Journal
Hide Those Templates
When using Expression Engine sometimes you don’t want a template accessible to anyone that could stumble across a url. Most likely you’ll be using these templates as embedded fragments to make up the common parts of a page. They’re incomplete...
...read onOn Sheds
It is a widely held truth that a man cannot truly be called a real man until he owns a shed. By that definition, as of three weeks ago Wednesday, I am a real man. I have a real shed....
...read onVersion 5
This would be version 5 of my site. What’s changed?
...read onExpression Engine Addons
Really useful plugins, extensions and modules to make day-to-day ExpressionEngine development a little simpler.
Jb ShortLink (0.4) May all your links be tiny.
Jb Breadcrumb (1.9.4) Breadcrumbs the way they should be
Jb Require Expiry (1.0) Force your entry expiry
Jb Last Segment (1.0.3) Get the most useful bit of your url
☞ Science fans vs. Scientists
I can honestly say this is very true. Some of the most mathematically gifted people I know who can derive amazingly complex equations in their heads, don’t know pi to more than 10 places.
There’s alot more to life than memorizing universal constants, or as Einstein famously said “why would I bother memorizing that, when I can just look it up?”
☞ Upular
Seriously good mixup from Up. If you liked Bangarang, you’ll love this.
☞ Thoughts on Paid Upgrades
A good piece by Brandon Kelly on the economics of EE addons and where paid upgrades to addons live in that.
☞ Lost in 8 minutes 15
I stopped watching lost after the second season. After watching this, I’m glad I did.