The Oregon Association of Higher Education and Disability (ORAHEAD) asked us to present on our access maps. This year it is at the Oregon Gardens about an hour south of Portland. Lydia and I decided to join in for the rest of the conference. Accessibility Committees “This session will discuss the creation of an accessibility […]

WordPress 3.9 adds a bunch of new features including an upgrade to the editor: TinyMCE! Unfortunatly, if you modified the buttons/contorls in the editor, those changes are lost. It took me a while to find the answer, so I wanted to share. Why would you modify the editor controls? Lots of reasons: To remove unnecessary […]

Allow authors to easily print a QR code for each page/post. Download Worpress Plugin repository: Stupid Simple QR Description Adds a ‘QR’ button next to ‘Get Shortlink’ on published pages and posts. Your authors can then click on the link and print it out to promote what they created. The QR code is created using […]

Each year I start seeds in soil blocks for the spring planting. The blocks are fun, easy to make and have many advantages over using trays and pots. Here is my basic recipe. It will create 250-300 medium blocks. 1 bucket coir (5 gallons, fluffed) 1/2 bucket potting soil 1/2 bucket vermicompost 1/2 bucket perlite […]

This is a continuation of the hop breeding experiments that I first wrote about in 2013. If you are wondering why someone would bother growing hops from seed – go check out that post. Hop pollen Last year, I was fortunate to start a few plants from native neomexicanus seed obtained from plants growing wild […]

Let’s try something a little wild! This is based on Supplication by Russian River, but with significant alterations: Skip the carafa to keep the color light Use tart cherry concentrate. Easier to get and will turn it bright red! Use lacto from Nancy’s yogurt for a full sour without the bret funk! Plus the Nancy’s […]