Posted on: May 11th, 2013
poem

A Poem by 10-Year Old Me

Slam poetry from an earlier time…

Posted on: May 7th, 2013
audio

Using the Audio Waveform Effect – After Effects

Waveforms, like a boss.

Posted on: May 2nd, 2013
4_29_logo

get_stylesheet_directory_uri and Child Themes

Template, stylesheet, child themes, confusion.

Posted on: April 18th, 2013
Kicking out

Getting Kicked Out of Your First Startup

These things happen…

Posted on: March 14th, 2013
CodeMonkey-68762_960x3601

Top 10 Albums For Maximum Coding Efficiency Part Deux

Music to code (or get down) to.

Posted on: February 27th, 2013
compass

Compass Won’t Compress Sass to CSS

Sweet piece of Sass…

Posted on: February 25th, 2013
Remove div and ul from wp_nav_menu

Remove div and ul from wp_nav_menu

Johnye’s Menu Workout Plan…trim the fat.

Posted on: February 18th, 2013
reflow

Adobe Edge Reflow – First Look

[pearl jam voice]Ree hee flowwwww

Posted on: February 10th, 2013
Responsive Wireframes in Action

Turn an Old Picture Frame into Responsive Wireframe

Putting old picture frames to good use since 2013.

Posted on: February 8th, 2013
Display Tweets with jQuery and JSON

Display Tweets With jQuery and JSON

Tweets where you want them.

Posted on: February 5th, 2013
php-v

PHP not recognized as an internal or external command

Tweak. Tweak. Tweak.

Posted on: January 23rd, 2013
Installing Sass and Compass

Installing Sass and Compass

Let’s get sassy.

Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Custom Excerpt Length

Custom Excerpt Lengths in WordPress

Custom excerpt lengths…endless numbers.

Posted on: January 7th, 2013
php.ini fix

Fixing upload_max_filesize In php.ini

Max out without hitting the weight room.

Posted on: December 21st, 2012
Using Illustrator Files In After Effects

After Effects Tutorial – Using Illustrator Files

Your AI files. Use them.

Posted on: December 21st, 2012
Photoshop Patterns

Easily Create Photoshop Patterns

Patterns, patterns, patterns…

Posted on: November 20th, 2012
Font-face not working in Firefox

Font-Face Not Working in Firefox

FF not working in FF…try this.

Posted on: November 13th, 2012
Git for Windows - Git Bash

Getting Started With Git for Windows

Git started with Git for Windows

Posted on: November 7th, 2012
wampscreen

Wampserver Setup and Troubleshooting

Go from wampserver orange to green.

Posted on: October 26th, 2012
*May 07 - 00:05*

Getting Started With Sublime Text 2 Package Control

These packages are totally safe.

Posted on: October 12th, 2012
Screen shot 2012-10-12 at 12.51.50 PM

Twitter Status With PHP and Twitter JSON (snippet)

Getting your Twitter status updates with PHP and JSON, since XML doesn’t work anymore.

Posted on: September 19th, 2012
chuck

Custom Taxonomy Category Dropdown

Use those custom categories in your custom taxonomies, in a dropdown.

Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Screen shot 2012-09-12 at 10.31.30 AM

After Effects Tutorial – Track Mattes

Alpha matte, track matte, matte, matte, matte…

Posted on: September 8th, 2012
wordcampbalt

Designing for WordPress Without WordPress

WordPress is the canvas and you are painting onto it.

Posted on: September 8th, 2012
wordcampbalt

How to Help a Developer…

Getting along with designers can be tough, but this is some good advice.

Posted on: September 8th, 2012
wordcampbalt

Becoming a more efficient freelancer

Some tips on becoming a more efficient WordPress freelancer from Erick Karkovak.

Posted on: September 7th, 2012
Screen shot 2012-09-07 at 9.11.18 AM

AE Tutorial – Punch Out Text

After Effects gets punchy with punch out text.

Posted on: September 5th, 2012
wordcampbalt

WordCamp Balitmore Notes

My notes from WordCamp Baltimore. Nothing here yet, but soon.

Posted on: August 30th, 2012
Screen shot 2012-08-30 at 12.58.48 PM

Add Image Sizes to WordPress

add_image_size in WordPress can be super helpful.

Posted on: August 30th, 2012
Regenerate Thumbnails

Regenerate Thumbnails

A mighty plugin for the ages…that regenerates your WordPress thumbnails.

Posted on: August 28th, 2012
fail

Being Awful Is Underrated

Dive in, be terrible and learn from it.

Posted on: August 23rd, 2012
preg_replace For Image Suffix

preg_replace to Change Image Suffix In a Loop

PHP snippets for preg_replace on image suffix. What could be more fun?

Posted on: August 20th, 2012
Easy Post Order Plugin Review

Plugin Review: Easy Post Order

Easy Post Order. A fantastic plugin for easily re-ordering posts…

Posted on: August 16th, 2012
Media Queries in Legacy Browsers

Media Queries Not Working In IE8?

