Dead simple App Engine static hosting
I have no idea why, but I have had tons of trouble finding a simple example for hosting app engine. I have been working on a client-side only site so all I wanted to do was host some static content….
Manipulating sites using the DOM editor in Chrome
Ever visit a site and there’s just something about how it looks that you don’t like? Ever want to modify elements of your site in real-time without having to refresh the page? You can do all of this and more…
Switching to pure HTML for Google+ badge, +1, and Share
As you may have noticed, Google+ has been pushing to an updated approach to rendering the +1 and share buttons. I for one have been a guilty party and have needed to update my +1 and share links on my…
Schema.org, Open Graph, and making links to your site from social look pretty
I have only been working on Google+ for two weeks and I have already learned so much about what Google is doing in this space and why they are doing it. I recently started learning more about the publishing features…
Novel uses of the Google+ button widget
I’m still learning the Google+ features for publishing but I realized how useful and simple it would be to perform various cool things using the + button. The following examples are just the tip of the iceberg for what is…
CanvasChart.js, my HTML5/JS Charting Library
For a Windows 8 sample I was working on (the example Stocks App) I needed to produce a first-party library for charting the actual stocks. The following video shows the library I created: There have been various bug fixes and…
Fun with HTML Canvas
Just for kicks, I created a little script that would generate gradients, and put it as a placeholder on one of my domains. The following code shows how I’m rendering the gradients. <html> <script type="text/javascript"> var i; var rfactor =…
3 killer HTML5 and CSS features
In this post I’m going to touch on three very important new HTML5 and CSS features: Grid Regions Media Queries Some of these features are not supported in current browsers, I had to download the Internet Explorer 10 preview to really…
Playing with paper.js and background animations
After starting my blog, I got a few comments on my @gguuss twitter account about the animated background that I have. So, I figured I would write a short post about it. What is paper.js? I’m sure that its…