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The Sites I Liked on Feb 03 2017
PSA The Playstation 4 Will Get External Hdd Assist With Firmware 450
Today, Sony will drop version 4.50 of the PlayStation 4?s firmware (codenamed Sasuke) to a small group of chosen testers. The update (as you?d guess given the ?roundness? of the number) is a pretty large one, and includes a number of long-awaited features, such as support for custom backgrounds, a refreshed quick menu, the ability to post updates to your PSN feed, and 3D BluRay support for PlayStation VR. It also introduces support for external hard drives. Now, your large game collection won?t necessarily have to clash with your unsuitably diminutive hard drive, as going forward you?ll be able to…
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Why You Should Start A Blog In The New Year
If you’re one of the millions of people thinking about starting a blog this year, well you’ve come to the right place! People start blogs for so many different reasons (and often continue them for others entirely!). We each get a little something different out of blogging, on top of ...more
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5 Above The Fold Elements That Get Your Audience?s Attention
An old study from Nielsen states that web visitors spend 80.3% of their time above the fold ? the top area of your site that?s immediately viewable upon loading. Furthermore, Google found out that ads above the fold had 68% viewability, as opposed to ads below the fold with only 40%. Naturally, a lot of […]
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Advantage Of Iterative Prototyping In The Mobile App Development
Developing a magnetic and second to none mobile app is not easy. It takes a lot of time & efforts learning and experiencing the ways to come up with a fully-fledged website that can return the favor of making it such a hit. But, the number of hours spent on the development of a successful...
Brave Soul Eats A 70yearold Military Ration From WWII
We've watched Steve here munch on many a ration. Most of the time, the contents do not age well at all, but this one is a magical exception to the rule.
5 Reasons Why A College Degree In Web Development Is Useless [OpEd]
Many web developers you’ll meet probably have a degree in information technology or computer science, or relevant courses where programming is involved. At least up until a decade ago this was the norm, to study in a university, earn a degree, and land a job in a tech company. Self-taught developers were as rare as…
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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How I Beat My Browser Tab Addiction
It's the least ambitious way to feel less stressed.
Blogging In 2017 How To Disrupt And Get Noticed
This is a guest contribution from Sam Warren of Rankpay I?ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is this: that boring content you?re probably peddling? It?s not worth it anymore. It has its place, but it?s not going to take you to that next level. Don?t get ...more
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Thursday, October 20, 2016
Useful links I found on Oct 20 2016
How To Force Restart The Iphone 7 And Iphone 7 Plus
Apple has made some rather big changes to iPhone 7. Lack of a headphone jack aside, the new iPhone 7 comes with a force sensitive home button that uses Apple’s own “taptic engine”. Seeing as the home button for the iPhone 7 is software based, iOS will be able to detect if the home button…
You Can Hard Boil An Ostrich Egg
And it comes out looking like any old hard boiled egg. Well, a massive version that you have to saw through in order to eat.
8 Free Csssvg Loaders And Spinners
In this round-up we are showcasing some best and very useful CSS-SVG loaders and spinners. Loaders and spinners are very important when you are working on Ajaxed interfaces. All these CSS-SVG loaders and spinners are free so you can easily download without any tension. You can also...
Play A 3d Version Of The Original 'zelda' In Your Browser
...open-source version of the original game built in Web GL — playable on web and mobile browsers — and rendered in voxels, giving the NES game's pixel graphics a chu...
14 Online Resources That Any Programmer Or Designer Should Use
We have gathered together 14 online platforms that will boost your work in the tech industry. These resources will for sure turn out to be really valuable for you, whether you are passionate about design; coding or you just need more help for your projects. We hope our advice will be helpful and we invite...
