A year ago, I started tracking the mileage on my computer mouse with a handy software called Mousotron. It was very handy to use; just tell it your screen size and it cumulatively tracks how far your mouse pointer moves. Now, exactly a year later, the total is out: my mouse pointer traveled 140 miles and then some:
Look closely at your tab bar and observe the small icon next to this page’s title. That thing is called a favicon, a miniature icon that shows up on tabs, Favorites, and Bookmarks. So now you’re wondering, how do I make my own? With favicon.cc, making your own favicon is really simple. You draw your favicon in the 16 by …
This post was featured on the PHP Weekly newsletter, Aug. 8, 2013. On my website, I decided to implement my own anti-robot captcha system for two reasons: 1) I wanted to keep the website code vanilla and 2) I disliked the CAPTCHAs provided by other services that either made you type in Chinese or that didn’t visually integrate well with …
Disclaimer: this post is about the subconscious, not real life. Do not attempt this in real life. Lucid dreams can be a great experience since you are in total control of your actions, and not bounded by many physical or scientific constraints. You can fly at supersonic speed, ride elevators out of buildings and into space, among other thrills. Unfortunately, …
After much testing, error checking, and even losing a stylesheet, the new design of G-liu.com is finally live! This is a complete overhaul of the old website, featuring cleaner fonts, better readability, a much more modern theme, and all-new subpages. In line with my design philosophy, I rebuilt everything from scratch. I won’t include a changelog, since the list would …