Hi, I’m Chris

I make websites and things. Lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with Large Language Models (colloquially known as AI) to test their capabilities and to help make my job and D&D Dungeon Mastering life easier. Feel free to click around to learn more about stuff I like to do and/or am working on.

  • Cecret Lake, Albion Basin, UT – 8/21/2011

    Cecret Lake, Albion Basin, UT – 8/21/2011

  • WP_Query pagination problems? Here’s a hack

    It happens every time I use WP_Query. I get a beautiful-looking custom WP_Query. Then I try to add pagination and everything goes to hell. I’ve spent hours looking up solutions. Every time. Nine times out of ten, they don’t work. And for no discernible reason. Here’s a hack that worked for me, and is mostly… (read…

  • So this is why Hollywood blockbusters aren’t very good

    Disney exec says storytelling is B.S. when it comes to B.O. | Blastr. How are we supposed to be expected to shell out $15 a seat to watch a film in the theatre when Hollywood execs like Andy Hendrickson from Disney say things like this: People say ‘It’s all about the story.’ When you’re making…

  • Updates are coming

    We haven’t posted anything recently partially because I had a couple computer meltdowns (first my processor fan died, next my hard drive died). Now that my computer is back up and running, we’ll be uploading pics from the summer. It’s almost the new school year, after all, with Gavin heading into first grade (!!!) and…

  • Role Playing Games for kids

    Role Playing Games for kids

    Our son loves reading.  He’s recently gotten way into The Magic Treehouse series and we’ve since completed the full series (all 45 books!).  It occurred to me, since he’s so interested in storytelling, that he might be into those Choose-Your-Own Adventure books that I wasted my youth reading and re-reading until every possible scenario had…

  • Display WordPress Custom Post Types by Meta Value

    This is going to be a developer-centric post. Anyone who isn’t familiar with WordPress development, custom post types and taxonomies and/or WP_Query can probably skip this one. I recently developed a site that uses a plugin that I developed to allow them to list all the products that they manufacture and distribute. The plugin uses… (read…

  • Museum Themes is one year old

    Funny how time creeps up on you. It wasn’t until I was preparing my presentation for this year’s upcoming WordCamp SLC that I realized that it was this time last year that we launched Museum Themes! In our first year, we have released 14 WordPress themes (7 free themes and 7 Museum Themes), one display… (read…

  • Wendover, August 8, 2011

    Wendover, August 8, 2011

  • Bean Hollow, August 5, 2011

    Bean Hollow, August 5, 2011

  • Bean Hollow, August 4, 2011

    Bean Hollow, August 4, 2011