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Pimp Your PC – 25 CPU Coolers You Should See

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Pimp Your PC – 25 CPU Coolers You Should See


Pimp Your PC – 25 CPU Coolers You Should See

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Like the way we expect a man to be able to know his way around a car, we expect geeks to be able to fix his own PC – whether it be a software- or hardware-related issue. So when a desktop PC overheats, causing a loss in performance, a geek or gamer’s first thought would be to improve cooling to the CPU.

Enermax ETS T40-TA

Changing a CPU cooler cannot be done on pre-built PC, the kind you buy off the shelves. This is why a common trait of a geek is being able to build their own, cheaper and often better-performing desktop PC. Whether or not you are into building or modding your PC, be sure to check out these 25 CPU Coolers that make your system look and perform cooler.

Shadow Rock 2. [$75.43]

Shadow Rock 2

Zalman Reserator 3 Max. [$129.87]

Zalman Reserator 3 Max

Cooler Master Hyper T4. [$32.89]

NOFAN CR-95C. [$68.68]

NOFAN CR-95C

Phanteks PH-TC14PE. [$84.99]

Phanteks PH-TC14PE

Thermaltake SpinQ. [$59.99]

Thermaltake SpinQ

Asus Artic Square. [$49.99]

Asus Artic Square

Coolermaster GeminII. [$58.95]

Coolermaster GeminII

Prolimatech Armageddon. [$99.32]

Prolimatech Armageddon

Zalman CNPS9900DF. [$93.67]

Zalman CNPS9900DF

Cooler Master Hyper 103. [$32.00]

Cooler Master Hyper 103

Cooler Master V8 GTS. [$99.99]

Cooler Master V8 GTS

Cooler Master V10. [$109.99]

Cooler Master V10

Coolermaster X6. [$40.05]

Coolermaster X6

Coolgate 2012. [$60.02]

Enermax ETS T40-TA. [$47.95]

Enermax ETS T40-TA

Grand Karma Cross 2. [$64.80]

Grand Karma Cross 2

Lion Square. [$51.44]

Lion Square

Rosewill RCX-Z300. [$14.99]

Rosewill RCX-Z300

Thermaltake NiC C4. [$50.95]

Thermaltake V1. [$27.99]

Thermaltake BigTyp14Pro. [$64.99]

SilverArrow SB-E Extreme. [$99.90]

Zalman CNPS5X Performa. [$19.99]

Swiftech MCX-VCore. [$59.95]

Swiftech MCX-VCore


    


17 Premium Horizontal Scrolling WordPress Themes

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 06:01 AM PDT

When you think of a WordPress theme, you probably picture your average vertical-scrolling (up and down) theme; these types are definitely the most popular. However, if you’re looking to make your blog stand out or just want a unique portfolio theme, you may want to consider changing the orientation – to a horizontal-scrolling (left to right) theme.

Some WordPress themes that scroll horizontally may put you in the mind of reading a book – something that many readers are sure to appreciate. Horizontal-scrolling themes are also great for designers, artists and illustrators who want to showcase their work since it’s a more natural way of looking through designs and artwork.

No matter your reasoning for wanting to use a side-scrolling theme, you’re sure to find one below that really suits you. Here are 17 premium horizontal-scrolling WordPress themes.

Scroll

Scroll is a very simple responsive portfolio theme that features horizontal-scrolling galleries on the homepage and portfolio pages; all other page types scroll vertically. It includes four background options, three page templates, custom widgets and social media icons.

[Features | Demo | $49.00]

Fluxux

Fluxux is a beautiful magazine-inspired portfolio theme with three different homepage types: slideshow, "hello," and portfolio with horizontal scrolling. It also features horizontal portfolio pages, a horizontal blog, a contact page with Google Maps integration, shortcodes and integrated social sharing.

[Features | Demo | $45.00]

Highlight

Highlight is a clean, minimalistic portfolio theme that comes with two color schemes (light and dark) and nine custom widgets. There’s also a Theme Options page to help you customize the colors, fonts, social network links and logo for your theme.

[Features | Demo | $40.00]

Parkour

Parkour is a responsive theme that comes with three different types of blog styles, two of which scroll horizontally. It’s loaded with features like a full-screen portfolio page, six color schemes, custom widgets, contact page with Google Maps integration, shortcodes and much more.

