The Oatmeal’s 15 Facts About Coffee
by Thai on December 20, 2010
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A humorous take on fun facts about coffee by The Oatmeal.
HTML5 Generated Art
by Thai on December 15, 2010
I just submitted my entries for a HTML5 framework that can do some gnarly things with canvas. It’s called Okapi and they’re doing a contest. First place gets $500 bucks and you don’t have to be a pretentious fecal artist to create it too. Abstract art isn’t so bad when you’re not trying to sell it for a million bucks.
What it’s Like Being a Web Developer
by Thai on December 13, 2010
Dev 1: Hey, can you rework that XML to JSON but don’t pull it from the SVN. Make sure it’s not HTML 3.0 or XHTML so use HTML5 and it’s W3C compliant.
Dev 2: No, I’m just gonna combine JS with a little ASP and use WP as the CMS. It’ll help generate the CSS and CSS3. I have to install SQL and CGI first.
Dev 1: WTF, who uses ASP? Dude, use PHP with AS3 and don’t mess with the INI file. I need this ASAP.
Dev 2: What’s ASAP?
Paintings Made of Delicious Coffee
by Thai on December 13, 2010
Balls Deep With HTML5 Canvas
by Thai on December 6, 2010
The idea of HTML5′s reach across many mobile devices has really got me thinking about mobile games through the browser. While researching I found that Spil Games was offering a monthly HTML5 contest and first place is $5000 bucks. Such a great way to inspire web developers to get their creative juices going. Given that the state of HTML5 is fairly new, there seems to be a lack of resources and libraries. I found canvasdemos.com to be super helpful.
It’s very hard not to compare Actionscript’s mature handling of graphical assets when I was messing with canvas. What HTML5 needs is a robust library to glue everything together. Right now everything seems so scattered and not so refined. But it won’t stop me from investigating the potential of canvas. Check out my demo. It doesn’t have real collision detection yet and this is only a little test on generating objects.
Sweat in a Bottle
by Thai on December 1, 2010
I just submitted this bad boy to engrish.com. My wife and I also found another food item labeled “rape blossom” and we cracked up for about 15 minutes but it turns out that it’s actually a real flower of some sort. Go figure.
Coffee vs Beer
by Thai on November 25, 2010
It’s the age old question we’ve been asking ourselves the first thing in the AM, “Should I have coffee or beer?”. Both drinks have benefits and it’s no wonder people can’t seem to figure out what they want in the morning. I say go with what your heart tells you.
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Delusions of grandeur after 5 cups
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Gives you the runs
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Helps fat chicks get laid
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Improves bedroom performance
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Drink it anytime
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Tie
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You Know You Like it
by Thai on November 16, 2010
An icon that’s becoming iconic. As you can tell, I ran out of blocks so I had to compromise.
OK Anus
by Thai on November 16, 2010
I just submitted this to Engrish.com and I hope they post it. Wish me luck!
Useful Online Calculators for Web Development
by Thai on October 26, 2010
I’m a dummy so I need calculators to figure numbers while I’m coding. I’ve compiled a list of ones I find myself using often and has proven very useful to me for quite some time. I don’t know how I did things without these tools. Please donate to the dev when you got extra money! If you know of any that’s really useful for web development, please let me know and I’ll add it.
Aspect Ratio Calculator
This tool helps get the right aspect ratio on the fly. Try using the other version where it’s got some extra features.
Time Calculator 3.0
They say that time is money so add it up with this calculator and it’ll save you the headache of counting with your fingers.
Time Conversion Calculator
Ever wondered how many milliseconds are in a century? Well, now you’ll know.
Unix Timestamp Calculator
Converting epoch time can be a pain in the arse. Not with this baby, it’ll make it painless.
Use this when you need to quickly convert CSS’s em to pixels in a jiffy. You can also save your session too.
Color Tool
With this tool, you can get a better idea of what the shades of a color would look like.
