December 2009
Myths & Misconceptions About Grid Systems →
A few myths and misconceptions about grids exist in the design community that can be detrimental, especially to designers who are new to the subject. I recently read an article, which is no longer…
“The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses...”
– Josef Müller-Brockmann
November 2009
Chrome OS like lightning from a USB key: we could... →
We finally got around to prepping a USB key so we could boot to Chrome OS natively, and let us tell you: it’s a world of difference. Of course, running something natively instead of virtualized is…
“Dismembering a turkey is much like dismembering a human actually, you just find...”
– Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Holiday Special 2007 (clip)
Lawnchair →
Sorta like a couch except smaller and outside, also, a client side JSON document store. Perfect for webkit mobile apps that need a lightweight, simple and elegant persistence solution.
How To Make a Wall-Mounted Magnetic Spice Rack... →
We are constantly impressed by the creativity and resourcefulness of our readers. Latest exhibit? This homemade wall-mounted spice rack David created for his kitchen.
bacon jam - skillet street food →
well, we’ll tell you…we take a big bunch of really, really good bacon and render it down…add a bunch of spices, onions, etc…and let it simmer for about 4 hours…give it a quick puree, and…
Setup Ruby Enterprise Edition, nginx and Passenger... →
The following is a very short guide on setting up Ruby Enterprise Edition (REE), nginx and Passenger, for serving Ruby on Rails applications on Ubuntu. It also includes a few quick and easy…
Best Practices for Teaching Web Design (sxsw07... →
Teachers tend not to keep up with web technology â way too many teachers still teaching HTML rather than XHTML, or just going straight to teaching multimedia rather than at least starting with…
Stor →
Stor is a MySQL database editor for Mac OS X. Stor can create and edit tables, create new databases, and so much more.
Choose Your Own Adventure →
As a child of the 80s, the Choose Your Own Adventure books were a fixture of my rainy afternoons. My elementary school library kept a low, fairly unmaintained-looking shelf of them hidden in one of…
Writing good documentation (part 1) →
Tech docs can take a bunch of different forms ranging from high-level overviews, to step-by-step walkthroughs, to auto-generated API documentation. Unfortunately, no single format works for all…
How to build a Social Networking Website with... →
With this article I want to explain how you can plan and build a Social Networking Website using Drupal. The intent of the post is to provide useful tips and informations to understand the issues…
Facebook SDK Overview →
This toolkit is provided as a Facebook Client Library similar to Facebook’s PHP Client Library or Facebook’s JavaScript library. The goal is to enable .NET developers to quickly and easily leverage…
jQTouch →
A jQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other forward-thinking devices.
Patapsco Female Institute →
Located high atop a hill that overlooks Ellicott City are the ruins of the Patapsco Female Institute. Many years ago, in the days before the Civil War, the structure was one of the most elegant in…
“You wouldn’t have any Shonen Knife, would you?
Sir, this is a music...”
– William Gibson “Disneyland with the Death Penalty”
Adhearsion: Open-Source Telephony Development... →
Adhearsion is a new way to write voice-enabled applications. It’s not just an API or library â it’s a fully-featured framework, the first of its kind, designed for maximal code reuse and…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) →
They Might Be Giants (17)
Mojo Nixon (7)
John Hodgman (2)
Chicago Public Radio (2)
Firewater (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
