Programming Entries

05.31.2008

O'Reilly's Programming Menagerie

Thank you Rodrick Brown for making the O'Reilly library available online. [+]

11.25.2007

Tooltips

More tooltips than you can shake a stick at from css-only solutions to fancy javascript implementations. Via Smashing Magazine. [+]

11.30.2006

Forms up the Wazoo

I really heart Smashing Magazine's well-curated collections of practical resources for designers. This time around, I stumbled upon a treasure trove of web forms resources: CSS-Based Forms: Modern Solutions. [+]

10.01.2006

Project Runway Meets Hack Day

All Women Team Takes Yahoo Hack Day Top Prize for their entry, Blogging in Motion, a photoblogging system in the guise of a handbag. For fans of Project Runway, you'll notice that one of the team members is Diana Eng, the season 2 wearables mistress who is clearly no stranger to 24-hour deadlines with crazy creative constraints. [+]

08.18.2006

CSS3 Sneak Peek

I got pretty excited about the proposed CSS3 column spec. Here is a sneak peek at a few more proposed features in CSS3: CSS3 Preview. Especially exciting: rounded borders! But, do we really need CSS support for text drop shadows? [+]

08.16.2006

DIY Heatmaps

Create your own heatmap based on user clicks. The Definitive Heatmap [+]

07.29.2006

Compute! Magazine Archive

OMG! I just found this Classic Computer Magazine Archive: Compute! Magazine and I nearly cried. This is how I created my first (infinite) loop, my first game. This is how nerdy kids like me... [+]

07.29.2006

WYSIWYG Web2.0 Editor

Just found Aptana -- a free WYSIWYG XHTML/CSS editor for those of us who don't mind taking shortcuts. It comes preloaded with a number of javascript libraries such as Prototype, script.aculo.us, Dojo, etc. Available for Windows, Mac even Linux. Via blog.wired.com. [+]

07.16.2006

Free AJAX Online Course

10-Week Free AJAX Programming (with Passion!) Online Course offered by Sang Shin beginning August 2, 2006. Prerequisites include... [+]

07.08.2006

Code Snippet Motherload

Snipplr Code 2.0 is searchable community-driven database for source code snippets, similar to koders (mentioned last 11/04). [+]

07.08.2006

W3C's Draft Spec for Columns in CSS3

The proposed spec outlines a more simplified approach to defining columns with new column properties such as column-count, column-width, column-rule and column-gap: Multi Column layout in CSS. [+]

06.04.2006

Ignore whitespace = "false"

Programming language made up entirely of whitespace characters such as spaces, tabs and new lines as part of the syntax! Whitespace. A bit too minimalist I think. [+]

05.31.2006

State of the Union, Deconstructed

Think of the President's State of the Union Address as the nation's zeitgeist for the pulsepoints of the American people. (Okay, so in some cases, you may have to read between the lines a bit.) And so it makes for rich material for new media artists... [+]

05.28.2006

Pixel to Em Converter

Nice little tool helps you convert your CSS markup from pixels to ems: Em Calculator. [+]

04.25.2006

Looking to Work on a Mobile Social App?

Friends at Kamida -- the folks who brought you Socialight -- are hiring. They are offering internship opportunities for developers and designers and are also looking for a full-time Lead Engineer. See details... [+]

04.14.2006

Rounded Corners Generator

Sitepoint: Generate Corners (beta) does just what it says. It generates CSS-based rounded corners with no javascript. It does, however, require four small images (GIFs). [+]

03.28.2006

Nice Collection of CSS sites

A fairly deep, well-curated collection of CSS layout and tutorial sites: Layout-palooza : Top CSS Layout Download Sites, Hacks, Galleries and Tricks from eConsultant. Too bad it doesn't have an RSS feed to notify users if/when new links are added. [+]

03.25.2006

Rounded Corners Reloaded

A big list of tutorials on CSS rounded corners CSS Rounded Corners 'Roundup' from Smiley Cat Web Design. Added 26 March 2006: Generate anti-aliased rounded corners using CSS only without images or javascript using Spiffy Corners. [+]

09.19.2005

Mommy, where does spam come from?

Thanks to Google Maps and Mailinator, now we know: http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/map.html... [+]

08.22.2005

Good Behaviour

Here's a way to use AJAX to keep things clean. Your javascript markup, that is. Behaviour uses CSS selectors to keep your markup tidy and readable. Definitely earns a good housekeeping seal of approval!... [+]

07.19.2005

Easy with that Greasemonkey

Big oops as a major security hole about Greasemonkey is exposed. When using GM_xmlhttpRequest, it leaves your hard drive's contents readable.... [+]

04.14.2005

Google Map Hacks

Ran across this entry from Engadget on how to make your own annotated multimedia Google map. You can, for instance, scrape Craig's list and display the results in Google Maps.... [+]

04.14.2005

CSS Image Gallery

More CSS fun! I've done a few galleries in javascript (such as this one and in Flash. I'll definitely have to try this CSS image gallery.... [+]

04.03.2005

Step N Fetchit

Firefox introduces link pre-fetching: a browser mechanism, which utilizes browser idle time to download or prefetch documents that the user might visit in the near future. A web page provides a set of prefetching hints to the browser, and after... [+]

03.18.2005

Rounded Corners in CSS?

Yep, it IS possible! Banish those sharp corners and adopt curvier, friendlier corners! Here's a short list of tutorials: » Nifty Corners: rounded corners without images » Sliding Doors" Box--Rounded Corners for All » CSS Design: Creating Custom Corners &... [+]

02.12.2005

Address Book & Google Maps

From MacOSXHints: Applescripts that allow you to get the Google Map view of an address in your Mac Address Book.... [+]