Disable WordPress Parent Menu Link

September 21, 2011

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 how to do it in the WordPress 3.0 menu system: Insert…

Raised Bed Garden

September 13, 2011

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 with a new system. It’s bigger, raised up a bit more,…

Sassafras Floral

September 1, 2011

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 great new photos and I just wanted to share this one…

Off the Grid

August 19, 2011

Update: Off the Grid is now Off the Air. All the stuff that was being posted there is now being posted here. No need to update two sites, friends. You can use the Off the…

Paper Airplane: Cobra

August 17, 2011

[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.

D300 outta commission

August 10, 2011

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 it’ll be nearly two months without a decent camera. Here’s a…

Natural Spider Killer

August 5, 2011

Here’s Kari’s chemical free, essential oil based spider killer spray. We use it to keep our annual Hobo Spider infestation at bay. ESSENTIAL OIL MIXTURE 2/3 bottle of Tiger Balm Liniment  3 tsp peppermint essential oil…

Brewing: Negra Cerveza

August 4, 2011

Getting back on the home brew bandwagon. After a successful IPA this spring, it’s time to try it again with a Mexican style dark beer. I’m sticking with the pre-fab kits from The Beer Nut…

Technical drawings of a Mini - made to look a little yesteryear

Don’t Minify on the Fly

June 15, 2011

In the name of speeding up your site you may hear that minifying your CSS is both awesome and easy. I’ll agree that it’s very easy, and in the name of speed I can concede…

Responsive Web Design – The Book

June 7, 2011

A Book Apart released Responsive Web Design today and I picked up a copy. I’m excited to get a better understanding of the whole responsive web picture – but I’m especially interested in hearing Ethan’s…