What’s new for developers? (January 2026) #WordPress

FALLING 😂✋

Book: Permission to Feel It's been a long while since I read this book (I started this draft 6 years ago) but it seemed worth publishing to share the quotes - which I think are still super valuable.

Untitled Periodically I get reminded of how great Betchadupa's debut EP was...

"aside from Wikipedia, we've organized the sum total of our collective knowledge into formats optimized for making people angry at strangers in pursuit of private profitability." - @joanwestenberg.com www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for...

"Your blog is where you can be you. You post what you want, when you want. Algorithms and mad king tech overlords be damned." - @cagrimmett.com cagrimmett.com/2026/01/08/b...

I’d see a one man Aladdin with Alex Moffat as every character

To cheese, or not to cheese? 🧀

🧵Spotted at the beach in Aotearoa New Zealand: A very content looking man (40s?) is reclining in an orange inflatable dingy on the sand. Reading a paperback novel. Sailing on a sea of chill. (1)

Film: Good Fortune I went into Good Fortune optimistically and curious about two things: Aziz Ansari stepping behind the camera for his directorial debut, and Keanu Reeves playing a role unlike anything I'd seen. I was pleasantly surprised :)

🚨 A new episode of Make Some Noise is out now on Dropout! Join Sam and guests Ross Bryant, Echo Kellum, and Corin Wells for a night of improv pyramid schemes and Star Wars characters!

i love the beginning of the year because everyone starts blogging. and if you (yes you) were thinking about starting, this is your sign

A new year site cleanup Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while. I've realised that I was placing a lot of pressure on writing 'important' or 'meaningful' content here rather than feeling free to just blog. I'd played with the idea of posting shorter rambles on a separate site - but…

Untitled scored big time with an $80 LEGO haul on marketplace. It’s a bit of a mishmash of things that need rebuilding, but some gold in there.

I've been hearing good things about Telex, the AI Gutenberg block-building tool that my work (Automattic) built, for a while now, and I finally decided to give it a try. https://jordangillman.blog/trying-out-telex-building-a-ustom-gutenberg-block-with-natural-language/

Untitled ooh - there's a proposal for WP-Admin to get a CSS reskin as a stop-gap (before a full redesign) for WP 7.0. And there's a Playground to see what it is like. #WordPress

Untitled Great start to Enqueue conference - reflections on SEO in the AI age, and a primer on cache improvements in WP6.9.

Untitled Thinking a lot about the benefit of repetitive feedback, and continuing to raise issues that have been acknowledged, but not addressed.

➡️ Watch the new episode now: watch.dropout.tv/videos/the-...

ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web" bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first

Two-day Test could cost Cricket Australia millions in lost revenue after Travis Head brings swift end

Untitled Ever had that feeling when your brain is both wired and fried at the same time? Excited to keep going with something, but just tired…

Untitled gradually getting things hooked up. This post should be federating and also syndicated to bluesky.

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

★ Stroll with us down memory lane as we celebrate pixel art, the early web, and some of the many artists and design languages the mighty pixel inspired. zeldman.com/2024/04/13/f...

Reliving my childhood today. Going to a St George Dragons game (including Red Rooster meal) with my Uncle. Except that this it was with my wife and daughters, and we took him.

Have to say I'm pretty excited about the possibilities of Telex for WordPress... telex.automattic.ai

So stoked to see Jeremy Culhane joining the SNL cast - first of the Dropout.tv crew to make the trip East!

I'd not had them on my radar - but the new album from The Amazons (21st Century Fiction) is on heavy repeat. A really big/epic sounding album. open.spotify.com/album/6PXuxQ...

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

YUNGBLUD sounds he's channeling 90s era Blur in his latest single 'Lovesick Lullaby'.

Beyond excited that Dropout.tv is doing an improve tour to Australia!

It me!

albo should've come out for his victory speech wearing this

BREAKING: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER INSTRUCTING DEPT OF COMMERCE TO FORCE THE REMAKE OF ALL HARRY POTTER FILMS WITH AMERICAN ACTORS

📦 The WordPress Swag Store has a new look—and so can you. Explore the official WordPress merch, made for comfort, creativity, and contributors like you. 👉 mercantile.wordpress.org/ #WordPress

From St. Paul Central High School to the Sydney Opera house. Much love to Tubowgule and the Sydney Opera House. Thank you for an amazing night. Additional photo cred: Jess Gleeson #benschwartzandfriends #improv #comedy #goals

starting to get worried … I haven’t received a text about a 3% home loan interest rate from H.Fong in 24 hours… has anyone done a welfare check?

Good morning, Bluesky! For more info, remember to check the ALT text.

Local Man Goes To Vote Early To Avoid Queues, Along With The Hundreds Of Other People Who Had The Same Idea.

Get yourself someone who looks at you the way Bruce Springsteen looks at Clarence Clemons

Can't help but think of this every time I fire up Bluesky. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUl...

I *love* a good 'oner' in a film - but this is a great post about why they aren't always helpful to the film. "is a oner really a badge of honour for an auteurist director? Or, is it just a flashy gimmick made to impress cinephiles?" - @billiewaffle.bsky.social

.bathroom { width: 300%; } #memes #CSS

🔒 Release announcement: WordPress 6.8.1 is now available! This is a maintenance release. It's recommended always to run the latest version of WordPress, so update today! More information can be found in this post: wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wo... #WordPress

💫Released on this day 1977💥 #thejam #punk #mod #musicsky #recordingsky #recordingstudiosky #musicproduction