Saturday, December 26, 2015

2016 predictions: the emoji edition


2016 is going to be an amazing year. And what better way to express what's to come than in emoji?

By: James Temperton,

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Responsive Images Now Landed In WordPress Core


While the growing adoption of responsive images cannot be ignored, it can be very difficult to employ the functionality under the constraints of a large CMS like WordPress. Although it is entirely possible to write the feature into your theme on your own, doing so is a challenging and time-consuming endeavour.

Responsive Images In WordPress Core

Thankfully, with the launch of WordPress 4.4, theme developers and maintainers will find it much easier to introduce responsive image functionality into their themes. In this recent launch, the RICG Responsive Images plugin has been merged into WordPress core, which means that responsive image support now comes as a default part of WordPress. Let's take a look at how the feature works, and how you can use it to get the best support for your WordPress site.

The post Responsive Images Now Landed In WordPress Core appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Science fiction handwaving just got real with the world’s first biologically powered chip

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Researchers at Columbia Engineering have begun to articulate the link between electricity and biology, and their work has implications for medicine, sci-fi, and everything in between.

Jamming Bodies: this robotic wall will eat you alive



JB1.0: Jamming Bodies is an interactive laboratory built to explore how mouldable rooms might form part of the future of spaces.

By: Michael Rundle,

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Virtual MMO Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization heads west



Like the idea of MMOs but can't stand other people interfering with your game? Bandai Namco has the answer, with the biggest ever Sword Art Online game heading to the UK in 2016.

An offline RPG mimicking the gameplay of massively multiplayer games, the Sword Art Online franchise stems from the Japanese novel series by Reki Kawahara. The series follows a group of players trapped in a virtual reality MMO, forced to clear 100 levels to escape. The only hitch -- if they die in-game, they die for real.

By: Matt Kamen,

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Getting More Work Done Without Simply Working More Hours


The past few months have been challenging for me. I have taken on a host of new responsibilities at work and juggling that added workload has proven to be difficult.

Getting More Work Done Without Simply Working More Hours

Like many web professionals, my first instinct was to work longer hours – to come in to the office early, stay late, and to give up some of my weekend time. While this certainly helped me get more work done, I quickly realized it was not something I could sustain without eventually burning out. I knew that if this was going to work, I had to find a way to be more productive within the hours I had available to me.

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Latest Windows 10 update erases Word customizations, can break Edge, Outlook, File Explorer

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Microsoft's latest cumulative update for Windows 10 was supposed to improve wireless connectivity, but it introduced some substantial bugs as well.