The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. Search by typing a place-name or by clicking in the map window, and narrow by date. The search results provide a …
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Adobe Gaming
Adobe® Flash® Player lets you effortlessly reach over 1.3 billion people across browsers and OS versions with no install – 11 times more people than the best-selling hardware game console. Use Adobe® AIR® to package the same code into native apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, and Nook Tablet, reaching the mobile app stores …
sql.js
SQLite compiled to JavaScript through Emscripten var db = SQL.open(); db.exec("CREATE TABLE my_table(a INTEGER, b INTEGER, c VARCHAR(100));"); db.exec("INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(1,13153,’thirteen thousand one hundred fifty three’);"); db.exec("INSERT INTO my_table VALUES(1,987,’some other number’);"); var data = db.exec("SELECT count(*) FROM my_table;"); sql.js demo → sql.js source (GitHub) →
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Adobe Shadow
Adobe® Shadow is a new inspection and preview tool that allows front-end web developers and designers to work faster and more efficiently by streamlining the preview process, making it easier to customize websites for mobile devices. Pair your devices via the browser plugin and see all devices change sites whenever you change it on your …
How To Get Anything Through TSA Nude Body Scanners
Yes that’s right, if you have a metallic object on your side, it will be the same color as the background and therefore completely invisible to both visual and automated inspection. While I carried the metal case empty, by one with mal-intent, it could easily have been filled with razor blades, explosives, or one of …
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Google Play
Google has zapped Google Music, and the Android Market and in return has launched Google Play. Now your favorite music, books, movies, apps, and games are all in one place that’s accessible from the Web and any Android device. Discover, buy and share like never before. Google Play → About Google Play →
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What’s the Deal With display: inline-block?
We’ve been using floats for layout pretty much since we left tables behind. It’s a quirky solution that can often cause troubles, but if you know what you’re doing, it works. One interesting alternative to floats that people are turning to more and more lately is to set the display value of an element to …
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