Archive for May, 2007

Mock-ups make it all work (and make me feel better too)

I think it was last week sometime when I got my new template for Artist Hideout. Unfortunately, they pulled the same background and gray look that I started with for the new template.
Not really what I wanted.
So, this is what it will eventually look like based on a mock-up that I did [...]


Kitten Fix

I love animals. So much so that if I could, I’d probably live in a zoo. (Laughing hysterically at that statement is allowed.) We have a small apartment, and it’s hard not to adopt every homeless animal I see. So as a result, I have to resign myself to visiting pet [...]


Featured Artist: Ralph Jones

One of my favorite things is opening up my email first thing in the morning and seeing the submissions that readers send my way. Today, I found this beautiful work by artist Ralph Jones

Ralph even told me a little bit more about himself which I found interesting:

Ralph Jones, b.1954, BFA University of Wisconsin, Painting [...]


Wordpress Broke this Theme

So I decided to update Wordpress to make it more secure. Unfortunately it crashed the theme. Particularly the new native widget support. So I found a plugin to disable the widgets and used the previous widget plugin I had been using. It’s dirty, but it works.
I’m hesitant to go with [...]


On making a living… and trying to pay off debt.

I get a lot of funny looks when I tell people I am a blogger. I also get some funny looks when I tell people I’m a pastor too. In all, I just get a lot of funny looks. It might be because of the extremely pale vampire look I am going for… just kidding.
It’s [...]