WebDev
50 Tips For Power Blogging
Use Wordpress. No other platform is as flexible with all the plug-ins, in my opinion.
Post often. I usually default to one post per day, when I’m asked. I try to do at least one per day on this blog, except for weekends.
Use catchy blog post titles. Put yourself in the shoes of a person [...]
Facebook: No Chat For You
Some Facebook users are complaining that they are being banned from Facebook Chat for sending too many messages, when in fact they’ve sent few or no actual messages. The bug appears to be affecting Internet Explorer users.
Dozens of other problems are being reported with chat as well, but this particular issue seems sort of [...]
Netgear HDXB111 Powerline Adapter
Netgear has just rolled out its new HDXB111 Powerline adapter that comes with a pass-through power socket, which makes for a handy solution in homes where there is a limited amount of power outlets to play with. Apart from that, the UPA-based Powerline HD also boasts network connections up to 200Mbps over existing electrical wires, [...]
Embed YouTube Videos & Skip The Boring Parts
Ever want to embed a YouTube video, but skip the boring parts?
Here’s how you can do it.
YouTube’s embedded player has a parameter that you can use to specify the number of seconds that should be skipped before starting to play the video.
Just add &start=[number of seconds from the start of the video] to both URLs in [...]
USB Drive Full of Beer
A company called CNK Promotions are selling USB drives filled with liquid. The drives come in a variety of sizes and can be filled with filled with liquid in your choice of colour or taste. [via]
(Via A Welsh View.)
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftybeeguy.com%2Fusb-drive-full-of-beer%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘USB+Drive+Full+of+Beer’;
addthis_pub [...]
WiFi robot
Jon Bennett created a nifty wireless telepresence bot out of a thrift store RC car, a Linksys WRT54GL router running the Open-WRT Linux firmware, a network camera, and a microcontroller. He’s built two variations: one controlled by a PIC microprocessor, and the other controlled by an Arduino. You can use whichever processor you [...]
