August 2009

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Things I Found Interesting Around August 19th

SVG images as CSS backgrounds – Helephant.comSVG images are just text so you can create them in any text editor. There are also heaps of tools to that create SVG images. GOTOCHINAThis site has a really nice background image technique I want to try and replicate. Grooveshark Artists: Online Pay-for-Play, Artist Promotions, Fan Analytics, and […]

All Feedback is Welcome

Tr.im said they were shutting down. They said it was an unviable business model (I’m sure it is), while whining heavily about Twitter partnering with Bit.ly. People were pissed and worried about link rot. Tr.im says “Oh wow! You guys DO care about me!!” Plus, more whining about Bit.ly. Bit.ly offers Tr.im $10,000 to take […]

I Love Email

I wrote a post on CSS-Tricks one time called “Moving Boxes“. I now show up in Google fairly high for this search, and ever since, I get awesome emails like this: HELLO C/S I WANT TO ORDER YOUR MOVING BOXES,BELOW IS THE TYPE OF THE MOVING BOXES THAT I WILL LIKE TO ORDER. 4.5 cubic […]