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Convert Any Video Format for Free

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:43:35 +0000

I recently went to Niagara Falls and I needed a program to convert MTS files. Most of the programs cost $40 plus, but then I found Handbrake. Handbrake converts most any video formats to a handful of modern ones being MP4 and MKV. Handbrake converts videos for Mac as well as PCs.

Java Video Tutorial 40

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:10:16 +0000

I will fulfill many requests in this Java JApplet tutorial. Make a Java JApplet Tutorial. Show how to turn my Personality Test into a Java application.

Java Video Tutorial 39

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:57:13 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial, I cover the JEditorPane Swing component. It allows you to both display rich text and HTML documents.

Java Video Tutorial 38

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:16:29 +0000

In this tutorial I show you how to add and delete rows in a JTable that will then effect the database. I also cover allowing the user to change the database on a cell basis.

New Personality Test

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:19:21 +0000

I built a personality test based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. My aim is to make a personality test that works, but also was easy to use.

Java Video Tutorial 37

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:28:50 +0000

I continue showing how to use JTables with MySQL. You'll learn how to pull information from a database, add a row, delete a row, convert a String into a SQL Date and much more.

New Riders MySQL Code

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:14:41 +0000

Well over a decade ago, a book came out simply titled MySQL by Paul DuBois. Everyone I know learned about MySQL from this book. Here I gather all of the lost code from that book.

Java Video Tutorial 36

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:56:13 +0000

I show you how to display database query results from my Sabermetrics Tutorial into a Java JTable. I then cover most everything about Java JTables. How to display data in a JTable, change fonts, change row height , sort, align and much more.

Baseball Sabermetrics

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:17:50 +0000

In this Sabermetrics tutorial I'll cover a few of the Sabermetrics formulas I missed. I cover which team uses Sabermetrics most effectively and many Baseball Sabermetric Pitching formulas

Sabermetrics 3

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:21:41 +0000

I continue covering some neat Sabermetrics formulas in this video. I'm going to cover a few new complicated formulas including: Theoretical Team Runs Created, Batting Average on Balls in Play, Weighted On Base Average and more. I'm also going to show you how to easily save queries using views.

Sabermetrics 2

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:48:49 +0000

I continue my Sabermetrics Baseball tutorial. I introduce a few new SQL functions being CONCAT, COALESCE and HAVING. We will also calculate the top players based on RBIs, HRs, Batting Average, On Base Percentage, and Slugging Percentage.

Sabermetrics

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:37:21 +0000

I introduce you to the world of Sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball statistics to measure player performance, in game probabilities and much more.

Java Video Tutorial 35

admin — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:35:06 +0000

I'll show you over 30 common Java errors. It is hard to figure out what Cannot be Resolved, Syntax Error on Token, or Method is not Visible mean. But, after watching this video you should better understand.

Homemade Pizza Recipe

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:38:46 +0000

A while back I made a tutorial on how to make thin crust pizza. I have worked on this Homemade Pizza Recipe for years and am happy to share it. I make everything 100% by hand. I also show you how to work with a wet dough, knead dough, add tons of toppings and much more.

Java Video Tutorial 34

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:42 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial I show you how to setup Java JDBC in Eclipse. I then cover how to connect to a MySQL database, query it and get the results of a query. We also look at the Exceptions you'll need and much more.

Java Video Tutorial 33

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:50:57 +0000

Today I completely cover reading and writing Java Binary Streams. I cover everything you need to know including DataOutputStream, FileOutputStream, BufferedOutputStream, all of the reading and writing primitive type methods and more.

Java Video Tutorial 32

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:06:53 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I completely cover how to both write to and read character streams from files. I explain all of the following: PrintWriter, BufferedWriter, FileWriter, BufferedReader, FileReader, common file exceptions and much more.

Java Video Tutorial 31

admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:03:06 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial, I completely cover the Java File Class. I'll show you how to create and delete files and directories. How to pull lists of files from directories and manipulate them. We'll look at the errors to watch out for and a whole bunch more.

Java Video Tutorial 30

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:08:50 +0000

Here I create a complicated Java Swing layout. I set up everything in a GridBagLayout, but add a Box and FlowLayout to it. I then show you how to use all of these components: JLabel, JTextField, JComboBox, JSpinner, JSlider, JRadioButton, ButtonGroup, JCheckBox, JTextArea, JScrollPane, ChangeListener, pack and more.

