Blog - page 17

2016-05-04T00:00:00.000Z 4th May 2016

Small code snippets for Alligator.io

I have recently been writing some small code snippets and examples for alligator.io. It's a great little website which takes front-end code and breaks them down into bitesize ...

2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z 20th April 2016

Making Craft CMS work with Prism JS using pre and code blocks

You may (or may not) have noticed that my site had a massive overhaul. With that overhaul, I changed CMS from Anchor to Craft.

2016-04-11T00:00:00.000Z 11th April 2016

Newsletters for Front-end developers

There is so much information on the web these days about development, that I often miss out on things on twitter. For that reason, I find HTML newsletters amazingly simple but wonderfully nutritional for my front-end developer brain.

2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z 22nd March 2016

How do I update to Gulp 4?

Written For Liquid Light

Gulp is a task runner used for compiling SCSS to CSS, minifying JS and creating SVG sprites. Version 4 is about to be released and this blog post runs you through how to update and use the new features of gulp.

2016-03-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th March 2016

Download files via command line

I recently purchased a Western Digital EX2 NAS box for my home storage. This device is a low powered file server which is on all the time - perfect for taking care of those hefty downloads and long running tasks so I don't need to keep my laptop on.

2016-03-04T00:00:00.000Z 4th March 2016

Get background image information if element has a one in jQuery

Recently I need to loop through elements on a page and, if the element had a background image apply a jQuery plugin. The plugin required the background image path & dimensions to function

2016-02-15T00:00:00.000Z 15th February 2016

Raspberry Pi: what is it and why do i need one?

Written For Liquid Light

The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer which has taken the technical world by storm. Originally developed to encourage children and schools to get into programming - the cheap device has been picked up by the development and hacking industries and has been the central device in projects no-one would have dreamed of while it was being developed.

2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z 29th January 2016

My Dream: Multi-room audio with Chromecast and central music server

I have been searching for a solution to my problem for a while now and I have had no luck - so i'm putting it out to the masses to ...

2016-01-25T00:00:00.000Z 25th January 2016

YouTube videos vs self-hosted: Which one is better for you?

Written For Liquid Light

We are often asked whether videos for your website should be uploaded and hosted on your own website and server or if they should be uploaded to a social website ...

2015-12-10T00:00:00.000Z 10th December 2015

Building a 3D printer - tips, hints and links

Recently a friend, Chris, and I have embarked on the journey of building our own 3D printer. This is something I hugely recommend if you are into that kind of thing. It's taught me many things already and is amazing to see something moving that you've built.