links

I've got too many browser tabs open and not enough time to do anything with them, so here are notes to my future self:

David Shea's CSS Crib Sheet

there must be something to add from my recent re-design, I make the same stupid mistakes every time I do a CSS layout, now what were they? Don't forget z-index...

Nice titles

yes! That's what I was trying to do on my links page last night, have to borrow it and apply my styles. Wonder if I can grab the accesskey too?

Unobtrusive DHTML unordered list dropdown

I've been using Dave Linguist's version and it's clunky as all hell, especially since I maintain my links page by hand, updating at least weekly. It's time for something cleaner.

Revised Image Replacement

Caught up on my FIR variant reading. Unfortunately my professional portfolio uses transparent images, so I'll stick with image tags there. Otherwise I think the Gilder/Levin Method is the best option (best meaning accommodates the most users), and I'll have to add Shea's enhancement (title attribute on the header tag) on my H1 here. Today I almost had a solution to the text resize problem (the remaining problem with using images of text), but 1em is not the same size cross-browser, so there went that idea.

Labels.js

I'm thinking this would be really cool layered on top of pixy's fieldset and label formatting, so you've got a foundation of solid XHTML, with CSS enhancing the layout, and JS taking the interactivity up a notch. To test it out I'm thinking this site could use a contact form. Hmmm, where to put a link to that? Maybe top left across from the skip to text link?

pixy

ok, so I knew this guy kicked ass, what with his color scheme picker, and FIR varient that I'm using here (not sure if he is original creator of that one) but man, take a look at his css work here: Pixy's English Homepage.

There's a super clean 3 column header, footer layout with no positioning, no hacks, and all columns full height. Side columns are floated, center has left + right margins to make space on the sides.

The fieldset and label formatting is also pretty killer for simple forms.

ok, so maybe none of that is as cool as the color picker, but what a body of work. impressive collection of favelets as well.

"mind's eye"

simply beautiful asian bondage photography by Steven Speliotis. While you're trying to find the navigation check out "Peaches" and "The Ropes That Set Me Free", my favorites. Time for me to re-visit knots.

oA - Goldilocks

"Holy crap! Come and look at this! There's some skanky bitch lying in our bed!"

"Maybe we should eat her." Said one of the large carnivorous mammals.

"Are you kidding? Have you seen the state of her crotch?"

from orange Afro

heads up!

Of blogging and unemployment
Well now. Time to give the photos page a little cleanup, and maybe even a recent post. Certainly not going to dial down the obscenity, maybe just go a little more anonymous when talking about work.