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Everyone likes to share files and photos online with friends and colleagues but most people do not want the hassle that comes with that. The need to constantly upload the files, ensuring that only allowed people have access to your files and so on. If you want to share your files with little or no problem check out DropBox. Dropbox is yet another online storage service but is very easy to use.  DropBox allows you to share your files with other people with little or no effort on your part. If you are comfortable using Windows folder to move files around you will feel at home using DropBox.  All you have to do is download and install the desktop client on your computer and copy your files to your dropbox folder. The application works just like Windows explorer. You can manage files just like you would manage your files under Windows or Mac. Any changes you make to your files will automatically be synched to your DropBox online storage account. The synchronization is almost real time. More

Regular expressions provide a powerful and flexible way to search for phrases or characters but they are also confusing and many developers find them quite daunting. If you have been reluctant to learn regular expressions because of their apparent complexity, fear no more. More

Vector Magic is a Stanford University research project for vectorizing raster (bitmap) images online.
This is a free online tool to convert bitmap images ( JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF format) to vector images (EPS,SVG, PNG). This tool is similar to Adobe Illustrator’s Live Trace and CorelDRAW’s PowerTRACE but this one is free.

Check out the comparison page to see how this free tool outperforms these two leading commercial products.

The process of vecrotizing (tracing) is simple. You upload your image file and with a click of button you get a vectorized copy of your image. Save the image to your computer and you are done.

VectorMagic use cookies to keep a list of your last 30 images for 30 days.
So you can go back to your images later to view and revectorize them. You can share your images, stored on VectorMagic servers, with other people. You can either share your private link to the images that will enable them to modify the images on VectorMagic servers or just share a view only link.

Keyboard shortcuts are often more efficient than clicking mouse buttons. Of course the hard part is to learn and memorize the shortcuts. But once you start using keyboard you probably will not go back to mouse-clicking.
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Did you know that there are approximately 1.5 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide? The number is growing everyday and with that the number of people who use their handheld devices to browse Internet is also rapidly increasing. Imagine the number of visitors you can get to your website if you have a website designed for mobile devices. Your normal website will not look as pretty on a small screen as on a desktop screen.

You need a version of your website optimized for small screen devices. Certainly, building a mobile website requires time and effort. Interested in a mobile website but do not have resources to develop? Here is good news for you.
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Two days ago I updated WordPress to v2.3.1. I also changed my blog URL to my root directory. Following the instructions on WordPress’ website I copied their .htaccess file to my root directory. After that I could not access some of the admin pages on my website. I opened a trouble ticket for Dreamhost. I expected that someone from their support team will fix my problem in at least two to three days. But they proved me wrong. Within less than 10 minutes I received an email from them. While opening the message I was thinking that it was just an auto-responser. But I was wrong again! They not only found the problem but actually fixed it. Incredible. Thanks Dreamhost for your great customer service.

Can’t think of a good domain name for your new website? I have good news for you. PickyDomain.com offers an innovative solution for your problem. Here is how it works.

You register at PickyDomain.com and deposit 50 dollars and tell them about the site you need a name for. Also tell them maximum words you want in your domain name and include the keywords that absolutely have to be in the domain. Would you like dashes or no dashes, dot com only or not, etc.

They will your information to their contributors and you will start getting list of available domain names via e-mail. If you see a name that’s a perfect match for your website, register it and let them know the domain name, they then pay the person who came up with the name. If you don’t like any of the domain names they suggest, they will refund your 50 dollars upon your request.

Check their service at
PickyDomains | Risk-Free Domain Naming Service

Want to collect input from your web site’s visitors? Don’t have time or expertise to develop the contact form yourself? Don’t worry. Dustin Diaz’s AJAX based contact form is quite easy to use. You can get the code here. I fixed couple of bugs in the original script and deployed the form at my personal website.

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