As a long-time Emacs afficionado, I find this article rather amusing. Emacs Key Bindings Make You Retarded makes the case that years of being used to abominations such as hitting Ctrl+A to go to the beginning of a line can actually prevent you from using newer interfaces that are probably much better, ergonomically and productively. [...]
Obfuscating Email Addresses is a handy and quick tool for transforming an email address from plaintext to something composed entirely of HTML entities. It won’t stop dedicated spammers from using slightly better software to scrape an address off your site, but it does a decent job with the lazy ones who can’t be bothered to [...]
I’ve been using an old Palm OS program called Timesheet for keeping track of billable hours now that I’ve become a high-priced consultant. It’s an old program; the most recent version (1.5.3) was last updated by the author (Stuart Nicholson) back in November of 1999. However, it’s got a better interface than all the commercial [...]
Penny Arcade is responsible time and again for emptying my wallet by sending me to discover games I don’t currently own. This time, their seductive banner ads have sent me to gaze upon the wonder that is Alias SketchBook Pro 2. I’m intrigued by the concept of an art program that’s actually centered around [...]
TemplatesWorkshop has an assortment of attractive Web page templates, in both HTML and PSD (Photoshop) formats. All of it is free, and it’s not the usual junk you’d expect for that price. Just the pile of PSD buttons alone is worth a stop by the site.
I was originally drawn to the site by a link [...]
Identifont is a stunningly effective tool for identifying a typeface from a sample. It asks you a series of questions to narrow down exactly what typeface you’re looking at, and so far, it’s been amazing in its accuracy. The site contains a vast database of fonts from over two hundred type foundries, both well-known and [...]
Here’s a useful tool for Web designers who can’t make heads or tails of the line noise that passes for selectors in CSS2 and CSS3. SelectORacle will take any set of selectors and explain them in plain English (or Spanish). For example:
ul li:nth-child(2n+3):not(:last-child)
translates to
Selects any li element that is an odd numbered child starting with [...]
John Walker, founder of Autodesk, creator of The Hacker’s Diet, and all-around smart-type guy, has a fun new tool available for your encrypting pleasure. JavaScrypt is an entirely Javascript-based implementation of the AES that runs from the comfort of your very own Web browser. Though not as speedy as crypto code hand-tooled to run natively [...]
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