30-Second Bunnies Theatre

Date: September 23rd, 2009  Category: Things  Tags: animation, films, funny  [ Comments ]

A friend of mine told me about these funny animated flash movies where bunnies re-enact famous movies in 30 seconds. Awesome stuff. I’ve embedded 2 of my favorites. Check out “The Shining” (below) and then click the “continue reading” link to watch “Casablanca”. Check out the rest of this animated series here.

Updated Blog Design & New Music Section

Date: September 17th, 2009  Category: Things  Tags: blog, design, music  [ Comments ]

The other day I decided to redesign my blog and also add a dedicated music section. The new music section will feature a new song (or two) each day that you can listen to online for free. I love music and listen to it almost constantly throughout the day while working and wanted to share some of the awesome music I’ve found online. Check out my new music section here or click the red music button above.

I look forward to hearing what people think about the music I feature so please put in your two-cents by commenting and also feel free to suggest stuff as well for posting.

Blueprint CSS Framework

Date: September 5th, 2009  Category: Things  Tags: blueprint, css, web  [ Comments ]

A friend of mine introduced me to a CSS framework called Blueprint. What does it offer you ask?

• A CSS reset that eliminates the discrepancies across browsers.
• A solid grid that can support the most complex of layouts.
• Typography based on expert principles that predate the web.
• Form styles for great looking user interfaces.
• Print styles for making any webpage ready for paper.
• Plugins for buttons, tabs and sprites.
• Tools, editors, and templates for every step in your workflow.

Within about an hour or so I pretty much had it down. Check out this quick-start tutorial and this more detailed one to get yourself going. It eliminates a lot of the repetitive CSS work you normally have to do for each new project you start and creating a standards compliant layout takes just minutes using their included CSS classes and “the grid”.