Social Network Login Status Detector Demo This is a demonstration of how a website can detect which Social Networks a user is logged into when they visit. In my tests it seems to work in all the major browsers (Firefox, Chrome, IE 7+, Safari and Opera). For details please see my post on how to detect which social networks your visitors are logged into. You are not currently logged in to Facebook You are not currently logged in to Twitter You are not currently logged in to Google You are not currently logged in to GooglePlus If you want to prevent sites from being able to detect this then for Firefox you can try RequestPolicy or NoScript.
Iconoclasm What can be said about the save icon? It is a diskette. It is often blue. And of course, as others have pointed out, many (soon to be most) people using computers today have never touched one and never will. Yet you could say the same for a the “home” icon (millions will never own a house), the “phone” icon (used a model 500 lately?) The simple fact is that there is a shared visual orthography in which some things are acknowledged worldwide, and this overpowers the logical suggestion to constantly update it. The snake will not run out of tail to eat. The Noun Project is a fun exploration of this concept — that there are, say, 32×32-pixel versions of every concept in the dictionary. But what are the chances these new ideas are going to be truly new? Maybe I lost you there. What did you expect when our data started coming from nowhere and being beamed into the blue? In the meantime, we will be seeing more and more creative reflections of the real world upon the virtual, and vice versa.
AIB-WEB (Associazione Italiana Biblioteche) Laying the Draw System « Betfair System The article describes one of the methods of live (or in-play) trading that exploits the statistics of match draws. The method can be successfully used in the football betting sector, where draws are highly unpredictable but occur in 25-30% of the matches. Laying the draw is among the simplest Betfair trading systems that guarantee profits regardless of the outcome. We assume that you’ve carefully read Betfair Trading tutorial, which illustrates the basics of trading on the world’s largest betting exchange platform. To quickly demonstrate how lay the draw strategy works, let’s take a Friendly International match between England and Ghana. On the In-Play Coupon page you’ll find three columns stating the market’s back and lay odds for three possible outcomes. After selecting the games, the next obvious step is to decide upon the lay stake. Can you feel the magic? Picking the Games to Lay Picking the right games is crucial for lay the draw system. Lay the Draw Exit Strategy