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Dec 17 / 1:46am

Lorem Ipsum Text in HTML Format

http://html-ipsum.com/

This website provides the generic lorem ipsum faux-greek text in differently marked-up HTML.  From unordered lists to paragraphs, headers to ordered lists, you never have to generate it yourself!

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Jul 10 / 2:09am

3 Resources for Web Designers

http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/07/09/3-resources-for-web-designers/

  • Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers is a roundup post from Six Revisions. It offers pointers - with excerpts - to 23 different cheat sheets covering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Skout is an old-fashioned portal site. It offers hundreds of categorized links: fonts, color tools, icons, stock photos, tutorials, tools, JavaScript libraries…
  • Konigi is directed at user experience designers, with showcases of excellent design and interfaces as well as useful graph paper for manual wireframe sketching.

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Jul 10 / 2:08am

Textures and Patterns Design Showcase

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/09/textures-and-patterns-design-showcase/

Very cool article featuring examples of backgrounds and, my favorite, a background pattern generator.

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Jun 29 / 7:50am

What are Widgets?

http://www.tech-faq.com/widgets.shtml

The term “widget” can refer to any icon or graphical interface element that is manipulated by the computer or internet user to perform a desired function online or on their computer. For example, the icons located on a personal computer’s desktop are considered widgets. By clicking or manipulating the widget in some way with the mouse or keyboard, the user is able to interact with the computer or website, essentially “telling” it to perform desired functions.

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Jun 12 / 1:08am
Summing up: for large quotes use blockquote, for small quotes use q and for references to another sources cite should be used. In practice, usually only blockquote and q are used.

Block Quotes and Pull Quotes: Examples and Good Practices

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Jun 12 / 12:07am

Voices.com

http://www.voices.com/

A clearinghouse for voice talent.  All are available for work, some even within hours.  A great resource for audio for your site or intros/outros for your podcasts.

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