With the advent of graphic and photo design software such as Adobe’s Photoshop, it has become increasingly easier to create realistic looking (ie. more “hand-drawn”) cartoons and animations. We’re going to show you a couple techniques you can use to convert any photo into a cartoonized version. In other words, how to turn a photo into a cartoon…
Having your own toll free 800 number is less expensive and easier to setup than you may think. And it makes your business look more professional. In addition to a small monthly fee, you only pay when a call is made, and you can setup forwarding to further minimize your costs. But there’s a lot of providers vying for your business – how does Kall8 stack up to the competition?
Finding a reliable hosting solution can be a daunting task. We review the three main levels of hosting available – shared, VPS, and dedicated; and show you the important factors in selecting a reliable hosting provider. Then, we show you our editor’s pick for best dedicated host…
What is caching? A cache is a repository that saves a static version of a page, and loads it up when a user requests it. Websites, as well as browsers, use caching to reduce page load times and increase performance…
We give you PHP and ASP send email scripts (with SMTP authentication), which you can use to send email from another email address. This is useful for unsubscribing from those pesky email newsletters to which you are subscribed with an alias (forwarding address), and must reply to with an email from the address that is subscribed to the newsletter…
Regardless of where you live, modern science has not yet found a way to keep the air dust free. That means with time, dust will accumulate inside your computer. The question is – will this dust affect its performance over the long run, and if so, how do you clean your computer? It’s easier than you might think…
CMS stands for Content Management System. A CMS lets you update and manage your website without needing a wealth of technical know-how. The open source community is a software community of developers that contribute their time freely to developing software for everyone. We take a look at the best open source CMS options out there…
Microsoft has finally acknowledged the need for a way for developers and Web designers alike to test webpages in various versions of their market dominating Internet Explorer browser. That acknowledgment is known as Microsoft Super Preview. Super Preview allows you to view your website on Internet Explorer 6,7, and 8 – so you can make sure your website looks as intended (ie. the same) in each browser…
Trying to login to Paypal, your bank or credit card account, airline website, Yahoo, MSN, or any number of other online sites and for some reason Firefox doesn’t ask you if you want to save your password? So, you have to type it in every time you want to log in. We show you how to force it to remember your passwords…
Drupal comes with many handy modules, not the least of which are the Adsense and Adsense Injector modules – which let you control the look, feel, and placement of your Adsense ads within your Drupal pages. The problem? The Adsense injector, while having the right intentions, isn’t quite to the level where it will allow you to “inject” ads into the middle of your content. We show you how to tweak your template files and allow automatic insertion of ads after a particular number of paragraphs…