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I saw this video about Caine’s Arcade and was so inspired by it, you should check it out on the Momii Blog, and maybe do something awesome for someone else! Click the title or head here to view it http://blog.momiihq.com/post/21202240904/caines-arcade-this-brought-tears-to-my-eyes-and

It’s release day over at WooThemes again it’s a WordPress theme called Merchant built by yours truly and Fresh01. I’ve been thinking about an overhaul for this site and will likely be using Merchant. Click the title or head here to check it out: http://www.woothemes.com/2012/04/responsive-design-with-layout-controls-meet-merchant/

Over at WooThemes we’ve been working on some cool stuff lately, and one of those projects is WooDojo – something everyone should have in their WordPress install ‘cos it adds awesome sauce to your WordPress install! It includes WooSidebars, Tabs, Shortlinks, Custom Code, Login Branding, Social Widgets, and other downloadable items! Click the title to the download page or read the release post here: http://www.woothemes.com/2012/04/woodojo-enter-the-ninja/

If you were thinking about learning to code, the answer is yes you should, and you should give this article by Adii a read: http://adii.me/2012/04/learn-to-code/ it’s quite an insightful read about moving from initially coding to running a business and eventually reacquiring those coding skills.

For those that are in Cape Town, there is a WordPress meetup happening on 25 April 2012. It’ll be a good time to catchup with those who came to WordCamp Cape Town 2011 and meet some new faces I’ll be there, so come say hi! Read more by clicking the title or going here: http://lsdev.biz/cape-town-wordpress-meetup-2012/

I blogged about using WooThemes products in the real world over at woothemes.com recently, check it out. It’s quite a cool case study to learn from! Click on the title to read more or here: http://www.woothemes.com/2012/03/case-study-warehouse-on-woo/

I’ve seen a few pirated versions of WordPress themes come out over the last few years, trying to pass themselves off as “free” versions of the real ones at WooThemes and other themes providers. The funny thing is that they don’t mention the malware installed in the theme, or the dodgy link backs in the footer.php code using base64_encode() to output it.

To those that are using them, the GPL is NOT an excuse to get away with pirating themes, grow up and buy the theme or stop whining that your site got a virus, or worse still got hacked. $30-$100 for a quality theme is not a lot of money and you get quality support, regular updates and upgrades, and bug fixes with that. It’s a no brainer really…