My grandfather (Gran Gran) died last night. He’d been doing better for the last few days, had even eaten and put on his glasses yesterday. My grandmother has a doctor’s appointment for her stroke today. I’m wondering if she’ll last till Christmas.
On the one hand I’m in shock. We thought he had a few more [...]
BlueprintCSS 101 | Blue Flavor
Blueprint has proven to make Blue Flavor more efficient at creating HTML and CSS templates from our designer’s comps. It has has already solved many common browser rendering issues for us, so our CSS requires less debugging in older and less standards-compliant browsers. It does take a couple of [...]
You know that I’m still alive because the directory keeps getting stuff added to it but it’s been a while since I’ve mentioned me. My grandfather does have pancreatic cancer and it’s unlikely he’ll live till Thanksgiving. My grandmother (Mother) had a minor stroke yesterday. She’s not in the hospital but the tests won’t be [...]
Simple Stretches You Can Do at Your Desk for Increased Energy – Dumb Little Man
If you ever experience an afternoon slump, there is an easy way to revive your energy. Follow this simple stretching series and you’ll feel like a completely new person. Why does this work?
There are 3 reasons. Stretching causes you [...]
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Over a Dozen Web Resources for Tech Travelers « Web Worker Daily
The web is full of free sites and services that can make your trips much more free of hassle, though. In this post, I’ll round up more than a dozen good ways to do everything from working more conveniently on the road [...]
Highlight Table Rows or Columns Automatically with Tablecloth by WebAppers
Tablecloth is lightweight, easy to use, unobtrusive way to add style and behaviour to your html table elements. By simply adding 2 lines of code to your html page you will have styled and active tables that your visitors will love. There’s [...]
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New comic. Don’t kill me. We’re all going to argue over who’s the Warlock (love him). Link to the RSS feed at the very bottom of the page.
Illustrator: How to Make Custom Swooshes, Swirls, and Curls | BittBox
I’ve gotten a lot of responses to this post about how I made the intricate designs in those headers. Swirls, and swooshes, or whatever you want to call them, are pretty hard to come by as a freebie (except here on BittBox), and [...]
I keep meaning to make a pink Breast Cancer Month theme but I keep missing out. Pink Adaptations is one of the freebie ones that I happen to like so I’m borrowing it for a couple of weeks.
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Design a custom RSS feed icon
Design a custom RSS feed button using Adobe Photoshop. The technique allows for easy color changes so that the RSS button will match your site or application style. Here are a few RSS icon variations on orange, blue, green, and red buttons against black and white backgrounds:
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