Jake is a geek, designer, and HTML+CSS lover. Taker of photos, and sometimes skiing and biking… He spends his time daydreaming about new WordPress themes and playing baseball and softball.
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Building a Credits Generator for My Daughter’s School Play
When my daughter’s school was putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet, I wanted to create scrolling credits for the livestream. What started as a simple HTML file turned into a full-featured web app that anyone can use. The Problem I needed a way to display professional-looking credits during the stream – cast, crew,…
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Today 1.4.0: Reddit Meets RSS in Your Privacy-First Reader
I’m excited to announce Today 1.4.0, the biggest update yet to our privacy-first RSS reader. This release brings native Reddit support alongside traditional RSS feeds, letting you follow subreddits without the tracking, ads, or algorithmic manipulation of the official Reddit app. Why Reddit in an RSS Reader? Reddit has been moving toward a more closed…
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Raptorize It: 15 Years Later, Now With Blocks
The Raptorize It plugin, originally released fifteen years ago, has been modernized for 2025 to integrate with WordPress’s Gutenberg block editor. It features two new options: an Invisible Raptor Block with customizable triggers and a direct “Raptorize Button.” The updated codebase adheres to modern standards, ensuring seamless functionality.
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Introducing Today: An RSS Reader for the Modern Age
I’m thrilled to announce the release of Today, a new RSS reader for iOS that I’ve been building with a lot of love and a little help from AI. A Love Letter to RSS I’ve loved RSS forever. It’s the open web at its finest—a way to follow the sites and writers you care about without…
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Introducing Sports Pie: Visualize Your Sports Fandom
I’m excited to share a fun weekend project I built: Sports Pie, a web app that lets you create interactive pie charts to visualize your sports fandom breakdown. The Inspiration The idea came from a TikTok video by @__sportsball that Aaron Jorbin shared with our friend group. The concept was simple but compelling: breaking down your sports interests…
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Northgate vs. Diablo Valley College
CBA (Northgate) 18U Fall Victim To DVC Vikings Rally By GameChanger Media Despite leading by as many as five runs, CBA (Northgate) 18U fell to DVC Vikings 7-6 on Thursday at Diablo Valley College – Pleasant Hill Campus. CBA (Northgate) 18U was right in it until DVC Vikings singled in the seventh inning. CBA (Northgate)…
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Building the Movie & Actor Matcher I Always Wanted
For years, I’ve had those moments watching a movie where I’d think “wait, didn’t these two actors work together in something else?” or “I wonder what movies both Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks appeared in together.” Sure, you could dig through IMDb for each actor individually, but there was never a simple tool to just……
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Introducing Tab Cleaner – Automatic Tab Management for Chrome
I’m excited to announce the launch of Tab Cleaner, a Chrome extension that automatically closes inactive tabs to keep your browser fast, organized, and clutter-free. The Problem with Too Many Tabs We’ve all been there – you start your day with a few browser tabs, and by afternoon you have 50+ tabs open across multiple…
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Free Lineup Spreadsheet for Youth Baseball Coaches
For the past ten years of coaching Little League baseball and softball, I’ve been searching for a simple yet effective way to manage lineups. Communicating clearly with kids about where they’ll play and when they’ll sit is crucial—no one wants endless questions about pitching schedules or batting orders. That’s why I print four copies of…
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Jake Spurlock’s Sabbatical Recap
Vol. 1. No. 1. The Overland Monthly Devoted to The Development of the Country. SEPTEMBER, 2024. San Francisco J. Spurlock & Company, Publishers, 500 and 520 Third Street London: Hunter & Co.60 Paternoster Row Basel: Wittert & Co.Münsterpl. 9 Table of Contents Note from the Editor Welcome to this special collection of my sabbatical adventures!…