Media queries not working in older browsers? Use respond.js and take heed of this warning…

Posted on: August 7th, 2012
waldo

Sublime Text 2 Tutorial – Find and Replace

Find and Replace in Sublime Text 2…more helpful than Waldo in a sea of Waldos…

Posted on: August 1st, 2012
chuck-norris

Pass and $_GET a Title in PHP

Get rid of those pesky underscores fed to you by a special URL. Chuck Norris it…or use str_replace and PHP.

Posted on: July 19th, 2012
wpdb-delete

Fatal Errorz

Don’t let “Fatal error: Call to undefined method wpdb::delete()” scare you..

Posted on: July 2nd, 2012
get_slug

Get The Slug and Name From Custom Taxonomy

For linking custom categories and custom post types in a new way…

Posted on: June 13th, 2012
sublime

Creating Sublime Text 2 Snippets

Creating snippets, made easy…

Posted on: June 11th, 2012
starwars

Star Wars Opening Titles Tutorial

Great opening titles make you must…greatly.

Posted on: June 8th, 2012
katyperry

Katy Perry After Effects Breakdown

I found that on the interwebs…

Posted on: April 18th, 2012
phprandom

PHP Random Image

Random Images with PHP…for free…since you can copy and paste the code.

Posted on: February 29th, 2012
rolls

WordPress Editing Editor Role

Get it? Role, rolls…I’m so clever…

Posted on: February 24th, 2012
ae-text

After Effects Tutorial – More Text Effects

Moar…MOAR Text Effects…

Posted on: February 15th, 2012
path

After Effects Tutorial – Text Path

Choose your path wisely…

Posted on: February 10th, 2012
After Effects Tutorial

After Effects Tutorial – Camera Keyframing

Better camera moves than Cloverfield…

Posted on: February 8th, 2012
feb_links

After Effects – February Link Roundup

February linkage for maximum After Effects usage…

Posted on: February 6th, 2012
sharebar

WordPress Tutorial – Fixing the Sharebar

Sharing is caring, so spruce it up…

Posted on: February 3rd, 2012
mamp

WordPress Tutorial – Local Development with MAMP

I like my MAMP down low and my WordPress laid back…

Posted on: February 1st, 2012
binoculars

Helpful HTML Links

Look at these links…Look at them!

Posted on: January 30th, 2012
basic_text

AE Tutorial – Text Effects

A tutorial going over some basic effects you can use to spice up your plain boring text.

Posted on: January 23rd, 2012
classzip

Class ZipArchive not found – Dreamhost Fix

Class ZipArchive couldn’t be found, until now…

Posted on: January 6th, 2012
wake-up

Code Explosion – Week 6

New Year? New Snippets. Wake up and taste the awesome.

Posted on: December 15th, 2011
wp_xmas

WordPress Menus, Sidebars and Widgets

Ho, ho, ho…it’s so simple…

Posted on: December 13th, 2011
post-it

Stop American Censorship

Contact Congress now…[insert Braveheart speech here]

Posted on: December 12th, 2011
headphones

Top 10 Albums for Maximum Coding Efficiency

We crank it to 11…

Posted on: December 7th, 2011
christmaslights

Creating Good Splash Pages

This guy’s doin’ it wrong…

Posted on: December 2nd, 2011
flourface

Quick Vignettes – After Effects

Make it purdy with vignettes, you know you want to…

Posted on: November 23rd, 2011
scared

Fixing Sweepstakes Malware Virus

Malware bad…fix malware good.

Posted on: November 18th, 2011
week5

Code Explosion – Week 5

Best part about Code Explosion? It’s free…

Posted on: November 15th, 2011
kt3

Kinetic Typography – Part III

The trilogy is complete…and George Lucas smiled.

Posted on: November 14th, 2011
computer-kid

Kinetic Typography – After Effects Tutorial

Kinetic Typography learnings abound.

Posted on: November 11th, 2011
headstep

Code Explosion – Week 4

So many snippets, so little time.

Posted on: November 4th, 2011
splosion

Code Explosion – Week 3

Things get hot with HTML emails.

Posted on: October 29th, 2011
trickortweet

Trick or Tweet

Some sweet tweets for Halloween.

Posted on: October 24th, 2011
wiggle_effect

Wiggle Expression – Tutorial

Wiggle expression use in After Effects using a slider control.

Posted on: October 20th, 2011
zville_lion

Memetic Twitter Handles

An analysis of ZanesvilleAnimal handles and memetics.

Posted on: October 18th, 2011
4 Reasons The Library is Better Than Your Bookshelf

Why The Library Rocks

The library is one of the best resources for freelancers. Read more now.

Posted on: October 14th, 2011
Weekly Code Roundup - Week 2

Code Explosion – Week 2

Get pumped, more code snippets and tips from the week.

Posted on: October 7th, 2011
scissors

Code Explosion – Week 1

Nifty bits of code from across the interwebs.

Posted on: September 29th, 2011
Well That's Not How It Should Look

WordPress Responsiveness

Getting WordPress to bend to the will of all devices can be tough.

Posted on: August 15th, 2011
Don't Be A Jerk

Don’t Be a Jerk

At some point you will have to deal with people as a freelancer. It’s important to not be a jerk.

Posted on: July 29th, 2011
Rejection Can Be Fun!

Rejection Can Be Fun!

Seriously…it can.