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On a whim today I decided to give Sumo Paint a try. I'm
really surprised with the quality of this product. I never would have guessed that
a free, browser-based image editing tool would be so responsive and easy to use.
If you're into image editing, why not give it …
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As you can see, I'm giving a new widget a whirl.
BlogRush is an RSS syndication service
that presents on-topic posts from around the Blogosphere to your readers.
Generally, I don't buy into all this "Blogosphere" whoo-ha, but in this case it really seems to be a win-win situation. Readers …
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More giving credit where credit is due.
I recently had the great misfortune of opening Slaptijack in Internet Explorer. I was so horrified with how the site looked in IE, I immediately enlisted the help of Web Developer Stephen Hebert of Acadian Imaging. Generally, I prefer to figure these sorts …
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Without much fanfare, Slaptijack broke into the Alexa Top 1,000,000 web sites earlier this week. Although the Alexa ranking is notoriously inaccurate, it does give some gauge of a site's popularity.
Since Alexa relies on their toolbar to determine the reach of a website, I'd like to thank …
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Until recently, I used websites to convert PNGs or JPEGs into ICOs for me. My method was pretty simple: Google for "convert PNG to ICO" and use the first site that came up.
I've recently decided that this method is bogus. Creating a 16x16 favicon.ico is incredibly simple, as …
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Now, through the magic of FeedBurner and email, you can get daily updates of the happenings here at Slaptijack. To get an update when new content is posted to the site, simply enter your email address in the form below, and enjoy the flow of SlaptiGoodness.
Once you sign up …
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John Chow, Evil Genius, is once again up to his evil ways. This time, he's giving away an LG 24" wide-screen LCD monitor! As John knows, in order to make money, you have to spend money. This contest is sponsored by BlueFur, who not only hosts John Chow dot Com …
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Just a quick note.
Slaptijack recently broke into the Technorati Top 100,000. Obviously, this doesn't mean a whole lot (and may not last long), but it's sure neat to see that Rank number shrink from 7 digits to 5 over the last two months. With a little luck, and …
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Welcome to post #100! Since this is a bit of a milestone, I thought I'd put up a super chart.
The image below shows the grow of RSS subscribers over the last 100 posts.
Although the growth is modest, I think its impressive considering this site has lived between Google …
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I've recently begun designing my own WordPress theme. The last time I really worked with any sort of web "design" (I'm using that word rather loosely here), layout was done via tables instead of divs. Stephen at Acadian Imaging told me that in order to get my theme to work …
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John Chow dot Com is a blog that helps you make money online. If you do a review of his blog, he'll link to you so his readers can check you out. There, I said it.
Actually, John Chow really isn't evil, but he is a genius at working the …
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Important commands: sips
A few folks have asked me where I got the nice looking Software Update icon for my post regarding Apple's Security Update 2007-004. First, let me say, "Thanks for noticing!" Second, let me point out that Steve Jobs will probably be knocking on the door of the …
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I thought I should give credit where credit is due.
Making PNGs with alpha-channel transparency in Photoshop
I used David Chess' tutorial on PNG alpha-channel transparency in Adobe® Photoshop® to create the Slaptijack sandwich logo. When I first started working on the logo, I was completely lost. I knew I …
