Use jQuery prefix instead of $ for wordpress
Recently I was testing a jQuery code snippet to see if it would accomplish what I needed it to accomplish. The easiest way to do this was to simply paste the jQuery code into the header.php file. I was frustrated to find this didn’t work. My search for a solutions yielded little but a bunch of stuff about wp_enque_script. I just wanted to see if this code would fit my need not spend my entire afternoon reading up on “the...
Flow FTP Client
I have tried about half a dozen FTP clients for the Mac. I started simply trying to use DreamWeaver so I wouldn’t need another piece of software but like many things Adobe it proved not so user friendly to use as a simple FTP client. My path eventually lead me to a little program called Flow FTP. It was only $4.99 so I figured “what the heck. I have tried everything else paid and free.” I have been largely...
Dictation on the Mac: How to convert speech to text.
Mac makes it very easy to launch dictation services. Anywhere you would normally type something simple ensure your cursor is active and double tap the fn key in the lower left corner of your keyboard, speak and then tap the fn again to end. You speech converted to text and inserted into your document or form field. You can also simple remain quiet for a moment and it will stop on it’s own, but I find this somewhat annoying as...
Setting White Balance on iPhone
With the cameras steadily improving on smart phones more people are starting to use their phones as their go to point and shoot camera. I decided to test the boundaries and try to do an entire product photoshoot using nothing but my iPhone. The results? Surprisingly good with some catches. Specifically the inability to opt out of the automatic settings was a problem. It kept changing the exposure and white balance values based on the...
iPhone earbuds instead of bluetooth? Really?
iPhone ear buds or earbuds in general can be menace, getting caught on things and always in the way. I can’t count how many times my iPhone was ripped from my pocket because the wire became entangled on the door nob. In large part this is what drives many people to spend the money, deal with the limitations and frustrations associated with ALL bluetooth headsets. I won’t go into all the dangling wire problems as I am sure...
Creating a Favorite Icon For Your Website
The quickest way to create a favorite icon is to simply use an online fav ico generator. My go to place is… favicon.cc When you first land there you can design an icon using a grid and color selector or you can simply upload an image to use as an icon. Either way it’s very fast and if you do decide to try your hand at designing your own with icon creating grid and color selector you will find the “as you work...