You have superhuman powers
For the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about ways to systematically predict the future. Ok, maybe not so much predict the future so much as predicting the outcome to particular … Continued
Rails MongoDB logging on Heroku with MongoHQ
I love Heroku but it only retains your last 100 lines of logs. To save your log output you need to store them outside of the service. MongoDB is “fantastic for logging” and Heroku’s MongoHQ … Continued
GoDaddy SSL certificate throws errors in Google Chrome?
Synopsis: GoDaddy SSL certificates are causing errors in some of the browsers, e.g. Google Chrome. Provided is a method to fix this. How-to: Download intermediate certificate available at GoDaddy repository: gd_intermediate.crt. Upload to your server … Continued
CSS/JQuery navigation with menu items enlarging on hover without shifting adjacent elements
Synopsis: Menu (navigation items) are popping out (font-size increased) on hover without pushing/shifting adjacent menu items.Bonus: How to center navigation of undefined width. I strongly encourage all web developers (designers, front-end developers or whatever) to … Continued
Make IE6 respect width (CSS)
What we do to emulate min-width in IE-6? We apply this css to container: .container { height:auto !important; height:200px; min-height:200px; } Here’s what happens: IE 6 doesn’t understand !important, IE6 doesn’t know what min-height is, … Continued
Doejo rockets for your desktop
We’re giving you some retro desktop wallpapers featuring the Doejo rocket! Download links for the most common resolutions after the jump… Green Solar System 1024×768 1280×800 1280×1024 1600×1200 1920×1200 2560×1600 Green Rocket 1024×768 1280×800 1280×1024 … Continued
Coming soon to a coffee shop near you…
…doejo coffee sleeves! Our order with Java Jacket should be arriving any day now, and you’ll be able to wrap your coffee cup in these stylish sleeves. They’ll be available in Phil’s coffee shops around Chicago … Continued
Reseting Magento file permissions
Reseting magento file permissions from command shell (SSH) shorthand: find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} ;find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} ;chmod o+w var var/.htaccess includes includes/config.php app/etcchmod 550 pearchmod -R … Continued
Seeking constraints in a web design world
Over many beers, and one smashing bout of Checkers with friend and illustrator Jesse Hora, we transparently discussed our love for print design and our ideological positions on web design. The web offers the ease … Continued
Comic Sans Gets Naked
The long line of half-assed PepsiCo redesigns just got longer. In a move that’s equal parts baffling and amusing, Naked Juice labels now sports America’s favorite font: Comic Sans. What’s most upsetting is this is … Continued
CSS: Subscript and Superscript quick snippet
Subscript (<sub>) and Superscript (<sup>) html tags act quirky, if not styled (different behavior from browser to browser): line-height is affected font-size varies crazy position is jumping. Here’s a small snippet (apply directly, keep out … Continued
Texthog expense tracking
Here at Texthog it’s our job to help you budget with our simple on-the-go expense tracking & reporting app. We’ll help you log and track mileage, manage your expense reports & keep your receipts organized … Continued
Magento: How to add noindex, nofollow robots meta tag or change meta title or description on certain pages
Here’s a small tip on how to modify title, description or add meta robots tag on any magento page via xml layouts or layout updates. It’s obvious how to do that for CMS or products … Continued
Magento: How to remove certain States from state/region list at Checkout or registration.
Magento is an e-commerce platform that supports multi-language and all that multi stuff. Therefore list of Regions per country is perfectly legal. The list of regions for USA contains: Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Marshall … Continued
Need a Recycle icon?
While comping up labels for one of our amazing clients, http://drinkgt.com I needed a recycle logo.. so I made one. And you can have it. Download the vector here.
Quirks of the web (part 1) – User-friendly form
To the point. Your task is to follow the link that I’m going to provide later and find you local store (Hint: on the left bar, where it says “Your zip code”). Here: True Value. … Continued
Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop
Occassionally, we are blessed with the opportunity to speak publicly about our experiences, business philosophies and general mojo. Islam Shabarash, with the help of the Illini Entreprenuership Network, is putting on the Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop. … Continued