1. CSS: min-width vs. zoom

    CSS: min-width vs. zoom

    Ran into an interesting quirk today that I don’t see a lot of search results for: if you have a min-width set on an element but then set a zoom on an element other than 100%, the min-width (and, one presumes, the max-width) is scaled …

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  2. Ruining Fletch

    Ruining Fletch

    If you’ve never seen Fletch, stop here and go watch it. It’s a great comedy and one of the rare cases of a movie being better than the book. Assuming everyone reading past this point has seen it, you’re familiar with the plot: businessman Alan …

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  3. Django, Haystack & Elastic Search

    Django, Haystack & Elastic Search

    (Yes, I know it’s been a while.)

    Just a quick note in case this bites someone else. I’d file a bug with Haystack, but I have a feeling I’m doing something incredibly dumb. I have a convoluted set of filters for a search …

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  4. We Do This Every Day

    We Do This Every Day

    So it’s been a while. In my defense, I have a good excuse (of which more later). I am returning from blog hiatus to grouse about something: I subscribe to Hacker News in Twitter and I’m happy to do so as I regularly …

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  5. Catharsis: To a Young Designer

    Catharsis: To a Young Designer

    To be young (is to be sad).Ryan Adams

    Dear Designer,

    You don’t know me and I don’t know you, which is why I’m posting this here where you won’t see it instead of replying to your email with an eye-peeling …

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  6. Week 162

    Week 162

    [T]he advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf; if the volume of prayers from my saintly enemies means anything, I’ll be saved when the Archbishop of Canterbury is damned. It’s a comforting thought.” Flashman, Flashman at the …

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