Category Archives: web development

Today’s Readings

I’m not usually one to get excited about “someday we’ll be able to” features, but once in a while I let myself enjoy the hard work and vision of what will come, like CSS Shaders! And how cool is it … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

In general, I like modals. I think they’re a great way to get the user’s attention (and are such an improvement over the good-old alert/confirm dialogs of yore), and I think Hakim’s modals are really cool! I’m not sure about … Continue reading

WordPress Plug-in Update: Navigation Menu IDs & Classes

I know it has been a long time since my last update to this plug-in, but version 2.0 finally brings the Admin page I’ve been wanting to add, allowing developers to easily choose which native WP navigation menu item classes, … Continue reading

Boilerplate Updates Galore!

Well, the day has finally come, and thanks to a 5-hour train trip each way for a business trip, I have finally made the time to update both my WordPress Boilerplate Theme & HTML5 Boilerplate Plug-in! The plug-in is already … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

I have long been a fan of the Creative JS community and the progressive work they produce.  While most of it is not-yet-ready-for-prime-time, it is great, ground-breaking work.  I especially love the interaction of music and visual of Rocking Dendrites! … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Been hearing a lot about Sublime Text 2 lately, but haven’t brought myself to really “dive in”; anyone? And one of the bits mentioned in the above article is TextExpander, which, on the surface sounds awesome, but also means I need … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

Think your remote patches are a tricky? How about sending a patch 160 Million Miles? Did you know there is a Performance object in the Webkit Inspector? If not, check it out, has some useful bits, but all the timestamps … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

I have to admit, I’m a total sucker for numbered-lists-of-shit, but Things I didn’t know about the WebKit inspector? I’m all in! (Okay, well, it obviously was numbered at one point, thus the URL, but I guess that changed at … Continue reading

Responsive Test Environment: Test Multiple Screen-Sizes, in One Browser Window, with One Refresh

So I had a thought on the bus the other day: Wouldn’t it be cool if I could test my responsive websites in multiple screen-sizes, without having to rubber-band my browser width back-and-forth, and back-and–forth, and back-and–forth? If I could … Continue reading

Today’s Readings

I created many things out of cardboard when I was a child; it never occurred to me to build a bicycle… I don’t host my own site, so I can’t play with mod_pagespeed myself, and I do not know nearly … Continue reading