Sequoia Grand Vistas and Birthed from Fire The third stage of our journey across Southern California started at 5 am. In order to drive from Furnace Creek, CA to Sequoia National Park you must traverse a rather deviating course that heads south towards Bakersfield–opposite the direction you eventually need to drive. The long ramp outContinue reading “Sequoia”
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Death Valley
‘Goodbye, Death Valley.’ Getting There/Campgrounds Pahrump, NV may be your last chance at civilization, so stock up on supplies. The journey into this 160-mile gash of barren salt flats may be an insurmountable challenge for some, but the trek is worth the effort. Death Valley is considered one of the most inhospitable places on earth,Continue reading “Death Valley”
Joshua Tree
Getting there An oasis in Southern California, Palm Springs is the last major destination skirting the border of one of North America’s most dynamic National Parks. There are three entrances into the Joshua Tree Park. Two are located to the north of the park along Route 62 just south of Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms.Continue reading “Joshua Tree”
Five Communication Techniques to Achieve a Better Customer Experience
Communication is a concept we all believe to be learned naturally, but good or even great communication is a commonly abandoned skillset. Sometimes we find ourselves in the grip of a good conversation, while other times we struggle to openly and directly convey what we need. This is especially relevant in customer service because you willContinue reading “Five Communication Techniques to Achieve a Better Customer Experience”
Introducing…The Web Font Coupe
Google Webfont Loader Now in Plugin format. The issue with web fonts is that they can sometimes block the page render, especially on mobile devices. This issue stems from the rendering path. As a website is trying to download resources it may get hung up trying to download a bunch of webfont libraries. Often youContinue reading “Introducing…The Web Font Coupe”
How I Got A 90 PageSpeed Score
…And why a ‘100’ isn’t always the best option When I began designing this blog I knew it had to be fast and I just couldn’t stand the idea of having too much bloat. It is always tempting to go the route of ‘theme builders’ but a lot of these customizable themes are heavy withContinue reading “How I Got A 90 PageSpeed Score”
There and Back Again…Bike MS
Bike MS 2016 This year I decided to go for it and attempted, with great success, the Bike MS 180 mile course. Over two beautiful days in late September, Ed Robinson, Jerry Diehl, Ed Diehl, and myself set out on a 80-100 mile ride from Philadelphia to Ocean City, NJ. Somehow, after waking up twoContinue reading “There and Back Again…Bike MS”
One-Page Theme | Prerequisites
Setting up WordPress & Underscores on a Local Environment Before we begin getting into our theme build we should first go over a few prerequisites, namely: Setting up a local environment Downloading and setting up WordPress Downloading and understanding the starter theme ‘Underscores’ Installing and setting up Bootstrap Let’s get started. Setting up a localContinue reading “One-Page Theme | Prerequisites”
One-Page Theme | Part One
How to create a one-page theme for WordPress Update: I have recently changed the WP_Query function featured in this posting. The original function would query pages by specific names, i.e “Masthead” or “Start”. This proved to be inflexible, and in practice provided a poor user experience. For instance, if a user wanted to label theirContinue reading “One-Page Theme | Part One”
PSD to WordPress Theme
How to turn a PSD into a One-Page Theme for WordPress I always wondered how to create a one page theme. It seemed like an easy endeavour at first but then I started to realize a few features that were important for a one page theme. Sure, anyone could just hard code a long list ofContinue reading “PSD to WordPress Theme”