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  • Animation on a Canvas

    • 1st Feb, 2013
     

    One of the really cool things about HTML5 is it makes it possible to easily do some really cool things. Such as animation on a canvas.

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  • Alfred: Open New Tweet Window Tweetbot

    • 20th Oct, 2012
     

    This is an Alfred extension for opening the New Tweet window in Tweetbot for Mac.

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  • Scaffold - A Lightweight API Framework

    • 16th Oct, 2012
     

    Note: This was originally posted over on Forrst

    Scaffold is a lightweight API framework designed to replace those API frameworks that are maybe too light, such as Epiphany.

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  • The Web be Costly

    • 11th Oct, 2012
     

    It seems Chris Coyier has started a trend with his post Monthly Service Costs. Many people have followed him, including Daniel Eden (post), so, just like the good little sheep I am, that is exactly what I'm going to do.

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  • Compass and node.js

    • 9th Sep, 2012
     

    While I'm pretty new to node, I've been on the compass train for quite a while now. Naturally, I decided to combine them, and node-compass was born.

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  • Hello, it's nice to meet you.

    • 6th Sep, 2012
     

    I've been thinking. You come here, to read various things on various subjects written by someone, that chances are, you know nothing about. I'd like to fix that.

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  • Twitter isn't the devil

    • 2nd Sep, 2012
     

    In light of recent changes to the Twitter API, developers how gone beserk in a knee-jerk reaction, many claiming things that just aren't true.

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  • My take on @supports

    • 25th Aug, 2012
     

    For those of you that don't know, @supports is a new feature coming in CSS (current implemented only in Firefox Nightly) that will, for the most part, replace basic uses of Modernizr.

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  • Responsive Web Design

    • 16th Aug, 2012
     

    Now I'm pretty sure this won't be the first post you've read about Responsive Web Design, but I think I have a unique perspective on the concept that I would like to share with you.

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  • Progressive Enhacement

    • 12th Jun, 2012
     

    Progressive Enhancement is the art of providing the best possible experience for everyone, without being restricted by legacy technology, allowing you to exploit some of the newer technologies to their full potential.

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  • Nesting.js

    • 20th May, 2012
     

    CSS Nesting has been something previously reserved for the dark magic known as pre-processors. They came along, with their own evil syntax and malevolent non-spec features, but not anymore! Nesting.js is here!

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  • Spotify: It's time to switch, bro!

    • 11th May, 2012
     

    While Spotify isn't exactly new, it still hasn't found its way into the hand of the everyday consumer. This is why I think you should be using it.

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  • Introducing Light

    • 7th May, 2012
     

    If you have been reading this blog over the past few months, then you will have noticed a banner promising changes to this blog. They're here.

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  • Caps Lock Detection

    • 7th Apr, 2012
     

    Today, I’m here to address the age old problem of detecting if caps lock is on inside a text field, more specifically, a password field.

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  • CSS3 Texture Proposal

    • 6th Apr, 2012
     

    A common problem on todays web is the need for textures. It is common to see textures on the web, but in current implementations, they're inflexible, and dirty.

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  • CSS3 Noise

    • 2nd Apr, 2012
     

    So it has finally been done, noise in (almost) pure css. I say almost because of the way it works.

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  • Blogcase - Find Blogs You'll Love

    • 15th Mar, 2012
     

    Blogcase will revolutionise the way you find new blogs.

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  • This Cruel World Of Profit

    • 21st Feb, 2012
     

    Believe it or not, there is a cure for cancer.

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  • Tracking Your Printage

    • 20th Feb, 2012
     

    Before I tell you this, I’m not saying this is the best way to do this, nor the only way. I’m not even telling you to do this.

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  • Equality

    • 19th Feb, 2012
     

    So I’m finally talking about the much-discussed topic of equality. Equality is a, possibly the, word that gets used when talking about all people being equal.

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  • Pointlessness of Browser Experiments

    • 13th Jan, 2012
     

    After reading an amazing write up from Dan Eden – I’m going to express my views of how browser, not only CSS experiments are getting out of hand.

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  • 2011’s Inspirations

    • 9th Jan, 2012
     

    2011 was full of amazing characters, and their even more amazing work. Their work was inspiring. Through the medium of blog I would like to thank, and perhaps raise some awareness to others about these influential people in my life.

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  • Whats In The Dock: 2011

    • 31st Dec, 2011
     

    So it’s already new year’s eve, and what a year it’s been. Throughout this year, I have obtained a new laptop that runs OSX, a hackintosh. So I thought I would show you what’s in my dock, and why.

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  • Why I hate Amazon

    • 21st Dec, 2011
     

    Amazon, in case you have been living under a rock for the past few years, is an online store from which you can buy pretty much anything.

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  • Beauty in Function

    • 2nd Dec, 2011
     

    Before I start, I would like to mention this post was inspired by one written by Dan Eden, but I want to go into a little more detail, I advise you go ahead and read his post first as it introduces the concept a little better than I can hope to.

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  • Brand Identity

    • 30th Nov, 2011
     

    I was recently scrolling down my Forrst stream, and I came upon a quite disturbing post (Edit 1: Post has been deleted). It basically consisted of the post author refusing to accept the feedback of fellow forrst-ers.

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