[Features | Demo | $40.00]

Sideswipe

Sideswipe is a fluid and responsive grid-based portfolio theme that supports images, galleries, videos, audio, quotes and standard posts. You can use the theme customizer to change your colors, fonts, logo and background; plus, you can add custom CSS. There are a variety of page templates and you can use the keyboard or mouse to navigate between images.

[Features | Demo | $75.00]

The Curator

The Curator is a unique semi-responsive timeline theme for museums, artists and designers that want to display their work in chronological order. Your content can be sorted by year, decade, century, or millennium. It includes image sliders for each post and Theme Options thanks to the OptionTree plugin.

[Features | Demo | $50.00]

Crea WP

Crea WP is a really unique flash-like theme built with HTML5 that features a full-screen layout, horizontal page transitions, parallax background, two types of sliders (fade and carousel) and three custom content types (photo albums, portfolio, slides). With the integrated background builder, you can customize the colors and position of your background and even add layers.

[Features | Demo | $35.00]

Horizzon

Horizzon is a creative theme with multiple columns; you can choose to use the columns layout, wide columns layout, or classic wide layout. You can also navigate the theme using your mouse or keyboard. With unlimited color variations, a custom background, Google fonts, shortcodes and four portfolio styles, this theme really gives a lot of flexibility.

[Features | Demo | $35.00]

Shelf

Shelf is a tumblog style theme with a fluid and responsive design; navigation can be done via the keyboard or mouse. You can customize the background image/color along with the copyright notice and your logo. This theme supports videos, quotes, links, images and audio posts – just like Tumblr.

[Features | Demo | $68.00]

KIN

KIN is a minimalistic theme made for photographers. While the homepage and galleries scroll horizontally, all other page types scroll vertically. KIN has two theme skins (black and white), includes Google fonts, has a built-in image zoom feature and comes with a contact page.

[Features | Demo | $40.00]

Sideways

As the name suggests, this is a theme that scrolls sideways; it includes a horizontal blog and portfolio page. The unique full-screen image background is unique because it allows you to use a different image for each of your pages. You can also use a full-screen slideshow as your background. In addition, there are custom widgets, shortcodes, Theme Options and a contact form with basic spam protection.

[Features | Demo | $45.00]

Parallaxr

Parallaxr is a very unique responsive parallax theme with a creative background and many features. For starters, you can adjust the parallax speed from the admin panel. There are also two custom post types: portfolio and FAQ. Parallaxr also has an AJAX contact page with Google Maps integration and jQuery validation, Google fonts, customizable 404 page, custom widgets, shortcodes and more.

[Features | Demo | $30.00]

Modern Metro

Modern Metro is a responsive column-based theme with unlimited colors options. While its Web version scrolls horizontally, the mobile version still adopts the vertical scrolling orientation. You can even set multiple featured images for each of your pages and posts. With the built-in share panel, visitors can share your work with ease.

[Features | Demo | $40.00]

WebStudio

WebStudio is a portfolio theme that can be used to showcase photographs, illustrations, designs, paintings and other artwork. There are four light and four dark color schemes to choose from. Along with that, you’ll get built-in SEO and marketing tools, a unique backend CMS, custom widgets, auto image-resizing and more.

[Features | Demo | $49.00]

Montana

Montana is a simple portfolio theme with five color variations, shortcodes and a contact form with Google Map integration. This is a great theme for designers, photographers, artists and illustrators. There are numerous page templates to choose from, including a horizontal-scrolling blog.

[Features | Demo | $35.00]

Stuff

Stuff is a column-based theme with horizontal-scrolling pages and would work great for a blog or portfolio. There are 12 color schemes, two portfolio templates and two page templates. There’s also a simple contact form with spam prevention. You can easily add your Google Analytics script (or any other tracking system) in the admin options.

[Features | Demo | $40.00]

Acid

Acid is a unique and responsive and comes in three different themes: colorful hipster, serious black and retro grandma. It would work great as a portfolio or blog. There are two different ways to display your portfolio and it features unlimited scrolling and retina-ready social icons. There’s a footer that can be switched on/off when you choose and there are unlimited background patterns and images.

[Features | Demo | $45.00]

Have you considered using or are you currently using a horizontal-scrolling WordPress theme on your blog? Share your thoughts.


    


Download Web Videos To Your IPhone For Free With VDownload

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 03:01 AM PDT

Ever stumbled upon a viral or a long tech related video which you would play again and again to rewatch (say when you’re travelling and away from data connection) or show to friends? Android devices might have it more flexible when it comes to downloading a video onto the device but for iOS devices and users, it’s always "there’s an app for that".

