Odds & Sods
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
August 5, 2011
Natural Spider Killer
Here’s Kari’s chemical free, essential oil based spider killer spray. We use it to keep our annual Hobo Spider infestation at bay. ESSENTIAL OIL…
August 4, 2011
Brewing: Negra Cerveza
Getting back on the home brew bandwagon. After a successful IPA this spring, it’s time to try it again with a Mexican style dark…
June 15, 2011
Don’t Minify on the Fly
In the name of speeding up your site you may hear that minifying your CSS is both awesome and easy. I'll agree that it's…
June 7, 2011
Responsive Web Design – The Book
A Book Apart released Responsive Web Design today and I picked up a copy. I'm excited to get a better understanding of the whole…
June 7, 2011
Designing for Mobile First
I've recently been involved in a project with a company who had interest in my work with mobile design with media queries. Before I…
May 6, 2011
Go Mobile with Responsive Design
Designing for the web has always been like catching a greased chameleon - as soon as you get a good grip everything changes and…
April 18, 2011
Spigot featured on Mediaqueri.es
Media Queries has kindly featured spigot17.spigotdev.com/ in their gallery of sites that use media queries for responsive web design. It's a great place to…
April 8, 2011
Use Social Media the Smart Way
Blog First Social Media websites play an important part in marketing your business - there's no denying the power they have in getting the…
March 28, 2011
The Admin Bar and Absolute Positioning
The latest release of WordPress (3.1) comes with a new 'Admin Bar' - a small area at the top of your site that displays…
March 25, 2011
Nibbler: Awesome Website Testing
There's a lot of ways to test and benchmark your website, but few are as fun as Nibbler. And it's free! What does Nibbler…