The Sites I Liked on Jan 31 2016

Yahoo Unveils Its Latest redesign

Yahoo is currently rolling out updates to its homepage and mobile app. The new design is being launched in the US, with other territories expected to follow shortly. The new experience, which visually is an incremental evolution of the last few designs Yahoo has employed, is built around a news feed concept. The feed uses […]

Can?t Keep Track Of Your Finances? Cleo Is The Ai Assistant You Need

If personal finance has ever seemed too complicated, Cleo is the perfect help.

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Given Enough Money All Bugs Are Shallow

Eric Raymond, in The Cathedral and the Bazaar, famously wrote

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

The idea is that open source software, by virtue of allowing anyone and everyone to view the source code, is inherently less buggy than closed source software. He dubbed this "Linus's Law".

Insofar

Zopfli Optimization Literally Free Bandwidth

In 2007 I wrote about using PNGout to produce amazingly small PNG images. I still refer to this topic frequently, as seven years later, the average PNG I encounter on the Internet is very unlikely to be optimized.

For example, consider this recent Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon.

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What The Earth Looked Like A Billion Years Ago

To some degree, paleogeology is merely an academic enthusiasm. But it?s also serious business.

2016 New Year Resolution List For Designers & Creatives

There’s only one day until the New Year’s eve and we’re eager to jump right in and embrace the new adventures that 2016 has prepared for us. Thus, starting a new year’s resolutions list would be a wonderful way to welcome the upcoming year with open arms. We’ve seen many resolutions list out there, but […]

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CANSPAM 101 A Crash Course In Bulk Email Regulations

I met a woman at a networking event last year. I?ll call her Nicki. Nicki and I chatted for a few minutes, and she struck me as smart and motivated. I liked her. That was six months ago, and now Nicki?s emails are driving me insane. After that networking event, Nicki added my name and
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Your Password Is Too Damn Short

I'm a little tired of writing about passwords. But like taxes, email, and pinkeye, they're not going away any time soon. Here's what I know to be true, and backed up by plenty of empirical data:

• No matter what you tell them, users will always choose simple passwords.

• No matter

The Billionaire Battle To Own The Sun

Warren Buffett controls Nevada?s legacy utility. Elon Musk is behind the solar company that?s upending the market. Let the fun begin.