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nathos

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web dude from Rochester, NY, now in Brooklyn. more about me at http://nathos.com

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nathos··on My intro to LESS - If you're not using it, you should be.
@extend is one of the killer features of Sass that other preprocessors don't have: http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#ex...

It's true selector inheritance that will change the way you author styles.

nathos··on Things I didn’t know about the WebKit inspector
Apple's documentation has been updated for Safari 6's new Web Inspector: http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/app...
nathos··on The Retina War is upon us.
Relevant links in this comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4252640
nathos··on The Retina War is upon us.
Vector graphics are not a panacea:

http://simurai.com/post/19895985870/icon-sharpness-limbo

http://www.pushing-pixels.org/2011/11/04/about-those-vector-...

nathos··on Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish the Job
Link to the actual programmer's account of the story: http://www.nucalc.com/Story/

and a Google Tech Talk video of Avitzur telling his story: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7497796873809571567...

nathos··on WakeMate Update
As another person who spent money on WakeMate but never got it work properly, I couldn't agree more. WakeMate was fraught with delays and the product they actually shipped looked nothing like their concept art or "prototype". Heck, they even shipped power adapters that were a fire hazard and never replaced them.

Sad that this latest shadiness from a (former?) WakeMate person doesn't surprise me in the least.

nathos··on TinyPNG: Lossy compression for PNG that preserves full transparency.
For those looking for a desktop application with more options (for Mac at least), check out Image Alpha: http://pngmini.com/

(from the creator of the equally awesome ImageOptim: http://imageoptim.com/)

nathos··on Because Everyone (Still) Needs a Router
AirPort Express/Extreme/Time Capsule are nice products that are very easy to set-up, but they do not have any user-accessible QoS settings or management (the point of this article).
nathos··on 2012 Salary Guide for Creative and Technology Professionals [pdf]
It's not comprehensive, but there is a page in this guide that has survey data for Toronto.
nathos··on I can style a whole app with only four hex values and SASS.
Be careful not to nest too deeply, as you can end up with huge CSS selectors in your output.
nathos··on Khan Academy iPad app launched
Sencha Touch 2.0 is supposed to have significantly better Android performance: http://www.sencha.com/blog/announcing-sencha-touch-2/
nathos··on Kara Is Self-Aware
For those not familiar with the reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator:_The_Sarah_Connor_Ch...

A great show, cancelled too soon.

nathos··on Best Tools to Make Easy CSS3 Development
If you're a Sass user (and even if you're not), you should check out Compass:

http://compass-style.org/

Compass has CSS3 helpers, automated sprite generation, semantic grid system support and lots more. It's a killer power tool for front-end devs and designers.

nathos··on LESS.app For Mac OS X
Supplanted by the CodeKit app on the very same site: http://incident57.com/codekit/

(and it also supports Sass, Compass, Haml, CoffeeScript)

nathos··on Show HN: 7courses - The easy to use online recipe manager.
I like YumTab [http://yumtab.com/] for grabbing & storing recipes from other sites.

The importer/parser is quite smart, and while the planner & shopping list manager are pretty basic, they get the job done.

nathos··on Under voter pressure, members of Congress backpedal (hard) on SOPA
They are: http://www.defendtheinter.net/

(scroll down to see a list of Congress members ranked by media industry donations)

nathos··on WordPress has left the building
EE simplified their license with version 2, and there is no ongoing/renewal license fee: http://expressionengine.com/sales_faq/article/do_i_have_to_b...
nathos··on Louis CK self-produces, self-publishes content on his webpage
If you have access to Netflix streaming, his show Louie [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louie/70179977] and one of his older stand-up specials "Chewed Up" [http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Louis_C.K._Chewed_Up/70108...] are available.
nathos··on Build Doom3 on MacOSX with XCode4
http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
nathos··on Skyim breaking Steam record -- a singleplayer game has 240,000 users online
on the PC, yes.
nathos··on 'Lost' 70-minute interview with Steve Jobs coming to select theaters in November
I don't think that's the same video that Cringely is releasing.
nathos··on Why don't developers dress better?
Another vote for eccos here.

Super comfortable (almost as comfy as sneakers to me) and reasonably dressy. Not a true "dress shoe", but I've taken to wearing them nearly every day.

They're a great way to class up your typical "jeans + x" wardrobe.

nathos··on Why don't developers dress better?
Find better slacks.

I don't often wear dress slacks, but when I do they feel more comfortable than my usual khakis or nice jeans. Hm...maybe I should wear those dress slacks more often.

Oh yeah, dry clean only.

nathos··on Sass vs. SCSS: Which Syntax is Better?
Check out Compass when you get a chance and prepare to have your mind blown: http://compass-style.org/

As far as Sass vs. Less goes, I think it's great that both projects exist and are being improved and adopted at such a rapid pace.

Less certainly borrowed some early ideas from Sass, and in turn SCSS syntax almost certainly exists because of Less.

nathos··on Sass vs. SCSS: Which Syntax is Better?
the @mixin delineation is quite deliberate. See Nathan Weizenbaum's comment at the bottom of: http://nex-3.com/posts/83-sass-and-less#comments

Also, one of the most powerful features of Sass today is @extend, which is something that Less definitely does not have: http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#ex...

nathos··on Radbox.me: Instapaper for Video
another similar app in the space is Denso: http://getdenso.com/
nathos··on [dead]
Can't wait to see videos/blog posts on the different tasks you'll be undertaking.
nathos··on GameStop opening Deus Ex boxes, removing free OnLive game code
Amusingly enough, the new Deus Ex is a Steamworks game [http://steampowered.com/steamworks/retailsupport.php] and it requires Steam to be installed to play it.

Removing the OnLive coupon may hide one (small) competitor, but does nothing to stop GameStop's real competition in the PC space.

nathos··on MacPorts 2.0 with Lion support now available
Upgrading to Lion is a great time to make the switch to Homebrew: http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/
nathos··on Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
unfortunately, Amazon didn't have the balls to fight New York sales tax. Too many large, high-profile affiliates in NYC, I guess.
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