Results for CSS

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on September 26th, 2007:

• Darth Vader Projector Alarm Clock – Star Wars alarm clocks have been done before, but this version is the first to project the time — and the Vader name — on the ceiling!
• Wind up lamp – WIND-UP BED SIDE LAMP This is for people who can?t sleep without the light. Also, people who read in the bed sometimes forget to turn off the light.
• CSS TOOLBOX: 20+ Tools For Working With CSS – A collection of CSS-related links – from basic tutorials to advanced tools.
• VOX amPlug – Headphone Guitar Amplifiers – Simply plug this palm-sized headphone guitar amp directly into your guitar, and enjoy serious guitar sound anywhere, anytime.
• Mad turntablist skillz – from DJ Sara, 8 years old, and DJ Ryusei, 5 years old.
• 5 reasons why the iPhone is older than you think – Everything new is old.
• Skullphabet – Free TrueType/OpenType skull font from Skull-a-day.
• Geeky sewing – Flickr photoset featuring cool quilts of Space Invaders, Zelda and Resident Evil.

CSS Zengarden is one of my favorite sites to have people check out, to help them understand the power of CSS and to see how same code + different stylesheet = brand new website (or can be anyway).

CSS Zengarden – Pretty in Pink by Jordi Romkema (one of my favorites)

Tutorialblog rounded up some great designs in 15 of the Best CSS Zengarden Designs.

Link via Digg

Mashable’s article Best MySpace Layouts That Don’t Look Like MySpace At All lists some great looking layout designs.

screenshot of Lucio @ MySpace

Stan Schroeder writes:

There’s an underground trend that’s been going on for quite some time among those who don’t enjoy the usual MySpace layout aesthetic – loud music, tons of animations, layout that’s falling apart and color matching from hell. These folks have gone to great lengths to make their MySpace profiles as different from the “standard” MySpace layout as possible.

More cool MySpace layouts in the comments of the post.

Rod McFarland has created a few original WordPress themes.

The themes use some nifty AJAX coding allowing you to navigate through the whole site using a command line interface (CLI). You simply use commands like cd, ls and cat to browse, list and view posts.

Rod McFarland CLI 2.0 WordPress theme

The server is struggling a bit at the moment but check his cool themes out here.

Link via MakeZine.

Smashing Magazine asked 35 designers, 5 questions each.

• 1 aspect of design you give the highest priority to
• 1 most useful CSS-technique you use very often
• 1 font you use in your projects very often
• 1 design-related book you highly recommend to read
• 1 design magazine you read on a daily/weekly basis (online or offline)

Result: 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from some of the best web-developers all around the world.

In the end we’ve received more answers than we expected. The results – over 80 CSS-based tips, design ideas, suggestions, fonts, design-related books and online-magazines – are listed below. It’s interesting to know, how designers work their magic. It’s interesting to know what you can actually learn from them.

Check the article here.

Smashing Magazine has a great round-up of CSS techniques to enhance and spice up your website.

#1 spot for CSS Navigation

Nothing new really, but a very nice compilation of 53 tips and tricks to use CSS to your advantage. Each technique is illustrated with a screenshot, so it’s easy spotting something that might be interesting to you.

Go check it out here.