Stupid Sucks!

How to add safe files to OS X’s safe file list. No more “Are you sure you want to open it?”. A video tutorial created at screenr.com

The best x-browser way to customize your website fonts with @font-face in less than five minutes. This is a video tutorial created at screenr.com

Setting up custom website error pages with .htaccess and a template from ThemeForest.net. A video tutorial created at screenr.com

I’ve written this tutorial for Net.tutsplus.com

Just about every website uses the regular navigation concepts we’re all used to. After awhile this can get pretty boring, especially for designers who thrive on creativity. While mimicking the OS X dock and stacks isn’t new, it’s certainly not common.

Continue reading at http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/jquery-os-x-style-dock-and-stack-navigation/

I wrote this article for the Theme Forest blog.

If you’re new to freelancing or web design/development, then chances are you’ll be picking up applications left and right to accomplish all sorts of tasks. With all the applications available, it can be quite overwhelming to pick and choose the best ones to fit your needs. Often times there is no clear winner, applications can and will be equal, it just depends on what suits you best.

With that being said, here’s the applications I use on a regular basis to get my work done. Hopefully this list can help some of you starting out or even some of you pros.

Continue reading at http://blog.themeforest.net/resources/essential-desktop-apps-for-professional-designers-and-developers/

Today I saw a little post by Brian Cray “Target IE6 and IE7 with only 1 extra character in your CSS” which bugged me a little so I thought I’d post my thoughts. If you haven’t read his blog post, go check it out real quick.

Brian and I (as well as most of the rest of the web world) use the classic “*selector” and “_selector” hacks for IE6 and 7 (as shown in Brian’s post). This is fine and dandy except that Brian includes these hacks with the rest of the non-hacked CSS which I don’t agree with.

Brian argues that by including the hacks with the rest of the CSS it minimizes HTTP requests, saves time (and thus your client’s money), users’ bandwidth, etc. This is where I think Brian has gone wrong and I argue the opposite. read more…