jazzsequence

  • Timed Screenshot Alfred Extension

    I was shocked — SHOCKED, I tell you!!! — to learn today that Skitch (the once-amazing screen-capture and image sharing app that is almost worth ditching Windows for Mac just to be able to use) no longer lets you do timed screenshots. What??? I was so upset, I had to do some digging and learned…

  • Search Engine Optimized breadcrumbs

    I had a need to build some search engine optimized breadcrumbs for a project I’m working on right now.  I didn’t want to just use Yoast’s breadcrumbs, because I’m using Twitter Bootstrap, and I wanted to make use of the built-in breadcrumbs support, so I did a Google, found something, tweaked it and am using…

  • Use Alfred to set up a WordPress theme based on _s and Twitter Bootstrap

    I said a long time ago that I would never use another theme framework now that I have Museum Core.  Well, unfortunately for me, WordCamp SLC — particularly the presentations of Jake Spurlock, George Ortiz and Patrick Cox, as well as working on the theme which was based on _s — changed my mind on…

  • Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    Building plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes: to be, or not to be?

    There’s been a lot of talk in the WordPress world about whether or not theme developers should build plugin-like functionality into WordPress themes.  After my presentation at WordCamp SLC 2012, it was actually something I was asked about.  Seeing how it was a topic of discussion on wpmail.me via ManageWP, I thought I’d throw my 2…

  • Hey girl… @whyisjake @ #wcslc

  • The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part two

    In the last installment, I attempted to make various playlist generators read my mind by feeding it Yes but meaning mid-80s, post-prog synth-heavy rock & new wave with limited success.  For my second experiment, I picked “I’m Afraid of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” by Murder by Death (which ended up being just a Murder…

  • The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part one

    There is a secret to creating the perfect playlist.  It’s a complex process touched upon in Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity” (and John Cusack’s performance in the film version).  A lot of variables are involved.  It needs to flow.  It needs to have cadence.  There are a lot of factors. Sometimes, though, it’s too exhausting to…

  • Close to 8,000 words on my story-thing…when I hit 30k or so, I’ll stop calling it a “thing”…

  • Pistachios

    Pistachios: (Taken with http://cinemagr.am)

  • overheard on Twitter…

    I'm 38, getting fatter and uglier. I think it's time to go back to Goth. — Indignation Fatigue (@InfiniteChicken) August 4, 2012