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What’s Up On June 29th?

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Ray Harryhausen’s Birthday (Stop motion animation: Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans…)

Robert William Thomson’s Birthday (Inventor: Fountain Pen & Pneumatic Tyre) 🖊️🛞

WordPress, fixing Chrome’s Admin Bar glitch – CSS & GPU compositing February 14th 2026
• Update: Feb 20th 2026
~5 Mins Read

Fixed WordPress Admin Bar glitches in Chrome by replacing background-attachment: fixed & using specific transitions instead of transition: all.

Topics:
#Tech-Stack, #WebPerf, #WordPress

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Circular SVG text, two paths, no backwards text February 7th 2026

Circular SVG graphic with text on two paths so top and bottom words stay upright, avoiding backwards text while remaining fully responsive.

Scope: Experimental

Article: Technical

WordPress, renaming an established custom ACF block February 1st 2026
~9 Mins Read

Step‑by‑step guide to rename established custom ACF blocks in WordPress: Update files, block.json, field groups, Db content & related styles.

Topics:
#Tech-Stack, #WordPress