posts tagged: programming

Safari bug: text suddenly appears bold after css animation completes (antialiasing change)

Safari bug: text suddenly appears bold after css animation completes (antialiasing change)

Safari has an anti-aliasing issue that’s been around for a LONG time and it seems everyone is content to use an ugly workaround.

i’m just finishing up a site that makes use of the nice Wow.js & Animate.css combo. while doing final cross-browser checks i noticed Safari giving an abrupt change in text style as the fade-in finished.

see the video demo below …

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a complete guide to hacking your vehicle bus on the cheap & easy – part 1 (hardware interface)

a complete guide to hacking your vehicle bus on the cheap & easy – part 1 (hardware interface)

modern vehicles have internal networks that provide access to nearly every major component and accessory – everything from the transmission to the cd-changer.

why hack it? because you can! maybe you want to install your own car-puter that will replace the radio and climate controls. or maybe you’d like to make your key fob roll up …

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devbutton.com re-styled (and shoutouts to: HTML5 BoilerPlate, Font Awesome & PHPStorm)

devbutton.com re-styled (and shoutouts to: HTML5 BoilerPlate, Font Awesome & PHPStorm)

i did a quick re-style of my consulting site (http://devbutton.com) yesterday.

it’s just a simple “business card” site. funny how making something for yourself never seems to be a priority. one-day i’ll update it with a project case study or something relevant. fortunately 99% of my consulting work comes from referrals, so the site serves only …

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Death Burro part 6: into the (corporate) wild…

Death Burro part 6: into the (corporate) wild…

DeathBurro was released as 1.0.0.0 beta yesterday!

i took donkey into Aimee’s work during her department’s Christmas lunch. we had a little trouble getting on the network, all were either secured with EAP-TLS or browser login & terms-acceptance pages. there are ways to make this work, and so we’ll get it going eventually. for the time …

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rendering templates in Sitefinity 3.7 for use by external applications

rendering templates in Sitefinity 3.7 for use by external applications

Imagine you have Telerik’s Sitefinity CMS powering the main portion of your website, but have a public 3rd party e-commerce system, an internal 3rd party CRM system interface, and yet another internal 3rd party HR employee portal. Wouldn’t it be nice if the graphics guy could update the company logo on all the sites, or …

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