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Eric Karkovack

@karks.com
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30+ years as a web developer, WordPress aficionado, writer @speckyboy.bsky.social, podcast host at @thewpminute.com, teller of terrible puns. Passionate #Orioles and #Saints fan. Find me all over the web: karks.com/links

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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 23/09/2026
Two-panel comic showing a boy and girl sitting on a sidewalk at sunset as a dumpster burns against a city skyline, followed by the same scene the next morning with blue skies and the dumpster lightly smoking. Captions read, “Today was shitty...” and “But tomorrow might be less shitty...”
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 20/09/2026
We thought there was a bat in our basement ceiling. I was volunteered to open the light cover (not my idea of fun, LOL). Thankfully, it was a piece of foil. 😅
A bat-like shape in our basement light cover.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 15/09/2026
The redesigned tab layout in @firefox.com Developer Edition is pretty, pretty, sexy. 😍
The redesigned tab layout in Firefox Developer Edition. The current tab is surrounded by a rounded gradient border.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 12/09/2026
Great minds think alike? @polyesterunis.com @clipart.bsky.social
Two Bluesky accounts feature Oakland Athletics. Joe DiMaggio and Dennis Eckersly.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 06/09/2026
Say hello to my lil friend 🧡
An inch worm sits on a flower.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 30/08/2026
I don't think he really has anything stored in his cheeks, but he gives off that vibe.
My dog Sully lays on the couch with his cheeks puffed out.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 24/08/2026
He was such a convincing jerk on Perfect Strangers.
A cast photo of Perfect Strangers.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 24/08/2026
Did the internet ruin society? Or was it the other way around?
A strange ad for Tai Chi Walking, with offensive body suits. I truly don't know how to describe it.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 07/08/2026
Hell yes, I call myself a music snob.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 07/08/2026
Hell yes, I call myself a music snob.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 05/08/2026
I loved that Accord so much, it was in my wedding!
My wife and I lean against my 2000 Honda Accord in a wedding photo.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 05/08/2026
3 car dream garage, but all 3 must be from the same make. The green Accord coupe was mine, and I miss it dearly. 🤩
2026 Honda PreludeHonda s2000 Convertible2000 Honda Accord EX-L Coupe (I owned this one)
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 03/08/2026
A fake movie poster, poking fun at the Baltimore Orioles' trade deadline: Mike Elias in Bye Bye Birdland.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 03/08/2026
Just blowing off steam, #Birdland...
A fake movie poster, poking fun at the Baltimore Orioles' trade deadline: Mike Elias in Bye Bye Birdland.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 03/08/2026
Just discovered a new friend in the backyard 👀
A snake (possibly a rat snake) slithers away over my rain pipe.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 30/07/2026
This is why I don't eat good food. What a shit show. #T1D
My Dexcom reading is 386. To hell with that.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 27/07/2026
I received a totally rad gift from my wife and daughter! I'd like to watch some Miami Vice while I drink a New Coke.
A Little Golden Book about the 1980s.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/07/2026
Better than a lot of places, but still not good 😐
The air quality in Carlisle, PA is 256, very unhealthy.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/07/2026
I'm coughing just looking at this number...
The air quality in Carlisle, PA is listed as 196 and "unhealthy".
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 16/07/2026
The wildfire smoke is absolutely crazy here in central PA. The picture doesn't do it justice.
Canadian wildfire smoke creates a hazy sky in Carlisle, PA.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 12/07/2026
Thanks to @effinbirds.com, I now have a healthy way to express my feelings.
I'm wearing an Effin' Birds shirt that features an oriole and the words "I Hate People".
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 07/07/2026
Just a couple of pals watching Reggie Dinkins reruns.
A selfie with my cat, Jeffrey.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 02/07/2026
It's hot enough to turn your inner gumbo into jambalaya 🔥
My home weather station reports an outdoor temperature of 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 01/07/2026
This is the kind of weather that will boil your gizzard.
My weather station displays an outdoor temperature of 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 25/06/2026
I think this counts as a sort-of vacation?
An advertisement for 3rd Rock From The Sun's post Super Bowl episode in 1998. The aliens (and supermodels) went to the big game in San Diego.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 24/06/2026
Any #Orioles fans seeing this on DirecTV?
DirecTV graphic that claims the Orioles game has restricted access
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 23/06/2026
I swear, he did this on his own! 😅
My dog Sully lays with his nose between rails of my banister.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 22/06/2026
Comic: Milli Vanilli meet with President Trump regarding the America 250 Celebration. 

