Code Geek

I am a WordPress god! Ok, not really, but I _am_ enjoying the fact that I can now manipulate a WP theme pretty easily. It’s true – the more you use CSS, the more you play around with web design, the better you get at it. I host a number of different...

FoS Redesigned

I’ve just finished a complete site redesign on “Flashes of Speculation”:http://open-dialogue.com/fs, giving it what is, I hope, a unique and attractive layout. I built this template – called Speculation (for obvious reasons) – from the...

Tag Filters

I’ve a feature request for all you php ninjas out there, particularly those of you who develop plugins that do strange and wonderful things with tagging: How about making the ability to tag posts in WordPress a little bit more powerful? For instance, I use...

Asides

If my previous “aside”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/?p=247#respond had you a bit confused, I was celebrating my success at _finally_ being able to get a new hack to work. I’ve often had cause to write a quick one-liner, but I hated wasted all that...

Learning Style

I am very much a self-taught learner. My preferred learning style is to sit down with the subject at hand, a relevant task, a stack of reference manuals, and plenty of time to just hack my way through until I figure it out. I learn best through the process of trial...

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