Odds & Sods

Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
November 17, 2011

Faux Crop any size image with CSS

Here's a quick tip on how to crop any sized image through CSS and an extra div. This technique comes in very handy when…
November 10, 2011

Widget Logic is_active_sidebar fix

Dec 29, 2011 Update - Installing Widget Logic version 0.51 fixes the previous is_active_sidebar issue. Thanks to Alan Trewartha for continued development on this…
November 8, 2011

Text only Facebook Share link

If you love sharing your posts on Facebook (and by gosh who doesn't?) but don't like the look of the standard share buttons, here's…
October 21, 2011

March Fourth Marching Band

We don't get out on the town as much as we used to, but Grandpa and Grandma are here, so we must take advantage.…
September 21, 2011

Disable WordPress Parent Menu Link

If you've ever wanted a top-level navigation item to act as a trigger for a drop down menu, but not actually link anywhere, here's…
September 13, 2011

Raised Bed Garden

After suffering complete failure (due to climate and critters) with our 4×4 gardens last year (click here for a picture), we wentall out this year…
September 1, 2011

Sassafras Floral

After years of nagging, my sister Sarah is allowing me to upgrade their flash-based website (that I built) to modern standards. They’ve got some…
August 19, 2011

Off the Grid

Update: Off the Grid is now Off the Air. All the stuff that was being posted there is now being posted here. No need…
August 17, 2011

Paper Airplane: Cobra

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34CGZ5UZoQ] With a 4-year-old boy in the house we make a lot of paper airplanes. This is one of our favorites.
August 10, 2011

D300 outta commission

After sending in my favorite lens for repair a few weeks back, I’ve now had to send in the body as well. All told…