amazon webstores

amazon webstores

• http://astore.amazon.co.uk/fsse8info-21
• http://astore.amazon.co.uk/osde8info-21
• http://astore.amazon.co.uk/webdev21-21

mermaid opensource markdown-like script language for generating charts

mermaid opensource markdown-like script language for generating charts from text via javascript.

• https://github.com/knsv/mermaid/wiki
• http://jsbin.com/wekitoqebu/1/edit

ubuntu alternatives

as well as the select-editor command ubuntu update-alternatives lets you make your favorite browser, texteditor etc your default

• http://linux.die.net/man/8/update-alternatives

find out what your default apps are currently with

$ su -
# update-alternatives --get-selections

use update-alternatives –config to interactively change a single alt

$ su -
# update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

or if you have a lot of spare time you can set ALL your favorite default apps

$ su -
# update-alternatives -all

build responsive sites with css viewport percentage lengths and test them with goog mobile tester

build responsive sites with css viewport percentage lengths

• https://medium.com/@ryanallen_com/responsive-type-with-only-css-82b846370cc9
• http://codepen.io/wossname/pen/raVezv
• http://codepen.io/wossname/pen/QwbMBb/

test them with goog mobile tester

• https://medium.com/@ryanallen_com/google-may-penalize-non-mobile-friendly-sites-a8fa7c1fab0b
• https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

Opera’s Coast browser gets Turbo feature, discovery and more

Gigaom

The Norwegian browser firm Opera has released version 4 of its Coast browser for iOS, adding the data-compressing Turbo feature that’s already in its other browsers. The feature saves money on data use and makes for faster browsing.

Coast is a sort of experimental browser for Apple devices that eschews tabs and such things in favor of a more content-centric approach. To that end, the new version also includes [company]Opera[/company]’s Discover feature, which makes it easier to find new content from across the web without needing to use a search engine as such.

“We want to take our commitment to content a step further in the latest edition of Opera Coast,” product manager Huib Kleinhout said in a statement. “Browsers of the future need to treat the web like a candy store, and re-imagine the best way to help users find, access, enjoy and share their favorite content. There’s…

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google renames “zeitgeist” annual search stats “trends”

google renames “zeitgeist” annual search stats “trends”

• 2011 http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/
• 2012 http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/2012/#the-world
• 2013 ?
• 2014 http://www.google.com/trends/2014/

thanks to

• http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/16/these-were-the-10-top-trending-searches-on-google-in-2014/
• http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/16/googles-top-searches-of-2014-robin-williams-world-cup-and-ebola/

what if e-cigarettes become so fashionable they attract users who have never smoked ?

what if e-cigarettes become so fashionable they attract users who have never smoked ?

• http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/13/e-cigarettes-vaping-safe-old-fashioned-smoke

see also

• http://thevapelab.co.uk/