Author: jnixon

  • Read Your Bible

    This Sunday morning was a bit different than a typical Sunday morning. Daylight Savings Time began (thank goodness!) and as is normal not everyones clock get’s moved forward an hour ahead. That always causes a few to run late. We also had a wintery mix of snow and sleet this morning that would cause some…

  • Jesus Reveloution

    Tonight my wife and I watched the movie, Jesus Revolution. The movie looks at a time of revival in the 1970’s around the hippie movement, Chuck Smith, Lonnie Frisbee, Greg Laurie, and Calvary Chapel. It shows broken people looking for answers in things that feel good for a moment. Things that give a temporary high…

  • Happy Mar10 Day!

    Today is March 10th, aka Mar10 day! via GIPHY Since I was kid in the early 90s I have spent countless hours playing not only Super Mario Bros, but many other Mario titles along the way. Mario was one of my earliest introductions to the tech world and to gaming. On the original NES I…

  • How To Build A Block – Recap

    In our recent posts we’ve been looking at different plugins and methods in building custom Gutenberg blocks. Like with most things in web development the options you choose comes down to the answer “it depends”. It depends on the goals of the site, functionality needs, the cost considerations, developer preference, and the list can go…

  • How To Build A Block – From Scratch

    So far we’ve been looking at different plugins that help give us a set of build tools to quickly and to be honest, more easily build a custom block. There are times though when you may have to roll up your sleeves and build your own block from scratch. To accomplish this we are going…

  • How To Build A Block – Genesis Custom Blocks

    Today in our series on building custom blocks we’re going to be looking at Genesis Custom Blocks. Like with the other plugins we’ve reviewed there is a free and a pro version. In this case the pro version is not a stand alone plugin, but instead it is bundled in with Genesis Pro. Genesis Pro…

  • How To Build A Block – Custom Blocks Constructor

    Today we’re back on our series looking at building custom blocks for the block editor. In the first post we looked at the pro version of advanced custom fields. In this post we are going to be looking at Custom Blocks Constructor – Lazy Blocks. Pricing When we looked at ACF, in order to build…

  • Sunday Funday

    Time for another Sunday Service post! So the buzzword that’s been online the last few weeks in Christian circles has been revival. The revival meeting that started on the campus of Asbury has been well documented and discussed. The Jesus Revolution movie that looks at a time of revival in the United States in the…

  • Dixie Deer Classic

    Every year in March, the Wake County Wildlife Club put’s on the Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh, NC. It’s something that we try and visit most years, and enjoy doing so. Usually there is a showcase of some of the largest whitetail deer harvested in the state, seminars on various outdoor related items, usually around…

  • How To Build A Block With ACF

    Advanced Custom Fields is a plugin that has been in the WordPress community for quite some time now. Originally it was built to allow developers to have a quick way to set up custom meta fields for sites they were developing. Since the release of the block editor the ability build custom blocks was added…