Wednesday Good Reads Round-up

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fresh.png I've been otherwise occupied for a couple of days, so I have more than the usual amount of good reads collected up. So grab a coffee and browse the list of the articles and sites that caught my eye in the past few days ...

1. (jQuery) From CSS Tricks, grab the code to make a simple dropdown menu based on jQuery. Simple jQuery Dropdowns »

2. (Web Typography) Web DesignLedger has a nice round-up of 12 CSS Tools and Tutorials for Beautiful Web Typography »worth browsing for some new finds.

3. (Photoshop) Take your Photoshop-fu to the next level with this round-up from Specky Boy. 28 Incredible Photoshop Image Manipulation Techniques and Tutorials »

4. (jQuery) A great tutorial from Build Internet that walks through How to Make an Impressive Animated Landscape Header with jQuery »

5. (CSS) In the Woods is featuring a nice article for how to achieve vertical centering with CSS ». The article rounds-up a number of different methods for vertical centering, and lists the pros and cons of each. A worthwhile read!

6. (jQuery) Site noupe.com takes a look at some features that will come along with CSS 3 and then demonstrates how you can get the look now with the power of jQuery. CSS3 Techniques for Major Browsers using the Power of jQuery »

7. (Web Design) Sitepoint has a nice article, featuring 21 Stimulating Color Palette Tools for Designers ». Worth a read.

8. (Photoshop) From dzineblog, 15 Sites to Download Free PSD Files ». Also for Photoshop, Gridmaker plugin for Photoshop CS4 »

9. (WebDev) From myInkBlog, a tutorial that walks through how to design a blog theme based on the 960 Grid »

10. (Web Design) From Colorburned.com, grab some web design goodies with 10 Incredible Seamless "Destroyed" Vectors »

11. (jQuery) From the Theme Blog, a great big round-up of all things jQuery, including Tutorials and Resources. Ultimate Collection of 40+ jQuery Tutorials and Resources »

And that is all for now.

February 25, 2009 in End of the Day Digests

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