Rotating clouds in the background

March 11th, 2010 § 0

This is from a piece of code I hacked up about 9 months ago. It was pretty fun, but kind of a time waster.  Luckily, my employer also got a kick out of it when they saw it. We didn’t use it in production, until the site was at the end of it’s lifespan & even then, you could only see it through an easter egg in the site.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

  $('body').css('background-position', '0px 0px');
  $('body').animate({
    backgroundPosition: '-100% 0'
  }, 100000, 'linear', function() {
    animateClouds();
  });

  function animateClouds(self){
    $('body').css('background-position', '0px 0px');
    $('body').animate({
      backgroundPosition: '-100% 0'
    }, 100000, 'linear', function() {
    animateClouds(self);
    });
  }
});
</script>

How I appreciate exceptions

March 4th, 2010 § 0

Especially, when it comes to software or services online. For example, a few weeks ago, I found out Google App’s allows our church to upgrade our account from standard to educational since we are a non-profit 5o1c(3) organization. And as our churches Creative Director / System’s Administrator, it makes my job easier; knowing I just got more support, larger storage size for email & tools to help our church collaborate with each other (which the standard version did a really good job at this too). » Read the rest of this entry «

Copying a file from a remote *nix computer to my local machine

January 27th, 2010 § 0

Secure File Copy or “scp” is one of those handy tool’s I use from time to time when ssh’d into another server or computer. It’s also one of those I don’t use enough to remember and always have to look up. So, I figured I might as well put it out there in a location I know I can remember (besides Google).

Ok, so on my “terminal” window (I’m on a mac, but pretty sure it’s the same for any other *nix machine, with maybe just a few variances in syntax), I type the following:

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Listing out Database Table Names

December 28th, 2009 § 0

Ok, for WordPress & WPMU, let me preface this post with saying standard WordPress tables can be found by using the $wpdb object (paste the below code and you might be surprised on what’s available to you).

echo "<pre>"; print_r($wpdb); echo "</pre>";

But, let’s say the plugin you’re working with in WordPress isn’t in the $wpdb object & you still need to grab a list of non-standard tables, I’ve been using the below code to grab the information I need. » Read the rest of this entry «

Plugin: WP-CMS Post Control

December 21st, 2009 § 0

One plugin that comes in real handy for a lot of the campaigns we work on is called WP-CMS Post Control. It’s not a power house plugin that changes a core functionality of WordPress, but one that makes working with WordPress defaults a little less annoying.

For us, the two most common settings we change are found right under the General Settings sub-heading; uploader type and post/page autosave. For many of you that work with WordPress day in & day out, you can imagine how handy this may be, but for others who don’t know, I’ll explain a little further. » Read the rest of this entry «

Enabling, Disabling the WordPress debug setting

December 18th, 2009 § 0

This is a handy feature that took a little while to figure out, but’s nice when WordPress is throwing you a blank page and you can’t figure out why.

To enable WordPress debugging on either MU or the standard version open up the wp-config.php file. » Read the rest of this entry «

Renewable Power Source: Windmill

June 24th, 2009 § 1

Ok, as you may know, I’ve been really interested in my shed project this year. One thing that’s been on my mind (well, at least I’ve been thinking about it) is electricity, more specifically, how do I get electricity out to my shed. I do have a 220 outlet already routed outside from an old hot tub (cue SNL’s hot tub skit – classic), installed by the previous owner. But where’s the fun in that, for me that involves more digging, which isn’t exactly what I would call a good time.

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Mustache

June 19th, 2009 § 5

Ok, my brother (supplier (for coffee, that is)(twitter user @todewitt)) stopped by work and dropped off, from a vending machine, a fake mustache (SaWeeeet!!!!). So, it’s friday at work and I decided that it would be a good day to sport it around the office. Here are a few pic’s of activities i participated in – but with the mustache!!!
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