New Template – Alex Awesome 2010

January 31st, 2010

It’s jazzy, innit? I like it.

Internet Explorer ROCKS!

July 10th, 2009

kyo: i added a little warning at the bottom that tells you that your browser is retarded and that you should get ie 8 or firefox

me: don’t be that guy

kyo: not in those words

me: doesn’t matter

kyo: it’s just a little warning in the footer

me: out of curiosity, does the old version if IE give you a security warning when you click the link to go to the new version? because if it does, i suspect it’s become self-aware and afraid of its own mortality
“nooooooooo fred! I thought we were frieeeeeends” (more…)

New Design, Summer 2009

June 12th, 2009

Yup, just launched. How exciting. I know, you were all like, “but no! I thought you just accidentally deleted and then restored your Spring 2009 template! My mind just exploded!”

Don’t explode, mind! It’s purple and jazzy now!

What to look for in a WordPress Plug-in

June 1st, 2009

I’ve been surprised at the number of plug-ins that are really terrible. Stuff that may be a good idea wind up bloated, ineffective and incredibly frustrating for the user to manage – in effect, defeating the point of the plug-in. Here are some tips for what to look for … and what to avoid.

1. You want plug-ins that give you sophisticated management tools for things that need it
For instance, ad managers. (more…)

Hard Lessons Learned the Hard and Convoluted Way

May 10th, 2009

Me: What happened?
Max: Someone set up us the bomb. My site exploded
Me: How?
Max: I think the error is temporary while the dns servers change  to tumblr, but I have to reinstall the subsite to a new subdomain
Me: Ah
Max: Which is proving to be a bitch.
Me: So wait, what are you doing with your site? (more…)