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- Cool Websites & Tools – Website CAPTCHA’s, iOS Vocabulary Game, & Zoom On A Page In Firefox
- Caption Contest: Will It Fit?
- Fascinating Open Letters the Internet Made Possible
- Supercharge Your eBook Reading With IFTTT
- How To Go Visual With Your Ideas On The Microsoft Research Mood Board
- How To Negotiate Syndication Deals And Protect Your Search Rankings
- Does Your WiFi Speed Drop? Here Is Why & How To Fix It!
- Technophilia 94: Stiff And Clicky
- Learn To Become A Gaming Speedrunner In 4 Easy Steps
- 5 Internet Hoaxes That Went Viral & Almost Had You Fooled This Year
- Don’t Miss Windows 8 Physics Puzzler Toy Story: Smash It!
- From Cooking To Coding: Learn And Teach Lessons On Curious.com
- Cubify Cube 3D Printer Review and Giveaway
| Cool Websites & Tools – Website CAPTCHA’s, iOS Vocabulary Game, & Zoom On A Page In Firefox Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST  KeyCAPTCHA – spam is a growing problem, especially in email communication. One of the ways to try and keep the spam levels down is to install a CAPTCHA on your website contact form. KeyCAPTCHA provides several CAPTCHA options, one free, and the rest paid. Wordbase – the battlefield awaits you and it's time to play Wordbase! This addictive two-player word game is a brand-new experience that will push your vocabulary to its limit! Form words and have fun in a strategic, tactical word game. Face the grid and dominate it by possessing as many letters as possible. Take control of... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Website CAPTCHA’s, iOS Vocabulary Game, & Zoom On A Page In Firefox |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2013 06:30 PM PST  Hurry up, Santa! I’m not sure which will give way first: me or the roof! Give us your best caption, and you’ll be in the running to win a free MakeUseOf t-shirt. Join the elite group of readers who have already won one (and showing them off)! Congratulations to Sheila C. and her winning caption, “THIS is why I asked for a drone.” from the previous contest “Never Trust An Elf“ Read the full article: Caption Contest: Will It Fit? |
| Fascinating Open Letters the Internet Made Possible Posted: 27 Dec 2013 03:00 PM PST  Open letters are by no means a new concept, and have existed long before the advent of the Internet. Being able to publish just about anything online ourselves, has however, really catapulted the concept of open letters, making it easy to share them with millions of people at the click of a button. Open letters are often critical missives, aimed at addressing a person publicly. The Internet is home to open letters from celebrities to one another, from fans to celebrities, and from companies to their customers, among many others. We’ve put together a list of the more interesting letters... Read the full article: Fascinating Open Letters the Internet Made Possible |
| Supercharge Your eBook Reading With IFTTT Posted: 27 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  Remember when finding a good deal on books required sifting through piles of used or on-sale paperbacks? As fun as that was (and still is), it’s pretty time consuming. In the world of eReaders, we’re now used to thinking of a book one moment, and reading it the next. Unfortunately, finding eBook deals can still be time consuming. Unless you find a hack. As you probably already know, IFTTT is just the hack you’re looking for. This great automation service can be used for anything from superpowering Google Calendar to making money, and yes, it can also be used to... Read the full article: Supercharge Your eBook Reading With IFTTT |
| How To Go Visual With Your Ideas On The Microsoft Research Mood Board Posted: 27 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  One wouldn’t expect a tool as basic as a mood board to come out of Redmond's multi-million dollar research labs. The Microsoft Research Mood Board (v1.3) probably grew from the potential that rests in visual communication. If you are not a designer or a visual communicator in any sense, then the concept of a ‘mood board’ is probably alien. But the joyful art of pasting together images and colorful text into collages shouldn’t be. A mood board is a collage of images, color samples, sketches, pasted items or text meant to communicate an idea visually. They are used across disciplines... Read the full article: How To Go Visual With Your Ideas On The Microsoft Research Mood Board |
| How To Negotiate Syndication Deals And Protect Your Search Rankings Posted: 27 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  Let’s say you ask two friends for financial advice. The first friend works at a fast-food restaurant, but is a self-proclaimed financial genius. The second friend is modest, but ten different people have told you he’s a financial wizard, and he has given you fantastic advice in the past. Which advice would you take more seriously? The truth is that links on the Internet are like credibility in real life. The more credible people who legitimately link to you, the more you are “viewed” by search engines as an influential source of information on the Web. However, you have to... Read the full article: How To Negotiate Syndication Deals And Protect Your Search Rankings |
