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Apple Keyboards – Wired vs Wireless

December 28, 2011

While most of the world is going wireless, I’ve recently switched back to my wired-up, fully extended keyboard. Here’s a rundown of the pros, cons, and why I did it. Apple Wireless Keyboard The wireless…

Submarine shooting torpedo

Email Etiquette Don’t: See Below

December 19, 2011

There are a ton of email etiquette rules out there that are good to know and follow. One that’s rarely addressed is this See Below scenario: You’ve been replying back and forth with a friend…

Shiny the Bearded Dragon

December 17, 2011

Our son Tory got to bring his preschool class’ pet Bearded Dragon, Shiny, home for the Christmas break. Surprisingly cute. Eats mealworms and crickets. Our cat Ollie was briefly interested in a protracted staring contest…

Total Lunar Eclipse

December 10, 2011

I woke up early this morning to find the moon looking a little funny. A quick search on the Google told me it was a lunar eclipse!

Reset Safari Bookmarks in iCloud

December 6, 2011

Overall, I really like Apple’s iCloud service. Moving back to Apple after dropping MobileMe back in late 2009 has been relatively painless; The setup was simple, the service is automatic, and it’s free. The two…

Boss Hog Canyoneering

November 28, 2011

Kari and I have been canyoneering for many years now, and it’s one of the main reasons we decided to move back to Utah. We were lucky to get a few days away recently and…

Arting up the office with Susan Kare

November 24, 2011

It turns out my interior design sense is as clean and simple as my graphic design style. I prefer design that is modern and uncluttered; breathable yet punctuated with contrast. I’m also a fan of…

Text only StumbleUpon Stumble Link

November 22, 2011

After adding a text-based Facebook link to the site, it’s seemed a sensible idea to add a similar text-only link for StumbleUpon. For WordPress, add the following code in your templates: For other CMS platforms…

WordPress SEO, A Pre-Launch Checklist

November 18, 2011

[wpvideo 4ZB2FYEh w=620 h=360] I missed Mike Payne’s WordPress SEO, A Comprehensive Pre-Launch Checklist presentation at this years WordCamp Salt Lake City, but thankfully WordPressTV has posted this and a few other videos from the…

Faux Crop any size image with CSS

November 17, 2011

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 building websites for clients who don’t have Photoshop, or understand what…