Here is my collection of code snippets I use build child themes in Genesis. I’m constantly adding to this list. Continue reading
[Safely] Update an Ubuntu EC2 instance on Amazon AWS
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS was released and that meant it was time to upgrade my Ubuntu EC2 instances from 11.10 to 12.04.1 LTS. Continue reading
Microphone Shootout: Behringer B-1 vs Neumann TLM 103
I’m a 15 year radio veteran. I’ve seen the debate between high-end and low-end microphones both in-person and on message boards. Usually, the argument ends with snide comment like: “The Behringer is crap because it’s only $98 dollars!”… That’s not very scientific, so I wanted to study this on a technical level. Continue reading
Remove WooCommerce Styles and Scripts
I’ve recently started working with WooCommerce for a client. IMHO, it’s absolutely the most brilliant and easy-to-use shopping cart for WordPress. Continue reading
How To: Install LAMP on Ubuntu
My brother called me today, telling me about his company wanting to move their web development and testing environment in-house. They had already downloaded Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty), but didn’t know how to get Apache, MySQL, or PHP installed. He was signed into gTALK, so I sent him one command line…about 5 minutes later, they had the LAMP stack running.
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The Perfect APC Configuration
Here is my setup on an Amazon Medium Instance using APC: Continue reading
Using The Golden Ratio and REM’s
WordPress 3.5 beta 1 was released a couple weeks ago, and it included the new Twenty Twelve theme. While looking at style.css, I noticed they’re using “REM” to set font sizes and margins. I had NO idea what an REM was. In fact, I just started using EM’s in other child-themes I was building. So, once again, I turned to Google and started reading. Continue reading
Find and Replace with phpMyAdmin
This will most definitely help developers who use a sub-domain while setting up a clients WordPress site; only to have to change all the image paths in WordPress by hand. What a pain! This quick tip will allow you to do a mass find/search and replace using phpMyAdmin.
- Open phpMyAdmin
- Select the database you want to edit
- Click “SQL” on the top tab
- Paste the following and change “replace_that” and “with_this” to meet you needs update :
`wp_posts` set `post_content` = replace(`post_content`, 'replace_that', 'with_this');
Add Social Media Icons To Genesis (Without a Plug-in)
If you’ve followed my blog at all, you’ll know I despise using unnecessary plug-ins when you can code a lighter version by hand. This handy function creates some simple sharing icons to insert into blog posts. Continue reading
Living Next Door To The Ex-Wife
In January 2010, I started my new gig as Chief Engineer at Bluewater Broadcasting. The new job required me to move to Montgomery, Alabama (about 2 hours from my son Chase). It’s been a very difficult 3 years, 5 months, and 19 days – not only for me, but Chase as well.
Now that I’m done at Bluewater, we’re moving back to southern Alabama. In-fact we’re moving into a house right next door to Chase.
Both Tara and I are looking forward to being part of his day-to-day life again. One question we keep getting asked is, “How does Tara feel about living next door to your ex-wife?”
The truth is: my ex-wife and I haven’t so much as looked at each other funny in over 5 years. In fact, before the divorce was final both the ex-wife and I agreed to never let our personal feelings get in the way of our first priority: Chase.
Besides, we both re-married…and she’s the one who found the house next door.
Both Tara (my wife) and Erin (the ex-wife) were raised in broken homes. They know first hand the incredible amount of bull-shit kids must endure when dealing with divorce .
So, “Yes”. Tara is “cool” with living next door to my ex-wife. She doesn’t look at the situation negatively. We’re all adults here, and besides our kids are watching.