Random and Opinionated Thoughts

by: Jennifer Zelazny

Places

Random Fridays: Olympics in Chicago?

I have been anxiously awaiting the news of whether or not Chicago will get the 2016 games and it looks like some others are getting antsy as well. The Chicago Tribune put out an article “Chicago awards contract to clear Olympics site” today that makes me even more hopeful. Of course there are plenty of […]

Random

Linkfest Thursdays: July 23, 2009

Here are some links I found interesting over the last week. Wii Sports Resort I am really looking forward to this. Archery, basketball, table tennis, and more. Get ready! AD Gallery Wow – another great jQuery gallery plugin. This combines all of my favorite functionalities in one. Import your WordPress blog into Facebook Hmm, I […]

Web Development WordPress

WordPress Wednesdays: Get the Current Page

I was writing some functions that are used in the admin for my commercial WordPress theme: Lucidity and stumbled upon a great variable in WordPress: $pagenow. This variable will return the current page you are on and is great form admin functions – especially those that you want to only make available on certain pages. […]

Serenity Now!

Random Fridays: Too Much Stuff

I am not sure what happened – but lately I feel like I am surrounded by way too much stuff. I recently went through the garage and cleaned it out, went through my office and threw away tons of phone cords, ethernet cables, triplicate serial cables for old Macs, and this weekend – it is […]

Random

Linkfest Thursday: July 16, 2009

Here are some links I found interesting over the past week or so. Google Health. If you have heard of it (or not) and want to learn more about it – check it out. My doctor is using this and I am super excited. Screencasting Resources If you have ever thought about doing this – […]

TV

Media Mondays: Get Lost Again

I have been a “Lost” fan since the very beginning but grew frustrated the last two seasons. After knowing what I do now about the storyline – I decided to go back and watch the early episodes online (abc.com) – then I realized ABC was showing the early episodes late night. (ABC is broadcasting two […]

Music TV

Linkfest Thursday: July 9, 2009

Here are some links that I have found interesting over the last week or two – and hopefully you will as well. Hulu collection of Michael Jackson’s memorial Missed the broadcast of his memorial service or just want to see the best parts? Check this out in minutes, not hours. RIP Michael. WordPress Console Check […]

CSS Web Development

CSS Tuesdays: Keeping it Simple

I just released my fist two commercial WordPress themes: Lucidity and Lucidity Catalog with a focus on simplicity. After creating over one hundred custom WordPress themes – I decided to take my most requested features, coupled with a slick admin interface, and some really simple XHTML and CSS and put it together to create a […]