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A blog about web and IT. Sharing things I use at work.

CPU benchmarks and the HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet PC

Posted by Mr.Editor Saturday, May 29, 2010 0 comments
So you are about to buy a new computer and suddenly you discover that the number of choices are endless. Distant is the time when choosing a computer was basically choosing among 3 or 4 microprocessors, a graphics card, the amount of RAM and a large hard disk. Even if these items are not so difficult to choose even now a days, you will probably get stuck when it comes to the heart of the computer, the microprocessor. Models and models,...

Facebook Fan Pages vs. Networked Blogs

Posted by Mr.Editor Wednesday, May 26, 2010 0 comments
Facebook Fan Pages vs. Networked Blogs Love it or hate it, Facebook is here to stay. Despite challenges around user privacy and an ever-changing interface, Facebook is rapidly becoming THE gateway to content for many users. As a blogger, Facebook can be a great tool to promote and share your content to potential readers. But the real question is…what’s the best way to do that? (…)...

Template actions: download, backup, edit and restore

Posted by Mr.Editor Thursday, May 13, 2010 0 comments
This tutorial describes how to perform a backup of your template, how to edit your template and how to restore your template. tip level: beginner   Some times people find problems editing their template and then I figure out that the root for the problem is because they didn't select the "Expand Widget Templates" check box. So, if you are using the code directly from this check box, be sure to select it:     However,...

Facebook Like button XFBML tutorial

Posted by Mr.Editor Monday, May 10, 2010 26 comments
While searching for a solution that would let me add the "Like" button plus the ability to leave a comment on the "Liked" item (see picture on the left), I finally found the solution that I share bellow. Just follow exactly the next instructions and that's it....

Programming Language Popularity Index

Posted by Mr.Editor Wednesday, May 5, 2010 0 comments
Bellow are 3 ranks of popular programming languages. It's build with the "Language Popularity Index" tool, which is "a fully automatic, transparent, open-source and free tool to measure the popularity of programming languages on the Internet". Surprise, surprise, the C programming language is again on the top (see the post "C programming language back at number 1 position!"). And Ada shows up on the 10th position for general-purpose...

State of the Internet Operating System

Posted by Mr.Editor Sunday, May 2, 2010 0 comments
Something interesting to be read: State of the Internet Operating System - Part 1, Part 2. By Tim O'Reilly....
This post contains some guidelines to improve the security level of your Blogger blog and some tips to recover control Two reasons may have driven you to this page: you are in trouble and I hope you can find some help here; you came by chance and you had better check the following tips. Believe me, security problems are real even if they haven't yet hit you. Here are some tips and guidelines you should follow.  ...

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