Bookmarks

arfon/fidgit · GitHub

Neat idea to get git repos a DOI: https://t.co/kpI1D1NPKL Tag for release, imported onto figshare

October 2013
The Beginner's Guide to three.js - Treehouse Blog

Short but sweet intro to Three.js, walking through the initial set up code to create a static WebGL logo that you can move around. Would like some points on where to from here though...

September 2013
An introduction to the Crafty game engine - Build New Games

Tutorial on creating a very simple 2D JS/Canvas game using the really neat Crafty library. Walks through from initial set up to completion of a simple little game

September 2013
jasonpriem/plos_altmetrics_study

Data from Jason Priem & Heather Piwowar's PLoS study of altmetrics. Available under CC Zero licence.

September 2013
Leaflet - a JavaScript library for mobile-friendly maps

Handy looking open source JS library for working with OpenStreetMaps

September 2013
devtools-snippets

Bunch of short snippets for Chrome's dev tools. Stuff like showing all colours used on the current page

June 2013
Nginx for Developers: An Introduction

Really handy introduction to setting up Nginx to get a basic web server running.

June 2013
rupa/z · GitHub

Github repo for Z - command line tool for jumping to file locations without setting preset directories. Pretty much magical.

March 2013
Web Accessibility Checklist - The Accessibility Project

Does what it says on the tin - a checklist of stuff to make your site as accessible as possible

March 2013
Distance between two geographical points - jsFiddle

Some useful JS functions for calculating distance between two points on the Earth, given their latitude/longitude

March 2013
iOS 6 switch style checkboxes with pure CSS | Lea Verou

Neat CSS snippet for turning HTML checkboxes into iOS style switches

March 2013
Steak Drop

Only XKCD could link to 4chan, the NASA compressive heating calculator and Cooking for Geeks in the same post: http://t.co/Y8QluxDg

January 2013
Simple SVG sparklines | as days pass by

Neat script for creating sparklines (mini graphs) in embedded svgs

December 2012
John Resig - Redefining the Introduction to Computer Science

Been sitting in my tabs for weeks now, but Khan Academy's CS program is impressive. John Resig's (lead dev) write up http://t.co/mz5hig1n

August 2012
HTML5 For Web Designers - Datalists

Super useful little HTML5 pattern for HTML5 forms. Create an input element, and link with a datalist element using the list attribute to create a field that you can pick an option from or add your own. Bonus - handy tip for randomly generating the placeholder attribute from the datalist options: http://adactio.com/journal/5663/

August 2012
Produce Crate Labels - a set on Flickr

Awesome Flickr set of pre WWII fruit/food produce labels. Very retro design :)

April 2012
Science in the Open » Blog Archive » A citizen of the network

.@cameronneylon's last two blog posts have *absolutely* knocked it out of the park: http://t.co/LrGdauAo and http://t.co/LrGdauAo

February 2012