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Reload CSS without a page refresh Oct 7 + 2 comments

written by: ryan coughlin

As I was working this afternoon, Rogie King posted a tweet about a Bookmarklet that allows you to reload your CSS on your page without reloading the page.

So far I have been loving this, it is the perfect tool for your workspace. I highly recommend this to others. Thanks to the creator of this, can grab this bookmarklet and start using it.

  1. Drag it to your bookmark toolbar
  2. Open a site your are designing
  3. To view your new CSS changes, just click the bookmark in the toolbar, and wa la

Quick and really easy. Thought i’d share this tool with everyone. Give it a try.

Minor changes – Syntax Plugin Oct 7 + 2 comments

written by: ryan coughlin

I am switching my syntax highlighting from WP-Syntax to Google Syntax Highlighter. It is installed and working, but for some reason it is parsing my PHP, which is not allowing me to post the code for readers can try out the articles.

I have been doing some searching on Google with little results, but hopefully something will come up.

I recently started working at Commerce Generation in Burlington, VT so pardon for the delay in articles. I have several quick posts with some tips to publish in the next couple of days.

In the mean time sorry for the error in the syntax highlighting.

If you’re in the Northeast, try to stay dry!

TIP: Use trackpad to control Expose in Mac OS X Sep 20 + 2 comments

written by: ryan coughlin

Another Sunday night is here, which means 8AM classes to start the week. After Football all day, I started working on some design projects, and I stumbled upon this small feature on my Mac. If you activate your desktop Expose and use two fingers you can use as you would use the arrow keys to navigate Expose on Mac OS X.

Not too crazy of a tip, but one I found out, that is pretty neat.

Around in Europe May 30 + 2 comments

written by: ryan coughlin

Wanted to write a quick post while overseas. Just wanted to say that sorry for the delay in posts recently. I have been away in Europe the past couple of weeks. I started in England and then headed for the Greek islands. Its a blast here, a great way to end the year and start the summer. I have been taking a bunch of photos and will be sure to upload them to flickr and post up the link. Wish I brought my laptop with me to upload and see what I got for shots so far.

I will be back on the 4th and back to reality, catching up on the site work that I have in store for me, along with the many blog posts I have as drafts right now. I have been slacking on that. Also, working on finishing the new layout for my site. Giant to do list, but I hope I can get it all done and get caught up. Cheers

Time for another iGoogle theme? May 5 + 2 comments

written by: ryan coughlin

So i came across my old iGoogle theme I made in the fall and was thinking of making another one. Shockingly, they’re extremely easy to create. Its a large XML document.  I have been working on a new layout for my site. I was thinking of another landscape but similar to the landscape, but different style.
Summer Landscape - iGoogle Theme

I am trying to free my schedule from client work to start working on the new layout, stil need to work on the move right text, bottom posts boxes, colors, and what the single page is going to look like, all in all its a work in progress. Almost done with a jQuery tutorial on submitting a  comment form and having the results loaded using jQuery/Ajax. The comments on the page are loading using PHP, JSON, and jQuery, very slick. Expect that very soon.