I know it has been a while, and that is partly my fault (busy) and partly some fault of the WordPress repo system… Versions 4.2 and 4.3, for some reason, never made it to the live repo… If you’re in … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
Today’s Readings
The next great subset of HTML features is coming, with Web Components. Get to know Shadow DOM, HTML Templates, Custom Elements, and HTML Imports better. And think you can’t use Web Components yet? Think again… A new set of tools … Continue reading
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Planning ahead, maybe, but just to be safe, Don’t Be A Glasshole… Brilliant, tiny, nearly-hidden use of video on the HandHeld conference website… Scroll down and hover over a presenter’s pic/title/description… I mean, this was one of the coolest things … Continue reading
Update to Modernizr-Server and -Client
Not long ago I forked and made a few modifications to James Pearce’s Modernizr Server repo on GitHub. And now I’ve finally had the time to do a little more fine-tuning: https://github.com/aarontgrogg/modernizr-server My most recent enhancements include: adding a few … Continue reading
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Let’s start this one out right: David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. Including playing guitar, in space… Whether or not you like the upcoming upgrades to JavaScript (via ECMAScript 6), they … Continue reading
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For all my desingy peeps out there, comes Vitamin T, “The Talent Agency for Digital Creatives.” Sticking with design (sort of) for a few more seconds, the venerable CSS Zen Garden has turned 10 years old. I know it was … Continue reading
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Ho, you geffum, eh Hawai’i? Way to show the aloha spirit for all of your visitors!! Especially love the Day/Night option in Settings… :-) The top eCommerce sites in the world are 22% slower than they were last year. Yikes! … Continue reading
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I’ve never been a fan of pre-built grid layouts, I feel like there’s always too much “other stuff” included. Then along came the ptb/flexgrid. Looks very promising, with fallback-support as far back as IE6/7, and weighing just 3.6k, including a … Continue reading
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Hallelujah, might we finally have a (hopefully-soon-to-be) reliable replacement for Google Reader?? The article specifically references iPhone, not sure what that means for Android… And here are a couple of alternative lists if Reader doesn’t quite quench your thirst, one … Continue reading
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Wow, fattest site on the web? Anyone got any fatter?? Initial numbers may not look like much (“shaved 1.57 seconds from our average page load, dropped our bounce rate 1%, and our exit percentage 2.5%”), but when you put those … Continue reading