As a (semi-)”reformed”-80s-metaller, I find the Metal Bands per 100,000 People infographic fascinating! The obvious curiousity is why Scandanavia has so many bands per capita, but I’m also intrigued by the apparent plethora of bands in what appears to be … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
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Really beautiful cloud reproduction using CSS & JS. I especially love that it can go full-screen, but I do wish I could “disconnect” my mouse movements from the cloud orientation. Oh, and the Michael Bay Preset is a nice touch too… … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
New Zealand 100% Pure offers some great interactive design (and the responsive design is pretty good, at least until you get down to the small-tablet-ish size). The opening page takes similar, previously-seen techniques to a new level, but I really … Continue reading
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Seems we have (at least) two new competing image replacement techniques: http://nicolasgallagher.com/another-css-image-replacement-technique/ http://www.zeldman.com/2012/03/01/replacing-the-9999px-hack-new-image-replacement/ Both are improvements over the old-standard text-indent: -9999px;, especially if you’re dealing with tablets, but does anyone have any other pros/cons on the two? And speaking of … Continue reading
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I’m not sure if I’d ever grab this to start a new site, but Pea.rs seems like a great playground for testing HTML and CSS, at the very least! What I dig most is that everything is responsive, all the … Continue reading
Responsive vs. Design
As a developer, when I think of responsive design, I get a little (geekily) excited: I love coding, I love building, I love finding a way to make things work. Surely this is why I do what I do. However, … Continue reading
Germany: An Update
Any time you move somewhere new, there are signs to yourself that you’re “settling in”, things like: No longer needing the GPS every time you drive somewhere… Walking into the grocery store and knowing where to go to get the … Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Add URL Slugs to <body> Class
Funny, I had built this some time back for my own personal use, thought it could be useful to others, planned on pushing it to the WordPress Repository, then apparently never got around to it… Anyhow, another quick and simple … Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Add Custom Post Type Slugs to Admin <body> Class
2015-03-14 UPDATE: Slight update, available in the WordPress repo and on GitHub, check the README.txt for details. 2013-03-18 UPDATE: Now available on GitHub: https://github.com/aarontgrogg/wp-plugin-add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class 2012-02-25 UPDATE: Now available via the WordPress Repository: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class/ If you work with a lot of … Continue reading
Responsive Design: Progressive Enhancement, Part Deux!
Okay, I know the term du jour is Responsive Design, but just think of it as progressive enhancement. The term (and philosophy) progressive enhancement replaced graceful degradation back in 2003, but back then it was mostly pertaining to CSS and … Continue reading