Sublime Text + SASS + Ascii Art For the Win
June 13, 2013 -I wanted to share one of the coolest tricks I’ve started using in my SASS to help me get around my stylesheets a bit quicker.... View Article
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IE10 vs. Media Queries
June 10, 2013 -I just had my first run-in with IE10. Consider this media query: @media (max-width:767) {} Chrome creates a break point at 767px. IE creates a... View Article
Finding those pesky Vine URLs after posting
June 4, 2013 -Need to get your Vine Feed, or the URL to the Vine loop after you posted? Good luck! Posting to Twitter at the time of... View Article
Backing up your memories
June 2, 2013 -I wrote this for my family. They’re not all luddites, but I also think they need a push sometimes. I hope this helps someone else... View Article
Etcher
May 16, 2013 -Yesterday my son was born. We named him Etcher. We’ve had a lot of questions about the name, so I thought I’d share a bit... View Article
Taming Retina CSS – Part 2
May 10, 2013 -I shared a few weeks ago how I used a specific height for testing retina CSS, and now on the Thrillworks Blog I’ve shared the... View Article
Quadruple Negative!
May 6, 2013 -This is a true story about something an actual person said unironically! Bad grammar and misused English syntax bug me as much as the next... View Article
Faux WP-Admin: A non-WordPress Honeypot!
May 4, 2013 -These are interesting times for WordPress. Being the most widely used CMS on the planet has one major drawback: you’re the biggest target. In the... View Article
Blink
April 3, 2013 -Today Google and Opera announced they would be using a forked version of WebKit called Blink. My initial reaction is some annoyance spawned from laziness... View Article
Jury Duty
March 15, 2013 -Recently I had to go to Jury Duty selection. My request to be excused on the basis of work was denied, and so I was... View Article
Farewell Google Reader
March 14, 2013 -Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post called Web App Trust Issues. It was a paranoid, yet relatable post about me leaving... View Article
Lark Queries with SASS
February 26, 2013 -The talented Hugo Giraudel (http://hugogiraudel.com) took the responsive text from the front page of ArleyM.com and made the styles a lot more efficiently with SASS... View Article
One thing at a time
February 24, 2013 -In 2007 I bit off more than I could chew. I setup a new computer, using a new operating system, and new versions of productivity... View Article
Browser Stats 2012
February 19, 2013 -The notorious @ppk keeps up a pretty amazing site at quirksmode.org. He does very thorough browser tests, logs them with easy to read tables, and shares them... View Article
Taming Retina CSS – Part 1
February 17, 2013 -I’ve recently been making use of the Retina Display Media Queries post on CSS Tricks to upgrade some of the graphics on a site I’ve been working... View Article
Opera goes WebKit!
February 13, 2013 -In a sudden and shocking change of events Opera is changing its rendering engine to Webkit (the same engine that Chrome, Safari, BB OS6+ ,... View Article
Choose Your Own Adventure: Social Media Experiment!
February 10, 2013 -I wrote my first “Choose Your Own Adventure” style story in Grade 7 (1991ish). I called my series “Select Thy Personal Undertaking” partly to escape... View Article
Windows 8 was not my idea
January 29, 2013 -This week I upgraded my home PC to Windows 8, and it’s a bit of a pain. I really love the look and can appreciate... View Article
SMACSS Conference
January 23, 2013 -Yesterday fellow Thrillworker Ryan Bruce and I had the pleasure of attending the online SMACSS conference. Lots of nerdy CSS talk for me to get... View Article
Happy Blue Beanie Day
November 30, 2012 -Today is the sixth international Blue Beanie day! It’s the day to show your support for web standards. I think it got started because of... View Article