A small JavaScript shiv for making HTML5 <video> and <audio> elements to work in most browsers with appropriate fallbacks.

Various input field patterns to validate against.

.htaccess tester. The best thing to combat the black magic guessing that is htaccess rules

A Photoshop document to help design screens for devices with different aspect ratios.

See the details of a users browser set-up including browser version, OS, screen resolution, etc.

List of apps for completely free wire framing and design mockups.

Online wireframng and planning tool. Kind of like Omnigraffle but for free.

Large selection of tools to get you started with wireframing an app for the iPad or iPhone or Android platform.

Easy way to generate cross-browser CSS3 gradients.

Handy list of CSS3 declarations for all kinds of different browsers.

Tool for generating vertical rhtym. Kind of weird to use.

Handy tool for converting characters to different formats. Geeky unicode stuff.

Blurred background creates depth. Nice design. Handy checklist for launching new sites to boot!

Seamless background generator.

PHP Scripts/WordPress plugin for making your own URL shortener complete with stats.

http://0to255.com/ – “0to255 cures your color manipulation woes. Simply pick the color that you want to start with and 0to255 gives you a range of colors from black to white using an interval optimized for web design. Then, just click the variation you want to use and the hex code is automatically copied to your clipboard.” My favorite part is that it uses a RESTful API so you can do things like http://0to255.com/0099ff You know I just love things that you can manipulate with a url.

http://cssdesk.com/ – A tool for quickly mocking up snippets of HTML/CSS. I would prefer to just create a new HTML file in Dreamweaver and play with it using Firebug, but this could work too. I found the cursor in the HTML/CSS box to be a little off when hitting return. CSSdesk has a nice interface which is almost like a desktop application. And since you can download it and run it locally, I guess it qualifies as a genuine application.

Please Do Not Change Your Password – Alot of security’s best practices cause more problems than they solve. “At countless conferences and seminars, experts have consistently called for more education and outreach as the answer to user apathy or ignorance. But the research of Herley and others is causing many to realize most of the blame for noncompliance rests not with users, but with the experts themselves — the pros aren’t able to make a strong case for all their recommendations.”

Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future – “The future of the Web is not at your desk. It’s not necessarily in your pocket, either. It’s everywhere.” How do we design for a Web that was only intended to be used in a single context?

WTF? (Video) – “This clip comes from Hard Ticket to Hawaii, possibly the worst 1980’s movie made (though to be fair, it’s tagline of Bombs, Babes, and Beaches is quite… radical).” At first I thought the acting was WTF, then I saw the ending.

“How many SEO copywriters does it take to change a lightbulb, light bulb, light, bulb, lamp, bulbs, flowers, flour…?” — Chris Rowe 5 Links Of Interestingness by Russell Heimlich

Generate CSS3 code for different browsers from one standard tool.

Lots of interesting Google Code projects related to web design.

Speccy is an advanced System Information tool for your PC.

Slick web design with a neat JavaScript falloff interaction between sections