New Nikon D7000
Posted by Mark C in 
Whenever Nikon or Canon release a new DSLR the words that come out of most journalists’ mouths are usually: “which camera is it replacing?”
This is inevitable due to both companies continual churn of products which keep up with (and create) significant market changes.
With the Nikon D7000, though, it’s a little different, as the camera isn’t so much replacing another DSLR, more squeezing itself between the D90 and D300S. Nikon believes there is a hole in the camera market and the D7000 is acting like the little Dutch boy plugging this leak. Time will tell if the D90 slowly disappears to give the D7000 breathing space, but for now they are competing in achingly similar circles.
Increase Conversions by Fixing HTTPS Errors
Imagine an elderly grandmother – we’ll call her Grandma Moz. She’s about to make her very first online purchase. She’s used a computer before, but feels some anxiety giving out her personal information over the internet. Then, just when she’s about ready to enter her credit card number, the following message pops up:
What does Grandma Moz do? If she is like 30% of most internet users, she runs and hides her credit card back into her wallet never to be seen again. And the unsuspecting website loses the sale.
The 30% is not a statistic based on a large data set, but rather the experience of an actual client website I work with that recently installed HTTPS on its checkout pages. Instead of seeing an increase in conversions, as would be expected, sales actually dropped after installing HTTPS. A brief investigation showed the culprit to be error messages coming from a single browser – Internet Explorer 8. FIxing the problem became an adventure. read more
The Fonts of Web 2.0
There is no official standard for what makes something “Web 2.0”, but there certainly are a few tell-tale signs. These new sites usually feature modern web technologies like Ajax and often have something to do with building online communities. But even more characteristic among these brands is their appearance. Web 2.0 sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small chunks of large type. The colors are bright and cheery — lots of blue, orange, and what we jokingly call the Official Color of Web 2.0: lime green.
You can see some of these striking commonalities in Ludwig Gatzke’s compilation of nearly 400 Web 2.0 logos. Read on for a breakdown of the fonts used in a few of our favorite brands.
http://fontfeed.com/archives/the-logos-of-web-20/
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Zonda R smashes Nordschleife Record
The visuals to go with the “record.” Pagani blasted its Zonda R over the Nürburgring for the purposes of testing production components. Removing all the mystery from the endeavor, the in-car video shows the view out the window as the driver of the R resets yet another bar at 6:47. We put “record” in quotes simply because this flier isn’t road legal, so we’re in all kinds of gray area. But it beat the Ferrari 599XX, and that’s feat unto itself. Follow the jump for the sights and sounds.
Twitter’s oldest user, Ivy Bean, dies
A Twitter member who was thought to be the oldest member of the micro-blogging site has died aged 104.
Ivy Bean from Bradford, who became the oldest person to join both Facebook and Twitte,r has died at the age of 104.
An announcement was made on her official Twitter page, @IvyBean104. “Ivy passed away peacefully at 12.08 this morning. I’m sorry it took me so long to tell you but it was a very difficult thing to do.”
The great-grandmother had been unwell for a number of weeks and tweets appearing to be from Pat, the manager of Ivy’s care home, said: “Hi everybody its Pat. OUR IVY IS HOME she is still unwell but happy to be back she sends her love but she is tired so you still have me,” last Wednesday.
On Friday she posted: “Hello this is Pat again, sorry to tell you all this but Ivy is very poorly at the minute, we are all hoping she gets well soon.”
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Peter Andre is believed to have phoned the centenarian before her death and messages of love and support had been sent to her in her final days.
In March Ivy Bean visited Downing Street to meet with the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and also met Peter Andre as part of his TV show Peter Andre: The Next Chapter, describing the singer on Twitter as “good looking” and saying that Gordon Brown “wasn’t as good looking as Peter”.
She also wished Peter Andre’s daughter Princess a happy birthday through her Twitter account.
Her name is currently the third most popular trending topic on the site in the UK.
Twitter legend Stephen Fry tweeted earlier on Wednesday: “I hear the divine @IvyBean104 – the oldest twitterer – is not very well and needs our best wishes.”
Ivy Bean was the oldest person to join Facebook when she was 102.
Beautiful Inspiring Pinhole Camera Photographs
The Camera is a remarkable piece of innovation. However, it is people — professionals and newbies alike — who make it truly remarkable. It’s the photographer behind the camera. It’s his imagination, passion and talent and knowledge of the medium. You don’t need a high-end costly equipment to get beautiful results. Just your talent and a way of looking at things differently is together more than enough for a great shot. It’s also the ability to envision the final result in your mind which is also important.
A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture — effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. You can easily construct this camera by yourself using things lying around like match boxes or any kind of boxes, paper, duct tape etc. The small amount of light passing through this pin sized hole produces image on a photographic film or a CCD sensor.
Mini back in the WRC
Were it not for the efforts of John Cooper and drivers like Paddy Hopkirk on the European rally stages of the 1960s, the Mini brand probably wouldn’t have the beloved reputation that it does today – in fact, it’s possible it would never be around today at all. BMW has confirmed a longstanding rumor with today’s announcement that Mini is heading back to international rallying with the Countryman WRC beginning in 2011.
The Countryman WRC is being developed by long-time Subaru partner Prodrive for the new Super2000 regulations and will run in select World Rally Championship rounds in 2011 before taking on the full 2012 season and beyond. The rally special will have a turbocharged 1.6-liter inline-four with all-wheel-drive. Prodrive started work on the project early last year and testing will start this Fall.
Stockport Football Fixtures 2010/2011
Stockport countys first game of the 2010/2011 football season is away to Southend
Cost effective web design and Google optimisation in Stockport – Wheres Your Web At?
Yet Another Related Post – WordPress Plug-in
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site. Key features include:
- An advanced and versatile algorithm: Using a customizable algorithm considering post titles, content, tags, and categories, YARPP calculates a “match score” for each pair of posts on your blog. You choose the threshold limit for relevance and you get more related posts if there are more related posts and less if there are less.
- Templating: New in 3.0! The YARPP templating system puts you in charge of how your posts are displayed.
- Caching: Improved in 3.1! YARPP organically caches the related posts data as your site is visited, greatly improving performance.
- Related posts in RSS feeds: Display related posts in your RSS and Atom feeds with custom display options.
- Disallowing certain tags or categories: You can choose certain tags or categories as disallowed, meaning any page or post with such tags or categories will not be served up by the plugin.
- Related posts and pages: Puts you in control of pulling up related posts, pages, or both.