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    Style Textarea Resizers

    Modern browsers are nice in that they allow you to style some odd properties.  Heck, one of the most popular posts on this blog is HTML5 Placeholder Styling with CSS, a tiny but useful task.  Did you know you can also restyle the textarea resizer in WebKit...

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    Convert NodeList to Array

    Now that most browsers have implemented querySelectorAll, the native selectorEngine, many framework-dependent developers are getting a rude awakening when dealing with the result of QSA calls:  the NodeList object.  NodeLists are array-like but don't feature many of the methods provided by the Array, like forEach, map...

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    Inky’s FREE Web Design Bundle: 471 Premium Resources

    Inky Deals is a website where creative professionals can get premium design products at unbeatable prices. They have put together an impressive Free Web Design Bundle containing 471 free premium resources along with SitePoint, Designmodo, Vandelay Premier and many others. You can...

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    An Interview with Eric Meyer

    Your early CSS books were instrumental in pushing my love for front end technologies. What was it about CSS that you fell in love with and drove you to write about it? At first blush, it was the simplicity of it as compared to the table-and-spacer...

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    Upgrade Node.js via NPM

    I was recently installing a utility via NPM when I learned that my version of Node.js itself was out of date.  No worries -- simply upgrade my Node.js install and move forward.  Of course I could just hit nodejs.org and get the new image, but figured...

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    Redacted Font

    Back when I created client websites, one of the many things that frustrated me was the initial design handoff.  It would always go like this: Work hard to incorporate client's ideas, dream up awesome design. Create said design, using Lorem Ipsum text Send initial design concept to the client...

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    jQuery Wookmark

    The first thing that hits you when you visit Pinterest is "Whoa, the columns are the same width and the photos are cut to fit just the way they should."  Basic web users probably think nothing of it but as a developer, I can appreciate the...

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    Spoiler Prevention with CSS Filters

    No one likes a spoiler.  Whether it be an image from an upcoming film or the result of a football match you DVR'd, sometimes you just don't want to know.  As a possible provider of spoiler content, some sites may choose to warn users ahead...

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    Firefox OS User Agent

    While we consider user agent sniffing a horrible practice on the client side, UA sniffing is done quite a bit on the server side to serve up the appropriate page version of a site, or redirect to, for example, the mobile version of the site.  This...

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    Thoughts on Working Remotely

    The big news hit recently that Yahoo! gave remote workers an ultimatum:  move to Yahoo! offices or find a new job.  I was shocked that a company like Y! would ever do such a thing.  I've worked remotely for the past three years and I...