Dots & Thoughts

My tweaked CSS Reset

  • 14 Apr 2011
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I’m not going to enter the debate about wether it’s good or not to use a CSS Reset, but I have to admit it’s often useful. If you’re like me and mostly use Eric Meyer’s one, you know he recently updated his code to version 2. This version brings –obviously– some improvements to…

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125! years of innovation

  • 29 Jan 2011
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This year, and starting today, Mercedes-Benz and Daimler AG are celebrating 125 years of motor cars. On 29 January 1886, Carl Benz actually filed patent no. 37435 for "vehicle powered by gas engine". It started an exceptional adventure in automotive engineering. Photo credits : Daimler AG The story…

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Tweaking Mac OS X screenshots

  • 20 Jan 2011
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Most of Mac users do know how to change the default name of captures taken in OS X, in the Terminal or via Onyx. Just like me, you may want to replace the default "Screenshot" name by something more personal. Plus, since Snow Leopard, a date/time stamp is automatically added to the file name and I…

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Mistakes in Hawaii Five-O

  • 23 Dec 2010
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Time to time I like to watch TV shows, it may help to wipe the work out of your head. The other day, I was looking at the new Hawaii Five-O (remake of the original 70's series). I have to say that the new show is a crap. Really. There are a lot of problems in this series. First example, the in-car…

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Make it bounce

  • 21 Dec 2010
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This code will animate the .bouncing element. It is done by only using CSS3 properties, i.e. without any JavaScript of course. @-webkit-keyframes bounce { from { -webkit-transform: translate(0,0) } to { -webkit-transform: translate(-10px,0) } } .bouncing { -webkit-animation: bounce .5s ease…

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