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- Cool Websites & Tools – Exotic Soundscapes, Lasting Happiness, & Watch Soccer Goals
- Missing Child: How Sharing That Picture Can Put Lives At Risk [Weekly Facebook Tips]
- Candy Cats & Dogs Watching Star Wars Porn While Banksy Farts [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- WordPress Is Slow – Do Something About That With These 10 Steps
- 7 Technology Buzzwords That Need To Die
- 7 Tech Wonders of the World You Should See Before You Die
- Your Best Story Ideas For MakeUseOf [We Ask You Results]
- These People Use Twitter In Ways You Can’t Imagine
- CryptoLocker Is The Nastiest Malware Ever & Here’s What You Can Do
- 3 Ways to Access And Use Cloud Storage (SkyDrive etc.) In Linux
- The 8 Most Beautiful Raspberry Pi Cases
- Play-i’s Toy Robots Aim To Teach Programming At A Very Young Age
- 7 Things You Can Do With Your Old Electronic Devices
- 3 Desktop Tools To Make Your Experience As A Twitch.TV Viewer Easier
- Mozilla Location Services Makes Geolocation Data Public And Gamifies Collection
| Cool Websites & Tools – Exotic Soundscapes, Lasting Happiness, & Watch Soccer Goals Posted: 29 Oct 2013 03:01 PM PDT  Sound Paths – Plunge into the real soundscapes recorded in the most exotic places on Earth. Just choose your destination, select a sound, and you are there. Every track has its own story and emotion. The gentle song of a gibbon, the solemn chorus of cicadas, or the power of the ocean surf. Looper for YouTube – Have you ever wanted to watch the same video on YouTube without pressing the replay button every time at the end of the video? With Looper for YouTube you will get a loop button under the YouTube player. After you press the button,... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Exotic Soundscapes, Lasting Happiness, & Watch Soccer Goals |
| Missing Child: How Sharing That Picture Can Put Lives At Risk [Weekly Facebook Tips] Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:45 PM PDT  No doubt you’ve seen these pleas on Facebook before: Share this photo to help find my missing child. But heartfelt messages don’t always have the best intentions behind them, and by sharing them you could actually be putting the child in danger. Have you ever thought of that? Thousands upon thousands of well-meaning people share the image, hoping that it might be seen by someone who can help. And if it is seen by someone helpful, then everything in the world is well and good, right? Not always. Too many people blindly believe what’s written in Facebook posts such as... Read the full article: Missing Child: How Sharing That Picture Can Put Lives At Risk [Weekly Facebook Tips] |
| Candy Cats & Dogs Watching Star Wars Porn While Banksy Farts [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT  In this edition of Weird & Wonderful Web, take a look through cats’ eyes, learn all about candy in time for Halloween, revisit Star Wars, relive the latest Apple event through the power of GIFs, see dogs shaking in slow motion, learn why you should double check email attachments, discover how to make money, see Apple’s design secrets exposed, find out how to stop your farts from smelling, and get a reminder that we’re all mortal. See What Cats See Cats pretty much own the Internet right now. Other animals may be cuter, stronger, more obedient, or more interesting, but... Read the full article: Candy Cats & Dogs Watching Star Wars Porn While Banksy Farts [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| WordPress Is Slow – Do Something About That With These 10 Steps Posted: 29 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT  WordPress is an amazing CMS that has opened the world of publishing to everyone, but it can also be horribly slow. Here are a few plugins and server-level changes you can make to give your site an instant speed boost. Strap in, and please keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times. Check Your Load Time Use WebPageTest.org to do a quick performance review – specifically you'll want to check the scorecard to see areas in need of improvement. If you're doing particularly badly in one area, you can investigate further. (In this instance, I haven't minified... Read the full article: WordPress Is Slow – Do Something About That With These 10 Steps |
| 7 Technology Buzzwords That Need To Die Posted: 29 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT  The Cloud. Web 2.0. Meme. What do these words even mean? At this point, hardly anything: they’ve all switched from being useful terms to pointless buzzwords. Every industry has its own set of meaningless words, overused to the point that they no longer mean anything. Technology seems to love such words so much that it simply must beat them long after they’ve died. Even words that make sense are eventually taken out of context – intentionally by advertisers or accidentally by people who don’t know any better. Here are a few that drive me nuts. The Cloud The worst buzzwords... Read the full article: 7 Technology Buzzwords That Need To Die |
| 7 Tech Wonders of the World You Should See Before You Die Posted: 29 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT  In the current age, wonders of the world are no longer limited to ancient monuments such as Stonehenge or the Great Wall of China. Tech marvels such as the Google’s headquarters and Apple’s new “spaceship” campus are such brilliant feats of architecture and engineering, they’re also considered some of the must-see places in the world. Which high tech wonder would you like to visit before you die? via Hostgator Read the full article: 7 Tech Wonders of the World You Should See Before You Die |
| Your Best Story Ideas For MakeUseOf [We Ask You Results] Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:45 AM PDT  MakeUseOf means a lot to us – and, it seems, to you too. We all love what we do, which is creating articles for you all to make use of in some way. But it can be tough finding subjects that will really resonate with the readership in a big way. So, for last week’s We Ask You, we handed the baton of responsibility over to you, asking you all to conjure up the titles and descriptions of stories you would like to see on MakeUseOf. As always, you didn’t let us down, and those who took part may spot... Read the full article: Your Best Story Ideas For MakeUseOf [We Ask You Results] |
