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#Tales of a Non-Unicorn

I’ve been self-employed for the past three years. Though I did spend my first year out of college working for a three person, now-defunct startup, I’ve never had a typical 9-5 (or more like 10-8 nowadays) and to be honest, never really wanted one. Lara Schenck, LLC is a profitable business, and every day I do work that is enjoyable and challenging. I make my own hours, take vacations when I want to, and run everything on my terms.

While that’s all awesome, what you don’t get from working independently is the team experience. I base my work on teaching technical literacy to non-technical designers and content producers so that they can better communicate with developers. The theory is that if a designer understands why it’s a bad idea to request 18 fonts, and if content producers know why it’s not trivial to edit the titles of a set of related posts, life will be easier for everyone. At least that’s my theory, and the assumption on which I’ve developed my business.

Lately though, in

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On cocktails, websites, and originality.

Cocktails are my thing, and when one spends all day on the computer, it’s very important to have a non-computer “thing”. A few years ago I had a very good friend who was a cocktail bartender, and even though I learned how to spot a properly made Negroni vs. a disaster (one does not shake a Negroni), the act of making the actual drinks was a mystery to me. I knew there was some logic to it, but I was still in awe when I saw a bartender mix something up off-menu. Ah, the magic of the “mixologist” - which, for what it's worth, is a term most bartenders consider a bit of a joke.

Anyhow, sometime last year I decided to start making my own cocktails instead of just snootily commenting on others'. I spent my pocket money on spirits and liqueurs, took an online course, and started a cocktail blog. I became quite obsessed, an

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{% if php is 'ugly' %}
    <h1>yes it is</h1>
{% else %}
    <h1>there is no else</h1>
{% endif %}

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// ----
// Sass (v3.4.14)
// Compass (v1.0.3)
// ----

$color-accent-light:  #3878EE;
$color-accent-med:    #ED9062;
$color-accent-dark:   #EA6CA4;

$color-link:          $color-accent-med;

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<?php
function change_editor_font(){
    echo "<style type='text/css'>
    #editorcontainer textarea#content {
        font-family: Monaco, Consolas, \"Andale Mono\", \"Dejavu Sans Mono\", monospace;
        font-size:14px;
        color:#333;
    }
    </style>";

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function change_site_title() {
    echo '<?php bloginfo("name", false); ?><?php wp_title("|"); ?>';
}
add_filter('wp_title', 'change_site_title', 10, 2);

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void keyPressed() {

  if (key == CODED){
    if (keyCode == BACK) {
      background(100, 200, 98);
    }
  }
  
  if (key == CODED && keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_BACK) {
    keyCode = 0;  // don't quit by default

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<?php

// Code from tutorial 'How to Create a Better Meta Box in WordPress Post Editing Page' on Deluxe Blog Tips: http://www.deluxeblogtips.com/2010/04/how-to-create-meta-box-wordpress-post.html
// Thanks!


$prefix = 'dbt_';

$meta_box = array(
	'id' => 'wpfolio-meta-box',

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<?php
// custom constant (opposite of TEMPLATEPATH)
define('_TEMPLATEURL', WP_CONTENT_URL . '/' . stristr(TEMPLATEPATH, 'themes'));

include_once 'WPAlchemy/MetaBox.php';
 
// include css to style the custom meta boxes, this should be a global
// stylesheet used by all similar meta boxes
if (is_admin()) 
{

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<?php
// Display artwork info in post, below post content 
add_filter('thematic_post', 'display_artwork_info');

function display_artwork_info() {
	
	global $artworkinfo_metabox;
	
	echo the_content();