July 2010
5 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Korn (30) Volbeat (28) Thrice (13) Serj Tankian (12) Rammstein (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 27th
The Acceleration of Addictiveness →
Jul 27th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
System of a Down (12) Metallica (11) Volbeat (10) Darkest Hour (10) Korn (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 21st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Justice (15) Sub Focus (12) Peter Fox (10) Rammstein (9) Pennywise (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 13th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Drowning Pool (5) Housemeister (5) Erlend Øye (2) Ricardo Villalobos (2) Röyksopp vs Erlend Øye (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 6th
June 2010
3 posts
3 tags
HTML5Rocks →
Jun 23rd
4 tags
Your App’s Website Sucks →
If you have an app available, you probably have an accompanying website for it. As someone who tries and buys a lot of software, I see many such websites during the average week. Some are great, but most make the same few mistakes again and again. I want to share some tips for making software product websites that don’t turn customers away
Jun 23rd
2 tags
30 Favorite Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts →
ultimatenerd: there are some awesome ones in here I definitely didn’t know about before.
Jun 9th
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May 2010
23 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
Farin Urlaub (2) Skindred (2) Metallica (2) Killswitch Engage (2) The Unseen (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 25th
4 tags
Recent Facebook Video Spam
For all of you that use facebook, don’t allow an app called “Blu Ray” access to your profile or deactivate it in your settings. Your friends will thank you for not spamming their walls. Additionally it may be a good idea to check the Reclaim Privacy website for a neat little open-source javascript bookmark that checks your facebook privacy settings for anything that you...
May 22nd
6 tags
Scientists Create Artificial DNA That Actually... →
ultimatenerd: OH SH- This is (ok, will be in maybe two years) the most amazing thing science has done thus far. Mark my words. Frankenstein!
May 20th
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Google Prediction API →
The Prediction API enables access to Google’s machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes.
May 20th
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The Demoscene -- an Overview →
The demoscene is an international collective of programmers, graphics artists and musicians who create real-time audio-visual presentations with home computers. These people call themselves demosceners or just sceners. The real-time presentations are in turn called demos. Geographically the demoscene is a European phenomenon, with relatively little activity on other continents. In this...
May 19th
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Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font... →
Google has been working with a number of talented font designers to produce a varied collection of high quality open source fonts for the Google Font Directory. With the Google Font API, using these fonts on your web page is almost as easy as using the standard set of so-called “web-safe” fonts that come installed on most computers.
May 19th
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The Secret To Getting More Ideas (And Better Ones... →
May 19th
5 tags
Why I Love Reading Other People’s Code And You... →
should do it more frequently… (via maxschulze)
May 19th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
System of a Down (36) Sub Focus (11) Housemeister (8) Strip Steve (6) Justice (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 18th
4 tags
Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with... →
Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We’ve done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format
May 18th
1 tag
May 15th
5 tags
HTML 5 Asteroids →
Again, I’m really excited about the possibilities HTML5 exposes to your browser.
May 13th
3 notes
3 tags
May 11th
6 tags
Image Hover Effect using only CSS3 →
… and webkit! No Flash or Javascript, nice.
May 11th
2 tags
jQuery Circulate →
Use this lib to let things circulate, like, uhm, unicorns…
May 11th
4 tags
Practicing Focused Thought →
In brief, Eastern Meditation revolves around focusing on nothing. Whereas, Western Meditation concerns itself with focusing on something. Nice article for a monday workday to get back your focus.
May 10th
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What Every Developer Should Know About URLs →
We all know what URLs are about, but there is a difference between knowing URLs like a user and knowing them like a developer should know them. All you ever wanted to know about URLs. If you want to know even more about the value of fundamentals in software development you should bookmark Alan Skorkin’s blog: I thought it would be a good idea to do an ongoing series of posts on ...
May 4th
8 tags
50 jQuery and Ajax tutorials (w/ demo's) →
A Collection of jQuery and Ajax Tutorials with live demos, tutorials posted on 9lessons blog.