| These People Use Twitter In Ways You Can’t Imagine Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT  Twitter can be a different thing to different people. It can be a place to vent your ire, a forum to discuss cool ideas, a network to make new friends, and much more. For some souls, though, it’s an avenue to let their creativity run wild. Where you and I might see a box for 140 characters, these people see a blank canvas that they can turn into anything they want. And that’s what they do. Who would have thought Twitter could be used like this? Very Short Story | @VeryShortStory Ken sat opposite the bear on the life raft.... Read the full article: These People Use Twitter In Ways You Can’t Imagine |
| CryptoLocker Is The Nastiest Malware Ever & Here’s What You Can Do Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT  Ransomware is an especially odious type of malware. The way it works is simple. Your computer will be infected with some malicious software. That software then renders your computer entirely unusable, sometimes purporting to be from local law enforcement and accusing you of committing a computer crime or viewing explicit pictures of children. It then demands monetary payment, either in the form of a ransom or a 'fine' before access to your computer is returned. Horrible, isn't it? Well, get ready to meet CryptoLocker; the evil patriarch of the Ransomware family. What Is CryptoLocker CryptoLocker is a piece of malware... Read the full article: CryptoLocker Is The Nastiest Malware Ever & Here’s What You Can Do |
| 3 Ways to Access And Use Cloud Storage (SkyDrive etc.) In Linux Posted: 29 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT  Personal cloud storage has become so useful as you never have to worry where your stuff is: it’s easily accessible, and it’s always up-to-date. On Linux you can access your personal cloud storage in multiple ways. This is great, because you can use whatever method works the best – even if you’re a terminal junkie! Use The Official Client Getting the obvious out of the way, you can access your various personal cloud storage via their respective official applications. Currently, services such as SpiderOak, Dropbox, Ubuntu One, which is an unknown but worthy cloud storage contender, and Copy, a Dropbox alternative with more... Read the full article: 3 Ways to Access And Use Cloud Storage (SkyDrive etc.) In Linux |
| The 8 Most Beautiful Raspberry Pi Cases Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT  The Raspberry Pi is still the definitive small, open source computer, and a vibrant community has sprung up around it to provide accessories. One of the most popular is the case, because the Pi does not come with one by default. Buyers have to build or buy their own. Many cases are available, but most are simple snap-on cases that do the job but don’t look particularly good, or do-it-yourself ideas that are crafty but hard for the average Joe to complete. There are, however, a handful of designs which really give the Pi a unique look. And thankfully, these... Read the full article: The 8 Most Beautiful Raspberry Pi Cases |
| Play-i’s Toy Robots Aim To Teach Programming At A Very Young Age Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:15 AM PDT  Given that kids today will be growing up in a world where technology is an essential part of life, having basic programming skills will always be handy. And while there are plenty of tools to get kids excited about programming, Play-i wants to lower the bar for the accessible age with its new toy robots, Bo and Yana. The robots will be available in summer 2014, and there’s a crowd-funding campaign launched where you can pre-order the bots. Both the robots are little orbs with eyes, and look like cute alien pets. they can dance, play songs and even collect... Read the full article: Play-i’s Toy Robots Aim To Teach Programming At A Very Young Age |
| 7 Things You Can Do With Your Old Electronic Devices Posted: 29 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT  We all have them in a drawer or on a shelf somewhere; outdated or broken electronic devices. Are they even good for anything now? Surprisingly, they can be quite valuable! As we enter the holiday season, we are launching into a whole new cycle of buying new gadgets and trashing old ones. Consumption is picking up momentum, but can we afford it? Not too long ago, I wrote a lengthy article about consumer electronics and the consequences of our consumption - electronic waste. Electronics make for particularly bad waste. Not only could toxic substances leak into the environment, and poison the soil... Read the full article: 7 Things You Can Do With Your Old Electronic Devices |
| 3 Desktop Tools To Make Your Experience As A Twitch.TV Viewer Easier Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT  Do you want to get more out of your favorite Twitch streams? There’s no denying that Twitch.TV is the place to go on the internet when it comes to entertaining yourself with live streams for speed runs, gaming marathons, LAN parties, huge competitive events, and just casual observing and chatting. Maybe every now and then you’re just feeling a little bored and nostalgic, and you want to watch someone play a bit of Mario Kart. Twitch.TV has you covered for everything, even those games that you’d never expect. While Twitch does blow its competitors out of the water, you or... Read the full article: 3 Desktop Tools To Make Your Experience As A Twitch.TV Viewer Easier |
| Mozilla Location Services Makes Geolocation Data Public And Gamifies Collection Posted: 29 Oct 2013 08:15 AM PDT  Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, has launched an experimental pilot project called Mozilla Location Services, which aims to freely provide geolocation data of publicly observable cell towers and Wi-Fi access points. And it's also come out with an app to make collecting this data into a social game. While there are already commercial players who provide such geolocation data, Mozilla wants to fill the gap of a large public service for this information. The company says that by mapping this data, devices without GPS or those with weaker GPS chips will still be able to find their approximate current position... Read the full article: Mozilla Location Services Makes Geolocation Data Public And Gamifies Collection |
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