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HTML5 Bones HTML5 Bones is more a starter project than a template or framework. It’s a well structured, well commented HTML file, and includes Normalize.css for sane resets and HTML5Shiv.js to make IE<9 act like a modern browser. Throw in box-sizing declarations and a box-sizing polyfill, and you’ve got my starter project. Only much better. …

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SocialCount Despite pointing out that “Share this” buttons on most sites live between 0-24 shares, I still get plenty of requests for them. Next time I think I’ll forgo AddThis for SocialCount. It’s very lightweight (provided you’re already including JQuery), customizable, and loads in such a way that it won’t block the display of your …

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SomaFM On the off chance you haven’t come across this, Soma is the best site for streaming electronic music out there. They also have some fun novelty stuff, and do great Christmas streams. The secret to making great coffee revealed A Slate article on the pour-over coffee-brewing method. Londoners, this is how Monmouth makes their …

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OHNY: TWA Flight Center A beautiful Flickr gallery showing the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center. A far cry from the largely functional and brutal terminals in most airports. Folding Text Another simple Markdown-aware text editor with a few neat tricks. It has a focus mode that lets you view only the section on which you’re …