A Twitter tutorial for beginners: Part 1

Twitter's new Logo, the Blue Bird
Twitter is an extremely powerful social & news networkyou just have to learn how to use it.

Twitter is a great social network for catching up on the latest — oh hey, I got a new Tweet! Be back in a second.

Whoops, sorry. As I was saying, Twitter, tus “othersocial network, is an incredibly quick and easy way to catch up on all the news that’s fit to type in one convenient place. But, in order to fully make use of the #awesomeness that is Twitter, you’ve got to learn a bit. Luckily for you, @I have made one that @you are reading right now. #whatluck

Why it’s awesome being a developer

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Apparently, these are a bunch of computer programmers.

Ninjas.

That’s what computer programmers are calling themselves nowadays. The profession (if you can even call it that) goes by a litany of none-too-glamorous names, such as developer, programmer, engineer, technician, and more stuff that doesn’t quite make you the most popular guy in the room. Hence, a lot of, er, programmers (for lack of a better word) go by ninja or such. Which I find slightly annoyingyou’re writing code, not killing enemies of the emperor. But I digress.

Sorry for downtimealso, props to WebHostingHub

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tl;Drhathix.com had some downtime but my super-helpful host WebHostingHub cleared it up immediately. Also, I apologize for the fanboyishnessit’s just that WHH is that awesome.

I was recently working with some so-called cutting-edge web programming techniques (parsing JSON using PHP from client requests using JavaScript and jQuerytold you it was gory) and realized I needed a new version of some software on the server that hathix lives on.

Introducing Sprinkle Safari, a web adventure game

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The logo for Sprinkle Safari, the awesome web game finally released to the public.

I’ve got a dirty little secret. Zoo, not so dirty, really, morecreamy. Sugary. Frosty. Sprinkle-y.

Here it is: for the last year and more(computer searching reveals since January 29, 2011even before hathix.com was founded), I’ve been working nonstop on alittleweb-based adventure game. And it’s never been formally released to the public until now.

Here’s a look at the making of the game. It’s taken 16 months and over 100 hours of development.

Cabra sib PA High School Computer Fair

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Bleat nrog cog qoob loo, me nyuam yaus.

Tsis paub txaj muag advertisement: Download Cabra, hauv tshiab winning flashcard program!

Tshis, kuv ceeb pab kev pab cuam flashcard, muaj ib tug tshiab nyob rau hauv nws tej plaub hau. Nws yog tam sim no kuj muaj ib qho winning flashcard program. Kuv tsis me nyuam yaus-ding (thov txim txog cov tshis pun.)

Lub peb hlis ntuj no kuv muab qhia Cabra ntawm kuv cheeb tsam computer ncaj ncees (txhawb nqa los ntawm lub nroog lub Intermediate Unit) thiab muab tsub ib ntsug kev moog thoob plaws lub xeev lub computer ncaj ncees.

Uas coj kuv mus rau nag hmo, thaum kuv tuaj txog rau hauv Dickinson Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab hauv Carlisle, PA. Kuj zoo kawg thiab tsev kawm ntawv (Dickinson yog lub 16th hlob kawm ntawv qib siab nyob rau hauv lub teb chaws) thiab zoo me me lub zos. Nws yog ib lub me kawm ntawv qib siab tab sis zoo heev-ntshai, thiab nws cov chaw kuj zoo kawg thiab rau kev ncaj ncees lub hom phiaj.

Ib tug qhia txog kev loj hlob mus rau qhov web

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Txais tos kom tus web.

Rov qab nyob rau hauv kuv hnub (OK, ua ntej kuv hnub), lub txoj hauj lwm ntawm web tsim yog ib tug tsawg ib. Nws kab sab hauv qab no tus aub hater tiam sis saum toj no Yankees kiv cua rau lub scale ntawm kws Honor. Vim hais tias ntawm tag nrho cov cim npe thiab transparency LUB TOG RAJ dluab peb siv, peb twb pom li nyoos hackers uas tsis muaj kev nkag siab ntawm aesthetics.

Zoo, tej zaum peb yuav tseem yuav tu ncua nyob rau hauv zoo nkauj siab, tab sis raws li lub Web tau tsim thiaj li muaj txoj hauj lwm ntawm web tsim. Hnub no yeej muaj ntau ntau cov cuab yeej peb yuav siv kom zoo-sau, cov qauv-conforming, thiab zoo nkauj (OK, tej zaum tsis hais tias lub xeem ib tug) web pages. Feem ntau ntawm cov kuj zoo kawg thiab cov websites uas koj siv hnub no (tsis paub txaj muag plug: xws li no ib) yog tsa lub Koom Txoos uas siv cov cuab yeej.

MLA template for Microsoft Word 2010

A screenshot of Word 2010 in MLA format.
Click this to download your free MLA Template for Word 2010

tl;Dra free MLA format template for Word 2010A freely-downloadable "Download" button.

Kuv tsis paub txog koj, tiam sis kuv twb muaj ntau cov xib hwb tshaj kuv muaj peev xwm suav uas graded ntaub ntawv ib hom nyob zoo npaum li cas koj ua raws li kom hom ntawv thiab tsis, koj paub, on tias fluff lawv hu rau ‘cov ntsiab lus.’

Yog hais tias koj ib tug me nyuam kawm ntawv, muaj feem ntau yog cov zoo zoo nkauj koj muaj sau ntau, ntau cov ntaub ntawv – tag nrho cov nyob rau hauv MLA hom ntawv, ib tug ntau hom ntawv rau cov ntaub ntawv, tsab ntawv, thiab xws li. Lub MLA hom ntawv raug tsim, Kuv xav, tswj tus saib ntawm tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv thiab mus tsav cov menyuam kawm ntawv vwm. Muaj tons ntawm cov kev cai thiab cov txheej txheem random koj yuav tsum paub, xws li: