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Some TextMate Snippets
Some of my handiest HTML and CSS TextMate snippets for you
Jun 6, 2009 3:18 PM
For all you TextMate web developer people, I’ve rounded up some of my more useful CSS snippets, with a few handy snippets for proper quotes and apostrophes thrown in for good measure.
Continued…Why Google Wave IS Conceptually Simple
Wave isn’t a fancy new web app by Google, it’s the new email.
Jun 1, 2009 4:41 PM
Last week, Google announced Wave, their new big idea in internet communication at their annual I/O developer’s conference. This project is absolutely impressive and has the potential to really improve the way we communicate and collaborate on the web, it’s just hard to tell, because the of the very long and very boring video Google is using to promote it.
Continued…How To Hide Any or All CSS From Any or All Versions of Internet Explorer
IE 8 users can blacklist the rendering of your site. Blacklist them back!
May 15, 2009 9:00 AM
Boy have I had a fun day with Internet Explorer 8! Faruk Ateş has too. He posted a comprehensive piece about IE 8’s X-UA-Compatible header mechanic. I got down to the paragraph on the blacklist and quickly paused my reading to figure out the necessary IE conditional comment syntax to hide style sheets from all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Come inside. I will share.
Continued…Portfolio
Backstreet Boys Fanclub
Feb 28, 2009 1:18 PM
The Backstreet boys are a pop band that had huge popularity in the mid 90's. They recently decided to get the band back together and start touring and recording agin. The needed a new online fanclub, so naturally they called ground(ctrl).
Continued…2K Sports Website
Nov 29, 2008 6:53 AM
2K Sports is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. They specialize in sports games, high-profile licensing, and killer promotional events.
Continued…Papa Roach Website
Apr 1, 2009 3:00 PM
Papa Roach is a four-piece rock band from Vacaville, CA. Papa Roach has been a long time client of BKWLD and now ground(ctrl). They were one of our beta testers on the version 1 system and played a big part in us getting our big platform off the ground.
Papa Roach’s new album, Metamorphosis is available now on Interscope and has officially made the Billboard Top 10 in the US.
Continued…Link List
A Caveman's Logic
Jun 29, 2009 9:38 AM
Evolutionary psychologist, Hank Davis tells the National Post (Cananda):
We name our daughters Faith and Hope. We never name them Doubt or Skeptic. Those are not valued traits. I believe they should be.
The subject of Dr. Davis’ new book is a topic I think a lot about. The interview is short and sweet. The book is now at the top of my to-read list.
PermalinkPixar Character Research at the Sacramento Zoo
Jun 1, 2009 4:55 PM
Kevin, the pseudo himalayan monal pheasant from Pixar’s new movie, “Up” was based on a specimen at the Sacramento Zoo.
PermalinkGoogle Wave
May 29, 2009 12:56 PM
Google just announce a new project called Wave. It is essentially the new email. Real time communication, collaboration and much more. This isn’t just a new service that Google is offering, its essentially a new open communication protocol and framework. Just as Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Apple are email providers, they can also be Wave providers.
This video is very long and a little painful to watch, but I really think this is going to finally make email obsolete, among many other communication protocols.
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