December 2011
27 posts
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Passport →
Passport is authentication middleware for Node.js. 
Dec 22nd
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GuideGuide →
Dealing with grids in Photoshop.
Dec 22nd
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hogan.js →
hogan.js is a compiler for the Mustache templating language.
Dec 22nd
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HTML5 - The element →
Handy, lesser-known semantic element.
Dec 22nd
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ImageAlpha — lossy compression for 24-bit PNGs →
I need to try this. “ImageAlpha converts 24-bit PNG to paletted 8-bit with full alpha channel. This greately reduces file sizes with only minor loss of quality. Such images are compatible with all browsers, and even degrade well in IE6.”
Dec 19th
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“Web Storage variables (i.e., localStorage and sessionStorage) are available to...”
– Scope of Web Storage Variables : Jonathan Stark
Dec 17th
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“Messaging remains the centerpiece of mobile teen behavior. The number of...”
– New Mobile Obsession: U.S. Teens Triple Data Usage | Nielsen Wire
Dec 17th
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CSS3 Patterns, Explained →
Aha moment. “…when two color stops are at the same position, there is no gradient, only solid colors. Even without going any further, this trick is useful for a number of different use cases like faux columns…”
Dec 16th
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Transitioning Max Height  →
Nice hack.
Dec 15th
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Respond.js →
A fast & lightweight polyfill for min/max-width CSS3 Media Queries (for IE 6-8, and more).
Dec 14th
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CSS3 Patterns Gallery →
Nice CSS3 background gallery.
Dec 14th
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Your jQuery: Now With 67% Less Suck →
A really simple summary of how to write better performing jQuery.
Dec 14th
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“[Users are] demonstrating a clear preference now for credibility and...”
– Domain Name Matters: Searchers Pick Brand Over Quality, Study Finds
Dec 14th
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Ember.js →
Aka SproutCore 2.0. Aka Amber.js.  Looking forward to kicking the tires.
Dec 13th
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Mobile Web in High Resolution →
Bringing half pixel borders to high resolution devices.
Dec 13th
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“The context of the the user should be a major consideration for QR code...”
– Context is everything. The web has left the desktop behind. On Qr Codes
Dec 13th
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Shapecatcher.com: Unicode Character Recognition →
Draw it, and they will try to find the character match.  Handy!
Dec 13th
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Unicode Symbols →
Dec 13th
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Backbone.js Wine Cellar Tutorial →
Part 1.
Dec 9th
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Yelping with Cormac: Urban Outfitters →
yelpingwithcormac: Union Square - San Francisco, CA Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM Three stars. And they come there in great numbers shuffling into that mausoleum that was built for them like some monument to the slow death of their world and among those tokens and talismans of that faded empire…
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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“All-nighters lead to an extremely sucky next day (or two) of terrible...”
– Truth. Superhero Tricks For Startup Parents | @MapleButter
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Clean conditional loading →
“Instead of testing for the viewport width in JavaScript, why not check for a style change that would have been executed within a media query instead?”
Dec 5th
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The Path + button in CSS3 →
HTML5 FTW.
Dec 3rd
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Derby →
MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers.
Dec 1st
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