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A quiz to refresh you on some of the basics of css specificity

Short and sweet quick tip about specificity with a demo. Great for beginners/co-ops.

Instead of relying on custom, OS specific, proprietary plug-ins, they can now easily build and maintain their apps using a few simple JavaScript APIs and have the browser do the heavy lifting.

cssFx is a standalone polyfill that inserts the vendor-specific CSS3 properties necessary for old and new browsers.

Some browser-specific  and lesser-known CSS properties.

HTML5 provides a standard way to interact with local files, via the File API specification. As example of its capabilities, the File API could be used to create a thumbnail preview of images as they're being sent to the server, or allow an app to save a file reference while the user is offline.

Quick steps to cache pages offline with HTML5. This specific example uses Apache for the server.

A super quick way to adjust for all vendor-specific css.

A bunch of CSS snippets for specific browsers, short-hand, and fixes.

Excellent discussion on how the browser calculates what style to apply to an element when multiple css selectors apply.

This video by Dave Knop covers the process of building your own DIY PVC shoulder rig for your camera (Also known as a Camera Stablizer). There are all kinds of PVC shoulder rig tutorials on the web, but this design is made specifically for a DSLR camera.

CSS hacks reference. Good to know, excellent to avoid.