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Top Ten Ways to Beat the Heat Without AC

If you live here in Portland, you’ve noticed that Mother Nature is playing a cruel, cruel joke on us. If not, I’ll just say that it’s been in the triple digits for the past few days, and I know more people here who own kayaks than have have AC. Unfortunately I have neither, so I’ve [...]

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Six Wordpress Tips from the Pop Art Blog Redesign

When we converted the Pop Art Blog to use Wordpress, I learned some clever tricks that I would like to share with you. If you like what we’ve done around here, you might be interested in some of these techniques for your own site.

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First, Light a Fire

The best advice my father ever gave me was to start a fire. My family owns a cabin out in the middle of nowhere. For nine months a year, it sits empty, and during the summer, various branches of the family take turns vacationing there. It’s beautiful, but the first family in has the responsibility of [...]

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