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Upside down text with CSS
Posted by: pureessence on: December 4, 2008
- In: funny | geeky
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It’s actually possible to print text upside down using a simple CSS property and works cross-browser today. The property to use is “text-gravity” with a value of “inverse”. … and this is the result: ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ I’m really surprised to learn that so few people know about this property, and I recommend you to continue reading [...]
Custom font
Posted by: pureessence on: October 28, 2008
- In: geeky | non php code
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I saw another custom font solution today: typeface Instead of creating images or using flash just to show your site’s graphic text in the font you want, you can use typeface.js and write in plain HTML and CSS, just as if your visitors had the font installed locally. A while ago, I blogged about the [...]
jQuery may just win
Posted by: pureessence on: October 27, 2008
- In: geeky | non php code
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I’m still unhappy how I lost the jQuery battle at work. Although I’m not banned from using it but hey this is encouraging! jQuery may just win the javascript framework battle at least in the popularity category. Other frameworks are just not as user friendly IMO.
Sansa e250 read Chinese
Posted by: pureessence on: October 19, 2008
- In: geeky | pc tips
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After having my Sansa e250 for over a year, I finally figured out how to read Chinese on it. I followed the instructions on this forum and it WORKED. Therefore I’m going to save the steps in case the forum thread is removed. The complete guide of enable Asian Language support in Sandisk Sansa e200 [...]
Javascript Error: submit is not a function
Posted by: pureessence on: October 15, 2008
- In: geeky | non php code
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Just my luck and I ran into the dreaded submit is not a function javascript error. Here’s the scenario. While coding javascript along, you get a form via id or name on your html page and calls the submit() function on it. You think it should just behave as expected (submits the form) instead nothing [...]
CSS Frameworks
Posted by: pureessence on: September 21, 2008
- In: geeky
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I write my CSS from scratch and I know enough tricks/hacks to pull out most of all what I want to accomplish. Although I’ve always heard the yahoo YUI project and understand what its reset css achieves, I never knew there are so many other CSS frameworks out there. Hidden pixels has listed a great [...]
sIFR 3
Posted by: pureessence on: September 17, 2008
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sIFR lets you use your favorite font on your websites by cleverly working with Flash, JavaScript and CSS. I saw it used in the Bella theme. I don’t know how compatible it is for all browsers but I might just try it out in my future themes
Free Web Design Vectors
Posted by: pureessence on: September 8, 2008
- In: geeky | plug
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Very nice collection here. I like this desktop wallpaper site. Other geeky finds: Chrome’s process model explained Javascript in Chrome fancy zoom in jQuery scrum cheat sheet Cappuccino (desktop apps in web browsers) Awesome photoshop brushes Chrome indexes your bank accounts bubble breaker game in 100 lines of pure javascript code Sexy alert box (written [...]
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