Java Video Tutorial 29

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:34:12 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial series, I cover GridLayout, GridBagLayout, GridBagConstraints, Font, Insets and much more.

Java Video Tutorial 28

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:19:58 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I cover 3 different Swing layout managers. I revisit the the layout manager we have been using by default being Flow Layout. As well I introduce the Border and Box layout managers.

Java Video Tutorial 27

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:35:08 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial, I introduce the last Swing component called the JTree. I won’t just be introducing the JTree however. I will also be reviewing much of what you have learned. It is my belief that if you see tools being used in many different ways, that you will just [...]

Java Video Tutorial 26

admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:27:15 +0000

I focus on the Java Swing JSpinner component. I'll show you how to cycle through numbers, dates and just about anything else. I also revisit the Dimension, Date and Calendar libraries.

What is New Think Tank

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:04:06 +0000

I get asked the question, what is your website about, all of the time. Today I'll try to make sense of it.

Java Video Tutorial 25

admin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:21:22 +0000

Today I'll cover how to create list boxes using Java Swing. More specifically I'll cover JLists, DefaultListModel, using JScrollpane with JList and a whole bunch more.

Java Video Tutorial 24

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:54:53 +0000

I show you how to create combo boxes in Java Swing. This tutorial is also a review of everything I've previously gone over. I review how to create the frame and panel. How to add buttons with event listeners. I also review JOptionPane.

Java Video Tutorial 23

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:06:04 +0000

Today I complete the Java Swing tutorial I started in part 22 of the Java tutorial. I implement the Swing event listeners. I then cover how to format numbers in Java so that they have commas or are displayed as currency. JOptionPane, a useful popup window in Java is introduced.

Java Video Tutorial 22

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:48:22 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial, I continue building your knowledge on how to use Java Swing. I cover a new GUI listener called the ChangeListener. I also introduce check boxes, radio buttons, groups, borders and sliders.

Java Video Tutorial 21

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:23:25 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I will cover GUI Event Handling. I show you how to implement the ActionListener, KeyListener, MouseListener and WindowListener.

Java Video Tutorial 20

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:40:21 +0000

I introduce you to Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) in this part of my Java Video Tutorial. I focus specifically on Java Swing and its components.

Create an Online Store

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:28:35 +0000

I'm going to show you how to create an online store for next to nothing! You will however have to do a little work to get this free money making site.

Kingdom Rush iPad Strategy

admin — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:16:54 +0000

Since there are no Kingdom Rush iPad Strategy articles out there? I was told it was a pretty tough strategy game so I gave it a go. Below I show you how I beat Kingdom Rush levels Sarelgaz Lair and the Ruins of Acaroth.

Java Video Tutorial 19

admin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:16:36 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial, I cover Java Regular Expressions. You use regular expressions when you want to search for data. You then use codes to define what that data looks like.

Java Video Tutorial 18

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:27:51 +0000

In this Java Video Tutorial, I continue to teach you about Java Threads. I cover how to lock down methods, synchronized, thread pools, scheduleAtFixedRate and numerous other Java Thread methods.

Java Video Tutorial 17

admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:32:39 +0000

In this Java Video Tutorial I cover how to use Java threads. A thread is just a block of code that is expected to execute while other blocks of code execute.

Java Video Tutorial 16

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:12:08 +0000

In this Java Video Tutorial I'm covering the Object and Class class, along with clone. We will explore all of the methods that every object gets by default.

Minecraft Modding Guide

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:44:16 +0000

Ever since I started my Java Video Tutorial, I've received numerous requests from you to create a Minecraft Modding Guide. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to setup everything you need to start making mods for Minecraft.

Java Video Tutorial 15

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:24:35 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial I cover interfaces, abstract classes, abstract methods and more. You need interfaces and abstract classes because Java doesn't allow you to inherit from more than one other class.

Java Video Tutorial 14

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:24:44 +0000

In this Java video tutorial I cover Polymorphism, Inheritance, Protected, Final, Instanceof and a bunch more.

Java Video Tutorial 13

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:17:24 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial I cover most every method available for manipulating Strings and StringBuilders.

