As of today, December 5th 2012, Instagram has dropped support for Twitter “cards.” This means that Instagram images will no longer be displayed properly on Twitter. This doesn’t eliminate the ability to post Instagram images to Twitter but makes visible the now weak compatibility between the two companies. Why has this happened? Well, the feud [...]
Exactly 20 years ago from yesterday the first SMS (text message) was sent. The progress this area of technology has made is incredible. It’s a shame that so many tech giants want SMS to come to an end. Facebook launched their latest attack against SMS this morning – Tuesday, December 4th 2012 – as the [...]
In response to Mexico’s $2.7 billion US dollars judgement, Yahoo states they “will vigorously pursue all appeals.” The non-final judgement made by a Mexico City court ruling is for a breach of contract with a former partner – Ideas Interactivas and a company Worldwide Directories. Josh Constine explains the intent of the book-form directory: The idea [...]
In a previous post I made I showed you how to upload a file from a URL using a PHP script. You can view this post here. Now I will show you how to take this a step further and upload multiple files from multiple URLs or uploaded from the user’s computer. Because we will [...]
Working on some random Facebook timeline images and/or banners. Here’s one using a render of The Flash (found here). Let me know what you think!
So you just bought a hard drive and want to start filling that sucker with some files or whatever you want to put on it… Whether you don’t know how to install it into your computer’s case or just on the BIOS you have come to the right place. Here I am going to show [...]
So you just bought a hard drive and want to start filling that sucker with some files or whatever you want to put on it… Whether you don’t know how to install it into your computer’s case or just on the BIOS you have come to the right place. Here I am going to show [...]
When you have a form to submit some kind of data to your website it is very helpful to have a loading image that is displayed once the user submits the form. This let’s the user know that the form was submitted and the upload is in progress, rather than just relying on looking up [...]
Battlefield 3 will hit the shelves October 25th, 2011 for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. If you are a PC gamer you know you are going to want a powerful machine to experience this much anticipated release. Battlefield 3 introduces the Frostbite 2.0 engine which is based on the 1.5 engine seen in [...]
The team at EA has been working on fixing a lot of issues with Battlefield 3 for all systems as well as striving to meet the public’s demands. March 27th the latest patch for Battlefield 3 was released for Playstation 3 and soon to come the patches for PC and Xbox 360. The patch includes [...]
Battlefield 3 will hit the shelves October 25th, 2011 for the PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. If you are a PC gamer you know you are going to want a powerful machine to experience this much anticipated release. Battlefield 3 introduces the Frostbite 2.0 engine which is based on the 1.5 engine seen in [...]
After a beta release of the patch version 1.51 for Battlefield 2142, EA Games has released a final patch now available for download. The patch includes a number of bug fixes, an increase in account security, four brand new maps, and the unlock of the expansion pack “Northern Strike” for all players with the patch [...]
In a previous post I made I showed you how to upload a file from a URL using a PHP script. You can view this post here. Now I will show you how to take this a step further and upload multiple files from multiple URLs or uploaded from the user’s computer. Because we will [...]
I’ve searched around the interwebs for an ajax star rater and I came across a few different possibilities, all of which looked very good. The top result from google was Nick Stakenburg’s “Starbox” for “ajax star rater”. I also found Masuga Web Design’s Ajax Star Rater and a script from MySandbox to be popular results. [...]
Here is a simple little script that will determine if a number is prime or not. Just submit the function through with the parameter number as the integer you want to determine – is prime or not. Syntax [code lang="php"] is_prime(number); [/code] Here is the function’s definition: [code lang="php"] function is_prime($num=0) { $num = (int)$num; [...]
In a previous post I made I showed you how to upload a file from a URL using a PHP script. You can view this post here. Now I will show you how to take this a step further and upload multiple files from multiple URLs or uploaded from the user’s computer. Because we will [...]
Once you have a Mysql database setup with a table and some data in that table you are ready to display the data through PHP. This is very easy to do not only efficiently but also with a clean design in mind. So let’s say this is your MySQL table: Categories Id, Title, Description, Timestamp [...]
If you are a web developer, designer, programmer, or just a user of the web then you should probably be a member of the Digital Point Forums. Here you will find web masters by the thousands who post and discuss topics all related to online function. Whether you run your own website, are looking to, [...]
Recently there has been an argument on the GoDaddy Support Forums over the ability to upload files with no file size limit. You can view this thread here. The thread began by jchasko who questioned a file size limit after receiving failures upon uploading files around 4 gigabytes (GB). GoDaddy Forums staff member christianh replied [...]
Within the current year, a couple of researchers from George Mason University, have established a website called WCITLeaks.org. This site allows users to upload and share documents that many government officials don’t want you to know about. One of which being the “Draft Compilation of Proposals with Options for Revisions to the ITRs.” This ties [...]
About a month ago, Facebook settled a lawsuit for “Sponsored Stories” and was forced to pay $10 million. This just became public from federal court in San Jose, California. What is a Facebook Sponsored Story? Sponsored Stores are advertisements including a friend’s name, profile picture, and text saying that they like a certain product, service, [...]
Another quick banner made with a Deathwing render (found here). Just did some smudging and brushing basically as I worked the render into a background color. I then used a brush to paint a mountain like background behind the render. Let me know what you think!