A Blog Not Limited

Links from last week's tweets that referenced web design/development resources, interesting products, things that made me laugh and other stuff I (loosely) deem "useful."

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March 29 – April 5, 2009

Jonathan Snook has updated his Colour Contrast Check Tool to calculate based on the recently-official WCAG 2 guidelines. He also added HSV sliders.

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Noticing sluggish performance with your JavaScript? Could it be due to repaints and reflows?

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We can't all truly be badasses (except me … in my own mind), but we can certainly wear one (and look like a douchebag).

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A few years ago, I was amused by the number of April Fool's spoofs on the web. Now, it is just annoying. Glad to see I'm not the only grumpy fart that feels this way: Internet Annoyance Day. "It isn't funny anymore."

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Snook and his family are about to adopt a third child, but are challenged by the last-minute timing and high expenses. Jonathan's site explains the process and accepts donations. Also contributing to the effort, Dave Shea is donating all proceeds from the April 1–15 sales of his Chalkwork icon sets to the Snook family's cause. Seriously folks, the world would be a better place with more Snooks. Donate now.

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Any web designer or developer who isn't clinically insane hates IE 6. Though my sanity may be debatable, you can include me in that group of haters. And, while I've taken steps to deal with my detest of IE 6, I believe this voodoo doll is exactly the sort of relief I need for my daily battles with that piece–of– browser. "Hate me!" Done. "Stab me!" Double done.

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I was never one of those little kids who loved unicorns (although, The Last Unicorn totally rocked). But I now have a true appreciation for that fantastical creature … more specifically severed heads of that fantastical creature.

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I'm retarded at math. Can't even balance my checkbook without a calculator. Completely relate to Troy Dyer in Reality Bites: "I was told there would be no math … ." That has all changed, thanks to new math.

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While I can agree that size doesn't always matter, I've no problem admitting I like big dicks. So pleased to know I'm sporting 60 cm.

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