Web Design
Learning Curve
I read most of The Complete Idiot's Guide to XML online today thanks to our library's ebook collection. Moving on to XML-RPC and web services. If it's quiet here, forgive me. My brain is expanding. … [Read more...] about Learning Curve
Going from HTML to CSS
Via Simon Willison, I found what's probably a Godsend for people just learning CSS: how to duplicate old-school visual effects without using those attributes (align, height, width, marginheight, center) that you aren't supposed to use anymore. Someday (this week?) I'm going to … [Read more...] about Going from HTML to CSS
Catching up
The previous entry was #400 in the Movable Type database. It seemed like a good place to pause and catch up with my real life. Spent Saturday evening with Lisa, buying music and renting a movie. We are no longer allowed to go to the video store together. Inevitably we will walk … [Read more...] about Catching up
Creature feature
Newly added to my blogroll: The Creatures in My Head, found via Metafilter. It's delightful – don't miss the random comments in the copyright line, which include "a m00se once bit my sister…." among other oddities. … [Read more...] about Creature feature
Redesign in progress
I'm sick of this not-quite-default Movable Type style I've got going on here. Redesign hereby commencing. Expect weirdness as old styles are ripped out and the new ones are slowly pasted in. Inspiration: Aberdeen Background effect: Complex spiral Photo: iStockPhoto UPDATE: … [Read more...] about Redesign in progress
More inspiration
Check out Open Source Web Design. … [Read more...] about More inspiration
Need inspiration?
Try Strange Banana. StrangeBanana is a program that automatically generates random graphic webpage designs. [...] Strangebanana generates some nice-looking pages and I've heard that it creates some ugly ones as well. Good for inspiration or entertainment. … [Read more...] about Need inspiration?
The Amelie effect
Clearly I need to be paying more attention to A Life Uncommon (whose title always makes me think of A Life Less Ordinary). Check out the Amelie effect, which you can download (or duplicate according to the instructions) for Photoshop. (via Zeldman) By the way, if you haven't … [Read more...] about The Amelie effect
Death, taxes, and lost data
Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone. Error messages cannot completely convey. We now know shared loss. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one … [Read more...] about Death, taxes, and lost data
