Being involved with computer graphics for 30 plus years now I am always on the lookout for ways to improve image optimization. And let me tell you, there certainly are some massive gains to be had with the WebP image format. All links in this post open in a new...
While I have been enjoying the Chrome Extension “Screenshot Easy” which allows me to capture any area on the screen, it isn’t possible to capture the entire height of a webpage, only what is currently showing on your display. Here’s a Chrome...
Enjoy these free printable comic book pages. Download the PDF and print some or all of the pages inside. There are three different template pages. Let your imagination run wild! Download PDF ...
We run an Android box (the Minix Neo-U1) into a TV that was gifted our way. It’s been almost flawless and operates impressively as we connect wireless from some distance away. After many many months of using Kodi to connect to our Windows 10 desktop in another...
I recently had to copy a static website for a client that no longer had access to their back-end. I used a program called HTTrack Website Copier to download the entire site locally, so that I could then upload it to a new server location. It only comes up once a year...
Ran across this freebie today and know how some of you can never get enough icons. Check out this nice collection put forth by Michael A. and download as CSS/FONT FILE or SVG. 420+ icons! Excerpt from the JAM icons site: Jam icons is a set of icons designed for web...
Whether you’re looking for one or more vector-based SVG icons for your project, Simple Icons at simpleicons.org does a fantastic job of presenting them to you with a no-nonsense and easy to use interface (single-click to download). These icons can be used on the...
I had to accomplish a task today of exporting hundreds of image file names located in a few directories on my computer. Basically the client wanted a spreadsheet of the all the file names I had created. No problem I thought as I had remembered doing this a long time...
Recently after reading Smashing Magazine’s Web Development Reading List #118 and finding out that AdBlock Plus might not be operating completely independently, I took their advice and am now using uBlock Origin. It’s open source software (github here) by...
For many years I would hit the “Prt Scr” key on my keyboard and then paste the screen capture into Photoshop or whatever to play with. Even with multiple monitors the “Prt Scr” key captures everything displayed on all your monitors in one giant...
We’ve come to that point in time my friends that I’m posting a food tip on my site. A completely odd topic and non-tech related, though the blog sidebar does say “the odd life pro tip”—and this perfect rice recipe is a game changer! First off,...
Unless I’m mistaken and you don’t use the Internet much at all, YOU NEED a password manager. Here’s the gist. KeePass is free, open-source, cross-platform, light-weight password management program for Windows. If you aren’t using Windows but...
I can only imagine that there are many online alarm clocks. That may be. But I wanted to share with you one that I have been using for a very very long time. So handy. Made even more handy when I work at the computer for many hours a day. Need a reminder to pick up...
This post is being shared with you so you can understand how easy it is to use a fictitious email address when signing up for some sort of web service. Likely this web service may send you one confirmation email and then after that send spam to you, or sell your email...
If you’ve got some time on your hands check out documentaryaddict.com which has more than 5,000 free documentaries to watch online. They’ve done a nice job of categorizing the videos and as well offer user ratings so you can easily view the “Top 100...
