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Ninedays Is Getting a Makeover

A quick little lesson about how to test a new theme in WordPress and perfect it for your use without making it live to the public. Best part is: you don’t have to install a new copy of WordPress!

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Change Rel External to Target Blank using Prototype

Use javascript to make XHTML valid rel=”external” act like target=”blank” in a snap using the Prototype JavaScript library.

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Would I Want to Join the Peace Corp?

Thinking about giving back, would the Peace Corps be for me? Probably not but I felt like I really ought to think it out from both sides before making a decision about whether this is a realistic goal of mine.

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Best Tagging Practices – SEO Audit Every Post

In my site wide update to improve usability and search engine optimization I have devised a plan to audit and maintain my tagging problem. Hi my name is Terri and I have a tagging problem.

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Upgrade Your Tripod: Bogen/Manfrotto 190XB Legs & 486RC2 Ballhead

Back in August I went on a B&H shopping spree and got myself a new tripod legs and ballhead. This was kind-of a big deal for me I went from my since I went from my old $40 Walmart Tripod that I was ashamed to use in public to my new beautiful $200 Bogen/Manfrotto tripod [...]

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Reusable Shopping Bags

I’ve been seeing these reusable canvas grocery bags for a while now and I kind-of support the idea. Though the ones you can purchase at the store are ugly and quite hideous. When I hit the market I usually only end up with two or three bags of groceries since I am only shopping for [...]

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Trend Font Hunting – Decay and Script

Spent some quality font time today, specifically decay and scripts. I was looking on behalf of a project I might be picking up soon. Since this project needs to be on the trendier, more media driven, side of design than the “corporate” content-driven I found that these fonts would probably be my most likely candidates [...]

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My First Chumby App Plans

Constalator Wanna learn about constellations? This flash app. is going to teach y’all about constellations. Before I even start I need to write out some guidelines for myself. Stars Learn to make a star sparkle Learn to make a star sparkle randomly Learn to control the randomness of a star sparkle (for multiple stars to [...]

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Baseball Bandwagon

Now I’ve always been a true Massachusetts resident, when the Sox are doing good, I’m on the bandwagon, but still never watched the games. When they weren’t doing good, I’d shake my head in disappointment with the rest of the folks who actually knew what they were talking about. But this year has been different, [...]

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WordPress or Pixelpost – Photoblog time

Getting emotionally ready to get childlike.ninedays.org back up and running as a photoblog. It’s been forever and I’ve got a lot of people to re-connect with via photoblogging. I was about to unpack Pixelpost and get to going until I stopped and thought to myself about the pros and cons: Pro PixelPost is made special [...]

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