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DIY Super Clamp
Posted by Chris Inch on Nov. 9th, 2008
Recently I was looking on eBay for a Super Clamp. This is a small device that costs about $40. This is about $35 more than I was willing to spend. I decided to make my own Super Clamp.
Creating CSS layouts with the 960 Grid System
Posted by Chris Inch on March 26th, 2008
There are not many aspects of web design that take more time and involve so many frustratingly small calculations than getting everything pixel-perfect in a CSS-based layout. Starting right at the sketches of a design on paper or in Photoshop, there are decisions that have to be made that can affect the CSS code you'll have to write later. A new system called the 960 Grid System is here to help.
From nothing to something with Django
Posted by Chris Inch on March 5th, 2008
Recently I published a new version of my site, including this blog. The entire site is now powered by Django. As I worked on this redesign, I monitored how long each task took me. Here are my results:
How to shop online for cheaper
Posted by Chris Inch on Nov. 7th, 2007
Yesterday I found something that I had to share. With Christmas only a month and a half away, if you haven't started thinking about shopping, now's the time. Here's a site that will help keep more money in your pocket.
Five Things I Recommend
Posted by Chris Inch on Oct. 16th, 2007
It's autumn 2007 and, as always, I have a handful of things that are currently filling my life with joy. I'd like to take a minute to list 5 of these things and recommend them to you. I'm sure that some of these recommendations will eventually fade off my top 5 list, but as of right now, you should try these:
Why I shave with olive oil
Posted by Chris Inch on Sept. 5th, 2007
Shaving is a fact of life for most. Both men and women have felt the need to chop off hair as close as possible to their skin for thousands of years. I am no exception. Seeing as I shave my face almost every day and realizing that there's millions of other things I would rather be doing at 7:00AM, I have made it my mission to find the best, most comfortable, fastest and generally most enjoyable method of shaving available.
Unblocking backgrounds in Flash
Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 31st, 2007
A long while ago I wrote an article describing how to block background elements in Flash. The problem I used to encounter was that my background elements were clickable through other movie clips on the stage. In ActionScript 3.0, this has all changed.
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