Author: aoconnor

On May 21st, Velan Studios released “Knockout City”. The game is published by Electronic Arts under the EA Originals label. The title is a fun, fast-paced game that has scored very well among many reviewers. This time of year can be a drought of gaming titles that review well but Knockout City has been a … Continue reading “Three Things I Like About Knockout City”

If you’ve ever needed to automatically apply a coupon code at checkout for your WooCommerce customers, you may have noticed that there are a few plugins that can do this for you. However, with a little extra work, it’s easy to do yourself. Previous knowledge of the PHP and the WooCommerce folder structure is required. … Continue reading “How to Apply a Coupon Code Automatically in WooCommerce/WordPress”

I’m going to shamelessly steal an idea from Dave Rupert and David Walsh and do a bit of a vibe check. This one will be more of a downer but let’s get the negative vibes out of the way and then I’ll talk about some more exciting stuff. COVID-19 This week we passed the one … Continue reading “Vibe Check Vol. 1”

Infinity Ward dropped into the “battle royale” genre a year ago this week with “Call of Duty: Warzone”. It’s the second attempt at the “last-man-standing” game mode for the Activision franchise. The previous interaction, Blackout, was not as popular as the Infinity Ward rendition and with the release of “Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold … Continue reading “A Year Into Warzone, 3 Things That I like & 3 Things That Can Be Improved”

Yesterday, Twitter banned Trump. The current President is no longer welcome to post on Twitter. He’s suspended from Facebook until the end of his term. I think he’s at least suspended from YouTube. Platforms have seen enough. They are throwing in the towel. Showing him the red card.  If you dig around Twitter enough you’ll … Continue reading “Complaining about censorship on social media platforms? Make a website.”

Growing up, my dad used to say it’s not over until the clock reads “0.0”. For readers who are not into sports, this means that it’s not over until all of the game clock has run off. However, if you’re a football team up 28 points and there is 1 minute left, it’s safe to … Continue reading “Predicting a Biden win, and when we will know.”

As the election inches ever closer, memories of 2016 continue to bubble up in the minds of voters. I think it’s safe to say we all recall the idea of “Trump has no chance”. That was obviously a flawed line of thinking and although hindsight is uh…erm…2020…it’s easy to look back and see where the … Continue reading “Trump Has Few Paths to Victory”

When we think about data online, it can feel that data collection is happening all around us and we have no idea where it’s going or how it’s affecting our experience online. Over time, platforms have become more transparent about this data usage, specifically, data usage in regard to advertising. Over the past 5 years, … Continue reading “How to tell what data Facebook has on you.”

Like many Americans, a few weeks ago I started working from home. I recognize I am very fortunate to be in a position that allows me to do so and I do not want to overlook that. The company I work for, and the team I am a part of, was able to be agile … Continue reading “The Work From Home Experiment”

Last week I was in Las Vegas with some family. We were at dinner and the table next to us included a person who had very strong opinions about Amazon. I can relate. He stated, “Amazon is not a key player in the economy because they do not produce a good”. While this man continued … Continue reading “Way More Than a Storefront”