Just a quick tip, since I spent a good hour figuring this out recently. PHP has no native way of doing an interactive password prompt, when running as CLI...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Web Design

Tags: Design, may-1st, php

It seems like it was just yesterday when Myspace was the rave. Users could customize their own backgrounds, add music and videos and write on each others’ pages. Yet with the rapid growth of Facebook and now Twitter ,...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Design

Tags: Design, myspace, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, social media

Many programmers are passionate about their text editor. They will spend longer choosing the optimum font and color scheme than they would decorating their house. An editing font is a very personal choice and, given the hours spent at...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Web Design

Tags: business, craig-buckler, CSS, Logo Design, web tech

Icons have been used in design since, well, since design began. From the hieroglyphics on the pyramids of ancient Egypt to the orange RSS icon now gracing so many web sites, icons have been used in both print and...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Design, Web Design

Tags: CSS, graphic design, Logo Design, Photoshop, Web Design

In looking back through some emails, I found an email from Soh in October 2008. It was a very nice message introducing himself, saying he has enjoyed CSS-Tricks, and that he was just getting into blogging and if I...

Author: Kubrick

Category: CSS

Tags: april-30, Web Design

Even the best of us creative types struggle with what I like to call “designer’s block,” staring at a blank canvas in your favorite graphics editing program for hours. It can be downright difficult to find inspiration when starting...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Photoshop, Web Design

Tags: brushes, CSS, Design, freebies, graphic design

I first met Jeff when he emailed me in early March of this year introducing himself as a High School Web Design Teacher at Damascus High in Maryland. He told me he makes his advanced students subscribe to this...

Author: Kubrick

Category: CSS

Tags: CSS, district

Consumer demand for bandwidth will start to exceed supply from as early as next year according to a new report from Nemertes Research. Internet traffic is growing at around 60% per year, and that does not include the expected...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Web Design

Tags: Design, internet, Logo Design, tech

There are a number of posts out there with collections of really cool and unique business card designs. Some of my favorites are CreativeBits , CrazyLeaf Design Blog , and Daily Poetics . ...

Author: Kubrick

Category: Design

Tags: business, Design, free-sample, tech, Web Design

Collis Ta’eed is the kind of guy that every web designer with a little entrepreneurial spirit wants to be. ...

Author: Kubrick

Category: CSS

Tags: CSS, Design, Photoshop Tutorials