Robin Glauser


My Blog about Development, Design and my random thoughts.

Sweetalert – Create beautiful javascript alerts

With Sweetalert you can create beautiful looking javascript alerts. Below is a demo for some basics alerts. The default usage is the same as for the javascript window.alert() function. Just call the sweetAlert function with a string as the first argument. sweetAlert(“Hello World”); http://tristanedwards.me/sweetalert


Gridlover – Generate your font layout online

On the website gridlover.net you can generate your font layout online.  The webapp let’s you customize various options for the font-size, line-height and scale factor. You can even preselect a few mathematical logical kombinations (ex. Golden Ratio) http://www.gridlover.net/app/


phpliveregex.com – PHP Live Regex Expression Tester

On phpliveregex.com you can test your regex with the php functions preg_match, preg_match_all, preg_replace, preg_grep and preg_split. You can input your regex, the flags and for the replacement function a replacement string. http://www.phpliveregex.com/


Linux – Crash and Burn Guide

Have you ever been in the position where your Linux system wouldn’t boot anymore? Maybe you tried to install the new NVIDIA drivers? Well so have I. In this guide I will describe the few possibilities how to get to a Linux Shell for your broken System so you can repair it. 1. Try to get to a TTY If … Read More


Typed.js – A jQuery animated Typing Plugin

This is a really awesome jQuery Plugin with which you animated text to appear as it would be typed by a human. I used this plugin on wishlist.robinglauser.ch to add a typing animation to the header text. http://www.mattboldt.com/demos/typed-js/


canistream.it – Find out if you can stream/rent/buy a film on the internet

On canistream.it you can check whether you can stream/rent/buy a film on Netflix/Amazon/Hulu and more. If something isn’t available now you can let yourself be reminded when it gets added to your preferred service. The only downsite is that I can’t choose the region from where I’m using Netflix/Google Play. Because of this not all Netflix Links work, because some films are … Read More


The Magic of CSS

A really great guide to css which explains everything from the css box model over typography to css transitions. And there’s more coming soon. http://adamschwartz.co/magic-of-css/


The Rasterbator – wall art generator

With this webapp you can generate a giant wallposter which you can print at home from a picture. The app generates a PDF which you can print and glue to get the whole poster. http://rasterbator.net/


agoodmovietowatch.com – Little-Known Film Suggestions

If you’re ever looking for a really good movie to watch I highly recommend this website which randomly suggests a little known but highly rated film. They also have staff picks which you can browse if you’re looking for anything specific. http://agoodmovietowatch.com/


ineedaprompt.com – Generate a random writing prompt

On ineedaprompt.com you can generate a random writing prompt if you’re running out of ideas. You can customize the prompt by defining whether it should add a location or more adjectives to your writing prompt. http://www.ineedaprompt.com/