Mike Williams
Coffee-Drinker, Gadget Junkie, Software Developer, Christian Nerd, avid WOW player.
Software Developing tree. How To Become A Programmer / Developer Analyst. So you've decided to explore becoming a programmer/developer.
Good for you! This is a much needed occupation, it's highly rewarding, it pays well, and it's fun! The benefits go on and on. Don't Do It For The Money. Information from INETA NorAm. 10 Best Practices of Code Commenting & Formatting. 15inShare Code commenting and formatting are all about code understandability.
Code understandability is very relevant to code maintainability. So, small details about programming may help maintainability. In this context, some practices about commenting and formatting will be told here: Commenting Comments may be thought as part of the code, so they are really important. Use comments "as required". Sam's ultimate web performance tool and resource list. LexComputerGuru. Signs that you're a good programmer - Software Engineering Tips. The most frequently viewed page on this site is Signs you're a bad programmer, which has also now been published on dead trees by Hacker Monthly, and I think that behoves me to write its antithesis.
"Bad programmer" is also considered inflammatory by some who think I'm speaking down to them. Not so; it was personal catharsis from an author who exhibited many of those problems himself. And what I think made the article popular was the "remedies"--I didn't want someone to get depressed when they recognized themselves, I wanted to be constructive. Therefore if you think you're missing any of the qualities below, don't be offended. I didn't pick these up for a while, either, and many of them came from watching other programmers or reading their code. 1.
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Welcome Board. The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. How to Design a Speedometer Icon in Photoshop. In this detailed Photoshop Tutorial, you’ll learn how to create an amazing speed counter icon and also some nice tricks and tips you can apply on your daily basis when dealing with icon design in Photoshop.
Due to the length of this tutorial, we’ve split this post into 2 parts. You are still welcome to download the free PSD in part 2. Materials Needed: Carbon Pattern Step 1: Setting Up Our Document – Creating our Canvas Create a new Photoshop document (CTRL/OPT+N) and set the different values for the input fields to the ones displayed in the image.
RGB Explore. This pages lets you play with the RGB scheme, combining red, green, and blue light to make any color.
The sliders control the red green and blue lights, each ranging from 0 (off) to 255 (maximum). The intersecting rectangles show the result of adding the red, green, and blue light together -- any color can be created in this way. To make pure red, green, or blue light, just turn up that color, leaving the other two at 0. Hungry Girl. Popcorn Broccoli. Chicken and White Bean Chili. OS. Make Your Own Wi-Fi Hotspot - Testing Development Websites on Mobiles and Tablets. Bake Potatoes in a Slow Cooker or Microwave. The Kim Komando Show - Free Tips, Downloads, Reviews, Software and Advice for Your Digital Lifestyle. What Can I Do With an Old Smartphone (Besides Sell It)? Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory. Top 10 Ways to Unlock the Unlockable.
Make and Freeze Your Own Wraps and Burritos for Healthy, Tasty Breakfasts and Lunches. Build Your Own Tiny Wi-Fi Camera. S “Internet of Things” Camera. March 13, 2012 AT 12:11 am Here’s our Arduino based “Internet of Things” camera.
It’s a simple remote monitoring using the Eye-Fi wireless SD card and Adafruit Data Logging Shield for Arduino. The Eye-Fi card is a tiny wireless memory card. It stores photos and fits inside a camera just like a regular SD card, but also has built-in WiFi transceiver that can upload images to your computer, smartphone or to various photo-sharing sites. We use one here when taking pictures for our tutorials — it’s a great timesaver, eliminating the extra USB transfer step that’s otherwise necessary. What makes this combination way cooler than just a normal SD card or a USB cable to a computer is all the infrastructure provided by the Eye-Fi service — not just transferring images to your computer, but pushing them to your smartphone, photo-sharing sites like Flickr, issuing email or Twitter notifications, etc.
Read more… & code is on GitHub. Related Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time. Fireflies in a Jar. This is a simple project that uses NE-2 neon bulbs in a group of 'relaxation oscillators.' In essence, an RC circuit charges a capacitor at a rate determined by a resistor and discharges the cap though a neon bulb to start the process over.
The effect is a blinking lamp. ClipX. ClipX is a tiny clipboard history manager. It is sweet, it is free, use it.
App Inventor Now Open to All. DataBase Design. Cross Platform. Setup a DIY Network ‘DropBox’ (aka PirateBox) PirateBox allows you to quickly setup a mobile wireless file sharing network.
Basically, it’s a P2P file-sharing device that can turn any space into a temporary, but secure wireless file sharing network. Multiple users within range of the device can connect to the network without any log-in and immediately start downloading or uploading files via their computers or mobile devices. As it is not connected to the internet, the system is secure from outside attacks. Also, users remain anonymous as no user logs are generated. The PirateBox is made up of a wireless router and light-weight Linux server connected to a USB hard drive.
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There is no doubt Star Trek has had a huge impact on society, and I think the cast members should feel proud that they have been a part of a world-changing concept that will only grow stronger with time. There are gadgets, technologies and styles all derived from Star Trek, and I am sure no one could disagree with me when I say that Star Trek has had as much of an impact on the world as Star Wars, if not more. It’s once again a question about which side you vote for. Some say Star Wars, while others say Star Trek, if you know what I mean. TornadoVideos.Net. Please Sign In. International Computer Web Q&A Help. Pyscripter - An open-source Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) ANDROID. Most Popular Chrome Extensions and Posts of 2011. Make Your Own Hands-Free Phone System for Your Car. Top 10 Ways to Turn Your Retired Gadgetry into the Technology of the Future.
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They’re really nice and different, but it’s not always easy to create them. This tutorial will show you how to create your own scrabble tiles set from scratch, so that you can use them anytime with any background you like. It’s really simple and fun, so let’s get started. The Final Result Tutorial Details Software Used : PhotoshopVersion : CS5 ExtendedTime : 0:35 – 1:00 Resources You can download the PSD source file for this tutorial, with a full set of tiles for $3 only.
Step 1 Create a new document with the dimensions you need (depending on the text you want to create), here, the dimentions are 1152 x 864 px. Place the texture D image on top of the Background layer, then change its layer’s Blend Mode to Multiply. Step 2 Set the Foreground color to #ead89f, pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, and make sure that the Radius value in the Options bar is set to 5. Need help converting PSD to EPS using Illustrator. Just a suggestion - I use this for 'problematic' clients who modify their text/images a lot and in a short space of time. It's cumbersome but it keeps everything editable and easy to keep track of. Personally I export to pdf. How to Convert Index to RGB in Photoshop. ChromeOS In VirtualBox – Test Drive It. How To Create Your Own Hand-Sketched Vector Icons. Publish What You Learn. Advertisement. Developers. E-book management. Photoshop. Infographic Creation Made Easy with Visual.ly Create.
Today marks an important milestone for Visual.ly: the release of our tools for automatic infographic creation. Our team has made hundreds of infographics, so we know how hard it can be to find the data, do the necessary research, and make sure you are following the principles of good data visualization, while still coming up with a design that people will want to hang on their wall and spread through the interwebs. That’s why we’ve built data feeds into a number of infographic designs, created for you by our team of expert designers. Making an infographic, based on your own data, couldn’t be easier. Create a Sleek Calendar Icon - Photoshop Tutorial.
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