General Archive

geeksmakemehot.com

I am strangely proud that the Web Developer extension is Jennifer Ledbetter’s most used extension on geeksmakemehot.com.


Macromedia Edge

The Web Developer extension is mentioned in the May issue of Macromedia’s Edge newsletter.


Lifehacker

The Web Developer extension is the Download of the Day on Lifehacker.


Laundry Locker

Laundry Locker is “changing the way San Francisco does laundry” by offering a same day laundry, dry cleaning, wash and fold pickup and delivery service. A cool idea and one I would definitely take advantage of if I did not have a washer and dryer in my house.

Disclaimer: I am friends with one of the people running this service.


MBoffin.com

MBoffin.com creates a fascinating design timeline by taking a screenshot after every significant change when building a template and combining these screenshots into an animated GIF. Note the Web Developer extension in the top right corner! [via SimpleBits]


Annoyed By Ads?

A while ago I started displaying ads on this site using Google AdSense. To be perfectly honest, this was done to make a little more money from this site. All the work that is available on this site is free and open-source and while many people are generous enough to donate I certainly will not be quitting my job anytime soon! By putting ads on the site I figured I could generate some extra revenue which might cover my hosting costs, subsidize a DVD purchase every now and again, and allow me to continue my development work.

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Flickr

The Stick Figures in Peril Pool on Flickr is awesome. The photos are rude, disturbing and hilarious. My personal favorite is this one. Just one more reason to love Flickr. [via Elsewhere.subtraction.com]


FeedBurner

After tidying my feeds a couple of weeks ago a number of other people blogged about feeds, most notably Dan Cederholm, Paul Scrivens and Douglas Bowman. I was already considering taking a look at FeedBurner and after reading these posts I decided to check it out.

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Russell Beattie Notebook

Russell Beattie recommends using the User Agent Switcher in order to view the Apple i-Mode store.


Feed Tidying

After reading Molly Holzschlag’s post about how feeds are referenced on blogs I decided to do some tidying of how I handle them on chrispederick.com.

Previously I had three feeds - somewhat cryptically named ‘Blog: RSS’, ‘Blog: Atom’ and ‘Comments: RSS’ - and they were all linked from the sidebar under a ‘Feeds’ heading as well as automatically discoverable.

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