It's built with
HTML5 and
CSS2/CSS3, and consequently is best viewed in a modern browser such as
Chrome,
Firefox,
Safari or
Opera.
Interactivity is thanks to the
jQuery JavaScript library, served via the
Google Ajax Libraries API.
Custom fonts for the logo and author/title (
Tangerine &
IM Fell Great Primer respectively) are rendered with the
Google Font API.
Newly added is optional translation via the Google Language API (removed since the API requires payment).
Server side the app is coded in
Python and deployed on
Google App Engine.
Domain management, email, etc. provided by
Google Apps.
The source for the public domain filler text is provided by
Project Gutenburg (not sanitized—use at your own risk!).
The background tile is from
Tileables; getting stuff onto your clipboard from
Zero Clipboard.
Designed, built and deployed in 48 hours. If you have any questions, comments, or you'd like to suggest an author or title, you can reach me at
michael@fillerati.com or via
Twitter.