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Saying Goodbye to Google

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

I decided to say goodbye to Google today. They've got great search results for sure, but they're the man and they've got way too much information about me. I'm going to stick with my love for the little guys and the locals. So what am I going to search the ...

CSS Tricks: Give IE 6 first-child Psuedo Class Support

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

This is an interesting way to add support for the CSS first-child psuedo class in IE 6: #element { behavior:expression(this.firstChild.style.padding = "5px"); } Of course it has its drawbacks, most notably is its use of Javascript via Microsoft's proprietary expression property. Nonetheless, if you stick it in your IE hacks CSS file you'll have ...

Blueprint CSS Architect: The Easy Way to Layout Your Websites

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

I love Blueprint CSS. But one of the things that bothers me about it is the non-semantic usage of classes. You should never have to put column or span-12 in your HTML because classes like that describe presentational aspects of a site, not structural. I’ve described the process that I use ...

Even Titles Aren't Original Anymore

Monday, January 7th, 2008

It seems there’s a growing discontent with the state of graphic design these days. The prevelance of cliched designs and formulaic methodologies are getting old.I’ve got one theory: money. It takes less effort to get a product out there with a "tried and true" (translated old and overused) design than ...

Link Fu For You - Dec 17, 2007

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

url PSDTuts - Photoshop Tutorials and Links - 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design, Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials. This is a pretty good write up. One that would be worth going over each point analyzing a design. url Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years ...

Here is a Method that is Helping to Improve my CSS Framework Workflow

Monday, December 17th, 2007

As CSS frameworks gain popularity there will likely be more and more tools on the web which can help in creating base style sheets and HTML templates suited for them. But for the time being we’re left with mostly unusable Javascript concepts that don’t do more than suggest measurements for ...

Link Fu For You - Dec 12

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Here's a LINK to the Face! url Monsters of the Programming World Some of the difficulties we experience in any project really, but specifically geared toward programmers. url Typographic Contrast and Flow I love's myself some pretty text. I hope this helps to make a difference in web typography. url Generate a Color Palette from an Image | ...

Atomic Euphonic is now John Gibbons. Just Kidding.

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Okay, Pixelfish pointed out this funny Wikipedia meme that's going around. Go to the Wikipedia homepage and hit the random article link 12 times. The first one is your band name, the second one is the album name, and the last 10 are the tracks. I thought it was kinda ...

Curious - Atomic Euphonic Particle

Saturday, December 8th, 2007



Days Like These Days - Atomic Euphonic Particle

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007



Nine O'Clock - Atomic Euphonic Particle

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

<p.Each week Atomic Euphonic creates a song idea, or Particle. Use it how you wish, ignore the crying babies, and don't forget to mention me if you use it. Nine O'Clock by Atomic Euphonic/Dustin Boston is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Box Charmer - Atomic Euphonic Particle

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Each week Atomic Euphonic creates a song idea, or Particle. Use it how you wish, ignore the crying babies, and don't forget to mention me if you use it. Lullaby by Atomic Euphonic/Dustin Boston is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Lullaby - Atomic Euphonic Particle

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Each week Atomic Euphonic creates a song idea, or Particle. Use it how you wish, ignore the crying babies, and don't forget to mention me if you use it. Lullaby by Atomic Euphonic/Dustin Boston is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The Daily Dev Linkup for Nov 28, 2007

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Textile Reference Textile Reference for Brad Choats Textile 2.0. IE7 only CSS hacks Targeting IE 7 only using CSS CSS hacks series Using CSS hacks to target specific browsers.

Be a Nice Geek Today

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

It’s hard not to be a stupid geek. And by stupid geek I mean a smart geek who treats people poorly. Jeff Atwood points out that as a smart geek it’s important to reach out to the other folks and evangelize the latest and greatest stuff—new methods of doing things, ...

How to Screen Print with Emulsion

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I so want to do this. I remember when I was in high school I did some screen printing but I had to cut the design out on this green piece of stuff and stick it to the screen. That sucked, this is way cooler. Of course it’s much harder ...

Paul Rand Tribute Video

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Paul Rand…was a well-known American graphic designer, best known for his corporate logo designs. He was the creator of the IBM, ABC, Westinghouse, and UPS logos as well as many other amazing logos that have withstood the test of time. Via Wikipedia & position absolute

This Old Font

Monday, November 26th, 2007

So I was just over at This Old House when I saw a great font. I just had to know what it was. Now in the past I haven’t really had very good experiences with What the Font, but I thought I’d give it a shot anyway and hey, whaddya ...

Artist Profile: Demon Hunter

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Demon Hunter is most definitely a very cool hardcore band. The thing that really does it for me though, is their uncompromising lyrics and stance on faith. They're no sell-outs lyrically. They're a pretty manly bunch as well. Check it out: Here's part of the write up of The Triptych, on ...

A Brief Comparison of Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

If you’re trying to choose an Open Source Content Management System for your website there are a million things to take into consideration. I put together this little report to help make the decision a little easier when you have a similar set of requirements (which are really pretty basic): Multiple ...