Andrew James Ford is a Web Developer, designer, photographer and entrepreneur living in Tauranga, New Zealand. This blog covers CSS, HTML, Development, Photography and Travel.

CodeKit is such a powerful tool. Playing around with frameworks to streamline development. # 2012/05/18

Seems that iOS development has hit a tipping point. Most of the latest apps I've downloaded all look very good. # 2012/05/18

CSS Hat translates layer styles to CSS3 code. Wonderful time-saver! http://t.co/haW6aMmk Made by @csspiffle. # 2012/05/17

If you use Sublime Text 2 you gotta try SublimeLinter https://t.co/wvjPdDwR and Sublime SFTP http://t.co/nHlVJXqt # 2012/05/17

RT @mathias: Speed guide for +1GB of Dropbox storage: http://t.co/hpLYvsDF Then, use Camera Upload to get even more free space: http:// ... # 2012/05/17

@jina thank @chriscoyier for his blog post SASS vs LESS # 2012/05/17

@McCoyDigital thanks for the retweet. # 2012/05/17

With SASS vs LESS don't get too caught up on which one you are using. Just USE one, especially for CSS3. # 2012/05/17

SASS vs LESS http://t.co/WDCMvfJw by @chriscoyier Some good points about SASS I wasn't aware of being a LESS user # 2012/05/17

Time validation in ASP.Net MVC using a regular expression.

Just a quick tip for Time validation in ASP.Net MVC for your data model using a regular expression. Place the following in your model: [DisplayFormat(ApplyFormatInEditMode = true, DataFormatString = "{0:HH:mm}")] [RegularExpression(@"^(?:0?[0-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$", ErrorMessage = "Invalid time.")] public DateTime? YourDateTime { get; set; } This will perform the validation for 24 hour time in the format HH:mm [...]

Using LESS CSS – a programmable stylesheet language

Over 6 months ago I started using LESS CSS, a dynamic language that adds the missing elements that CSS needs like variables and functions. I have to say I don’t think I’ll ever go back to standard CSS again, even for a static HTML site. The benefits of using LESS are just too great. The [...]

Bungy jumping, engagement and learning a whole lot of tech

What a full on 6 months I’ve just had. I got engaged, visited Queenstown and New Castle in Australia, Bungy jumped for the first time (proof here). And to top that off I started a new job at SpeEDI software and launched my own web application Vote Daily Deals (http://votedailydeals.co.nz). While doing all that I [...]