Creating a Website Monitoring Script with Bash

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Keyboard and mouse Let’s face it, websites and web servers can experience issues from time to time. Common issues include plugin incompatibilities, expired SSL certificates, a dreaded website hack or maybe just poor server performance. It’s important to keep an eye on sites to make sure they’re performing at their best. There are some great services out there for this task, like Pingdom, New... read more »

10 Favorite WordPress Plugins

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Lightbulb on chalkboard Over the years I’ve developed a list of plugins that I simply can’t do without. In fact, when I spin up a new WordPress installation most of the plugins below are automatically installed for me via a script. Below is a list of the 10 plugins I’ve come to love. The list isn’t exactly set in stone as new plugins come out often, but nearly all of my sites include the ones... read more »

Welcome to the new site!

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Computer screen displays open for business It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 11 years since the inception of Seismic Pixels. In all that time, the website at seismicpixels.com has barely changed at all. In fact, the first four years it was just 3D rendered text until it finally received some news and contact information at the bottom. Going through old backups of the site, it’s clear just how little changed.... read more »