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Widget Logic is_active_sidebar fix

November 10, 2011

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 essential plugin. Carry on. WordPress doesn’t currently have a built in…

Text only Facebook Share link

November 8, 2011

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 a little script that will allow you to share with a simple Facebook text link.

See it in action right over there → and click it while you’re at it!

March Fourth Marching Band

October 21, 2011

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. We headed down to The State Room in Salt Lake with…

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…