Author: Jesse
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Just got a card addressed to The Right Reverend Jesse and Mrs. Gardner in the mail today from a good friend. The message is too good not to share: “In honor of your 3rd year of wedded bliss, a LEATHER gift is in order. I have selected one of our goats for slaughter, just let... Read More
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The Blogging Interface: Flexible vs. Focused
Decreased Clutter, Increased Productivity When Six Apart launched Movable Type 4 last year with it’s brand new UI, I attempted to design my own user interface for it—partly to try out the new custom UI capabilities and partly because some folks were complaining that the new UI was script-heavy and slow. The Pep-o-mint UI (as... Read More
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10 Tips For Creating Website Mockups In Photoshop
Here are some things I’ve discovered while creating website mockups in Photoshop. They’re not gospel, just things that you may find helpful: 1. Use shapes and shape layers as often as possible. You can resize then easily without quality loss, good for later changes. 2. Blending options are your friend. Double click a shape layer... Read More
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Thanks to everyone who had us in your thoughts and prayers yesterday as we met with the plastic surgeons at Children’s Hospital to discuss Ethan’s reconstructive surgery. Here’s a brief update; keep in mind, a lot of the surgery scheduling will depend on the severity of cleft, and we won’t really know that until our... Read More
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Clarification On Asset Conversion, From RightFields to Custom Fields
If you don’t use Movable Type or either one of these plugins, you can stop reading now. I hope you’ll forgive the long, intimidating title. It’s just that there has been some confusion regarding the move from Right Fields to Custom Fields, specifically when it comes to asset related fields. First, let’s talk about the... Read More
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For the last few years, my writing has been decidedly utilitarian. Most of my articles and entries were written to answer a question, fulfill a need, inform the reader. Tonight, however, I write because I can’t seem to figure things. I have a broad, unfocused restlessness that’s keeping me awake because I can’t even seem... Read More
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I nearly filed this in the Heart chapter, because I feel so strongly about it. I came across a particular article today that brought these strong feelings to mind. It seems as though a random woman I do not know dropped her phone into the toilet. It’s a very good article arguing that technological tethers... Read More
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The following is a transcript of the speech I gave at the Northern Dutchess Christian School commencement exercises: For those of you that know me and know what kind of person I am, what I’m about to say may surprise you: You are about to head into a life that is filled with struggle and... Read More
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Well, now that blogging is a bit easier, I may just do it more often. It’s been a busy week, which seems more common these days. Between getting Simply Recipes running on the new version of Movable Type, finishing/launching the new Oxford Valley Chapel website and several other sundry tasks, I didn’t get much sleep.... Read More
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Movable Type, Easy As Twitter?
In the previous article, I explained how to set up Movable Type as a Fluid application to run on your desktop. But Arvind suggested one better: why not install the iMT plugin and have Movable Type run as a MenuExtra? For those of you that don’t know, MenuExtras are the little icons on the right-hand... Read More
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Websites As Applications Tabbed browsing really is a modern marvel. If you haven’t tried it, you should. And while your at it, have you heard about running water? Trouble is, when you’ve got your Gmail, Facebook, Google Calendar, Basecamp, Flickr, Digg and all the other sites a web savant needs to survive, things get pretty... Read More
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PlasticField, A Plugin For Movable Type
Thanks to Jay and Arvind, I’ve finally finished my first plugin, PlasticField. I’d appreciate any feedback on it you may have. Overview This plugin gives you a new custom field type (‘Formatted Multi-Line Text Field’) with familiar formatting buttons as well as resizing controls instead of the bare boxes that CustomFields provides by default. Extremely... Read More
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Good, But Not In The Way That You’re Thinking The new version of Movable Type boasts pagination, but it’s probably not pagination in the same sense that you’re thinking. When most people think about pagination, they think, “My front page should have X number of entries with a link to a page 2 which has... Read More
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Unfortunately, sex has gotten a bad rap in Christian circles.
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How To Improve Your Communication
Be Honest Some people are clammers. In an effort to avoid confrontation, they avoid communication. This often furthers problems instead of solving them. First and foremost, we need to be willing and courageous enough to speak honestly with each other. Dishonesty can take several forms. Outright deceit is fairly straightforward: saying things that aren’t true.... Read More