| Does Your WiFi Speed Drop? Here Is Why & How To Fix It! Posted: 27 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  One moment you’re absolutely dominating in your online game while downloading some movies (legally, of course), and the next moment you can barely load a simple web page. Or maybe, you can’t do that ever. So did your brand new Gigabit Internet connection go to waste? Probably not — if you’re running a home network entirely on WiFi, it’s important to optimize it as much as possible. Is It Your Internet Connection? Before messing around with your WiFi, you should attach a computer with Gigabit Ethernet directly to your router or preferably your modem to test your Internet connection. If... Read the full article: Does Your WiFi Speed Drop? Here Is Why & How To Fix It! |
| Technophilia 94: Stiff And Clicky Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:01 AM PST  This week on Technophilia, MakeUseOf’s Chief Visionary Officer Jackson Chung sits down with the crew to discuss the latest in technology nonsense. News is a little slow this week, so we’ll talk about some of the biggest new gadgets and news stories that broke over the last 356 days. Media Temple is offering MakeUseOf readers a special 20% discount off their web hosting — choose from their GRID shared hosting, Dedicated virtual private servers, or DV Enterprise dedicated hosting and enter the code "makeuseof20" at checkout. The discount is valid for all hosting plans, and will take 20% off the... Read the full article: Technophilia 94: Stiff And Clicky |
| Learn To Become A Gaming Speedrunner In 4 Easy Steps Posted: 27 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  Do you want to be recognized as the best player in the world at your favorite video game? It’s really tough to prove such a point in a single-player game, but connecting yourself with the internet’s circle of speedrunners makes it possible. It is possibly the most intense way to experience and play a game. Speedrunners are regarded as the most skilled and dedicated of gamers. They pick a game, and they out find how to dominate it in the lowest possible time. It’s not as easy as it sounds, either. To become recognized within the community, you’ve got to... Read the full article: Learn To Become A Gaming Speedrunner In 4 Easy Steps |
| 5 Internet Hoaxes That Went Viral & Almost Had You Fooled This Year Posted: 27 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST  Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me five times… Well? You get the idea. And boy, there were a few convincing hoaxes knocking about the Internet this year; from waterproof iPhones to Christmas Dinner in a tin. Here are some of the best. Waterproof iPhones 4chan is rather well known for being behind some of the funniest (and cruelest) internet pranks. With this in mind, I don't think anybody was particularly surprised when they convinced owners of the latest (and pricey) iPhone 5s to brick their phone. Users of the infamous imageboard produced... Read the full article: 5 Internet Hoaxes That Went Viral & Almost Had You Fooled This Year |
| Don’t Miss Windows 8 Physics Puzzler Toy Story: Smash It! Posted: 27 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST  Fans of Buzz Lightyear and friends may be intrigued by this 3D physics game for Windows 8 – but is throwing balls and bombs at aliens as entertaining as it sounds, or is it all a bit Stinky Pete? Will You Help Buzz Smash The Aliens? I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't like Toy Story, and this great arcade physics puzzle game for Windows 8 – best played on tablets – is as fond a tribute to the film series as you can imagine. The idea is simple: Woody and friends are attempting to defeat the aliens... Read the full article: Don’t Miss Windows 8 Physics Puzzler Toy Story: Smash It! |
| From Cooking To Coding: Learn And Teach Lessons On Curious.com Posted: 27 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST  If you have the time and inclination to explore a new hobby, prepare a gourmet meal, learn how to code, or pick up a few health and beauty tips, the online learning site and mobile app, Curious.com, offers hundreds of free or low cost video tutorials on a wide range of topics. Curious.com launched last summer and is similar to Khan Academy, Udemy, Lynda.com, and other online course sites. Its online platform was recently expanded into an iPhone app, followed by its iPad version which released this August. Thousands of Lessons Curious contains thousands of video lessons on topics ranging from arts... Read the full article: From Cooking To Coding: Learn And Teach Lessons On Curious.com |
| Cubify Cube 3D Printer Review and Giveaway Posted: 27 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST  3D printing is the next manufacturing revolution, they tell us. No longer will we need to trek down to the store to buy that widget – we can print one at home. Most affordable 3D printers are sold as self-assembly kits, involving weeks of tinkering to get even the most basic print, but the Cubify Cube promises to be plug-and-plug with minimal fuss. Does it live up to that promise? The Cube weighs in at a hefty $1299, on the upper middle price range for consumer grade 3D printers. The superior Makerbot Replicator 2 costs $2200, while the cheapest you... Read the full article: Cubify Cube 3D Printer Review and Giveaway |
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