I enjoy working with open-source lab projects to learn new things or help around my home, mostly relating to media service optimization, photo library management. Lately, I have also been tinkering with some WordPress plugins that I hope others will find useful.
Most of my free time is utilized to ride motorcycles, scuba dive, and spend time with the family; check out www.oconnoradv.com for photos on these topics.
- PADI Dive Master - since 2017 - actively helping teach classes in Edmonds, WA, USA
- SDI Dive Master - since 2020 - not actively working with instructors for this standard
- Recreational diver - since 1992 (NASDS) and opted to recertify and retake all my recreational classes via PADI in 2011
- Certifications: OW, AOW, Night, UW Photography, Search & Recovery, Rescue, Deep, DPV, Dry Suit, Altitude, Nitrox, O2 Provider, AED/First Aid, Master Diver, and Dive Master x2
- My current ride is a 2015 BMW r1200GS with more than 100K blissful miles. The bike is fully farkled (functional sparkle) with auxiliary lights, primary GPS (GPS, traffic, and Music), CarPlay GPS (backup GPS, Music, and weather), FLIR + display (detects animals at night), 3-gallon hydration unit, and 5-gallon auxiliary fuel cell. I even modded the BMW logos on the side of the bike so that they have a blue running light that toggles between blue/yellow when the blinkers are activated.
- Often scoot around the local forest service roads for weekend motorcycle camping or create memorable street adventures throughout the continental US and Canada.
- Periodically participate in long-distance competitive rallies such as the Iron Butt Rally
- Previous bikes: Honda 80, Yamaha 175 Enduro, Honda 750 Ace, Honda 1100, Honda VFR800 (a.k.a Interceptor), BMW 800GS, BMW 800GS ADV, and BMW r1200GS (current ride)
I welcome contributors to improve the plugin.
I wanted an easier way to display my motorcycle GPS tracks on my website, so I vibe-coded a WordPress plugin called 'SpotwallaGallery' that lets you link to Spotwalla Trips, Tracks, and Retrospectives and embed them on any other WordPress page as an object ID. You can also bundle them into a Gallery of similar rides.
Disclaimer: Gallery for SpotWalla is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by SpotWalla or the SpotWalla team. SpotWalla is a trademark of its respective owner and is used here only to describe compatibility. Direct questions about the plugin to this project, not to SpotWalla.
My draft PtGHP project is not currently public while I work out defects relating to theme complexity. The desire was to have an effective open-source WordPress --> GitHub Pages publication mechanism, but I am finding it more difficult than anticipated, mostly relating to difficulty with dynamic themes; this one may never see the ligth of day.