May 4th
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Shameless Selfpromotion
Hi new and old followers, if you liked my stuff, why not recommend me? :)
May 4th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
The Prodigy (4) Peter Fox (4) Beatsteaks (4) The Streets (3) Jan Delay (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 3rd
8 tags
Set of plugins for HTML and CSS hi-speed coding →
Zen HTML and Zen CSS are the separate plugins for TextMate and NetBeans. They are using template logic, provided by applications and based on Zen HTML Elements and Zen CSS properties documentation. I know this line sounds like nothing, but watch the features video on the site and for a short overview about what these plugins are capable of, check this article.
May 3rd
5 tags
Comprehensive Front-End Development Best Practices →
ultimatenerd: The official Holy Grail of front end web dev. Jebus this is fantastic. Jebus yes!
May 1st
1 note
5 tags
May 1st
208 notes
April 2010
39 posts
4 tags
How to be a Programmer: A Short, Comprehensive,... →
Apr 30th
4 notes
6 tags
The Current (Relatively) Comprehensive Web Dev... →
ultimatenerd: Great compilation of tools every web dev should know about, from HTML to CSS to JS and more. Links, demos, books, everything. Awesome. Thanks for the list, will need that sort of tools soon.
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Work when you feel like it →
Fitting to my posting from yesterday evening, this essay suggests that you can increase your productivity and focus if you only work when you really feel like it. Unnecessary to say that you need to be in the position to be able to do that, e.g. be your own boss.
Apr 29th
4 tags
dawiiz asked: I think I sent you one... did you get it?
Apr 29th
8 tags
The real meaning of success -- and how to find it.
I’m just reading an old Fast Company article titled “What Should I Do With My Life?“  by Po Bronson (who actually also is the author of a book titled the exact same way). He adresses one of my favorite subjects that buzzes in my head since last year, namely “Do what you love”, the search for a fulfilled and rewarding “work”-life and the ever present...
Apr 29th
7 tags
jQuery Sparklines →
This jQuery plugin generates sparklines (small inline charts) directly in the browser using data supplied either inline in the HTML, or via javascript.
Apr 29th
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Fractal Animation done with HTML5 and Canvas →
Amazing stuff that HTML5 …
Apr 29th
4 tags
Facebook "Like" Button in my Tumblr
I just implemented a facebook “like” button into my permalink pages of my tumblr theme. I followed this guide but found out that there is a small mistake in the code of step 3. So here is my meta tag markup for step 3: {block:PermalinkPage}<meta property=”og:title” content=”{block:PostSummary}{PostSummary} {/block:PostSummary}”>{/block:PermalinkPage} For a demo follow this...
Apr 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Alter Bridge (12) Foo Fighters (4) Good Riddance (3) Rise Against (3) Darkest Hour (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 28th
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What I wish a Ruby programmer had told me one year... →
So a Saturday night, I turned off the light, locked the door and sealed the windows. It was time to check out this Japanese creation. […] A few hours later, I had forgotten everything about Python. Stupid language. Ruby was where it was at, and I instantly started recommending it to all my code-buddies. It’s such an awesome language, why not spread the joy? They said I was a fanboy,...
Apr 28th
10 tags
ie7-js →
IE7.js is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.
Apr 28th
4 tags
LOLCode →
davidkaneda: Simple loop example: HAI CAN HAS STDIO? I HAS A VAR IM IN YR LOOP UP VAR!!1 VISIBLE VAR IZ VAR BIGGER THAN 10? KTHXBYE IM OUTTA YR LOOP KTHXBYE Yes please. (via jayrobinson) OMG, IT’S A TARP!
Apr 26th
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Raphaël—JavaScript Library →
… gives cross browser SVG support that works all the way back to IE6. Total Win! Be sure to also check this simple example.
Apr 22nd
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Shameless Selfpromotion
Recommend. Maybe?
Apr 22nd
1 note
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JS Fiddle →
ultimatenerd: Great little test dev tool. Works pretty well, from what I can tell. Auto-indention, color-coding, ability to choose frameworks, separation of code. Awesome. Neat-o! Will definitely be useful…
Apr 22nd
3 notes
4 tags
HTML5* →
webkitbits: Awesome overview of many different next-generation web technologies.
Apr 22nd
20 notes
4 tags
Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started →
Good roundup for me to getting back to the basics again…
Apr 22nd
5 tags
15 CSS Habits to Develop for Frustration-Free... →
Apr 22nd