The speaker lineup is fantastic (Jina! Sarah!), and at $129 / ticket, it’s a great deal. Register now!

Smashing Magazine has done some great articles about CSS3 effects lately.

• CSS3 visual effects article
  • CSS3 polaroids demo
  • Sliding vinyl records demo
  • Awesome overlays demo
• CSS3 buttons article
  • Google style buttons demo
  • Super awesome buttons demo
  • Radioactive buttons demo
• Various CSS3 effects article
  • Inline form labels demo
  • Modal windows demo
  • Newspaper layout with columns demo

Here’s a collection of other sites that either demonstrate how to use these effects, or are already using them in a beautiful way:

• http://farukat.es/: Faruk’s site does has some awesome CSS3 effects — check out the sidebar where the social networks are. (via @KuraFire)
• http://csswizardry.com/css3/: Demo and tutorial of various CSS3 effects. (via @SeanHood)
• http://demo.marcofolio.net/jquery_dj/: Spinning records with CSS3. (via @sea)
• http://analog.coop/#is: Analog’s “About Us” section has rotate and scale. (via @jakeprzespo, @limedaring, and @CreativityDen)
• http://forabeautifulweb.com/buy/dvds: For a Beautiful Web’s awesome DVD action. (via @visualpro, @SteveKubrick, and @jakeprzespo)
• http://sam.brown.tc/: Button-y links, also animations on the social networking stuff. (via jakeprzespo)
• http://outsideapp.com/: Outside app has all kinds of awesomeness. (via jakeprzespo)
• http://inspectelement.com/: Logo, blog post images. (via visualpro)
• http://chirp.twitter.com/: Polaroids rotate, fun spinning shape here: http://chirp.twitter.com/speakers.html. (via urbenkeach)
• http://archivr.com/: Animation on cards. (via meirish)
• http://www.gesteves.com/experiments/starwars.html/: Star Wars opening crawl. (via brookr)
• http://neutroncreations.com/blog/: Totally sweet rotate / transform. (via mindnumbing)

Okay, that’s what I’ve got for now! Please add a comment if you come accross any more Neat-o CSS3 Things™, you never know when I’ll get more Dribbble invites!

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Holy shit I want this tattoo.

Also, Happy Friday, everyone!

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I am in love with this Human Being shirt from the UK based Origin68, and once I’m not suffering from Post-Holiday Broke As Hell Syndrome™, I will order at least five. The icons, the ingredients — it’s sexy and geeky, all at once.

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Like anyone who’s seen anything she’s done, I have a huge crush on Laura Brunow Miner. The fact that she letterpressed / hand painted her own business cards in her basement just means I’m crushing even harder. There’s so much awesome going on here.

Looking back

Professionally, 2009 was pretty awesome. I got to work with some of my favorite designers, I had my first speaking gig, I worked on some really exciting projects. Personally it had its high points too: we adopted our awesome cat Misty, went to London and Paris and Cancun, moved into a new apartment we love, saw close friends get married, and spent time with people we adore.

Unfortunately 2009 will probably always be overshadowed by the stress and grief that came with this year. Financially, the past year has been more difficult than others, for various reasons. Several animals in our families died. Someone close to my family committed suicide. Someone very close to me struggled with a powerful addiction. Last month was probably the worst of our lives, as we lost Jason’s mom to cancer. There were times when it felt like the cloud hanging over our heads would never lift, and it was hard to see the good in things.

Thankfully Jason and I have each other, our amazing friends, and our incredibly supportive families. They’re the only thing that’s gotten us through this very trying year.

Looking forward

I’m feeling so optimistic about 2010. Exciting things are happening here at Owltastic. I’m going to SXSW for the first time in a few months. My family member who was fighting dependency is getting help and making great progress (I’m so proud of you!). We’ve got great friends, and I’m encouraged that those friendships will only blossom in the next year. Jason, Misty and I are all healthy and usually happy. (Well maybe not Misty, she always looks pissed.)

I know a lot of people think resolutions are lame, but I don’t care. I love them. I make them all the time, especially at New Year’s. The problem is, I usually can’t even remember what they were by the time the following year rolls around. So this year, I’m writing them down, and publishing them here. If I succeed at any of these things in the next year, I will be happier.

This list is a total mess, and when I’m not frantically getting ready for a party I will have to sit down and organize it better. In the meantime, here my resolutions are, in all their glory:

• Stay connected with friends
• Lose weight (of course!)
• Get on a regular sleep schedule
• Respond to all flagged emails daily
• Communicate with clients more frequently
• Laugh more often, be less easily offended, don’t take things personally, don’t get so defensive when you’re wrong
• Check in with my family more frequently
• Go somewhere new every few months
• Finally get health insurance
• Write in Owltastic more
• Write at least one significant, useful, thoughtful web design tutorial / article a month
• Attend more web conferences
• Send more thank you notes
• Take more photographs
• Start knitting again
• Start illustrating again
• Read more, watch less TV
• Learn to cook and bake, at least a couple of things
• Keep a plant alive
• Listen, don’t interrupt or be distracted
• Go outside at least every now and then
• Don’t expect a gold star for everything you do
• At the end of each day, have a clean space for the following day’s work
• Try to look pretty every now and then, act like a girlfriend and less like a gross roomate
• Don’t put things off quite so badly
• Reduce my debt
• Pay bills on time
• Be better at video games
• Spend less time looking at Tumblr

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Today I’m feeling so inspired by the beautiful typography-based illustrations of Linzie Hunter. Everyone was talking about her fantastic illustrated spam prints when they were featured on 20×200, and today I was thrilled to be reminded of her work again. If you, like me, want prints of her amazing pieces, you can purchase them here.

My Owl Barn is a collection of awesome owly art, jewelry, home products, stationary, and toys. Insta-subscribe. I’ve always wanted to start a blog like this, but looks like they’ve got it covered.

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Flickr user super_furry designs incredibly gorgeous, classic looking logos. Take some time out to browse the set. If you’re interested in hiring him for logo work, his contact info is available here.