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42 of the Best Free Linux Video Software

3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows User - Although I think a live CD is easier than most of these its worth checking out if you havn’t been introduced to the world of Linux yet.

Mac vs PC vs Linux (pic) - A nice picture showing the differences between the top operating systems. Although I think they should replace the Ubuntu logo with a Gentoo logo for added comedy. Read more »

We talked about images that could be embeded into the HTML for faster load times. Today we are going to talk about how to compress those images even smaller without quality loss. Often times web developers think that Adobe Photoshop’s “Save for Web” feature does enough compression. I was also under the belief that photoshop would compress images to the max. After compressing about 100 images I found out that this couldn’t be further from the truth. Read more »

For the popular packages Ubuntu has handy little packages that will install/add extentions to PHP, but not for dbase. Dbase is old as dirt and most people don’t use it for much anymore. I was recently working on a legacy app that works with dbase files and this was the extension i needed to allow php to work with the old dbase system.

After searching online for awhile I couldn’t really find a good answer for how to add the extension without completely reinstalling PHP5 from source. Read more »

The meta description effects how search engines will show snippets of your site and effects how your visitors will determine to visit your site based on its description. It is definitely directly related to the chance your site will get clicked. Google chooses its snippets based on many different things, but we can control some of them through writing an effective meta description Read more »

30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should Download - Nuff said.

Browsershots - Cross test your site against pretty much every OS/Browser combination. Read more »

I recently made a purchase through Paypal (with my trusty paypal security key) and noticed that their forms really stood out. They had an effect on their forms that would highlight the row in which you are currently typing. I thought this was a very elegant use of ajax that really added value to the form. This is why I created my own version of it. Read more »

Well its been one year now since my blog started and I can say it has been a lot of fun. I have learned a few things after joining the blogosphere and one of the things I learned is that blogs are not easy. Although they are not easy, they can be extremely rewarding. Read more »

Which Linux Distributions Are Dying? - So which distributions are growing in terms of searches/day? Although this doesn’t necessarily represent popularity it does show how many people are looking for help or new to specific distribution. Interesting none the less.

Mozilla sets Guinness World Record with Firefox 3 launch - Although I can’t say I was part of the download frenzy this is pretty cool. Read more »