Drop64 is an easy drag-and-drop tool for generating Data URIs from any
file.
Check it out at drop64.com.
Here’s a demo recording of how easy it is.
Some benefits of Data URIs are:
Fewer HTTP requests means faster page loads
avoid cross-origin resource loading issues (fonts in F…
How to ruin a good thing by abusing CSS3 text shadows…
CSS3!
The code:
// Random factors to determine x/y offsets for text shadows and amount of blur
var x_factor = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) - 10;
var y_factor = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) - 10;
var blur_factor = Math.fl…
