The Log

League Archive ⇾

Launched a personal side project today, a little site for the gents in my football pool. I’ve been running the same league since 1995-ish and it got serious with the rise of the internet. We’ve got ten years of history in our CBS league and ten owners who have been pretty consistent in their involvement.

Building the site was fun and gave me the chance to use Dave Gamache’s Skeleton for the first time, as well as the jQuery Cycle plugin. But it was the trash talk I put in the team bios that brought me the most joy. Any and all feedback would be welcome and appreciated.

Go Pats!

Develop for Chrome First ⇾

The team at Zurb knock out some amazing work, so it was interesting to see their recommendation to develop for Chrome first before moving on to other browsers.

‘HTML5 for Web Designers’ by Jeremy Keith ⇾

cameronmoll:

Another link I’ve posted before but worth relinking again, I finished reading Jeremy Keith’s micro-opus on HTML5 last night. It is difficult to imagine a more perfect introduction to HTML5, and it is just as difficult to imagine a more appropriate author for the subject. Well done, Jeremy.

I’ve got one chapter left to go, but I would echo Cameron’s sentiments. The book is the perfect introduction, enough to whet your appetite and get you excited to jump in.

Where’s My Vertical Margin? ⇾

Motherfuton pens a nice refresher on CSS and the difference between block and inline elements. This a good explanation that gives clarity for the novice front end developer.

LiveReload: xrefresh for Safari & Chrome ⇾

jessedodds:

LiveReload is a Safari/Chrome extension + a command-line tool that: Applies CSS and JavaScript file changes without reloading a page. Automatically reloads a page when any other file changes (html, image, server-side script, etc). Watch an awesome screencast by Gregg Pollack at envylabs.com.

What an incredibly useful looking tool. Downloading now …