Quickbits

I love working during the golden hour. Looking out my window and seeing the golden tinge of light on the trees is so pleasant.
The Law of Horizontal Surfaces: Given enough time, any horizontal surface will collect clutter.   The speed at which that clutter collects is directly proportional to the total area of the surface.
Just my normal ride outside of Ramona. I did well with the hill climb, and the weather was perfect--mid 70s. Got to one of my stopping points that I like to visit, ate a quick lunch, walked around a little and enjoyed the quiet before climbing back on my bike and busting back down the hill. I was back home in time for a nice afternoon with my loved ones, and for pizza!

Northwest Palm Trees

Every once in a while, we think of moving back up to the Portland area, or somewhere in the Northwest. I’ll greatly miss the palm trees of Southern California, but part of me is interested in seeing what I could get to grow, or how lush and tropical of a landscape I could create, given […]

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Interesting Companies Doing Good

This is my ongoing, always-updating list of companies that are doing good. https://flashforest.ca https://boweryfarming.com AppHarvest Home https://salientenergy.ca/ https://culdesac.com/ https://braverobot.co/ Companies not necessarily doing good (perhaps some are the opposite?), but interesting: https://www.engineeredarts.co.uk/

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I've been thinking on my schedule throughout the week (again) -- trying to fill in the blocks that are meaningful to me, and then surrounding that with the stuff that I have to do.   I like the idea of a slower start to my day, but also starting in a way that provides some inspiration. I think I need a good stack of design magazines sitting around, and my day begins by working through those while drinking my morning coffee. Perhaps I even do this outside, so I can enjoy the sunshine and listen to the birds.

Media Query for Background Images on Higher Pixel Density Displays

.banner{     background-image: url(‘image.jpg’);     background-size: auto 100%;   }   @media      only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5),     only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5) {     .banner{       background-image: url(‘image@2x.jpg’);     }   }

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Wordpress Set Image Upload Size There are four sizes of images that get created in wordpress when an admin user uploads an image to the media section. You can add more though. To do so, just add the following to the functions.php file: add_image_size('custom_size_name',600,600); In the above, the first number represents the maximum width, and the second is the maximum height. Basically the newly created image will fit within a box of those dimensions.

WordPress Set Image Upload Size

There are four sizes of images that get created in wordpress when an admin user uploads an image to the media section. You can add more though. To do so, just add the following to the functions.php file: add_image_size(‘custom_size_name’,600,600); In the above, the first number represents the maximum width, and the second is the maximum […]

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Town Loop with Mason