Installing Susy

The script: sudo apt-get install ruby sudo apt-get install ruby-dev sudo gem install susy -V sudo gem install compass --pre -V sudo gem lnstall breakpoint -V Notes: The current version of Susy uses a higher version of Sass than Compass, so the corresponding Compass version has to be a prerelease (–pre). The installing process is slow and it feels better to print it out (-V). You may have to run “compass watch” with sudo (issue 1497). An alternative RubyGems source that is close to your location might help.

July 17, 2014

A List of URLs about Web Design

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web Smashing Magazine Trentwalton Inkwell

July 10, 2014

Why My Web Font Looks Ugly on IE?

Windows needs hand-tuned hinting which is missing in many web fonts. To solve this problem, there is a tool called ttfautohint which can automatically add hinting to font files. There is a tutorial, and an online tool called Fontie.

July 9, 2014

Serving Static Pages on App Engine with Go

It is straightforward to serve static pages with Go or config file on App Engine, but how to serve static pages on App Engine with Go? I got the following error when I tried to customize the 404 page with Go: No such file or directory The solution turns out to be simple: do not do both. The file will not be accessible to Go if there is already a rule for it in config.yaml. Remove the rule from config.yaml and the file will be available to Go again (source: google-appengine-go). ...

July 6, 2014

A List of Website Testing Services

The W3C Markup Validation Service Google PageSpeed Insights Pingdom Website Speed Test Nibbler BrowserStack

July 3, 2014

A List of Narrow Fonts for Titles

Economica Fjalla One League Gothic Medula One Open Sans Condensed Oswald Pathway Gothic One PT Sans Narrow Rationale Six Caps Tulpen One Yanone Kaffeesatz

July 1, 2014

Links about Font Choosing

The Best Font Styles for Blogging Size Doesn’t Matter, and What Does Using Media Queries To Improve Readability 8 Definitive Web Font Stacks

June 22, 2014

How to Make Web Pages Searchable by Meta Data?

Providing Structured Data

June 22, 2014

Upgrading 4.4.3 ROM for HTC One

Upgrade your rooted Google Play Edition

June 11, 2014

How to Disable the Touchpad in Linux?

Have you ever been annoyed by accidentally touching the touchpad on your laptop when you are typing? I am using a Linux laptop with both trackpoint and touchpad so the touchpad is just an annoying redundant thing. Here is the one-liner to disable it: xinput list | grep TouchPad | grep -Po 'id=\K([0-9]+)' | xargs xinput disable

June 10, 2014