Video Download Free

Video Download Free does exactly what its name implies: it allows you to download videos off websites to your iOS devices. It’s also very simple to use and the best part is it’s free. Here’s how you can enjoy your videos offline on your iPhone or any other iOS device.

Using VDownload

Video Download Free will show as VDownload on your iOS device after installation. The app has a built-in web browser where you can download videos from certain websites.

There are 2 methods to download videos off websites. The method varies between the websites so you’ll have to experiment.

VDownload

To download just press the browser’s middle button at the bottom then choose Save Videos.

Save Video

On some sites you may have to play the video first, where it’ll then prompt you to Cache Video to Memory aka download it.

YouTube

You can see the download progress by tapping the Downloads button. Once it is finished, you can find and watch it under Videos. Although the app has ads as you navigate through the website, you won’t see any while watching your downloaded videos.

Downloads

Some videos might be named in code after downloading it, but you can easily rename it, or categorize it under folders. You can also save it to your device’s photo gallery by tapping on Save to Albums.

Manage

Conclusion

We tested the app on a few websites and found that you can download videos from YouTube, Instagram, Vine, MetaCafe and CollegeHumour. Websites that are not supported are Vimeo, Blip.TV and DailyMotion.


    


Editorially – An Elegant Markdown Online Editor For Collaborative Writing

Posted: 29 Aug 2013 12:01 AM PDT

As writers for print make the transition to becoming writers for Web, they come across many writing apps that (try to) cater for both mediums yet fail to provide all the necessary tools that are actually required. Well, that is about to change. Let me introduce to you a new, reinvented way to write, share and collaborate on your web projects using Editorially.

Editorially is a minimalistic text editor that spares you the bells and whistles and lets you get down to just putting your ideas onto paper. You can write on it like you do on your word processor then export the final result in HTML, as well as work simultaneously with your editor, colleagues and/or clients.

Writing Distraction-Free

When you are in Editorially, most of what you see is plenty of whitespace for you to scribble on. No toolboxes, no formatting guides; all that matters is you and what you want to write. That said, there are some great traits hidden away in a sticky bar on the top of the writing space.

Hidden in fluid and simple drop-down menus are your tools to do things like create new documents, save your current version, export your content, talk to collaborators, find and compare current and previous versions and more.

Version Control

A common problem in publishing is the need to work out multiple versions of the same article. Stay on top of all these different versions and stay in control with the timeline.

You can compare old and current versions, which are dated and even attributed to the person who made the changes. Choose to revert to a particular version, anytime you find it necessary. This is a very nice and convenient feature that takes you away from catastrophe of over-riding versions and changes.

Collaborative Writing

You can invite fellow Editorially users to work on the same document at the same time. Assign roles – reviewer, editor, owner – to make things much, much easier to manage or improve on.

  • Reviewers can read comment and chat.
  • Editors can read, chat, comment re-name and edit.
  • Owners can do all the above plus delete, invite and so on.

Even better, discuss the post right outside the writing space with the built-in chat with text highlighting support to get colleagues all in the same page.

Writing With markdown

Another way Editorially makes writing with it simple, is the use of Markdown. Rather than use tags, formatting on Editorially is done with hashes, asterisks and brackets.

Here is a cheatsheet of the formatting used.

To get the final copy in HTML form, just export the content when it is done. Cick the gear icon in the middle of the bar to reveal the option to Export. You will also find a handy word/character count.

Advantages

  • True distraction-free editor
  • Chat with your co-workers fast and easy
  • Compare past and current writing; revert if necessary
  • Collaborate, edit and write with multiple people at the same time
  • Save your versions and changes with notes and mini-popups
  • Easily export to HTML for publishing

Disadvantages

  • No import or export to other services like Evernote, Google Docs and so on
  • HTML exports are still a little buggy with double asterisks and bullet lists (do check before you publish)
  • You cannot customize the editor styles
  • Timeline of versions does not include images yet

Conclusion

I believe Editorially will help many people improve their writing efficiency and increase their productivity. Editorially is still in private beta and they are still ironing out the creases as we speak. Sign up at their site to get an invite (although I have a couple more to give away). While we’re on that subject, check out 6 Rules To Getting The Perfect Format.


    


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