Odds & Sods
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
July 30, 2013
Goodbye to a great client
It's a bittersweet day as KPCW radio in Park City will be going live tomorrow with a new website. They'll be implementing NPR's 'Core…
July 26, 2013
Prismacolor Markers
I bought this set of Prismacolor double ended markers in design school nearly 10 years ago. They're still as good as the day I…
July 10, 2013
The Spigot Rorschach Test
Quick, take a look below and what do you see? Over the last 10 years or so there have been a handful of people…
July 9, 2013
Viewport Resizer
While no substitute to testing responsive layouts on an actual device, this bookmarklet is great for initial and ongoing testing. This one is a…
June 20, 2013
WP Migrate DB Pro
The one thing that makes developing in a local environment hard is keeping databases synced. This (paid) plugin for WordPress can do it right…
June 18, 2013
The sign of legitimacy
After all these years, behold a pale shingle. Is this the coming of legitimacy? Perhaps only if we weren't legitimate before. Wink wink. A…
May 13, 2013
Why I don’t post anything relevant on Facebook
I rarely (never) post anything relevant to Facebook. No status updates, no conversations, no images. Nearly everything I post is a link to something…
January 30, 2013
Strikethrough without images
Looking to add a background strikethrough effect, perhaps for headers like we do here on Spigot? Look no further. // Markup <h2 class="strikethrough"><span>My Awesome…
January 15, 2013
Nested retina media queries with Sass
Since switching from LESS to Sass I've been excited to learn how Sass makes responsive web design easier with @content blocks and @media mixins.…
December 19, 2012
Replace Navigation Text with Icon Font
Looking to replace a navigation item with an icon font in WordPress? This little snippet placed in functions.php will do just that: add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu',…