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Sprite animations implemented via CSS3 Animations

Great stuff by Paul Bakaus. Notice the very — very! — use of the CSS background-size property (ergo Webkit only!) and CSS transforms!

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CSS3 Flex Box introduction and demos

Another great writeup by Robert Nyman: CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Module (aka Flex Box) introduction and demos/test cases

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Positioning Firefox’ Tab Close Buttons on the left

“I can’t stand how the close button for tabs is on the right. On the Mac, close goes on the left.”— John Gruber (#) Last night I whipped up a tad of CSS to position the tab close buttons in Firefox 4 (currently in Beta) on the left hand side of the tab. The CSS …

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Print from your iPad to any printer with Airprint Hacktivator

Airprint Hacktivator is a little Mac utility app to let your iPad print using any locally connected printer: run the app, slide the switch to on, enter your password, re-add your printer(s) and *magic* … it works 🙂

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CSS3 Gradient Generator

Damn nice tool/webapp to generate CSS3 gradients. Will save you a lot of headaches.

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HTML5 <video> for everybody generator

Tool to generate HTML5’s <video> tag, including all fallback (ogg, webm & flash) formats.

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CSS Quick Tip: CSS Arrows and Shapes Without Markup

CSS generated content + specially crafted borders = CSS Arrows and Shapes without Markup

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Safari on iPhone & iPad 4.2: Accelerometer, WebSockets & better HTML5 support

Great overview of the new/improved features us webdevelopers can use in iOS 4.2

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How to create simple Mac apps from shell scripts

“I like to run Chrome/Chromium with some command-line switches or flags enabled. On Windows, you can create a shortcut and set the parameters you want in its properties; on a Mac, you’ll need to launch it from the command line every time. Well, not anymore :)”

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Procrastination

“The Misconception: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well. The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse and a failure to think about thinking.” — Extremely interesting article on procrastination /via @tijs

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