So, we do secret santa at work for anyone who wants to participate. The last year (or maybe two) I opted out. But I decided to join the fun this year. My first opportunity to sneak a couple gifts on my person’s desk turned out to be a complete fail. I got caught. Let’s just [...]

Yes… hate is a strong word, but seriously. I sit probably an average of like 12 freaking hours a day! Wake up, sit to eat breakfast, get ready, sit in the car on the way to work, get to work, sit and work… all day (sometimes I have meetings, but I sit for those too), [...]

I used @font-face in a stylesheet for the first time ever last night. I’m not really a graphic designer or huge on typography, so fonts have always scared me for some reason. I have a hard time knowing what fonts go with other fonts, and it wasn’t until about 2 years ago that I learned [...]

I am nervously awaiting the CSSOff PSD from Unmatched Style… seriously, it’s like I’m asking CSS out on our first date. (I hope my wife isn’t reading this)

I practiced a little CSS animations syntax today using jsfiddle. I may have also come across a bug. Not sure at this point, I have to do some more testing, and I haven’t even done any searches online yet to see if others have run into this. Who knows, it might even be in the [...]

In my recent CSS3 learning I get a little bogged down with browser prefixes. Once I use them a few times I can remember them mostly, but who wants to keep all that extra code in their stylesheets? Lea Verou, via Smashing Magazine, just announced a new little tool she created: PrefixFree. I think I’ll [...]

I’ve signed up for the CSS Off that is hosted by Unmatched Style. I found out about it through Chris Coyier over at CSS-Tricks. Basically, on Oct 20th, I’ll download a PSD and make a bunch of (hopefully fresh and clean) markup look just like it. I’ve got a lot of learning to do. Which [...]