Category: Tools
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Create a WiFi signal strength map with NetSpot for Mac
Finding the best spot for wifi access in your home or in a public place is pretty much trial and error. Turn on your laptop, and see what happens. NetSpot is a free wireless survey tool that makes it more of a treasure hunt. Once you install it on your Mac (OSX only), your laptop…
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How To Embed Images Directly Into Your HTML
When you code a web page, you’ll oftentimes want to include images. In almost every case you’ll throw down a line of code that looks something like this: [code lang=”html”] <img src="location/of/image.png" alt="alternative text" /> [/code] But did you know that you can embed your image directly into the HTML without having to link to…
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A Programmer’s Dilemma: Choosing between Qt and .NET
I’ve been a programmer for a long time, but admittedly, most of my efforts have been devoted to web-based projects (PHP, ASP) and command line desktop programs with a very limited audience. Recently, I’ve decided to swallow my pride and accept that I need to learn to make desktop apps that…don’t suck. Where do I…
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BrandMyMail mashes your email and social networks together
There are two types of email you can send: Text or HTML. Text is just the words. No colors. No photos. No layouts. HTML is basically a web page sent through email servers. For most of us, it really doesn’t matter when we send email. We just type, and the resulting HTML-formatted email is a…
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How to record amazing videos with a point-and-shoot camera
Let’s say you want to be the next Peter Jackson or George Lucas. That’s far from realistic, but let’s say you just want to be a film-making hobbyist and don’t exactly have the budget for a decent video camera and all of the accompanying equipment. After all, it can literally add up to thousands of dollars. Just…
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ShiftEdit: A Web-Based IDE for PHP, Python, Ruby and More
If you’re a programmer or developer that juggles several projects at a time, your code can sometimes be lost between multiple workstations, or worse, lost in some sort of catastrophic system failure. If only you’d had a chance to run a backup first! With everything going to the cloud these days, wouldn’t it make sense…
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Four HTML5 and JavaScript Frameworks To Jump-start Your App Development
Let’s just face the facts: Flash is dying, platform/browser agnostic development is in, and Windows 8 is bringing HTML5/JavaScript to desktop development. Love it or hate it, as a developer you’ll probably need to familiarize yourself with the finer points of HTML5 and JavaScript-driven application design, but where does a person start? Traditionally HTML and…
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Domainr Makes Domain Search (Almost) Pain-Free
If you’re starting a new web-based project, searching for suitable domains can be the most frustrating part. Heck, domain names are so important to the success of your venture that many people wait to name their product until they know which domains are available. Domainr helps to ease the pain of this process. Domainr is…
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Make your apartment search easier with Padmapper
Finding an apartment on the internet is equivalent to hopping into a tractor tire and being rolled down a hill. You start at the top with high hopes: using the power of the internet for finding desirable rental properties and listings. From there, though, the process spirals downward. Apartment searching sites are hard to navigate,…