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Lessons Learned From Maintaining a WordPress Plug-In

John Doe — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:18:00 +0000

Recently I released a WordPress plugin for Google Analytics that adds a tracking code and dozens of various pieces of meta data to blogs. Since the release of version 4, I’ve updated it 6 times, to the point where it’s now at version 4.0.6. In this article I would like to share with you my experiences in maintaining this and other WordPress plug-ins and common good practices that I’ve distilled from that work.

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Lessons Learned From Maintaining a WordPress Plug-In

Using Illustrator CS5 Tools to Create a Painted House – Vector Premium Tutorial

John Doe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:59 +0000

We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to use a combination of the new Illustrator CS5 features – including the Perspective Grid and Natural Media Brushes – to create a 100% vector illustration with a painted finish, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This Tutorial is Filled with Creative Techniques You will learn how to create a scene with perspective and paint all its elements with the Natural Media brushes that create an excellent painting simulation with brush strokes that can be freely edited.

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Using Illustrator CS5 Tools to Create a Painted House – Vector Premium Tutorial

Disable Spotlight Searches to Improve iPhone 3G Performance on iOS 4 []

John Doe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:56 +0000

If you’re still a loyal iPhone 3G owner and upgraded to iOS 4, you’ve probably noticed one major new thing: slowness. You can downgrade to 3.1.3 , but more than one Gizmodo commenter suggest a fix that’s worked for them. More »

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Disable Spotlight Searches to Improve iPhone 3G Performance on iOS 4 []

Net Index Ranks Local ISPs Based on Real User Tests [Bandwidth]

John Doe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:04:54 +0000

SpeedTest.net is the most well-known connection testing tool on the web.

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Net Index Ranks Local ISPs Based on Real User Tests [Bandwidth]

Hack an Induction Charger to Work with Any Cellphone [DIY]

John Doe — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:15:54 +0000

Inductive charging is a pretty convenient way to charge your phone, but kits for less popular devices are hard to come by. Here’s how to hack your phone to charge wirelessly, using another phone’s kit. More »

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Hack an Induction Charger to Work with Any Cellphone [DIY]

Passing The Holy Milestone: How To Meet Deadlines

John Doe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:44:14 +0000

For too many projects, there comes a time when every action taken, every decision and sacrifice made, is spurred on by pressure to finish. Tempers seem to shrink along with the available days, talk about “high standards” gives way to “good enough,” and people realize that dead lines are aptly named. During the last-minute crunch, someone may well wonder, how did it come to this? Could it have been prevented? Every Web project has deadlines.

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Passing The Holy Milestone: How To Meet Deadlines

New eBook From Smashing Magazine: Mastering Photoshop For Web Design

John Doe — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:11:01 +0000

Mastering Photoshop for Web Design is the third book in our eBook series, and it’s definitely the best eBook we’ve published so far. It was written from scratch by our regular writer Thomas Giannattasio, exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. We are very proud of the result, in particular because of the high quality of tips, ideas and techniques that Thomas — who is a deep expert in Adobe Photoshop — presents in his book. Mastering Photoshop is written for advanced and intermediate designers who want to brush up on their workflow and improve their Photoshop skills

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New eBook From Smashing Magazine: Mastering Photoshop For Web Design

Brush Up on Your Mac Terminal Kung-Fu [Terminal]

John Doe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:03 +0000

The Super User forums has a collection of tips and paste-able commands for Mac OS X’s Terminal that are, by turns, brilliant, funny, and obscure but great. Suggestions include quickly checking what apps are eating your memory ( top -o vsize ), run a Spotlight-style search from the command line ( mdfind ), and a clever little script that one user put together to trick his wife into thinking a MacBook has overheated and needs to be shut down—so he can grab it back. [ Super User via Daring Fireball ] More »

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Brush Up on Your Mac Terminal Kung-Fu [Terminal]

IKEA Jerker Do-It-Yourself Treadmill Desk

John Doe — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:01 +0000

The muscle soreness I’m experiencing today after walking around Comic-Con this weekend made me realize: I’ve got to incorporate more standing and walking into my daily routine. Maybe a treadmill desk ? There are some expensive desks made to fit over a treadmill (sold separately), but someone on Hacker News modified an IKEA Jerker desk to do the job. The discontinued but beloved model of desk, which I already own , plus one of those utilitarian wire shelving units gives you a wide monitor stand plus plenty of component/wire storage and keyboard and mouse room.

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IKEA Jerker Do-It-Yourself Treadmill Desk

Create an Application Shortcut to Open Nautilus as Root in Ubuntu [Linux Tip]

John Doe — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:17:04 +0000

You need root access to edit a lot of files in Linux, but Terminal work can get tedious. Here”s a simple way to add a shortcut to your applications menu for a root-enabled Nautilus. More »