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Chris Bracco

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06 . 11 . 2013
Simple CSS3 collapsing header effect

Create the illusion that the header collapses as the user scrolls down the page.
05 . 29 . 2013
“Mobile first” for dummies

A quick blurb I conjured up this morning to solidify my thoughts on the phrase “mobile first.”
04 . 30 . 2013
How I keep my iPhone 5 in order

To appease my irrational desires for order and efficiency, I came up with a simple method for arranging the apps and notifications on my phone so I can spend less time poking glass and more time being a human.
04 . 08 . 2013
Feed reader blues

It’s wonderful to have an endless supply of content available to me whenever I want it, right? RIGHT?
03 . 14 . 2013
My essential Mac OSX apps

I downloaded way too many OSX apps in 2012. In an attempt to unclutter my machines, I axed a bunch of them. This post is a list of the survivors.
03 . 06 . 2013
SSH key pair authentication know-how and management

My SSH key situation was becoming a jumbled nightmare, and I had no idea how to untangle myself. I did some researching and found a management strategy that works for me. Maybe it will work for you, too.
02 . 26 . 2013
Instant text editor in your browser

Copy and paste this one line of code into the address bar of your browser, and get an instant distraction-free text editor
02 . 21 . 2013
How I set up my Linode VPS server (an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS build with a LEMP stack)

While configuring my VPS server from scratch, I kept detailed notes that I could reference later on if I ever ran into issues or had to start over. This article is a "how-to" writeup of those notes.
02 . 15 . 2013
Quickly create animated GIFs from screencasts in Mac OSX

How I used three simple apps on Mac OSX to convert short screencasts into shareable animated GIFs.
02 . 13 . 2013
Protip: quick-check responsive layouts for smaller devices with Google Chrome's vertical inspector

Press Cmd+I to open the inspector, click and hold the button on the bottom left to switch the view to vertical, and resize to taste.

Simple CSS3 collapsing header effect

“Mobile first” for dummies

How I keep my iPhone 5 in order

Feed reader blues

My essential Mac OSX apps

SSH key pair authentication know-how and management

Instant text editor in your browser

How I set up my Linode VPS server (an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS build with a LEMP stack)

Quickly create animated GIFs from screencasts in Mac OSX

Protip: quick-check responsive layouts for smaller devices with Google Chrome's vertical inspector