For video chat, mounting your web cam over your monitor makes sense. For capturing your DIY projects and other filming, however, a boom arm is in order. This clever DIY hack turns a $9 IKEA lamp into a functional camera boom. Continue reading →

When building WordPress themes ( or any websites for that matter ) it helps to build up some resources that you can use over and over again to cut down on development time. The development process starts with the initial layout in a program like Photoshop or Fireworks and then on to the HTML / CSS coding. Once you have the required pages coded up, you can then start developing the theme itself and then finally testing the theme within WordPress.

Today’s post is one for your bookmarks as I roundup lots of resources for each stage of the development process. Continue reading →

Every millisecond counts when you’re browsing the web, and if you’d like to eke a bit more speed out of your internet connection, you can change your DNS server to make those pages load a bit faster. Here’s a brief introduction to what DNS is, how it affects your connection speed, and how you can easily change your computer’s settings to use the fastest DNS possible. More »

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