Archive for December, 2005

Holiday Slump is Upon Me … Let’s Cut Loose!!

Friday, December 16th, 2005

So, like many of you, I’m having a real hard time working during this here month of December. In fact, I’m having a hard time doing anything productive! Seems like all I want to do is spend money and have fun and relax … and do nothing to afford this lavish lifestyle! Unfortunately, this laziness has also extended to this blog. Sorry about that.

So … since I am not my usual code-loving self and for the first time in a long time just haven’t felt like dissecting xhtml and css, I thought this might be a good opportunity to have some fun. Let me get a few things off of my chest, and then I’m going to ask for your help.

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Relatively Absolute: The Autistic Cuckoo Said It Best

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Ahh … if only I had written this article! But alas, no. To me, this is the best explanation of css positioning on the web. I attribute the start of my mastery of css in very large part to this one article. When I read it, something in my brain went, “Ooooooh … oh my god … I actually understand now!” I am am eternally grateful.

If you need a primer or a refresher on how to position things using css, then this is the thing to read.

Enjoy.

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Anatomy of a Design Process

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

I don’t know how interesting this is going to be for anyone but … I spend so much time talking about code that I thought it might be fun to document my (somewhat random) design process. For this peep into The Mind of Mani we’re going to be looking at my latest CSS Zen Garden submission: Elegance in Simplicity.

CSS Zen Garden Submission: Elegance in Simplicity

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