Author: Jesse
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A self-portrait done ASCII-style...
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She’s A Great Cook, It’s Just…
My wife is a fantastic cook. In fact, her recipe website is getting almost as much traffic as my blog. And her food is to die for. What I find absolutely hilarious, though, is that the #1 keyword people are typing to find her site is cornbread: Why is that funny? Because of all the... Read More
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Movable Type Community Solutions: First Impressions
I cracked open MTCS for the first time tonight for a project I’m working on. Here are my initial thoughts, in no particular order: 1. Custom Fields built-in. This is the first MT shipping as a full-fledged CMS. You can create custom fields for entries, pages, categories, users and folders. Blogs should really be on... Read More
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Waiting For Import, Meanwhile Curious Things
First, a confession. No. Rather, a determination. I keep waiting for the monumental things to happen before posting to my journal, but that’s just a ludicrous approach. Most of life is made up of passing moments that are soon forgotten. Trouble is, I’m a mite pretentious at times—I lamented this last year about the pretense... Read More
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So this is what the people who wander the streets at 4am see.
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Twittering Isn’t Just For Pansies
First, kudos to Joy for the reminder that not everyone knows about Twitter. Now, lest you all, upon seeing “Jesse is twittering:” in my Facebook status, think that I’m “giggling nervously” or “tittering” all the time, allow me to explain. What Is Twitter? Twitter is a social network and microblogging site that lets you post... Read More
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Five Things You Need To Know About Movable Type Open Source
In June, Six Apart announced that it would be offering it’s flagship product, Movable Type, under an open source model later this year. Lots of speculation has been swirling around it, so here are a few things you should know about Movable Type Open Source: 1. MTOS will be released under a GPL license. “If... Read More
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My delicate little wife:
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So I go out to the garage today only to find Flat Stanley had been playing around the riding mower again (despite my warnings to the contrary). I’m not quite sure how he managed to turn the tractor on, engage the mower and still fall underneath; but there he was, right where the mower spat... Read More
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A Simple Translation Tool For Your Site
File this under cool things you can do when your website is built properly. Put this module on your sidebar to give your site international flair by letting your users choose to read your site in their own language (courtesy Google Translate). The more real text you’ve got on the site (read: not images), the... Read More
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Put this together for my brother-in-law and thought perhaps others might enjoy. Sorry Dad. (Semper Fi!) This is a widescreen wallpaper (1280×800). If anyone wants other sizes, let me know.
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Essential CSS Tricks: Image Frames
Images and Frames… What’s a Blog To Do? The initial draft I created for the new Plasticmind.com had rounded frames with drop shadows for the portfolio thumbnails. Now, I had to create each thumbnail by hand anyhow, so I could have just applied the frame and drop shadow in Photoshop. However, after deciding to pull... Read More
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The Good, The Bad, The Ukulele
Never underestimate the power of tiny guitars in large groups.
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10/10/2007: Updated for Movable Type 4.x A recent customer asked me if they could have an easy to manage banner ad setup, with the ability to add advertisements and specify links and alternate text. All of this while being able to manage them easily. Sounds like a job for… Movable Type! Despite the title, this... Read More
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I know, everybody’s got excuses and they all stink. But for about a week now, I haven’t been able to log into my MT install. Something about SchemaVersions, database upgrade loops and My Little Pony. And that’s one hundred percent the reason I haven’t posted in a long, long time. Maybe.
