Most people are not aware of just how easy it is to enhance even the poorest of photos. In this video I will cover bringing faded photos to life, enhancing colors, repairing dark photos, removing objects we don't want in our pictures, cropping, rotating, and more! At almost 40 minutes long, you will learn the tricks you need to make your photos stand out!
Today I am happy to announce the release of MicroMVC at github. MicroMVC is released under the GPL v3 so it is free for anyone to download and use.
MicroMVC is the project that I am most proud of out of all my web apps. It powers this sites video system and other sites where I needed something lightweight and blazing fast.
Along with the new home it has been updated, cleaned up, and outfitted with a couple example controllers that show you how to fetch twitter updates, create posts in a SQLite database, call hooks/plugins, and load views. There is even a video to help you get started.
After several months work I am proud to announce the Code2Design video system is finally up! Featuring 25 videos on HTML, PHP, AutoCAD, and more! Each video is either 640x480 or 800x600 and is avalible to download for private viewing. (Not everyone has DSL in their home.)
The Two videos I recomend the most are PHP Security and Resizing and Sending Images For Email.
PHP security is probably the most advanced video of it's type in the world. It is about 45min long and covers basic attacks like Globals, Includes, and Super Global arrays like $_SERVER and $_GET. More advanced subjects like SQL injection, CSFR, and XSS are covered later in the video. Each attack is not only discussed - but actually shown in action so you can easily follow along.
1) You need to salt your passwords.
"Assume a user's secret key is stolen and he is known to use one of 200,000 English words as his password. The system uses a 32-bit salt (like md5). Because of this salt, the attacker's pre-calculated hashes are of no value. He/she must calculate the hash of each word with each of 2^32 (4,294,967,296) possible salts appended until a match is found. The total number of possible inputs can be obtained by multiplying the number of words in the dictionary with the number of possible salts:
2^{32} \times 200 000 = 8.58993459 \times 10^{14}
To complete a brute-force attack, the attacker must now compute about 800 trillion hashes, instead of only 200,000. Even though the password itself is known to be simple, the secret salt makes breaking the password radically more difficult." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography)
AutoDesk is giving away free copies of its student programs like AutoDesk Inventor. If you are a student you need to take a minute to register for this great offer! (visit Student Autodesk)
As soon as my month-long fight with my computer-box is over (Curse you SATA, Cheap Video Cards, and ECS Mobos), I plan on releasing some Inventor tutorials and because it is a $4000 program (Full Version) this maybe your only chance to grab a copy!
Please note that you must be a student with a college email address(I think they also allow Highschool emails). Also, you will need a decent video card for this program as it is a 3D modeling program. (64MB video card should be fine - but I suggest a 128MB.)
As I was reading the first chapter of 2 Thessalonians, I started thinking about a few things; particularly - persecution. Having been born and raised in America, I've never really known "persecution". Because I am a Christian, I may have been made fun of, rejected, or disliked - but I wouldn't consider those as "persecution"; more like inconveniences. However, this chapter explains persecution in one of the ways it should be seen, so I’d like to share with you. ;)
Dear brothers and sisters, we always thank God for you, as is right, for we are thankful that your faith is flourishing and that you are all growing in love for each other. - 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Time for more (than less) information on the recent updates to Code2Design.
Yes, C2D is now open search compatible. Now you can search all of Code2Design.com right from your browser!
To install the browser plug-in for Firefox, Opera, or Internet Explorer 7 simply visit any page on C2D and click the highlighted search box to add us to your list of favorite search engines!
However, if you are anything like me, you probably never even use that feature. ;) So, now is a great chance to improve your skills, find useful information, and help test-out our new search plug-in. Boy are you efficient!
"My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I'm telling you this so that no one will be able to deceive you with persuasive arguments." - Colossians 2:2-4
I read a great article on The 10 Questions To Ask To Make Sure You're Still Growing. And I realized I was lacking in some areas, actually - I was lacking in all areas. Looking back over the past few months, I see that I'm still the same person I was then. I still do the same things, and I still know the same things... But that's not God's plan for us! He wants to bring us closer to Him, he wants us to grow in our knowledge and love for Him.
