Dougal Campbell's geek ramblings

Use a second computer (Mac or Windows) as an additional external monitor for your Mac.

ScreenRecycler

Tags: mac, windows, osx, lion, monitors, screenrecycler, utils, vnc, remote

This Firefox extension will analyze the CSS for a page (or even spider a whole site) and tell you which selectors are used and unused.

New Firefox Plugin : CSS-Roundup 1.0 AKA Dust-me Selectors | Mind of M1m1k

Tags: firefox css analysis selectors utils extensions addons cssroundup

“Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites.
It includes base CSS and HTML for typography, forms, buttons, tables, grids, navigation, and more.”

Bootstrap, from Twitter

Tags: css, framework, bootstrap, less, webdesign, webdev, javascript

Drag and drop image files and click “Generate” to create a sprite and stylesheet. Also, the source is available if you want to run it locally.

Stitches – An HTML5 sprite generator

Tags: stitches, sprites, webdesign, graphics, images, css, tools

Draw a shape, and shapecatcher will try to find Unicode glyphs to match the shape.

Shapecatcher.com: Unicode Character Recognition

Tags: unicode, characters, symbols, glyphs, icons, tools, services

As of jQuery 1.7, the bind(), live(), and delegate() methods are replaced by the new on() and off() methods. There is also a one() method for single-use event handling. Time to migrate some old code.

Using jQuery .on() and .off() – AndiSmith.com

Tags: jquery, webdev, javascript, events, programming, delegate, delegation, bind, live

Great tips on getting the most out of Firebug and the built-in developer tools in other browsers.

25 Secrets of the Browser Developer Tools – AndiSmith.com

Tags: developer, webdev, development, browsers, javascript, console, debugging, tips, tools, firebug