February 2008
17 posts
A Hello World for Ruby on Ragel 6.0 →
New reset styles from the master himself. →
Not brand new, but I missed the article when it was originally posted.
Smashing Magazine's article on web navigation... →
Nice review of some popular styles. Many of the examples are site’s I’ve never heard of before.
It’s worth noting that with a few exceptions, all of the screen shots are of basic primary site navigation that was mostly designed for aesthetic purposes and not to solve a particular design problem.
Extensible CSS Interface I: The Foundation →
Good stuff.
The Firefox 3 Beta Welcome Screen Is Amazing →
I can’t describe how much I love robots.
SXSW Web Awards Finalists →
None of the entries under CSS seem all that special to me, and most of the nicest looking ones are heavy on Flash. Hopefully some rational gets posted- I’m wondering if there are parts of these sites that I didn’t see that are awesome, or maybe something else I didn’t notice.
First Impression of Virtual Box
So far completely positive. I’m using a Ubuntu VM to try out building development environments that are identical to my usual deployment environment.
The default graphical Gutsy installer is running right now with no problems. I tried this with Parallels about a month ago and had a lot of trouble even getting the install disc to boot.
Opacity- a new UI element designer →
Andrian Holovaty talks about EveryBlock →
I never noticed their custom maps before- awesome! I haven’t come across Mapnik (the library that builds them) before. I’m considering something like this for Indylist at some point.
Leopard's wireless networking is really, really...
Sad because it’s like I’m using a PC.
10.5.2 fixed it enough so that I can again connect to the network at the office, but I still can’t see any other networks once I’ve connected to one.
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My Experiences with Covad DSL
SBC and I had a little fight. So what?
So I decided to try out Covad for DSL at home. A quick list of pros and cons, because I don’t have time or care enough to write in full sentences in complete thoughts.
Pros
No phone line required for their dry loop DSL, plus I get a static IP for no additional charge
I called tech support to try and figure something out at 7:20pm today. Total...
VirtualBox: An Alternative to Parallels and... →
I’ve recently switched from Parallels to Fusion, which seems to be more stable and polished at this point. More competition in this field can only be a good thing.
Hopefully I’ll have a chance to give VirtualBox a test drive soon.
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Deprecation.js: easing the 1.5 → 1.6 transition →
I’ve upgraded to Prototype in just about every project I’m working on, but this looks like a nice tool for those who have yet to.
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Top 50 U.S. front pages from Super Tuesday →
It’s interesting to see how do many design different teams dealt with the same design challenge.
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Overcoming blankcanvasphobia →
Cameron Moll’s technique for getting a new design rolling. Really good advice- I do about half of these things, and wish I did the others.
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Transitioning from Java Classes to JavaScript... →
Extensive article on various prototype-based inheritance techniques in JavaScript.