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Jeff Starr

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Digital Nomad. Web Developer. Full Stack. Traveler. Hearts WordPress. Vanlife. Photographer. Book author. Minimalist. Writes tutorials on Apache/.htaccess, security, performance, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, SQL. AI/LLM enthusiast. Online since 1999.

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · Feb 7

Note to my followers on Bluesky, I try to follow back every legit/real account. It's not always clear which is real vs. spam, so hit me up if I missed you! #teamfollowback

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 18h

Grubbin' tough in CA

Photo of classic combo pizza in a delivery box, with a couple of slices on a paper plate

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 1d

Walking around the waterfront downtown #SanFrancisco #travel #nomad

Photo of pier stretching into the waterfront downtown, numerous buildings plus the Transamerica Pyramid visible in the distance

Looking over the pier sideways across the bay to more buildings with the Transamerica Pyramid visible on the right

Photo taken standing near waterfront facing toward downtown, lots of buildings and palm trees all over the place

Photo of a bunch of palm trees with the Ferry Building obscured in the background

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 1d

A pragmatic guide to modern #CSS colours - part one
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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 1d

#CSS has 42 units www.irrlicht3d.org/index.php?t=...

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 2d

Spent the morning eating fresh baked bread and hanging out on the piers along the bay #SanFrancisco #travel #nomad

Looking out at the bay along a dock that stretches into the horizon

Looking across the bay at the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge

Ferry boat parked in the distance at one of the bay piers

Several ferry boats making their way to the piers

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 3d

I am grateful to be fortunate enough to spend several days in San Francisco, by the grace of God 🙏 #travel #vanlife Proverbs 16:9

About the photos: 1) View of SF from Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz visible on left 2) Golden Gate Bridge 3) Looking out over the bay 4) SF from GGB.

Looking across the bay from the bridge, San Francisco skyline showing against clear blue skies, Alcatraz island showing to the left

Photo of Golden Gate Bridge, taken from south side (looking north)

Looking out over San Francisco bay from the GGB

Another view of the SF skyline, taken from further along the GGB

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 8d

ESET discovers PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware www.eset.com/gr-en/about/... #AI

ESET discovers PromptLock, the first AI-powered ransomware | | ESET

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 8d

FraudGPT and WormGPT, are now available on dark net forums for as low as $100 the420.in/ai-cybercrim... #AI

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 8d

Where It's at:// overreacted.io/where-its-at/

Where It's at:// — overreacted

From handles to hosting.

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 9d

Driving down the Northern #California coast via Highway 101 #travel #vanlife #nomad

Photo looking out across an ocean bay, surrounded by rocks and forested hills, cloudy skies

Photo of wall of evergreen trees lining highway 101

Ocean view near Eureka, CA, just off of Hwy 101, showing rocks fading into the distance, ocean in the background

Photo of tall grass, beach sand, large rocks, and the ocean, with cirrus cumulus clouds fading into the distance

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 9d

LinkedIn uses your data to train #AI, you can opt out via your account settings > Data Privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 10d

🌲 Now in Northern #California, first stop: Redwood Forest near Crescent City.. absolutely stunning Redwood trees, the largest living things I've ever seen. Photos fail to convey the massive size of these giants. Truly impressive. #travel #nomad

Lower part of large Redwood tree next to winding road

Near photo of several Redwood trees, side view, creating an abstract-ish pattern

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 12d

The AI coding trap chrisloy.dev/post/2025/09... #AI #vibecoding

The AI coding trap | Chris Loy

If you ever watch someone “coding”, you might see them spending far more time staring into space than typing on their keyboard.

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 12d

Small Data FTW: topicpartition.io/definitions/...

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 13d

🔥 Update! 8G Firewall version 1.5 now available perishablepress.com/8g-firewall/ #free #opensource #apache #firewall #security

8G Firewall | Perishable Press

After more than a year of beta testing, 8G Firewall is ready for use on production sites. So you can benefit from the powerful protection provided by the...

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 13d

Exploring Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon #travel #vanlife

Photo of the central pond at Alton Baker Park, early morning

View from a bridge crossing the Willamette River, looking downstream

View of a bridge crossing the Willamette River, looking upstream

Photo of the many trees and greenery surrounding Alton Baker Park, blue skies in the background

Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 15d

⚡ Update! Ultimate Block List to Stop AI Bots 🤖 Version 1.7 blocks over 600+ #AI #bots and user agents, plus improved pattern matching for more accurate blocking and better performance 🔥 100% FREE and #OpenSource for everyone, human or otherwise :) perishablepress.com/ultimate-ai-...

Ultimate Block List to Stop AI Bots | Perishable Press

More than you might think, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) bots are crawling your site and scraping your content. They are...

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Jeff Starr @perishablepress.com · 15d

Getting some work done here at the Eugene Public Library. Large building downtown, nearby parking, plenty of seating and outlets, relatively quiet, overall great experience. #travel #webdev