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Blocking Image Bandwidth Theft with URL Rewriting
September 22, 2006
I was guilty of image bandwidth theft back in the Dark Ages; but I grew up and now make a copy of the file on my website (and include a credit, of course). Read the article if you're having trouble with people hotlinking to your images.
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Stellar Quakes
September 19, 2006
"In December 2004, a neutron star flared up so brightly, it temporarily blinded all the x-ray satellites in space, and lit up the Earth's upper atmosphere. This tremendous blast of energy was from a giant flare created by the neutron star's twisting magnetic field. Objects like this are called magnetars, and they produce magnetic fields trillions of time more powerful than those here on Earth. These fields are so strong they can actually buckle the surface of the neutron star causing these powerful star quakes."
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Portrait of a Dying Star
September 19, 2006
Is there anything about space that isn't beautiful?
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Earth’s “Extremeophiles” Give Us Blueprints For Alien Life
September 19, 2006
Titan sounds like Tatooine. Anyway: "So what would life look like if it drank a glass of methane in the morning, rather than a glass of Florida orange juice?" For one thing, cooler.
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Physics Proves Horror Movies Get It Wrong
September 19, 2006
The article does rule out vampires and ghosts (as depicted in most fiction) in our world; I guess I can stop worrying about the boogyman under my bed now. :-p But seriously, it's a short but fun article.
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Highlighting Microformats with CSS
September 18, 2006
Jon Hicks explains how to easily highlight Microformats in your browser.
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Notebook Icon Set
September 14, 2006
A couple of detailed icons in a number of different sizes. In related news, the second best way to go about finding an online translator for a page without knowing what language it's written in is by trying various languages until the translated text looks like English. The best way is left as an exercise to the reader. ;-)
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CSS Beginner’s Guide
September 14, 2006
A great resource for css-students out there. :-)
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Centering Stuff Vertically with CSS
September 14, 2006
It's surprising how many times I want to center stuff vertically.
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CSS Hacks for IE7
September 14, 2006
Relying on browser bugs is like making a deal with the devil; given that, take a look at some CSS hacks for IE7.
On the Side
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IE Standalones from evolt.org
May 03, 2007
Want to test something in IE6 while running IE7? Simply download the executable and test away!
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How to Paint Mona Lisa in MS Paint
April 07, 2007
Insane! Doing this in Photoshop is one thing, but in MS Paint!
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Chalkwork Icons
April 07, 2007
High-quality collection of 70 icons from Dave Shea.
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Nomadic Functions
April 07, 2007
Small, optimized, and fairly-specific JavaScript functions such as "Ajax Star Rating" and "Drag & Drop." Via Veerle.
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ExpressionEngine got redesigned!
March 14, 2007
pMachine recently rebranded itself to EllisLab and their sites went through a fabulous redesign by the ever-amazing Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain.
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Awesome Puzzle-Pictures
February 05, 2007
Where a picture is worth 2000 words (or 11,000 words). You see something; you look again, you see something else. Very nice.
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Firefox Tip: Reopen the last closed Tab with CTRL+Shift+T
February 01, 2007
You can also go to History (ALT+S) > Recently Closed Tabs to get a list of sites you closed recently.
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Do I upgrade? Do I not upgrade? Yes? No? Maybe?
January 31, 2007
Going under the formidable title of "Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart," the, umm, flowchart is hilarious! Go read it; go on...I'll wait.
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10 Amazing Magic Tricks
January 22, 2007
My favorite has to be "#2. The Revolver," followed by "#10. Glass Through Table," though the ripping of the phone book (while not magic) was pretty awesome, as well.
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Microsoft Optical Mouse
January 19, 2007
I stumbled upon this page while looking around Microsoft Expression products. You must admit, the mouse looks pretty cool!
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