30 Great Free Paper Backgrounds and Textures
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jQuery Drop Down MenuGood example of a simple drop down menu using jQuery
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10 Dirty Little Web Development TricksWe all have them - little coding tricks and snippets of knowledge that we’ve picked up over years of experimentation and evolution of our processes, that are now part of our regular routine and save us time, gnashing of teeth and allow us to work quickly and efficiently. Here’s some of mine - perhaps you know a few of these already - I’d be interested in
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The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon Guide Book
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Eulogies :: Here Anonymous
Guest post by David Schutz Buy Here Anonymous from Amazon.Sounds Like: They’re on the verge of an iPod commercialRIYL: Shins, Built To Spill, Film SchoolA Few Words: At first glance, Eulogies' second, Here Anonymous, comes across like it’s pre-fabbed for Apple’s ad division. Driven by Peter Walker’s restrained, lilting vocals (a la Shins, Chairlift, Shins), the quartet engages for the m
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Thank You, Listeners--New Tunes Are on Deck.
I just wanted to take a minute to say 'thank you' to everyone who submitted music. Mere minutes after the Help post, the Duck & Cover mail box was innundated with suggestions. To be honest I was surprised. Not that I believe D&C readers don't care, merely because there was so much good stuff I hadn't heard before. So, thank you, everyone. Everyone, that is, except Mark, who suggested Medeski Ma...
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Help! We Need New Music!
Help! For the past two weeks, my inbox has received a steady flow of new tunes from various labels and media agencies. The problem is that everything just sounds contrived and heartless. I know I've been guilty in the past of just posting whatever comes through (apologies for that. It was a momentary lapse of judgement), but I've been careful to restrict my reviews to music that is not only und...
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Wireframing [Design Practice]Why CSS Needs No Variables - Jens Meiert
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Duck & Cover Drops it With Snoop Dogg
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Dakin, former blogger for D&C, gets ready to sip gin and juice with the d-o to the double gWe here at Duck & Cover are fans of using technology to the advantage of musicians and artists, and are excited to experience firsthand Our World Live's HD webcast of Snoop Dogg's private show tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood. The "secret" show is the perfect showcase of how social media and the interne...
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Congrats to Photographer Laura Musselman
Guest post by Dakin SnyderDuck and Cover would like to offer our proudest congratulations to site favorite photog Laura Musselman for some pretty awesome goings on in her career of late. As some of you may recall, we featured Laura's photos of Seattle rock happenings around a year or so ago. Since then she has continued to be one of the top documentarians of all things interesting and musical...
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Singing in the Car with Neil Young
Young has been an activist his entire career, and over the past few years has become involved in developing different fuel possibilities. Along with Johnathan Goodwin, their LINCVOLT project using alternative energy to power Young’s 1959 Lincoln Continental is now finished. From that development and other inspirations, the songs on Fork in the Road are an emotional response to the current social
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Geronimo! :: A Different Kind of Greatness
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Guest post by David Schutz Sounds Like: Somebody’s having a good timeRIYL: Fugazi, Don Caballero, DredgA Few Words: I’ve been a sucker lately for bands that sound like they’re having fun (see also Hot Cha Cha). Not that most bands aren’t probably having fun, but I think a lot of it gets lost in the pursuit of self-legitimation. Not so for Geronimo! (exclamation theirs). The Chicago tri
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Berg Sans Nipple Transcends Electronica Genre
Sounds Like: The Tin Man avec brain; the Lion avec heart; Dorothy avec stylin' red pumpsRIYL: Stereolab, James's Wah Wah, Postal ServiceA Few Words: The genre term "electronica" is tossed around so much that it's losing its power to define and will soon go the way of other deflated descriptions like "indie" and "alternative". Such is life, I suppose, and the unwavering human need to categorize ...
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25 Powerful and Useful jQuery Tutorials for Developers and Designers ...
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