20 Extremely Useful CSS Tools Most of the time writing website’s CSS is enjoyable and fun job. However some of the tasks aren’t always fun. CSS tools are here to help with those not so fun tasks, and make developers job a bit easier. We rounded up a collection of extremely useful CSS tools. Some tools are new and some are old, but we hope that you will find a couple of new useful or at least inspiring tools. Variable Grid System The variable grid system is a quick way to generate an underlying CSS grid for your site. The 1Kb CSS Grid It is a very small-sized and lightweight CSS framework supporting grid system, style reset, basic typography and form styles. Grid Designer This tool enables you to create a grid by specifying the number of columns and the widths of the columns, gutters and margins. CSS Lint CSS Lint is a tool to help point out problems with your CSS code. Primer CSS Just paste some HTML in the box and Primer will pull all classes and IDs to get you started with your stylesheet. PrefixMyCSS Modernizr Spritebox
Essential Linux Commands Following are some of the most essential Linux commands which I often use and might be a one page reference for you as well. Use these Linux commands at your own risks. Some of these commands, specially the rm commands, might do harm if not used properly without additional checks. So always think twice before you run the rm commands. I use these commands all the times on my centOS dedicated servers whenever I need it and they work flawlessly. List Show file sizes in KB, MB, GB ls -lah List only directories ls -l | egrep `^d’ List and sort by date ls -t ls -lt Sort by file size ls -S Search/Find find . Above command will find a searchterm in all files in the present directory and will print it on screen. If you want to search for a term in specific folders then use following command. find /home/*/public_html/ -exec grep “searchterm” ‘{}’ \; –print Above command comes very handy when you want to search for any term in all of your websites hosted on a single host. Find files modified by date find . Sort
Creative Ways to Repurpose & Reuse Old Stuff Clever and creative ways to repurpose and transform ordinary objects into useful stuff… Bottles Into Pendant Lamps | Via Wine Bottles Into Chandelier | Via Drum Kit Into Chandelier Designer: ludwigmetals | Via: JJ’sRedHots Credit Cards Into Guitar Picks | Via Credit Cards Into Guitar PicksLightbulbs Into Oil Lamps | Sergio Silva Wrenches Into Wall Hooks | Via CD Spindle Into Bagel Holder | Via Bicycle Into Sink Stand | Via Bike Wheel Into Clock | Via Glove Into a Chipmunk | Photos by Miyako Toyota | Happy Gloves Old TV Into Aquarium | Via Pop Tabs Into Bag | Via Spoons Into Lamp | Via Old Piano Into Bookshelf | Via Hangers Into Room Divider | Via Tennis Rackets Into Mirrors | Via Bowlers Into Lamps | Via Old Books Into Shelves | Via Chair Into Shelf/Closet Unit | Via Vintage Suitcase Into Chair | Via Old Ladder Into Bookshelf | Via
50 Fresh Free Fonts of 2010 Though there's a broad variety of fonts available for download online, designers keep on tracing the fresh ones to enhance their design copy, a website, brochure, or even an advertisement in a brand new an' awesome way. Still, the free stuff could not always boast of good quality – premium goodies always demand some kind of money investment. However, now it's possible to find the appropriate font that's free, clear, beautiful, and effective for design purposes. Today's round-up actually goes outside the standard font variety. Geomancy Kilogram Tribbon Quadranta Adec Teardrop St Marie Dekar Code Cube Piron Glide Planer Paranoid Circled St Ryde Danger Pincoyablack New Garden Titillium Text Sylar Scriber Mentone Circula Sansation LT Oksana Font V4.0 Lintel Frgmnt Amsterdam Sol Pro Tenby Zag Real Origami Tenderness Vegur Cash Sertig Junction Blackout Railway League Ghothic Goudy Bookletter 1911 Oval About the Author Lilian Rigo
22 Websites that are Beautiful and Useful Here at WDL, we like to keep you inspired by showing you beautifully designed websites every week with our web design inspirational lists. Today we decided to go a different route, and instead of picking a single “theme” of examples, we gathered examples of websites that are inspiring and useful for web designers. We gathered different tools and skill sharing websites to show you so you can be inspired and also discover a nice tool/service. From free lessons to learn how to code to monthly memberships to help you to learn more about design, in this post you will find here 22 examples of inspiring and useful websites. Make sure to visit all of them, enjoy! responsify Responsify is a browser based tool, which allows you to create your own responsive template. iconmonstr Free simple icons for your next project. Lore Instructors, extend your classroom online with discussions, gradebook, and more. Codeacademy Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. Skillshare Pokki Work & Turn Symbolset
Learn the Basics of Coding Allowing remote access to your home computer is not the best advice, especially for someone new to programming and security. However, we all do it. Just be aware that you are risking all the data and probably all the other systems on your home network in doing this. Secure web programming is hard, really hard. If you are writing code for your own internal use, working code is the goal. Possibly the most important item to learn is that just because something works, that doesn't mean it is correct or secure. End User Programming If you are on MS-Windows and want to make your PC do things, check out PowerShell programming. If you are on Linux or OSX, check out bash programming. Power User Programming If you want to create cross-platform programs that can have GUIs and aren't CPU intensive, while learning simple and advanced programming techniques, check out Python. Web programming requires a multitude of skills. Professional Programming How to Learn to Program. I disagree with the video:
Lappari - Tæknimál og leiðbeiningar Sound Types FindSounds Search the Web for Sounds What types of sounds can be found on the Web using FindSounds? Animal Sounds alligator, baboon, bat, bear, bobcat, buffalo, bullfrog, camel, cat, cheetah, chimpanzee, chinchilla, chipmunk, cougar, cow, coyote, crocodile, deer, dinosaur, dog, dolphin, donkey, elephant, elk, ferret, fox, frog, gibbon, goat, gorilla, grizzly bear, guinea pig, hippo, horse, hyena, jaguar, kitten, lamb, lemur, leopard, lion, llama, marmot, monkey, moose, mouse, orca, panda, panther, pig, polar bear, prairie dog, puppy, rabbit, raccoon, rat, rattlesnake, rhinoceros, rodent, sea lion, seal, sheep, snake, squirrel, sugar glider, tiger, toad, whale, wolf, zebra Sounds of the Holidays Christmas sleigh bells; Halloween creak, creature, evil laugh, ghost, howl, monster, scream, witch; Independence firecrackers, fireworks; New Year's balloon, party horn, pop cork; Thanksgiving turkey Insect Sounds bee, cicada, cricket, insects, katydid, mosquito, wasp
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