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Free Programming Courses For Kids

Updated 24. May 2013 - 7:40 by rob.schifreen

Like many industries, IT developer training is rapidly moving to an online model.  One of the leading players in this area is Pluralsight, which bills itself as providing "hardcore developer training".  Think Youtube, but consisting of professionally-produced training material for techies, at around $50 a month for all you can eat.

To promote its service, Pluralsight has started to create some online courses for children, which cover various aspects of programming in a child-focused fun way.  They're all free to access, once you've registered.

Design Your Perfect Garden

Updated 21. May 2013 - 23:31 by rob.schifreen

If you were wondering where I'd been for the past couple of days, I was lucky enough to get to visit the Chelsea Flower Show.  This is probably the most prestigious event of the year for gardeners, and it takes place in London each May.

Wherever you live in the world, you can probably catch some of the show on TV if you're interested.  We were there on press day, and there were journalists in attendance from the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, France, and more besides.  

15 GB of Free Cloud Storage

Updated 21. May 2013 - 23:29 by rob.schifreen

The rapid fall in the price of storage continues to amaze me.  My first hard disk was a 20 MB model, and cost me thousands of dollars.  And yet when Dropbox started the consumer cloud-based storage industry a few years ago, they could afford to give away 2,000 MB (or 2 GB) for free.

Eight PDF Files You Don’t Want to Open

Updated 23. May 2013 - 2:52 by v.laurie

One of the largest sources of malware infections is PDF files with scripts buried in them. The embedded JavaScripts have instructions to download and install various types of malware. The Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat are the major targets for this kind of attack. Although Adobe seems to issue an unending stream of updates, many PC users still get infected. Here is a tip to help avoid malicious PDF files.

Turn Any Image Into an Animated Gif

Updated 19. May 2013 - 0:24 by rob.schifreen

Unlike image file formats such as bmp and jpg, the "gif" format has a unique trick up its sleeve. It supports animated images, and most web browsers will happily display the animation as standard.  So, for example, if you upload an animated gif file as your profile image or avatar on a web-based forum, or even Twitter, everyone will see the animation.

Creating animated gifs isn't always easy, but there's a handy web site that will apply one of a number of selected effects to the digital image of your choice.

Don't Put All Your Gigs In One Basket

Updated 16. May 2013 - 23:57 by rob.schifreen

If you are still searching for a cloud-based storage system, the people behind the remote access system called LogMeIn have created a new one.  It's called Cubby, and you can reach it at www.cubby.com.

Assuming you have an account with LogMeIn (www.logmein.com), just sign in with that account and you'll get 5 GB of free storage to start with.  If you don't have a LogMeIn account, just go to the site and create one.

Time to Acquaint Yourself With The Windows 8 App Store

Updated 15. May 2013 - 15:41 by rob.schifreen

If you use Windows 8 and you haven't yet tried out the inbuilt app store, you need to find some time to do so within the next few weeks.

Microsoft announced yesterday that a major update for Win8, formerly known as Windows Blue but now officially called Windows 8.1, will be available at the end of June.  It is rumoured that this update will address some of the major criticisms of Windows 8, perhaps bringing back the familiar Start menu or allowing you to boot straight into desktop mode.

View, Edit and Delete The Cookies On Your PC

Updated 14. May 2013 - 23:37 by rob.schifreen

When you visit a web site, the site often stores information about you on your own PC, in a small text file called a cookie.  Mostly, it simply stores a record of your unique ID number, so that it can recognize you if you log in again at a later date.  It may also store details of your activity on the site, so that the site, or other sites to which it is affiliated, can show you adverts which are relevant to the topics you've been viewing.

Brilliant Text Editor Automatically Illustrates Your Work

Updated 14. May 2013 - 1:34 by rob.schifreen

A few weeks ago I wrote about a free online text editor called TextEvo (www.textevo.com).  Since then, the guys behind the site have been adding lots of new features.  It is now integrated with Flickr, and can automatically change the background of your writing area to a photo that reflects what you're typing!  The picture updates every 30 seconds or so, and is a really neat idea.

The Fastest, Least Complicated Image Viewer I've Seen

Updated 12. May 2013 - 0:00 by rob.schifreen

The web is full of free programs that allow you to view your collections of digital image files.  However, most of them are unduly complex.  Thankfully, Nexus Image is an exception.

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