8 Handy Windows Builtin Tools You Might Not Know About
Windows has hundreds of built-in tools and functions that make everyday tasks easier. However, most of these tools are hard to find and use effectively. In fact it is quite common for users to opt for third-party apps when in fact there are plenty of good apps that are hiding inside their Windows OS. To…
They Have To Become Monsters
Since I started working on Discourse, I spend a lot of time thinking about how software can encourage and nudge people to be more empathetic online. That's why it's troubling to read articles like this one:
My brother?s 32nd birthday is today. It?s an especially emotional day for
4 Superior Practices For Image management
There?s no debating the fact that including images on your website or mobile app draws the interest of users and leads to stronger engagement. For example, posts that include images produce 650 percent higher engagement than text-only posts, according to a WebDAM infographic. Use of attention-grabbing images is only going to grow. Consider that by […]
Bang Your Head To The Tune Of A Ton Of Floppy Drives Playing 'what Is Love'
What is love? Love is the most '90s computing gear ever invented playing the most '90s club banger ever written. That's what love is.
When Thomas Edison Tried Making A 'spirit Phone'
In 1920, the inventor shocked the public when he told American Magazine: ?I have been at work for some time, building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.?
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Bookmark worthy articles on Sun 09 Oct 2016
Friday Deals Smartphone Savings 99p Bear Grylls Books And More [UK]
Some great savings just in time for the weekend on smartphones, Bear Grylls Kindle books, and more in today’s deal roundup. WileyFox Spark SIM-Free 4G Smartphone Bundle [22% Off] The WileyFox Spark is a great value smartphone, with 8MP front and main cameras, a 2200mAh battery, dual SIM support, and running the Cyanogen OS Android fork . This special bundle includes a WileyFox hard case, 16GB memory card, and a complementary screen replacement. 11 Bear Grylls Kindle Books 99p Each If you fancy yourself a bit of weekend reading from the adventurer they call Bear, then take advantage of this...
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How To Sync Home Lights And Music For Halloween
Halloween is coming, which gives us all another excuse to spend money on new costumes, pretty lights, and scary smoke machines. Whether you’re hosting a Halloween house party or want the coolest haunted house in the neighborhood, making those lights flash in time to music and sound effects is essential. Here are five apps and some hardware that will make that process easy. Whether you own some Philips Hue lighting or some colored LED strips, we’ve found something to suit all. Be sure to check out the demo reel below for an idea of what effects each one is capable...
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7 Tricks To Design Your Blog To Improve UX
Your website may be a place for clients to find out basic information about your business, or it may constitute the entirety of your business’s presence in the world. Whether your website is for advertising, selling or a bit of both, you need to focus on user experience if you want to keep clients on […]
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We Hire The Excellent Just Like Everyone Else
One of the most common pieces of advice you'll get as a startup is this:
Only hire the best. The quality of the people that work at your company will be one of the biggest factors in your success – or failure.
I've heard this advice over and over and
10 New Yet Free Wordpress Plugins
WordPress plugins are quite a useful commodity as they allow designers and developers to bring in some additional functionality into their website or blog. WordPress plugins are specially popular in designing community because of their widespread variety and easy availability. In this post, we are also presenting...
10 Extraordinary Online Resources For Web Designers Today
Let?s face it, no matter how brilliant and outside the box your designs are you can?t possibly create a stand-out web design if you don?t have the right tools and resources. You need the hardware, design software, current e-books, and a few subscriptions to top-notch educational resources in order to make a website and stay […]
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9 Wonderful Wordpress Calendar Plugins
We all know very well that WordPress is the backbone of every website or blog. We cannot imagine any website or blog without WordPress. WordPress is easy to use and save time that?s why it is very popular among web developers. WordPress provides so many exciting and...
The 5 Extraordinary Free Ftp Clients
A list of awesome free FTP software. There's at least one option for you in this list, whether you use Windows, Mac OS, or Linux.
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20 Powerful Tricks To Use Grep Command
Grep is a popular unix command line utility on unix operating systems. It stands for Global Regular Expression Print. Knowing grep command can help you on any unix based system, this includes Mac OS X, Ubuntu and linux based systems.
As a software developer, I find these commands really handy for debugging and quick search on various systems. Most of server side application software runs on a remote machine where you have limited access. These commands can give you a lot of strength if you have to simple log file analysis or a quick code change.
This tutorials is focused on bash shell, however most of command should also work on other popular shells. If you are intesrsted in learning in-depth linux/unix operating system concepts you must check out these books.