Archive | December, 2007

4 Effective Web Design Tips

Your goal may be to display a simple Website that introduces your company and products or services. Or you might be thinking about developing a fully functional ecommerce site. There are plenty of design options to meet your desires and needs. Here are 4 tips that will help you design a Website that meets your goals.

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‘Mind-Reading’ Games Just in Time for Christmas

Sega’s recent announcement that it will be incorporating mind-reading technology from NeuroSky into some games prompts the question: Is the age of brain control upon us? Not quite — the tech needs work, but many companies plan to incorporate it into games and gadgets. Powered by ScribeFire.

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Set Your Alarm for Bedtime

Alarm clocks can be useful not only in the morning… More productivity tips from www.howtowakeupearly.com

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Save some energy over the holidays

Posted by Bill Weihl, Green Energy CzarHere’s a suggestion for everyone to save energy over the holidays (and at other times!): turn off your computer and monitor or put them into “sleep” mode when you’re not using them.Why? The typical desktop PC uses…

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8 Tips for Making a Family Holiday Video that Doesn’t Suck

Dusting off the old camcorder to record this year’s edition of holiday bliss? Before you torture friends and family with another two-hour epic, let the MindBites production team offer 8 simple tips on How to Make a Rockin’ Holiday Video.

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Web Framework Django has a new Book

Fans of the excellent Python based web application framework Django will be happy to find out that Christmas has come early this year. Apress has just published The Django Book. Every good framework needs excellent documentation in order to break through. It’s a sign that the software has come into it’s own. Django is no [...]

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How much do your vampire appliances cost you?

I just purchased a Mitsubishi DLP TV. I love the picture, but even more than the picture I love the warm blue glow of the power indicator that washes my room in high tech lighty goodness. Given that our power is not free, I got to wondering how much power my DLP screen consumes even [...]

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Save Driving Time – Avoid Left Turns

Interested in cutting down on your driving time? It’s easy. Avoid left turns. At least that’s what UPS is doing. according to Heather Robinson, a U.P.S. spokeswoman, the software helped the company shave 28.5 million miles off its delivery routes, which has resulted in savings of roughly three million gallons of gas and has reduced [...]

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Google Toolbar: Take your tools with you

Posted by Aseem Sood, Product Manager, Google Toolbar TeamI’ve started to notice something peculiar about the Toolbar team, and that’s this: we literally can’t seem to stop carrying the Toolbar around with us. When we moved to a new space in our Mounta…

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Adding Model Field Validation to the Django Admin Page

Django, the hot Python web application framework, provides an excellent administration user interface out of the box. Django originated in the newsroom and it’s reflected throughout the code. The idea behind including an admin interface is that reporters can work on easily submitting their content while the code jockeys work on the fun stuff – [...]

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