Author Archives: alanna
Cape Disappointment – Take Two
Late August 2019 we went to Cape Disappointment in Washington, just south of LongBeach. It was the kite festival, we hung out with friends we don’t get to see often enough, and made some new friends.
Big Lake, August 2019
This week we took a last minute trip to Big Lake, to hang out with good friends. It was a short trip, Sunday through Tuesday, but we lucked out with weather. I’d never been to Big Lake before. It was amazing! Next time I’ll bring our kayaks. Big Lake is between Detroit Lake and Bend, […]
OBX and Catskills 2019
We had an epic two-week journey to North Carolina and New York this summer. Here are some pics of The Outer Banks. New York pics are below.. Corolla, North Carolina Syracuse and Woodstock, NY
Watch Nandini Raganathan at TedX Portland 2019
Very inspiring to new web developers, let’s fix the web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pb2Xv9slwU&t=33m12s
How to Open code editors from the command line
Visual Studio Code: Inside VS Code: type Command + Shift + P in the search prompt, start typing “shell” Choose “Shell Command: Install Code”
WordPress custom post type template not rendering
I’m working on a site for a client and ran into an issue with getting the permalink to render the template I’d created. So I search the web and found this gem: When you’re messing with custom post types and change something structural like the slug, you may need to paste <?php flush_rewrite_rules(); ?> into […]
Using SVGs in custom WordPress templates
Great article, thank you!
Sou’Wester March 2019
J and I went to Sou’wester Lodge for Spring break. We spend a fair amount of time at Cape Disappointment. Waikiki beach in Cape Disappointment may be my new favorite place. We made new friends, got in fights with old friends (that part sucked), got rained on, sunned on, and sanded on. The dog only […]
GitHub Forking and Pull Requests
How to Fork a GitHub Repository, clone it, branch it, make edits, and do a Pull Request Hurray! I finally started recording short tutorials on useful web development things. I’m tired of listening to men’s voices in tutorials all the time. It’s time for some women’s voices. I’ll start adding short videos to my playlist […]
Laura Wheeler Waring
More About Laura Wheeler Waring Born in 1887 in Hartford Connecticut, Laura Wheeler Waring was a teacher and artist. She taught art and music at Cheyney University for more than 30 years. She was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She’s most known for her portraits and many of […]
Sou’Wester Residency 2019
This here is a post about my residency at the Sou’Wester in Seaview Washington in January 2019. I just spend two and a half years busting my ass with VergePDX. I was curating art at the Red Fox, Akemi Salon, Flickerbox, Inc., and both of the Joinery locations in SE and SW Portland, Oregon. It […]
The truth-ishness and nothing but the truth-ishness
Javascript, truth and truthyness is something my students struggle with. So I’ve gathered some resources. Double Equals and Triple Equals Truth, Equality, and Javascript Truthy and Falsy Javascript Equality Table
Web fonts
In my PSU class I’ve got several students who want to use licensed fonts. They are students, so purchasing licenses just isn’t an option. So I’ve found some handy resources for finding close replacements for fonts as well as some handy links for font pairing recommendations. Futura recommended web font replacements The website: What is […]
Panama Live Fruit Feeders Cam
My new favorite thing The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is located on the grounds of the Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antón, Panama. This site is just over 2,000 ft above sea level in the low mountains of Cerro Gaital, with a mild springtime climate year-round. A small stream called Rio Guayabo runs past […]
Ledger Art
I was looking for image inspiration and ran across this blog post about 1970’s native american ledger art. Beautiful drawings.
How to reset your git password locally
I recently changed my github password and had trouble figuring out how to reset my password locally. So here’s the answer: git config –global –unset user.password Then just do a git push on any repo with a github remote and you’ll be prompted for your github username and password.
Symlink for Sublime or Atom on a Mac
Did you know there’s an easy way to set up your terminal app to open things in atom or sublime? You just have to create a symlink. I keep needing this for my students so I’m keeping it here so I can find it! For Sublime, In a terminal window type: ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/Shared/Support/bin/subl […]
Bootstrap example sites
AW Awards https://www.awwwards.com/websites/bootstrap/ bootstrap Expo http://expo.getbootstrap.com/ Bootstrap Bay https://bootstrapbay.com/blog/built-with-bootstrap/ Color Lib – Bootstrap portfolios https://colorlib.com/wp/bootstrap-portfolio-website-templates/ Handy Bootstrap pieces and parts on tutorialize https://tutorialzine.com/2015/06/12-time-saving-bootstrap-examples Flex Order in bootstrap https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/flex/
A presentation for Franklin HS
A presentation I made for prospective students at Franklin High School