Ma.gnolia: Jim Jeffers' Bookmarks

Creating Multiple Models in One Action

treacherousdog — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:00:09 PDT

Sweet tutorial on how to create multiple objects on the fly with one save command. A great way to refactor many applications.

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Tags: rails, models, active record

Graffletopia

treacherousdog — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:47:46 PDT

Great site for finding and sharing omnigraffle stencils! A must have site for any omnigraffler!

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Tags: omnigraffle, stencils, ui, tools

10h24min: Footnotes v3.0

treacherousdog — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:39:35 PDT

Textmate footnotes plugin for Rails 2.0. Embeds debug code in the footnotes of your rails project s it runs. Directly linking to textmate.

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Tags: textmate, plugin, footnotes

In a Hurry Green Curry Recipe

treacherousdog — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:21:01 PDT

A quick and delicious green curry recipe - peas, asparagus, and tofu swimming in a fragrant, not-overly-rich Thai green chile broth.

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Tags: cooking, recipe, curry

UX Design-Planning Not One-man Show

treacherousdog — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:26:54 PDT

A great in depth article on UI design. A must read for UXD.

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Tags: user experience, design, uxd

The Withdrawal Method

treacherousdog — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:18:10 PDT

A very fascinating book from one of the good folks at TMN. I look forward to reading it soon.

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Tags: book, society

100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library

treacherousdog — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:15:14 PDT

I doubt there isn't a book on here you haven't already read but I also doubt you've read anywhere near all of them. A very good list to tackle though as life goes on.

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Tags: reading, literature, history

A new spin on the datepicker control

treacherousdog — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:01:07 PDT

A promising date picker utility. Definitely worth investigating further.

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Tags: javascript, interaction design, datepicker, ui

XHTML + CSS template for nutrition

treacherousdog — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:17 PDT

A template for nutritional information labels in XHTML and CSS

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Tags: xhtml, css, design, code, vegan

Getting Satisfaction Reviewed by Garrett Dimon

treacherousdog — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:47:49 PDT

Garrett Dimon performs an excellent review/analysis of the UX on GetSatisfaction.com

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Tags: user experience, design, interaction design

Homer Simpson in CSS

treacherousdog — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:21:14 PDT

Homer Simpson like you've never seen him before. Done in pure HTML/CSS.

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Tags: css, code, design

Dangerous Pathway

treacherousdog — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:26:44 PDT

Another dangerous thing I'd like to go do: Dangerous Mountain PathwayCaminito del Rey

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Tags: hiking, video, youtube

'Clearing the Air' Film

treacherousdog — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:59:05 PDT

'Clearing the air' film about GTL gasoline production from shell. Great mini documentary.

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Tags: movie, alternative fuel, shell, gasoline

InterfaceLIFT: High-Resolution Widescreen Wallpaper (by ratings)

treacherousdog — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:04:07 PDT

Great desktops at my type of resolutions :)

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Tags: wallpaper, desktop, resolution, gallery

A commentary of Wiio's laws

treacherousdog — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:22:44 PDT

Wiio's laws are humoristically formulated serious observations about how human communication usually fails except by accident.

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Tags: communication, study, philosophy, science

Veer: Type City

treacherousdog — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:21:08 PDT

Veer's type city. What an awesome concept and execution. Very cool.

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Tags: typography, type, veer

Fifth Gear: Nissan GT-R

treacherousdog — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:12:40 PDT

Fifth Gear drives the Nissan GT-R. The coolest car ever? Yes.

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Tags: cars, nissan, gt-r

Logo Design Basics: The Five Types of Marks

treacherousdog — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:52:27 PDT

The five basic logotypes. Great insight into logo design.

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Tags: logo, design, tutorial

Idea: A selection of high end bacons (please!)

treacherousdog — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:37:02 PDT

High end bacon at Starbucks? Fancy that idea.

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Tags: bacon, starbucks, idea

Top 5 Most Useful Ruby Gems

treacherousdog — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:57:44 PDT

Fan-f'ing-tastic! These gems are really useful. I'm making use of the feed normalizer right away!

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Tags: ruby, gem, feed-normalizer

Rails Rake Tasks

treacherousdog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:45:44 PDT

A reference of all the rails rake tasks. Hey this is handy!

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Tags: rails, resource, rake, tasks

Beer, With Benefits

treacherousdog — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:56:28 PDT

The best brews pack more than a heady buzz — they improve your health, too. Beer is GOOD.

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Tags: beer, health, nutrition

Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" Music Video

treacherousdog — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:48:50 PDT

"Pull Me Out Alive" by Kaki King, the lead single from Kaki's new album, Dreaming Of Revenge - features some amazing stop motion photography and light painting work.

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Tags: music, video, youtube, lightpainting, photography

Design215 Toolbox - Regular Expression Tester

treacherousdog — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:38:50 PST

A great simple little javascript driven Regex testng tool with a brief primer on the RegEx syntax.

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Tags: regular expressions, regex

Snoto Photo

treacherousdog — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:52:43 PST

Snoto Photo is a Flickr application built on Adobe AIR using Mootools. Jonathan made it as a foundational demo for learning AIR. Did I mention he has one of the best looking blogs out there?

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Tags: AIR, adobe, flash, flex