I used to make a long list of URLs.
I delayed opening those links to add them to an internal procedure.
When I opened them, because years passed, some of them were no longer relevant.
If you postpone a task long enough, it might solve by itself.
Arriving on time
Sometimes, if you’re on time for a meeting between a few people, you’re already late.
The reason? You’ll miss the quite pleasant discussions prior to the meeting.
This is one of the reasons why online meetings tend to be stressful – everyone is on point, trying to focus on getting a result.
A better solution? Give some time for small talk, for chit-chat.
How to remove an action hook on WordPress?
I liked this solution:
For removing an action hook you should use the same action name, callback name and the priority that was used to add a action in parent theme. And register it on init
add_action( ‘init’, ‘remove_my_action’);
function remove_my_action() {
remove_action( ‘woocommerce_before_shop_loop’,’storefront_sorting_wrapper’,9 );
}
So, if you need to remove a specific action on WordPress, that’s how you do it.
My husband and I decided we don’t want to have children. We will be telling them tonight.
My husband and I decided we don’t want to have children. We will be telling them tonight.
Dr. Stelian Gomboș: Mănăstirea de la Curtea de Argeș – Loc de odihnă al regilor României
Biserica (Catedrala) veche a mănăstirii
Fostă capitală a Țării Românești, municipiul Curtea de Argeș, s-a bucurat de-a lungul timpului de statutul de „oraș regal”, reintrând în atenția istoriei odată cu urcarea pe tronul României a Regelui Carol I (1839-1914). În perioada domniei Regelui Carol I, la Curtea de Argeș a fost construită calea ferată care leagă orașul de Pitești, a fost ridicată o gară monumentală și a fost refăcută biserica Mănăstirii Curtea de Argeș, cunoscuta ctitorie a lui Neagoe Basarab, căreia i-a fost adăugat un palat devenit una dintre reședințele familiei regale. Însă, poate cea mai importantă decizie a fost aceea ca frumoasa catedrală de la Curtea de Argeș să devină necropolă regală. Astfel, Regele Carol I, Regina Elisabeta, Regele Ferdinand și Regina Maria, Regele Mihai I și Regina Ana își dorm somnul de veci alături de Neagoe Basarab și familia acestuia.
NGOs: Project matched by company X – a strong argument
For NGOs, I find that donation-matching is a strong incentive to donate.
So, if I’m an NGO and I want to get more donations, I could use it quite a lot if I would be able to convince a company to do matching donations.
It’s likely not an easy task, but it could be worthwhile.
Multiplying the good in the world.
Watching movies for conversations
I have this habit – I want to watch movies to be able to carry a good conversation.
I think this is part of my job – I work in online marketing, I need to know what’s in popular culture.
This doesn’t mean watching all of the superhero movies, but, still, I need to know the basic stuff.
I heard Bogdan Naumovici saying (approximate quote): „I watch advertisements, it’s part of the job description” (he’s in the advertising business).
Related videos on YouTube
Related videos, as far as I know, are a big part of YouTube’s success.
Having a huge library of videos is fine, but there’s always the question – „What to watch next?”.
YouTube algorithm might be a huge accomplishment, but sometimes a viewer wants to watch specific things.
This is why I like the option of filtering results by type.
If I watch a video: Smile (1992 Digital Remaster) – YouTube, YouTube will ask me – would you like to view this or that kind of video?
It looks simple – ask people what they want and just offer them those things.
In practice, though, not that many websites do.
Failsafe Internet
Internet with a failsafe solution – in Năvodari, when I don’t have electricity at home, this also happens on the staircase hall, within the block of flats. There is a router in there, so if I don’t have electricity in my house, there’s no cable Internet.
My solution? I connect to my mobile.
An optimal solution? I think it’s best to have two connections to the Internet.
The poorest solution – „there is no Internet, we’re not doing anything.”
Large companies, which depend on Internet, are looking at a backup solution that costs 30-50 lei per month, and an initial investment in a router that is capable of handling two connections to the net at the same time.
For example, such a router would allow an immediate failsafe – if there is no Internet, another connection would take over immediately.
The Oxford comma
I like the Oxford comma a lot:
In English-language punctuation, a serial comma (also called a series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma) is a comma placed immediately after the penultimate term (i.e., before the coordinating conjunction, such as and or or) in a series of three or more terms. For example, a list of three countries might be punctuated either as „France, Italy and Spain” (without the serial comma) or „France, Italy, and Spain” (with the serial comma).
(via: Serial comma – Wikipedia)
I tend to overuse it.
I don’t think we have it Romanian, but I started using it there, too.
Also, I tend to use the Oxford comma even when there are only two items. „A, and B”.