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JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3, HTML 5, Other .NET articles Link List – August 2011

Here’s a quick wrap up of JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3,  HTML 5, .NET, Product Releases and other articles published on DevCurry.com in the month of August 2011.
jQuery, JavaScript and CSS Articles
CSS: after and before Pseudo Elements – CSS Pseudo Elements are useful for adding special effects to selectors, which would be difficult to achieve if we were to use real markup. For eg: styling of the Continue reading

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JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3, HTML 5, Other .NET articles Link List – August 2011

Here’s a quick wrap up of JavaScript, jQuery, CSS3,  HTML 5, .NET, Product Releases and other articles published on DevCurry.com in the month of August 2011.
jQuery, JavaScript and CSS Articles
CSS: after and before Pseudo Elements – CSS Pseudo Elem… Continue reading

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Are Any Of The Patents Google Got With Motorola Mobility Any Good?

With all of the attention Google bought for buying Motorola Mobility for its patents, one question that not too many people asked was whether or not those patents were any good. Of course, when you’re dealing with 17,000 patents and the fact that Goog… Continue reading

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Adaptive Images

Project from Matt Wilcox for serving the right images to the right devices (i.e. small images to small browser windows, large images to large browser windows). Small browser windows, regardless of bandwidth considerations, shouldn’t get a giant image scaled down they should get an image just the size they need it.

This is similar to an earlier project by the Filament Group, but this takes more of a “just works” approach in that it doesn’t require you to do…

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The Pavlovian Response To Seeing Birthday Announcements On Facebook

The famous experiment by Ivan Pavlov, which demonstrated classical conditioning, involved ringing a bell every time a dog was served food, and noting that after a few times of this, the dog associated the bell with food and salivated when the bell was … Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Trains, Trains, Trains. I’ve Got a Thing About Trains…

Trains are an often over-looked form of transportation in the US. But trains are actually one of the most fuel-efficient ways to travel — able to move a ton of freight over 400 miles on just one gallon of fuel. Here are just a few quick links on some … Continue reading

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Kevin Smith Explains Why He Had To Waste $9,316 On Movie Ads That He Didn’t Want Or Need

We’ve been covering for a while entertainer Kevin Smith’s business model experiments, which rely heavily on his wonderful ability to connect with fans. We’ve also been fascinated with his more recent decisions to buck “the old way” of doing things and… Continue reading

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Fold Out Popups

A rich HTML popup content area that works when you click a link/button (rather than hover like tooltips work). This uses a bunch of CSS3 and the functionality is also handled purely with CSS, although we discuss that at the end.

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All Of Justin Bieber’s Music Removed From YouTube Via ‘Prank’ DMCA Claims

As a bunch of folks have been sending in a “prankster” was able to remove all of Justin Bieber’s videos from YouTube by filing a bunch of bogus DMCA notices. While a lot of people find this amusing for one reason or another, it really highlights a key… Continue reading

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60 Year Old Swedish Man Gets Sentenced To ‘Conditional’ Two Years In Jail For File Sharing

While yesterday we wrote about how a Swedish court acquitted a 15-year-old for file sharing some movies, today a court gave a 60-year-old man two years of conditional jail time along with a pretty large fine. The “conditional” jailtime appears to be l… Continue reading

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