Extra Future

Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.

Blog Archives

Month: January 2012

  • Bootstrap 2.0 Ready For Testing

    Version 1 was really useful, [Version 2 looks to be pretty amazing][link]. Supports responsive design, has a style guide, and is fully open source.

    [link]: http://markdotto.com/bs2/docs/ “Bootstrap, from Twitter”

  • “I Survived The Internet Blackout”

    [A new t-shirt commemorating the event that came to define last week.][link]

    [link]: http://www.redbubble.com/people/extrafuture/works/8382734-i-survived-the-internet-blackout “"I Survived The Internet Blackout" T-Shirts & Hoodies by Phil Nelson | RedBubble”

  • HTML5 Please

    [Paul Irish’s new site which gives general advice on which HTML5 features you can use responsibly.][link]

    [link]: http://html5please.us/ “HTML5 Please – Use the new and shiny responsibly”

  • Smug ignorance

    John August:

    When you stir stupid and lazy together, they form a toxic compound called Smug Ignorance. It’s non-partisan and always fatal. The symptoms are phrases like, “I don’t know much about computers, but…” or “Look, no one knows if climate change is real.”

  • Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works

    This is just more bad news from a Supreme Court who doesn’t understand the importance of the public domain, which is ironic considering that much of the legal history they have used in their entire careers is in fact public domain.

  • The SCUMM Manifesto

    [E.G. Gauger writing about games. You read.][link]

    [link]: http://thescummmanifesto.tumblr.com/ “The SCUMM Manifesto”

  • Strike Against SOPA

    [What I’ve been working on for the last few days: A site for the January 18th internet blackout to oppose SOPA. Sign up to blackout your site, and send requests to others.][link]

    [link]: http://sopastrike.com/ “STRIKE AGAINST SOPA”

  • impress.js

    [Very impressive JS presentation tool using CSS3 transforms and other newish web tricks.][link]

    [link]: http://bartaz.github.com/impress.js “impress.js | presentation tool based on the power of CSS3 transforms and transitions in modern browsers | by Bartek Szopka @bartaz”

  • scrollorama

    [Really cool jQuery scrolling effects plugin.][link] The site is a demo.

    [link]: http://johnpolacek.github.com/scrollorama/
    “scrollorama”

  • GuideGuide

    >[“Photoshop grids that don’t suck so hard.”][link]

    Sounds about right.

    [link]: http://www.guideguide.me/ “GuideGuide”