Raymond Camden
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Developer Advocate who spends all his time building demos involving cats.
New edition to the family.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New edition to the family.
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
Happy Not Really Friday but Kinda Is (lucky for me). I discovered this song playing Just Dance a few years ago and it became my jam. Had the family high score for it. (And yes, I look ridiculous dancing, which is the point, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKU...
Ellie Goulding - Lights (Official Video)
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Happy Not Really Friday but Kinda Is (lucky for me). I discovered this song playing Just Dance a few years ago and it became my jam. Had the family high score for it. (And yes, I look ridiculous dancing, which is the point, right?)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NKU...
I've shared this before, but Local is a dang handy app if you need to test WordPress w/o installing MySQL, PHP, nginx, etc. I just needed to do some API tests with a WP install and this had me up and running in minutes:
localwp.com
localwp.com
Local - Local WordPress development made simple
localwp.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've shared this before, but Local is a dang handy app if you need to test WordPress w/o installing MySQL, PHP, nginx, etc. I just needed to do some API tests with a WP install and this had me up and running in minutes:
localwp.com
localwp.com
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Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
Authors - are yall getting spam related to your books, ie marketing it, making a web page for it, etc? I haven't published a new book in a while, so I'm assuming scammers are just scraping Amazon.
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Authors - are yall getting spam related to your books, ie marketing it, making a web page for it, etc? I haven't published a new book in a while, so I'm assuming scammers are just scraping Amazon.
New post from my blog: "Using Google Static Maps in Your Print View"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/20/using-google-static-maps-in-your-print-view
Using Google Static Maps in Your Print View
Father, husband, developer relations and web standards expert, and cat demo builder.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New post from my blog: "Using Google Static Maps in Your Print View"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/20/using-google-static-maps-in-your-print-view
"Take on Me" is fine, and the video is one of the best ever, but the best _song_ by a-ha is easily "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir...
a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Official Video)
YouTube video by a-ha
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Take on Me" is fine, and the video is one of the best ever, but the best _song_ by a-ha is easily "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3ir...
TIL Chrome will *ignore* your local HOSTS settings and do a DNS lookup every few requests. It explained why my local app server test would be super slow every 5-10 requests.
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
TIL Chrome will *ignore* your local HOSTS settings and do a DNS lookup every few requests. It explained why my local app server test would be super slow every 5-10 requests.
you ever type something, just know you misspelled it, looked it up, realized you were right, and _still_ worry it's wrong?
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
you ever type something, just know you misspelled it, looked it up, realized you were right, and _still_ worry it's wrong?
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TIL about the HTML Size Analyzer from DebugBear. Great for finding sneaky Data URIs or large payloads of JSON in your pages:
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
HTML Size Analyzer
Break HTML document size down by tag and attribute. Discover bloat like code duplication, large hydration state, and inline images.
www.debugbear.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
TIL about the HTML Size Analyzer from DebugBear. Great for finding sneaky Data URIs or large payloads of JSON in your pages:
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
www.debugbear.com/html-size-an...
New post from my blog: "Gemini File Search and File Stores for Easy RAG"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/17/gemini-file-search-file-stores-for-easy-rag
Gemini File Search and File Stores for Easy RAG
How to use Gemini's new File Search / File Store APIs
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November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New post from my blog: "Gemini File Search and File Stores for Easy RAG"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/17/gemini-file-search-file-stores-for-easy-rag
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Happy Hecate Day to all who celebrate
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Happy Hecate Day to all who celebrate
New post from my blog: "Links For You (11/16/25)"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/16/links-for-you-111625
Links For You (11/16/25)
Happy, really happy, links for you.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New post from my blog: "Links For You (11/16/25)"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/16/links-for-you-111625
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MTG isn't speaking truth to power. She is trying to grab a seat on a lifeboat after she helped steer the ship into an iceberg.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
MTG isn't speaking truth to power. She is trying to grab a seat on a lifeboat after she helped steer the ship into an iceberg.
TIL adults play wiffleball and ESPN8 will televise it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
TIL adults play wiffleball and ESPN8 will televise it.
Damnit - Marvel API is *officially* dead. Got the email last night. I guess that's better than just ignoring it and not supporting it, but damn.
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Damnit - Marvel API is *officially* dead. Got the email last night. I guess that's better than just ignoring it and not supporting it, but damn.
Who should I follow that's big into Astro?
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Who should I follow that's big into Astro?
Our two youngest fur babies actually slowed down for a moment to nap in the sun. Not the best pic, sorry.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our two youngest fur babies actually slowed down for a moment to nap in the sun. Not the best pic, sorry.
Some damn fine happy music for a damn fine happy day - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk52...
HAERTS - Wings (Official Video)
YouTube video by HAERTSVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Some damn fine happy music for a damn fine happy day - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk52...
Currently in Mississippi for a few days. Yesterday I got the message Bluesky was blocked, today I didn't. (Obviously.) Any idea why?
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Currently in Mississippi for a few days. Yesterday I got the message Bluesky was blocked, today I didn't. (Obviously.) Any idea why?
New post from my blog: "Checking for Spam Content with Chrome AI"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/07/checking-for-spam-content-with-chrome-ai
Checking for Spam Content with Chrome AI
Using on-device AI to detect spam content
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November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New post from my blog: "Checking for Spam Content with Chrome AI"
https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/11/07/checking-for-spam-content-with-chrome-ai