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Eric A. Meyer

Eric A. Meyer

CWRU2K

Before I tell you this story of January 1st, 2000, I need to back things up a few months into mid-1999. I was working at Case Western…

Jan 1, 2020

CWRU2K

Jan 1, 2020

Eric A. Meyer

Legend of the Stalwart Mouse: Return of the MX518

I’ve relied on a mouse for about a decade and a half. I don’t mean “relied on a mouse” in the generic sense, but rather in the sense that…

Mar 18, 2019

Legend of the Stalwart Mouse: Return of the MX518

Mar 18, 2019

Eric A. Meyer

Securing Web Sites Made Them Less Accessible

In the middle of last month (July 2018), I found myself staring at a projector screen, waiting once again to see if Wikipedia would load…

Aug 7, 2018

Securing Web Sites Made Them Less Accessible

Aug 7, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

The China Anniversary

It was twenty years ago today, under the wide-spreading boughs of a tree in the front yard of a house on Long Island, that Kat and I…

Jul 19, 2018

The China Anniversary

Jul 19, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

What is the CSS ‘ch’ Unit?

I keep seeing authors and speakers refer to the ch unit as meaning “character width”. This leads to claims that you can “make your content…

Jun 28, 2018

What is the CSS ‘ch’ Unit?

Jun 28, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

Decimated

In another timeline, an early alarm woke Kat and me this morning so we could sneak into Rebecca’s room with her siblings and wish her a…

Jun 7, 2018

Decimated

Jun 7, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

“CSS Pocket Reference, 5th Edition” to Production

Just over an hour before I started writing this post, I handed off CSS Pocket Reference, 5th Edition to the Production department at…

Feb 15, 2018

Feb 15, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

My Contribution to “Modern Loss”

My wife Kat and I tell ourselves we’d love another child for who they are, not for who they replace. We even believe it. But we can’t be…

Jan 25, 2018

My Contribution to “Modern Loss”

Jan 25, 2018

Eric A. Meyer

Book Review: “Create with Code: Build Your Own Website”

A thing people ask me with some regularity is, “What’s a good book for someone who wants to get started in web design?” I’m here to review…

Dec 3, 2017

Book Review: “Create with Code: Build Your Own Website”

Dec 3, 2017

Eric A. Meyer

Generating Wireframe Boxes with CSS and HTML5

I was recently noodling around with some new layout ideas for An Event Apart’s speaker pages (e.g., Chris Coyier’s or Jen Simmons’) and…

Nov 27, 2017

Generating Wireframe Boxes with CSS and HTML5

Nov 27, 2017

Eric A. Meyer

Eric A. Meyer

Web standards, HTML/CSS, microformats, community, writing, speaking, signing guy. Husband, father, agnostic in principle, atheist in practice. #663399becca

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