Simple YouTube Video Downloader
Jun 19, 2014Web and InternetComments (10)
To download, please use this web-based tool in the Stream Maps section.
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Browser Market Share Data Comparison
Jun 12, 2014Web and Internet
When viewing browser market share data at sites like StatCounter, NetMarketShare, or W3Schools, be very mindful that this data may not be accurate for your website. Different websites attract different types of users, and the browsers people use can vary greatly from one site to another. To give you a visual example, here is a comparison of the browser market share between this website (h3xed.com) and the website for a boating/recreational company (harbormarine.net):
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What is YouTube's "Original" Quality Option?
Jun 11, 2014Web and InternetComments (2)
Prior to offering 1440p and 2160p, YouTube used to show an "Original" quality option on videos that had a resolution greater than 1080p (larger than 1920x1080). For example, if the uploaded video was 1920x1200 or 2560x1600 in resolution, it would show the "Original" option in the video player. This also included the 4K Ultra HD resolutions.
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Fix Magento Products Not Showing on Frontend After CSV Import
May 20, 2014Web and InternetComments (2)
If you create your products via CSV import and they're not showing up on the frontend, you may have missed some internal attributes. A common one to miss is _product_websites, which usually defaults to "base" when you create a product in the admin panel. To fix this and other missed attributes, follow these steps:
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Mobile Device Resolution and Pixel Ratio List
Apr 24, 2014Web and Internet
Here is a list of smartphones and tablets with their resolution and device pixel ratios. This was extracted from Chrome Emulation Console and made user-friendly in a nice searchable table.
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How To Get YouTube Thumbnail URL/Web Address
Oct 30, 2012Web and InternetComments (1)
YouTube stores several image thumbnails for every video. These are used for video previews and can be extracted and used elsewhere with one of several different web addresses (URLs).

In each of these web addresses, replace VIDEOID with the eleven character long YouTube video ID.
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Why YouTube Video Views Get Stuck At 301
Oct 30, 2012Web and InternetComments (2)
Note: YouTube has officially done away with this "feature" of YouTube. See the Twitter post explaining their change. The rest of the post will be kept for historical reasons.

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The reason YouTube video views get stuck around 301 views has been explained fairly well in this 9 minute YouTube video. In case you don't want to watch a video, here are the basic points:

When a video has less than or equal to 300 views, YouTube counts each view normally, with low validity checking. These videos are usually low-impact videos intended for small audiences like family and friends, so making sure views are legitimate isn't super important.
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Installing Adblock Plus on Google Chrome
Oct 30, 2012Web and Internet
Installing Adblock Plus on the desktop Google Chrome browser only takes a few clicks. First, go to the Adblock Plus install page while in your Chrome web browser. You must be in Chrome and not Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other browser.
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How to Delete Facebook Apps and Games
Feb 7, 2012Web and InternetComments (3)
Facebook is a complex web application with many settings. Some of these settings can be hard to find, mainly because the path to get to them changes every time Facebook changes their layout. Deleting an app or game used to be more difficult, but now can be accessed fairly easy from the side bar on the home page. However, not all apps are displayed in this side bar. To find a complete list of all of your apps, and be able to delete them or change their settings, follow these steps.
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Permanently Turn Off Google Search Personal Results
Jan 12, 2012Web and Internet
To turn Google Personal Results off permanently, so that you don't have to click "Hide personal results" every time you search, go into your Search settings. This is accessed by clicking on the cog in the upper-right:
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8 Reasons why I prefer Firefox over Chrome
Jan 6, 2012Web and Internet
Chrome has been making major inroads into the browser market share of both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. It is now close to tied with Firefox and the trend favors Chrome. This is probably due in large part to Google leveraging its marketing power to push Chrome. The new Chromebooks will certainly help push the name recognition further.
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Adobe Flash Player Full Standalone/Offline Installer
Dec 29, 2011Web and Internet
The Flash Player download from Adobe's main website is not a compete installer. After running it, the installer's first step is to download the rest of itself. This generally isn't a problem, but it is useful to have the full standalone installer if you need to install Flash Player on an offline computer. It can also bypass the Adobe Flash Player Failed to Initialize error that sometimes occurs with the normal installer.
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Adobe Reader Full Standalone/Offline Installer
Dec 29, 2011Web and Internet
If you've downloaded the Adobe Reader installer from the main Adobe website, you've probably noticed that it is not a complete installer. After running it, the installer's first step is to download the rest of the installer. No, you're not the only one that finds this annoying.
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How To Enable Adblock in Chrome Incognito Mode (Private Browsing)
Dec 23, 2011Web and InternetComments (6)
By default Google Chrome disables your extensions for Incognito windows. This is in general a good practice since extensions can collect and store private data. However, it can be particularly irritating to not have an ad blocker enabled. Full-screen popups, flashing banner ads, "fake" links littered throughout a text document, and other horrors.
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