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Re: Experimenting with LESS

calweb — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:21:58 -0000

I've become a big LESS lover over the past year, and truely appreciate how maintainable you can make your CSS.

The LESS.app is great and you're running as soon as you download it. It makes it so easy to listen to a directory and auto compile while you are saving, but I tend to get confused sometimes as to what I'm compiling so I like to manually compile which is probably why I also enjoy the convenience of the ruby gem that also makes it a snap.

> gem install less
> lessc master.less > ../css/styles.css

BOOM, bang, magic ....

I love the fact that you can mix vanilla css with less/javascript and basically compile one less file

### master.less ###
@import "lib/main.less";@import "lib/ui-layout.less";@import "lib/jquery-ui-1.8.15.custom.less";@import "lib/datatables/datatables.less";@import "lib/common.less";@input_width: 210px;@input_width_small: @input_width - 60;@select_input_width: (@input_width + 10);@select_input_width_small: (@select_input_width - 60);@g_white: #FFFFFF;@g_gray_02: #F9F9F9;@g_gray_04: #F5F5F5;@g_gray_2_04: #F6F6F6;@g_gray_05: #F3F3F3;@g_gray_06: #F0F0F0;@g_gray_07: #EEEEEE;@g_gray_11: #E2E2E2;

Re: Gillmor on SOPA: It’s not about piracy

Tyler — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:57:04 -0000

I don't think its centralization vs decentralization. From my experience building decentralized social networks http://ostatus.org/2010/08/16/... http://www.victusspiritus.com/... its my opinion that a centralized web is actually better.

However, its all about who controls that centralization. With facebook, google+, and twitter, you can choose where you want to centralize your data. If SOPA et al. passes, that choice goes away

Re: SOPA tabled for now

Tyler — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:20:57 -0000

I'm disappointed, I was kinda looking forwards to watching the inevitable revolution that would ensue

Re: Experimenting with LESS

Jared Smith — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:11:47 -0000

Totally. I looked at SASS and think LESS is easier to pick up.

Re: Experimenting with LESS

Tyler — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:24:05 -0000

IMHO i think LESS is more modern than SASS, its much clearer and more widely adopted I think

Re: Comments

Patrick — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:46:00 -0000

I value them as well, and I'm trying to make a better effort to actually leave them in 2012! Too often, I'm staying in my own sandbox and just hoping someone will come join me! :)

I think I'm definitely guilty of placing a bit too much importance on comments; after all, if you're writing a blog you like and you enjoy what you do, that should be enough. But there are times when we all hope for some kind of feedback.

Trouble is, most people don't have the time to comment on everything they see, and thanks to RSS and email subscriptions, people sometimes read what you write without ever visiting your site. I have a real problem with that, but it seems to be something of a necessary evil.

Re: WordPress over IM

Jared Smith — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:28 -0000

Doesn't look like Disqus hooks into this yet, even with comment sync between D and WordPress. Worth looking into.

Replies by XMPP are the next logical step, but would probably run into problems with third-party comment solutions (like we're seeing with Disqus comments).

Re: WordPress over IM

Amblin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:08:22 -0000

Since you use Disqus, will I get any notifications from comments here?
At Collecta we got the full WP.com feed as XMPP. Having Jetpack-powered blogs included would have been awesome. Still waiting to be able to reply via XMPP.

Re: Farewell, 2011

Patrick O'Keefe — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:30:18 -0000

Definitely. Let's make that happen.

Re: Farewell, 2011

Jared Smith — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:32:05 -0000

Thanks Mike! Looking forward to crossing paths again soon.

Re: Farewell, 2011

Jared Smith — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:31:49 -0000

Hope to see you at some point in 2012, Patrick -- let's see if we can get that number to three times after seeing you twice in 2011!

Re: I need to up my game

Jared Smith — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:30:57 -0000

What's wild is that a majority of my top posts were from 2005-2007 -- impressive and completely unintentional SEO. :)

Re: I need to up my game

Patrick O'Keefe — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:27:33 -0000

LOL.

Re: Farewell, 2011

Patrick O'Keefe — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:59:46 -0000

Congrats on a great year, man! Look forward to 2012. Gonna be great!

Re: Farewell, 2011

Mike — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:59:30 -0000

Happy New Year and even better to come in 2012!

Re: Testing a change in the Facebook social contract

terra — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:35:46 -0000

I liked the way it looked before...

Re: New In Windows 8: The Frowny Face of Sad

Jared Smith — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:51:18 -0000

"Good morning Dave. Are you trying to run beta software on me, Dave?"

Re: New In Windows 8: The Frowny Face of Sad

Ken Hawkins — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:49:07 -0000

Well, at least HAL couldn't be initialized.

Re: Some People Just Can’t Let Go

James "willia4" Williams — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:14:57 -0000

Wow. I forgot how much Javascript we spewed everywhere back in 1999. Good times.

Re: One month later: Reflecting on STS-135 and the space program

Pamlindersmith — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:02:27 -0000

WOW, Jared. Goosebumps and tears welling up again , too.

Re: 8.02.11

Amblin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:49:29 -0000

I don't think I knew you went to Lander.

Re: Software patent trolls and the threat to small business

Deane T Rimerman — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:53:09 -0000

I entirely agree that innovation in the US is stifled by this, yet bringing innovation to the market in Asia & SE Asia is stifled by the lack of it. As in you can't enforce patent theft very well outside the US, especially in Asia & SE Asia.

And this is a lucrative line of work. I mean Microsoft is making $3 million dollars a day off of Android because of their patent trolling... And record company associations get away with terrorizing poor people and collecting royalties on behalf of musicians they sometimes don't even represent... And the musicians they do represent never see any of that money becaue of contracting gimmicks.

Seems that sleezeball opportunists making money off the hard work of others is quite a popular line of work these days. Not sure what's gonna change that? Maybe Anonymous? It's a systemic problem and it has to get way more outrageous before it gets better!

Re: Andy Paras, Social Journalist

Andy Paras — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:16 -0000

Thank you, buddy.I appreciate all of your help.

Re: Where have all the custom themes gone?

Tristan Rineer — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:54:56 -0000

I really hope that it isn't turning into a "cookie-cutter" theme/template-only web. Without people that actually feel the need for a custom and unique design, the web will become a very boring place.

Re: Where have all the custom themes gone?

Tracy — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:13:38 -0000

I would suspect most personal blog users don't have the skill to write their own theme. I know enough to get a self hosted blog going, but wouldn't want to invest the time in writing a theme when I can find one that suits my needs in a fraction of the time.