Completed a new weekend project… www.simpleipaddress.com
If you’re like me and use a cable internet service, your IP address changes on a regular basis… when the power goes out, you disconnect your modem to reset it, or whenever your ISP feels like changing it.
As a web developer, I need to know this on a regular basis for access to different services and networks. While there are different services available online that offer this type of service, I wanted to create one of my own with a minimal design.
The “hello” sticker was created from scratch in Photoshop using a free paper texture from PSDtuts+ and a little trial and error. Continue Reading…
Autocomplete is a function in most modern browsers (IE 7+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera) that remembers commonly named entries in previous forms and enters it on new forms.
This can be a handy tool for users so they don’t have to keep entering common information. However, for a developer, it can be an extremely annoying and potentially dangerous feature.
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When you think of a High Tech Media company, the name Hallmark doesn’t normally come to mind.
However, this Valentines day, you might just change your toon…
Hallmark will be offering new Web Based Augmented reality greeting cards for Valentines day!
Video of the technology after the jump.
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Most people are creatures of habit. Just look at almost any Analytics report now days and you’ll still see that around 20% of most “average” web visitors still use Internet Explorer 6… a browser that was released in 2001 and is EXTREMELY out of date.
So, in an effort to change some of my own habits and try something new, I decided to try setting my default browser from Internet Explorer 8 to Google Chrome.
The following paragraphs are a few of my observations on the browser and how well it performs in everyday environments.
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RSS and Email subscriptions are great ways to improve the traffic and brand recognition of your web site or blog. However, few site owners know of a simple UI tweak that can make a HUGE difference in your subscription rates.
Simply change “Subscribe” to “Get Updates“
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In the month’s since Microsoft’s launch of their new search engine Bing.com, much has been said about it’s amazing market share growth.
Some even proclaiming a 10% market grab since it’s launch. However, much of that is smoke in mirrors and not “real” traffic…
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This has been stirring up some controversy lately in and around the journalism field over the past few days.
The Internet Manifesto – How journalism works today. Seventeen declarations.
What originally started as small declaration by a few German bloggers has recently been translated into English and several other languages and has quickly turned into the front line of the fight between “traditional” journalism and the web.
Since I work in both the print and the web side of this issue, it’s interesting to see how these declarations play out from both perspectives.
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