September 2009
23 posts
Coding Horror: The Multi-Tasking Myth →
Why are you multitasking? Quit it, it’s doing you no good.
“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony;...”
– Albert Einstein (via minimalmac)
TypeOneError Studios™ Ignoring Files in TextMate’s... →
I kept trying to use TextMate’s TODO list feature, but libraries and frameworks are littered with TODO’s. One quick fix later and I’m back in business.
PaperBackSwap →
Signed up with PaperBackSwap this weekend when I realized I had about 20 books that I no longer wanted to read that wouldn’t sell on Amazon or eBay. I can swap my unwanted books (not just paperbacks), get credits and then get gently used books back. The only expense to you is the shipping costs to ship the book out, but you pay nothing when you have a book shipped to you.
Full Disclosure:...
Stuff →
I’ve been working on getting rid of possessions I no longer use and this is a good summary of why I did it. Value the few possessions you keep and get rid of the stuff that you “might use one day.”
The Simple Dollar » Seven Things I’ve Learned from... →
After renovating three bathrooms, planning on reflooring a kitchen and doing small maintenance on my townhouse here and there, I completely agree with everything said here. It is far more fulfilling to repair something yourself then to call someone and have it done for you.
Design View / Andy Rutledge - Where the Buck Stops →
Great article by Andy Rutledge on responsibility. Sure, he frames it for designers, but this applies to everyone. Someone has to step up and assume responsibility, or no one will and you’ll end up with the equivalent of a wet noodle.
Response from Nebraska fans has Tech... →
WatchTypophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Wow.
Tyler Durden's Guide To Personal Finance | Man Vs.... →
Personal Finance straight from the mouth of Tyler Durden, everyone’s favorite neighborhood anarchist.
Day 10: How Mr. Q Manufactured Emotion | The... →
A tale of designing experience and the hoops some people will jump through to achieve it.
Regular Expression for Rapid Prototyping
On a new project I’m working on, I find myself using a lot of CSS3 properties like box-shadow and border-radius. Initially, I work completely in Safari and then eventually switch to Firefox, so I tended to leave off the -moz-box-shadow and -moz-border-radius properties. Instead of adding these by hand, I cooked up a Regular Expression that I’m writing up for posterity’s...
The magic of ‘onload’, revealed! :: ENHANCE →
“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The...”
– Think Different – Go out and change something today. (via minimalmac)
Best @font-face Declaration
@font-face {
font-family: 'Graublau Web';
src: url(GraublauWeb.eot);
src: local('Graublau Web Regular'),
local('Graublau Web'),
url(GraublauWeb.otf)
format('opentype');
}
(via Paul Irish)
Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking →
There’s been more and more talk of the lizard brain, positive thinking and avoiding doing the things you love. It’s really been getting to me lately, in a good way.
A-Teams = 12 people - (37signals) →
Sadly, this has nothing to do with Mr. T, instead its an interesting look at how the size of a group can affect how easily they can get stuff done. Bigger does not equal better.
Too Legit to Quit
Me: I've found our new web host: http://www.bounceweb.com/shared-web-hosting.html
Me: Totally legit
Me: Tooo legit too quit.
Kevin: I trust that kangaroo with my sites
Me: and... 100% more kangaroos