Great CSS3 and some HTML5 Resources

Here’s some great references for CSS3 and some HTML 5

HTML5 Boilerplate – A rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome

cssSandpaper – a CSS3 JavaScript Library

Selectivizr – CSS3 pseudo-class and attribute selectors for IE 6-8

CSS3 PIE: CSS3 decorations for IE

ie7-js – Project Hosting on Google Code

Modernizr

CSS3.0 Maker | CSS3.0 Generator | CSS 3.0 Generator

CSS3 Generator

CSS3 Please! The Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule Generator

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ASUS 1156 Overclocking Championship Concludes

Overclocking ChampionshipEncourages devoted PC performance users from around the world to push their PCs beyond the limit.

Read More: http://usa.asus.com/news.aspx?N_ID=hsuEjGdOkU6oB9MG

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Free Programming Windows Phone 7 ebook is now Available

Programming Windows Phone 7Here’s a free ebook written by Charles Petzold, one of the famous authors on Developing for Windows Phone 7. Download a free ebook!

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Design Resources for the Creative – Funding, Exposure and Opportunity

Quirky brings two brand new consumer products to market each week, by enabling a fluid conversation between a global community and Quirky’s expert product design staff. – http://www.quirky.com/

Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every month, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields. – http://www.kickstarter.com/

IndieGoGo was founded in 2008 because there are so many passionate people in this world, with great ideas and big dreams, who are just looking for the opportunity to get funding. IndieGoGo offers anyone with an idea – creative, cause-related, or entrepreneurial – the tools to effectively build a campaign and ultimately raise money.

IndieGoGo is based on the principles of opportunity, transparency, and action. They want everyone who is passionate and ready to take action to create an impactful campaign and have funding success. – http://www.indiegogo.com/

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ActionScript 3 Tutorials

NEW TUTORIALS, EFFECTS AND HOW-TOs

http://www.flashandmath.com/

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A look at Architecture

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2006/on_site.html

http://www.archidose.org/May05/050205.html

http://www.dutcharchitects.com/redactie/redactie_detail.asp?iNID=3447&iNTypeID=29

http://www.floornature.com/articoli/articolo.php?id=456&sez=3&lang=en

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20 Free Image Galleries & Slideshows

A gallery is often a nice way to show your images. Here are a list of 20 free image galleries and slideshows for use on your site.

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An Alternative to the Computer Mouse

A researcher at Stanford has created an alternative to the mouse that allows a person using a computer to click links, highlight text, and scroll simply by looking at the screen and tapping a key on the keyboard. By using standard eye-tracking hardware–a specialized computer screen with a high-definition camera and infrared lights–Manu Kumar, a doctoral student who works with computer-science professor Terry Winograd, has developed a novel user interface that is easy to operate.

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Crave Toffee Design Contest

Crave Toffee is looking for a new design for its toffee packaging. There are two differently distinct design genres.
Genre number one: “tastefully provocative.” It should look classy and upscale, with a provocative edge.
Genre number two: “corporate.” It should look classy and upscale, with a very professional
and conservative look. It should include an area for corporate branding, an area for companies to include their own logos and, or message.
Good designs should be adaptable to any of the following product offerings:

  • Dark Chocolate Toffee
  • Milk Chocolate Toffee
  • Coffee Toffee
  • Nutty (almond butter) Toffee

The following elements are required:

  • Weight
  • Ingredients
  • Logo/Branding

Suggested terms to use:

  • Hand crafted Artisan-Toffee
  • Artisan Toffee
  • Gourmet Toffee

Prize for each winning design is $150.00, and recognition on the Crave Toffee website.
Runner-ups will receive a big-ass bag of milk or dark chocolate toffee.
All design entries will become the property of Crave Toffee.
To enter the contest and request contest materials: entry form, logo and design template.
Please email contest@cravetoffee.com.
Contest ends on October 31, 2010 and winners will be announced on November 12, 2010

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MultiColr Lab – Images searchable by color

10 million of the most “interesting” Creative Commons images on Flickr searchable by color- http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/

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