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Think rich

April 18, 2011

The main difference between rich and poor people is not in the size of the bank account. That might seem counter intuitive. You can be rich and bankrupt, that is temporary, but being poor is for life. Unless you do drastic changes to your environment, manners, friends and pretty much everything that makes you who [...]

How to make an OSCommerce landing page

OSCommerce can seem kind of closed sometimes, but I asure you: it isn’t. It all about easy custom coding. For landing pages however, it’s more HTML than PHP. Even though your store is all setup nicely, if you are investing in keyword advertising or PPC you want to maximize your return. How do you do [...]

Theme to Browser (T2B) Control

Tags: , , , , , , , , — February 13, 2011

T2B Control is a wordpress plugin that helps you use a different theme depending on the browser you are using. This is great for things like having a dedicated theme for mobile devices (for now just iPhone/iPod), but also is a great way to cheat your way out of CSS hacks and browser specific annoyances [...]

Update on App code | Incomplete Cash Calculator

Tags: , — January 22, 2011

So far a couple of things learned: If you know java or object oriented programming, the learning curve is WAY less steep, but steep never the less. The icon for your app can be found in /res/drawable-ldpi (and mdpi, and hdpi) With out input there’s very little to do, so the basic of all basics [...]

Android App from nothing.

Tags: , — January 15, 2011

Today I will start an Android App from 0% which I will try to document here for 2 reasons: help other people that don’t know anything about App making and to force myself to write. At this point I have written some Java, and by some I mean very little, minimal C++, and tons of [...]

The Incomplete Cash Calculator

Tags: , , , — June 26, 2010

I’ve been programming since i was 10 years old. In Basic, qbasic, pascal, etc … then to javascript, java, php, c, etc. I have done a ton a useful and useless tools. But their use has been for me and myself only. Now for the first time I’m doing the very first public release of [...]

How to Develop a Website Marketing Strategy

Tags: , , , — May 30, 2010

Before designing and implementing any new website, a website marketing strategy should be developed and ready to put into action. This will help ensure the website has a steady stream of traffic, which is important to the success of any website. Without people knowing about and using the site, it will never be able to [...]

Modifying WP Featured Content Slider to use a timer

Tags: , , , , , — May 23, 2010

This is a very neat plugin that does an all too common featured content on WordPress, but it has a HUGE problem which is the lack of a timer for changing the slides. If you go through the code it’s not even ready for a timer to work … which sucks, but that’s ok. Here’s [...]

Web Design Trends for 2010

May 18, 2010

Purists will say that great design is timeless. Yes, in an ideal world, we should ignore trends. Pragmatically speaking, though, there is a lot of value in monitoring and incorporating design trends, especially with regard to websites. Let’s face it: the web changes at a rapid pace. Unlike in other media, design trends on the [...]

60 Minimal and Super Clean Web Designs to Inspire You

Tags: , , , — May 17, 2010

A clean and minimal web design is an effective way to convey an image of elegance and sophistication. This type of design is all about doing more with less, and making use of plenty of white space to let content and page elements breathe. However, it can be difficult to come up with a solid [...]

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