It seems as though most websites use non-default fonts these days and who can blame them? System fonts are all pretty boring and custom fonts add a bit of flare and freshness to a site's design. The problem with using custom fonts, however, is they can really slow down your site load. Font files are large, can require separate font files for bold and italic, and can block rendering if the developer doesn't work around them. Let me show you a strategy for faster font loading!

Interactive Drag and Drop Coloring Concept is a little fun experiment where you can color a website mockup by dragging and dropping a color droplet from a palette. The idea is to simply drag a color from a color palette to a website mockup and color designated areas of it like sections or texts. You might have encountered customization tools before, but Codrops wanted to add some fun to this idea and make it enjoyable to use.

Carnival is an unobtrusive, developer-friendly way to add comments to any web site. Installation is easy. Once you’ve created a Site , just add a piece of HTML snippet to the bottom of your page, and then you are done.

They haven't re-created the git CLI tool in a GUI, they've created something different. They've created a tool that makes Git more accessible. Little things like auto-stashing when you switch branches will confuse git veterans, but it will make Git much easier to grok for newcomers because of the assumptions it makes about your Git workflow.

Every major blog is using FeedBurner to burn their RSS feeds because it is a free feature rich system that you cannot turn down. FeedBurner provides statistics, feed optimization option, feed publication option and much more. Integrating FeedBurner and Google Analytics is a must for every blog. In this article, I will show you how you can setup your blog feeds with FeedBurner and use it to help take your blog to the next level.