I really don't know who Carol Banawa is and I'm fairly sure I've never mentioned her here. Nevertheless Google Analytics tells me that her name is the most popular keyword on this site.
WTF?!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Why do they always make us wait?
I have a policy, I never try out beta versions of Ubuntu. I used to but it just takes the fun out of waiting. Maybe it's a little bit like the holidays in that respect. I look at a gazillion screen-shots, read a thousand reviews and then the day it comes out I clean install. No upgrade for me no thank you, I want to see all the little things they've done and I always look forward to it, even the install process.
That being said I hate waiting for it to be available for download. It's now two o' clock (PM) and it still isn't out yet. Not that I'm actually complaining, this does happen twice a year and it is free. Glad I'm not a Windows fan.
That being said I hate waiting for it to be available for download. It's now two o' clock (PM) and it still isn't out yet. Not that I'm actually complaining, this does happen twice a year and it is free. Glad I'm not a Windows fan.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Speaking of Steven Souders
He also has this cool page called spriteme.com which makes making sprites a whole lot easier. Definitely worth a mention.
Speeding up your webpage
I've been using YSlow for a while now to simplify the process of speeding up web pages. It works quite well for that purpose. But recently I found out that Google had also released a similar Firefox-Firebug add-on, named Page Speed.
Page Speed works in a very similar manner as YSlow but what I do like about it is its thoroughness in defining CSS problems. For example it tells you how many rules are not used on this page, which selectors are inefficient and why.
It also has all the standard YSlow stuff like JS minify, image optimization — things that ironically were somewhat pioneered by the folks at Yahoo! — and, well, everything else YSlow has.
It was brought to my attention that the guy who initially created YSlow at Yahoo! is currently a Google employee. So does Google do it better?
Page Speed works in a very similar manner as YSlow but what I do like about it is its thoroughness in defining CSS problems. For example it tells you how many rules are not used on this page, which selectors are inefficient and why.
It also has all the standard YSlow stuff like JS minify, image optimization — things that ironically were somewhat pioneered by the folks at Yahoo! — and, well, everything else YSlow has.
It was brought to my attention that the guy who initially created YSlow at Yahoo! is currently a Google employee. So does Google do it better?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
<font face="the possibilities are endless">
Okay, enough with the JavaScript, thanks to the Snookdude I'm now using @font-face. Check out his article on the subject
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Text replacement
I'm now using Cufón for post titles. I considered using sIFR but found Cufóns non-reliance on Flash a plus and besides I like trying new things.
I think it's going quite well. So far I've tried using Orator, Arial rounded and Eccentric fonts but we'll see what I settle on.
Hopefully everybody will start using CSS3 really soon and text replacements won't be necessary. Can't wait.
I think it's going quite well. So far I've tried using Orator, Arial rounded and Eccentric fonts but we'll see what I settle on.
Hopefully everybody will start using CSS3 really soon and text replacements won't be necessary. Can't wait.
Talk about nostalgia
Ohhh, I love this stuff. Try Contra, I used to love that game!
Works best in Chrome (obviously) but also kinda works in Safari 4 and Opera 10. Don't bother with FireFox.
Works best in Chrome (obviously) but also kinda works in Safari 4 and Opera 10. Don't bother with FireFox.
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