General Resources
News. Design. Code. Etc.
Most Recent Addition: January 8, 2012
What a difference a year makes (By adamg - 1/7/12 - 8:55 pm)
A wonderful example of why one should consider following even the
simplest of standards when publishing on the web.
Miscellaneous Clippings:
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Facebook and Google / Secret Revealed
Excellent food for thought as the Internet evolves more and more into a vehicle for profit and filtering of information. Check out Ted for a variety of interesting talks and points of view on a multitude of topics.
- Text of H.R. 3261: Stop Online Piracy Act
- S.978 - Commercial Felony Streaming Act
Piracy Prevention or Censorship?
Tools:
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Dummy Text Generator
A refreshing and sometimes fun alternative to the standard Lorem Ipsum. The "Far far away" text makes for an amusing read.
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Lorem Ipsum
The classic text content, including multiple output options and a couple of English translations for those of you who might be interested. -
W3C Markup Validation Service
Useful for debugging and as a final check to verify that your code meets the W3C standards.
Humor:
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Nexus S™ 4G "Cats"
This is what the internet is really all about. I mean honestly, aren't your cats on the net? -
Intel commercial- Ajay Bhatt
No, I don't suppose this really qualifies as humour but I'm not sure how else to categorize it. In fact, in all seriousness, the world might be a better place if more people did view the likes of Ajay Bhatt as a rockstar. -
How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
This comic is so funny, and true, it hurts. Ask any designer. -
Techworld Stress Reduction
Some things things never change. We kept drawers full of this stuff at the ISPs I worked at.
On Design:
Code Snippets & Tutorials
Browser Testing:
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Adobe Browser Lab
The service requires signing up for a user id and password if you do not already have one with Adobe. Note, too, it is free only until April 2012.