Milli Vanilli: "But Mr. President, we don't actually sing."

Trump: "That's OK, I don't pay taxes, I cheat at golf, I cheat at everything! Welcome Aboard!"
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 20/06/2026
Congratulations to Google for keeping a straight face.
I asked Google,  "Why does I fart like dat?" It gave me a scientific answer.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 19/06/2026
An illustration of Robert F Kennedy Jr. wading in and drinking filthy water with a title that says, "Drink the Swamp"
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 18/06/2026
AI can be fun sometimes...
An AI illustration of a mythical creature I created called a BeefHog. The title of the image is, "In My BeefHog Era".
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/06/2026
Now I can't stop:
A promotional image for Listen Up, a sitcom starring Jason Alexander and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. It was loosely based on the life of commentator Tony Kornheiser.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/06/2026
Also burned into my memory:
A promotional photo for Twenty Good Years, a short-lived sitcom starring Jeffrey Tambor and John Lithgow.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/06/2026
Also see:
A scene from Where's Rodney?, a TV show starring Rodney Dangerfield.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 17/06/2026
name a tv show you're positive no one remembers but you
An advertisement for Sweet Surrender, a short-lived 1980s TV show that aired on NBC.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 09/06/2026
Maybe we humans are doing it wrong? What if integrity were seen as a feature, not a bug? pleasehumoreric.com/integrity-no...
A space alien and an old woman sit on a couch, eating popcorn and watching TV. The alien asks, "So, the less integrity a human has, the more powerful they become?" The lady responds, "You betcha!"
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 08/06/2026
I tried some Duke Cannon beard balm today. My beard is literally glowing ✨️ But I also smell like bourbon, which may not be the best thing.
I show off my beautifully conditioned beard
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 05/06/2026
The new Google Health logo looks familiar. No confusion here. 😉
The Google Health app icon looks similar to the Southwest Airlines app.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 04/06/2026
She's got Wessonality!
An old magazine ad for Wesson cooking oil with Florence Henderson.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 01/06/2026
The intersection of art and technology in the 90s.
Bush - Cold Contagious single and interactive CD-ROM.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 22/05/2026
The Custom HTML block got a facelift in #WordPress 7.0. 👀
The latest version of the WordPress Custom HTML block opens a modal window with tabs for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. A preview panel is also included on the right side of the modal.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 20/05/2026
Wayne Knight as Officer Don and Kristen Johnston as Sally on 3rd Rock From the Sun.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 14/05/2026
A comic with two panels. Panel one features a teen asking a friend, "Can I bum a cigarette?" Panel two features teens chatting online. One asks, "Got any spare AI tokens?"
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 14/05/2026
I remember using BBEdit at my first job.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 11/05/2026
🚨 On Tuesday, May 12 at 1:00 pm EDT, Jeffrey will answer your questions on @thewpminute.com Slack! You can join for free at: thewpminute.com/membership/
Join Jeffrey Zeldman for an Ask Me Anything on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 1:00 pm EDT.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 08/05/2026
So, I've got something amazing to announce. The one and only @zeldman.bsky.social joined me for 2-part episode on @thewpminute.com! Part 1 airs on Monday, May 11. And he's going to do an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Tuesday, May 12 at 1pm EDT on Slack - join us for free! thewpminute.com/membership/
Join The WP Minute for an exclusive AMA session with Jeffrey Zeldman on Tuesday, May 12 at 1pm Eastern.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 27/04/2026
A child explains to a teacher that the Claude AI app ate their homework.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 27/04/2026
This little screen capture shows how excited I am about an episode of @thewpminute.com that's coming in May. 👀
I look incredibly excited in this screen capture from a recently recorded episode of The WP Minute Podcast.
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 20/04/2026
Jan Hooks on 3rd Rock from the Sun. She was unforgettable as Vicki Dubcek.
Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun
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Eric Karkovack @karks.com · 10/04/2026
Getting ready for day 2 of #PressConf! With my @thewpminute.com colleague @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social. #WordPress
Eric Karkovack and Matt Medeiros
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