Aug/090
Turn URLs into clickable links with the Firefox Linkification Add-on
Text URLs made click-able
As a heavy computer user, I am forever looking for shortcuts - any tweak or tool to make my daily life that little bit easier. I wouldn't put that down to being lazy, I'd say it's more to do with wanting to be as productive as possible. Although if I spent my time working rather than looking for shortcuts, by now I would have made enough money to last me the rest of my life - providing I'm dead by next Tuesday.
The Problem at hand
By default, browsers assume little - in an effort to be compatible and render pages as intended, it is left to the developers and content writers to state functionality. This applies to links, where domain names and URLs are not click-able by default. This was only ever a minor inconvenience but with the ever growing popularity of forums and blogging, content can now be placed online by those having no programming skill. This is of course a positive and important step in the sharing of information online - yet one side effect is that it is increasingly common to find URLs and domain names posted without being coded into links.
Aug/090
Guide to simple batch photo watermarking
Screenshot of the program
It happens to all of us, we catch Megan Fox strolling through our local supermarket - she catches your eye and teasingly winks before placing her hands on her hips and throwing her head back - while you casually pull out your camera phone. You return home, post the picture on the internet, only to find that other sites on the internet have managed to get the exact same shot - after your initial amazement at how coincidental the event is, you realise your photo has simply been stolen. One way to protect against this is to watermark the image to identify it as yours.
In the most simple case, a watermark can be a plain text URL of your website but can be as complex of a logo image as you'd place. This guide illustrates a simple method to watermark a group of photos, suitable in the scenario where you have an album of photos taken at an event and want to upload these to your website or facebook profile to share with the world, while keeping credit.