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Squidix Web Hosting Review… And a Giveaway! [Win One of SIX Hosting Plans!]

Mar 16. 2015

In all my years of blogging, I have probably hosted my site, addition to clients' sites, on over 10 different web hosts. And any idiot can tell you that not all web hosts are built the same. You may remember my troubles with HostGator a couple of years ago. Due to HostGator's slow speeds, horrible customer service, and less-than-acceptable uptimes, I decided to jump ship to Hawk Host. However, due to an unfortunate series of events, I was forced to change hosts again to MDDHosting, just 10 days after switching to Hawk Host. And I was happy with MDDHosting. Good speeds, customer service, and minimal downtimes. I remained a loyal customer of MDDHosting's Premium Hosting (which is ideal for those who have outgrown...

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Art/Design, Fonts, Geek, Web

CSS Sans: A Typeface Made Purely of CSS

Mar 15. 2015

Yusuke Sugomori, who describes himself as a "creative technologist," has created a project called CSS Sans — a font collection that is created purely from CSS. A cool feature of the webpage is that as you mouse over a particular CSS class, the portion of the font for which it is responsible gets highlighted: Are there any real-life, practical uses for CSS Sans? Probably not. And you can't ignore the fact that all browsers render CSS slightly differently, so it may look crappy on older and/or less popular browers. (I'm using Chrome on a Mac.) But you gonna admit that it's a cool concept, and marvel at the strides CSS has made since I first started fiddling around with it in the early 2000's. ...

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Art/Design, Funny, NYC

Judgemental Subway Map of Manhattan

Mar 12. 2015

Thrillist has recently released what they dub an "actually useful subway map, which tells you what to expect at virtually all of Manhattan's stops." I really do believe this version of the subway map may be more useful for tourists, as well as locals who want to venture out of their comfort zones. Now I am tempted to check out that 3rd Ave CVS to see how great it is! Click below for the full map. ...

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