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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 1 – Setting Up

Feb 03. 2011

Now we get to the nitty gritty fun: developing your own WordPress theme! To make things a bit easier on myself — and for my readers so that they can see a live sample — I will detail how I built the theme I am currently using: (From now on I am going to assume that you have some knowledge of HTML and CSS. If you do not, I really, REALLY recommend that you learn! I truly believe that even a BASIC understanding of HTML and CSS will help you out tremendously as a blogger. Go check out W3Schools for some great tutorials. What about PHP — the language that WordPress is based on? You do not need to know PHP to build...

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Meet Mr. Geek in Heels…

Feb 02. 2011

I always have a gazillion projects en queue in my head, am usually in the middle of several at once in real life. A couple of weeks ago, when J mentioned that he was thinking about blogging again (he was quite an avid blogger when we first became friends), I enthusiastically endorsed the idea and even thought of a great domain name for him. What he didn't know was that I had a mini-project brewing in my head since that night — — a brand new spankin' blog, tailored just for him! Meet Mister Geek in Heels: I will unveil the URL once he fills it with some content. We are now a blogging couple!...

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Art/Design, Geek, Movies

‘Little Golden Book’-Style Movie Scene Illustrations

Feb 01. 2011

I am loving these Little Golden Book-style illustrations by Josh Cooley. Some of them are a bit morbid and definitely not appropriate for children, but seeing these famous movie scenes done in a whimsical, youthful way breathes new life into familiar performances. Here are some of my favs: Individual prints are $50 each (limited runs of 100, signed and numbered by the artist), or you can purchase a book with all of them here. Via Laughing Squid....

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