Another CSS Music Video (sort of)

[ 4.23.09 ] by Todd

Auto Tuning from Casey Donahue on Vimeo.

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Our Favorite WordPress Plugins

[ 4.23.09 ] by Todd

With all of the WordPress deployments we have developed for our various clients, we’ve seen a recurring trend with the plug-ins we tend to use. While we do develop our own custom plug-ins at times, we also rely heavily on the global WordPress community and the free offerings from several talented developers. Below are some of the WP plug-ins we’ve not been able to live without.

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99% Perspiration

[ 4.22.09 ] by Jennifer

Last week I had the good fortune of attending the 99%Conference, hosted by Behance and Cool Hunting. The name comes from Thomas Edison’s saying, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” – very appropriate for a conference focused on execution rather than ideas.

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Shopping real-time

[ 4.9.09 ] by Julie

Mesmerizing. Watching real-time Internet purchases at Zappos. Have Docksiders made a comeback?

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Lunch, Tierra-style

[ 3.11.09 ] by Jennifer

MONDAY

Todd:
</lunch>

Jamie:
Todd – you forgot to put your open lunch tag…so the chat looks busted to me

Mike:
That explains why all I see are sandwiches

TUESDAY

Gerard:
<lunch>
</lunch>

Jonah:
<lunch time=”20″ hunger=”3″>

Todd:
that could have all been done with css

Mike:
don’t care what they say, lunch is easier using tables. sammiches fall right through a div.

WEDNESDAY

Todd:
<style type=”text/css”>
lunch { font-weight: bold; color: #000; }
</style>

<lunch>Going to eat</lunch>

Mike:
Can’t wait to see how he closes the block when he gets back …

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Are You Feeling the F.E.A.R. Today?

[ 2.13.09 ] by Dave

As part of a marketing campaign for the new action-horror video game F.E.A.R. 2, Warner Bros has dressed up some black cats in promotional gear to prowl the streets of London today (Friday the 13th).

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For the love of ligatures

[ 1.26.09 ] by Jennifer

Wouldn’t the internet be a fancier place if ligatures were a more common sight? Now that I spend most of my waking days looking at a screen, when I actually come across a ligature, it’s downright sexy.

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New! WPDB Profiling 1.0.2 Released

[ 1.12.09 ] by Todd

We are pleased to announce our first publicly released plugin for WordPress.  Too often, we have found the need for full database query profiling on a page by page basis. Using this tool allows us to optimize projects & plugins that are in development.
This plugin will give you the total number of queries to [...]

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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware

[ 1.9.09 ] by Doug

I just finished a great book last night, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware, and I thought I would write a little review while it is still fresh in my mind.

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New Years Habits

[ 1.5.09 ] by Doug

Looking for a quick and easy way to track all those New Year resolutions? Habits, an iPhone app from Lou Franco, lets you enter a set of recurring tasks and set how often you want to see them pop up in your to do list. It’s a great way to help those resolutions last past the second week on January.

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