Archive for April, 2009

Interactive CLI password prompt in PHP

Interactive CLI password prompt in PHP

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...

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Myspace vs Facebook: Is Myspace Still Relevant?

Myspace vs Facebook: Is Myspace Still Relevant?

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 ,...

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10 of the Best Programming Fonts

10 of the Best Programming Fonts

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...

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How To Use Icons On Your Web Site

How To Use Icons On Your Web Site

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...

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Five Questions with Soh Tanaka

Five Questions with Soh Tanaka

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...

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15 Places to Find Awesome Free Photoshop Brush Sets

15 Places to Find Awesome Free Photoshop Brush Sets

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...

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Five Questions with Jeffrey Brown

Five Questions with Jeffrey Brown

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...

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Internet “brownouts” expected from 2010

Internet “brownouts” expected from 2010

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...

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8 Ideas For Unique And Affordable Business Cards

8 Ideas For Unique And Affordable Business Cards

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 . ...

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Five Questions with Collis Ta’eed

Five Questions with Collis Ta’eed

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

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