19
Nov

Our Police Box Fridge – Refrigerate! Refrigerate!

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in studio

All work and no play dulls the mind. For Halloween, Joy thought that it would be a great idea to dress up our refrigerator as a parody on a Police Public Call Box. It's a French Door, bottom roll-out freezer style, so the double door design of a Police Box fits right in. How to make it happen?

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2
Mar

LinkLinkWoodworking and Glassblowing — A Great Combination »

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in woodworking


Baptismal Font and Basin

Joy's recent post about: The creation of a Solid Fruitwood and Hardwood Baptismal Font to accompany one of our Cast Glass Baptismal Basins.

22
Jan

A Brush With Greatness – Stephen Hawking and Me?

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in blown glass

Sometimes, surprises can be a very good thing. Many times they're not but this one is very welcome and special, indeed. Late Friday afternoon a message arrived from Donna Stevens, our good friend at the Planetary Society, informing us of their surprise.

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19
Dec

Fixed Admin Menus — The Plugin Condensed

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in plugin, WordPress

WordPress 3.3 hit release just a few days ago, so I dived into the code of the new Admin system to figure out what had changed.

As with all things open source, if you have a good idea that stands the tests of use and time, eventually it will find its way into core. As a result, my code is shrinking some with each new release of WordPress

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7
Jul

Fixed Admin Menus — The Plugin Enhanced

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in plugin, WordPress

With the release of WordPress 3.2, it's time for a plugin update. The Admin Screen layout and menus have changed a bit, many things for the better, and Ozh updated his plugin for v3.2 compatibility. My turn. Going in, my concern was how to make these new changes and not have WordPress 3.1.x users end up with screwed up menu bars. No way to know until I dived into

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4
May

45 Backers Helped Themselves to Some Great Art

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in art, marketing, space

And helped us reach our goal, then go on to surpass it by 17% before the deadline brought pledges to a close. This exhibit would not have been possible without their generous support and we can't thank them enough. Our spirits were greatly lifted as the pledges began coming in, so it wasn't only funding that was needed. As a result, our first Kickstarter Project is now in the

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27
Mar

Help a Starving Artist and Help Yourself

   Posted by: BJ Johnson in art, glass, sculpture

Our first Kickstarter Project has just launched. What's Kickstarter? It's a new and innovative way for individuals across the globe who are interested in what an artist does, or wants to do, to fund creative projects by pledging various levels of support according to what they each can afford. Doesn't have to be a lot. Each pledge level has rewards that the project's backers will receive

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