Oct 30
The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon∞
If this doesn’t make you laugh I don’t know what will.
Oct 28
Amazing corporate identities.∞
Some of these corporate identities are amazing. I think I need to think about updating Centation’s material.
jQuery: SimpleModal∞
I have always struggled to find a good modal script. They are either bulky, too limited or too hard to style for individual sites. However, SimpleModal is really stepping up to the mark making modal windows super easy.
Oct 27
Twitter: It all started with a “stupid” idea∞
An interesting article on how the guys behind Twitter had the idea, worked on it, found investors and eventually turned it into a big thing.
Oct 24
The British Political System is in Turmoil
There’s no way around it. Labour’s up the creek without a paddle, the Conservatives sole policy is to attack Labour and the Lib Dens are lagging behind, as per usual. And now we have the British National Party.
I can’t believe some people. Even thinking of disallowing the BNP onto a political show when they have elected MEP’s because they don’t agree with some of their views, or arguing that they are not a legitimate party? Sorry, but they are already a legitimate party obtaining around one-million votes in the European Elections. That’s one-million people who agreed with some or all of their policies. So you don’t want them to have the right to platform their views? That sounds very Communist and like the Nazis to me. Oh, wait a minute…
I thought we lived in a democratic country where freedom of speech existed. Incidentally, QuestionTime even went on to say that freedom of speech was the cornerstone of our society whilst talking about the Daily Mail/Gately article.
Oct 22
jQuery 1.4: A sneak preview of features∞
My heart died a little inside when I read that mouseenter and mouseleave still will not be supported with the live() function.
Oct 21
jQuery plugin: UrlParser∞
“A jQuery plugin to parse urls and provides easy access to information within them, such as the protocol, host, port, the segments that make up the path and the various query string values.”
jQuery plugin: ToggleVal∞
“ToggleVal gives you the option to populate the default text of form fields (in a few different ways), and will then toggle the default value when the field receives and loses keyboard focus.” I’m always having to do this manually, but not any more.
Oct 20
Monitor your site’s SEO progression through the Search Engines∞
Track your sites progression as it rises through the rankings of Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft Bing. Their weekly SEO reports are automatically generated & delivered straight to your inbox.
Copy un-copyable text from online Flash sites∞
A recent client had their website text (which they wanted to keep largely the same) only on their current website which was completely Flash. And to make things worse you couldn’t copy the text. Flash Probe to the rescue, does what is says on the tin very well.
Oct 19
20 Handy Photoshop Tips For a Faster Workflow∞
You learn the vast of majority of these by playing around at the start, but there are a couple of gems such as ‘Quickly toggle between blending modes‘ and ‘Copy multiple layers‘.
CSS Compatibility Cheat Sheet: IE6/7/8∞
Ever wondered: “Grrr. Why isn’t this working in IE6/7/8?”. Just have a quick look at this cheat sheet to see if the method you are using is even supported!
Oct 18
A new way to organise long list items∞
A couple days ago I posted about a jQuery plugin which transformed long lists into a manageable, accessible format. I didn’t notice the same site also created another similar way to organise the list and, in my opinion, a far cleaner implementation.
Oct 16
Browser support for CSS3 and HTML5∞
Discover which browsers support some of the more advanced CSS3 and HTML5 functions, such as animations, columns, canvas’ and RGBa colours. Hint: Safari, Chrome and Firefox do well, Opera and IE fail miserably.
Fixing IE7 ClearType issue with jQuery fadeIn()∞
I’ve stumbled into this bug in jQuery/IE once whilst building a news ticker for a client. Not yet had time to test it out, but the comments seem positive.
Taking my personal site to new heights
I’ve always been one to grow tired of my personal blog layouts. Knowing this I deliberately started with an almost blank canvas ready for me to add little details here and there. Well, you’re looking at the result after a smidgen of just that.
The header remains pretty much untouched (apart from renaming the ‘Articles’ link to ‘Archive’ and fixing a rendering issue with that there RSS icon) with the main change coming in the way the posts are structured—it’s transformed into a journal where I can write little snippets about interesting things from exploring the vastness of the Interwebs, intertwined with my own articles stepping in to say: “Hello! I am still alive and still have an opinion.”
The footer has been updated to reflect the different ways you can navigate a blog (timeline and categories) with some obligatory links thrown in for good measure, to enlarge my own ego and to some my work and friends.
If you’re using a computer with the font Myriad Pro installed then count yourself lucky—everyone else, I’m sorry, is viewing it in Arial. All-in-all, I’m somewhat pleased with the direction the site is taking. But don’t fear, there will be plenty more little tweaks springing forth in the months to come, I’m sure. Comments welcome, as always.
P.S. There are a few hidden nuggets around the site, happy exploring!
Oct 14
Experience the planets∞
Being a bit of a space geek I was thrilled to see the launch of Experience the Planets with outstanding compositions and desktop wallpapers from the renowned Greg Martin and co.
A better way to organise long list items∞
“…an easy way to unobtrusively add a letter-based navigation widget to any UL or OL list.”
Especially impressive considering the packed version creeps in at under 4K.
Generating your perfect CSS grid∞
Really ought to show Grid System Generator some love after the months of continual use.
