Rantings, Links, & Musings

January 20

posted by Jake

Prevent Animation Queue Buildup

If you’ve ever attempted to animate a menu with jQuery, you’ve probably run into the this problem. Read on for the simple fix.

January 19

posted by Jake

Web Design Resources I Use

This is a great idea. Perhaps a similar page for Permanent Ink will be forthcoming.

January 16

posted by Jake

Font Squirrel

100% FREE fonts for graphic designers. All with commercial-use licenses.

Handy.

January 15

posted by Jake

45+ New jQuery Techniques for Good User Experience

A pretty good compilation from Smashing Magazine. Translate "Techniques" to "Plugins" to get an idea of what the article is really about.

January 15

posted by Jake

Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple’s (dv) Part 3

Part 3

January 15

posted by Jake

Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple’s (dv) Part 2

Part 2 of the optimization series.

January 15

posted by Jake

Running ExpressionEngine on Media Temple’s (dv) Part 1

Some great insight on how to optimize an ExpressionEngine server setup. I used these tips on a Dreamhost account with good success. I had a little trouble with the ETag command, but if you move the comment off that line, it seems to work properly.

January 15

posted by Jake

YUI Compressor Online

A while back I looked for an online tool to compress javascript files using YUI Compressor. Here it is.

January 15

posted by Jake

The $300 Million Button

Amazing what a little design can do.

January 14

posted by Jake

HTML5 Id/class Name Cheatsheet

Based on Andy Clark's thoughts on naming conventions for html 5.