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Thesis Tutorial: Sidebars However You Like Them

May 25, 2009

One of the things I learned from creating multiple custom page templates within the Thesis framework was how to create and modify sidebars. WordPress and Thesis provide you with a simple an effective way for implementing sidebars on your website with the use of simple syntax, options, and widgets.

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Get Perspective On Your Stress

April 14, 2009

My wonderful wife is a teacher at The Thacher School. One week every school year each teacher is required to take on the responsibilities of the T.O.A.D. (Teacher On Active Duty). One of the duties is to give what is called a “TOAD Talk” Monday morning to a full assembly of the school; students, faculty [...]

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You will not end your life wanting more time on the computer.

March 25, 2009

I have been in a slump as of late. I have been busy and working (thank goodness in light of economic uncertainties). However, I have not taken time off in what is approaching a year. Feeling the burnout? Mmm… yeah maybe a touch. I have been here in this space before—to pre-burnout, then burnout and [...]

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Thesis Tutorial: Multiple Custom Page Templates

February 25, 2009

I have been working with Thesis for a little over a month now. Thesis is a relatively new templating platform for WordPress. Thesis has unmatched SEO, cross-browser compatibility, and top-notch HTML + CSS architecture. This website runs on Thesis. I was looking through the Thesis forums and tweeting with others on how to get a [...]

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Being around lots of brainpower.
AKA “The Force”

January 13, 2009

This past weekend I had the fortunate experience of travelling to the San Francisco Bay Area. I was helping my wife drive her Equestrian team to a horse show at Stanford University. We left Ojai on a Friday afternoon and returned late Sunday night. So overall we had 12 hours of driving in 3 days [...]

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The Good versus The Perfect

January 6, 2009

Something I constantly strive for is perfection. I’ll admit it I am a perfectionist. I have written about this before. I have recently found myself editing, and re-editing just about everything in pursuit of some sort of non-existent pixelated nirvana. While this quality can be seen as admirable it can also be seen as a [...]

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Some thoughts on the first day of 2009

January 1, 2009

As the sun sets on this the first day of 2009 I have had some time to reflect. Many people look at New Years Day as a time to initiate their resolutions. In years past I have concocted my own list of resolutions only to find that 3 weeks later they were nice ideas and [...]

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So much to say, so much to say…

December 29, 2008

Yes I have had so much to say these past few months. Really. Seriously. I have had many good blog topics pop into my head. I have come across many good blog posts this year that have prodded me to respond either by replying after the post, or posting my own retort on this blog—alas, [...]

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