Top Free Image Optimization Tools
Making your images load faster is extremely important for page load performance on your site. It makes your pages load faster, which makes for happier visitors, and better search engine performance for your site. Page load time is also a …
Why Linux Mint is Awesome
Linux Mint is one of the most under-rated Linux distributions out there, yet it provides a lot of value, even for seasoned Linux hackers. If you haven’t tried it out yet, you’re missing out. What do people say about Linux Mint? …
Common Code Smells
You may have heard the term “code smells” lately, it seems its being talked about frequently again. In this short post I’ll explain what they are, and a few of them you may run across. What is a Code Smell? A Code Smell is …
Dont Build El Caminos
The quickest way to disappoint everyone is by trying to please everyone and software is no different. Sometimes trying to make a “one size fits all” solution can get you into trouble. Remember the El Camino? Back in the late 60s …
How to Build C# apps on Your Raspberry Pi
Get notified when new tutorials are posted: Want to run and build .Net applications on your Raspberry Pi? In this article I’ll show you how. With Mono you can develop and run .Net applications on your Raspberry Pi. I got a few emails …
The Single Responsibility Principle
There’s a lot of genius in simplicity. This applies to many things in life and definitely in software development. SRP, or Single Responsibility Principle is one of the foundations building better software. It’s a good way to …
How to Watch Netflix in Ubuntu Linux
One of the biggest hurdles to Linux adoption is getting stuff to work in Linux that works great in Windows. Microsoft has enjoyed a huge market share over the years, and because of that when companies develop commercial software they target …
Raspberry Pi Programming For Beginners
Want to learn how to write some apps for the Raspberry Pi? Today I’m going to kick off a new series of tutorials related to the Raspberry Pi and programming. This is a series that will be aimed at beginners, but seasoned programmers …
The Top 10 Raspberry Pi Blogs
Do you love the Raspberry Pi as much as I do? Ever since I first heard of it I’ve been trying to keep up on all the latest happenings with this device. Here is a list of great blogs and other places to get Raspberry Pi content. The …
How To Set Up Wireless Networking with Ubuntu on a G4 PowerBook
Today I’m going to explain how to set up wireless networking on G4 PowerBook running Ubuntu. It’s an oddly specific post that will probably help around two people a year, but since I had to do it recently I figured I would share …