WordPress HTTPS

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:37 +0000

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to setup a Wordpress HTTPS site, fix Google HTTPS errors, get the cheapest SSL certificate and more.

Java Video Tutorial 12

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:26:21 +0000

In this part of the Java Video Tutorial I cover Java Linked Lists. The LinkedList class is a collection based on a linked list instead of an array like the ArrayList. They are good when you plan to add and delete items. They aren't particularly efficient at providing access based off of index searches though.

Java Video Tutorial 11

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:15:34 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial I introduce Java collection classes. Specifically I cover how to use Java ArrayLists.

Fish Pie

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:38:52 +0000

Years ago my wife told me we should try a recipe called Fish Pie! I immediately thought this is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard of. But, I tried it and it was amazingly good! It is also extremely easy to make.

Java Video Tutorial 10

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:03:04 +0000

In this tutorial I do something kind of crazy. I try to teach programming logic by writing code right out of my head. You probably won't understand everything in this video, but that's OK.

Java Video Tutorial 9

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:55:17 +0000

I received a bunch of messages asking me to cover Java Arrays. So in this video I go over everything you'd ever want to know about Java Arrays. I show you how to create arrays, numerous ways to populate them, tricks involving multidimensional arrays, the enhanced for loop, Array library methods and more.

Java Video Tutorial 8

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:41:33 +0000

I thought it would be fun to teach Java while I make a video game. This is a simple game, but it will teach a lot of the logic needed to make your own game. This tutorial will teach you about arrays, class fields, class methods, how to set a default value for an array, and a ton of logic.

How to Install Java Libraries

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:47:45 +0000

I show you how to install Java Libraries. Specifically I'll show you how to install the very popular Apache Commons Java Library.

Java Video Tutorial 7

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:39:50 +0000

In this part of my Java Video Tutorial I show you how to create classes in Java. I cover methods, fields, private, public, accessor methods, constructors, and much more

Java Video Tutorial 6

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:05:43 +0000

I explain the difference between Java run time and checked exceptions. I show you how to use try, catch and finally. We review the most common errors you will come across. I show you how to catch all and ignore individual exceptions.

Increase Internet Sales

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:26:34 +0000

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to increase internet sales for the shopping cart that I created for you. The shopping cart was free and I'll show you how to increase internet sales now for free with the Google Merchant program!

Java Video Tutorial 5

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:33:39 +0000

I continue my Java Video Tutorial by covering methods, or functions. I spend a considerable amount of time on those things that confuse people learning Java

Java Video Tutorial 4

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:24:00 +0000

In part 4 of my Java Video Tutorial I cover looping in Java. I show interesting ways to use while, do while and for.

Java Video Tutorial 3

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:47:12 +0000

In this Java Video Tutorial I show you the if statement, relational operators, logical operators, ternary operator and the switch statement.

Java Video Tutorial 2

admin — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:46:04 +0000

I continue my Java Video Tutorial. I show you how to import class libraries, except user input, check for valid input, catch errors in input, a bunch of math functions and more.

Java Video Tutorial

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:09:37 +0000

Here I begin what will be a massive Java Video Tutorial. I start with all you need to start writing Java programs. I then cover just about anything you'd want to know about Javas primitive data types. I cover declaration statements, expression statements, all the types and how to convert them.

Install Java 1.7 Eclipse

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:23:30 +0000

I'm beginning a new Java tutorial using Eclipse as my IDE. Every time I have used Eclipse in the past there have been installation problems so, I'll try to fix that issue here.

WordPress Shopping Cart 2

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:18:04 +0000

Here I show you how to properly set all of the settings for our Wordpress Shopping Cart. All of the possible settings for the WP E-Commerce Plugin are covered in this tutorial

WordPress Shopping Cart Tutorial

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:14:05 +0000

In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a Custom Wordpress Shopping Cart with WP-eCommerce. I cover how to customize a wonderful shopping cart plugin

How to Design a Website 3

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:49:14 +0000

I continue showing how I design websites in this video tutorial. I really focus in on how to correct errors in a web design. I look for errors using the Developer Tools inside of Google Chrome. I also show you how I make a site work in Internet Explorer

Image Maps in WordPress Posts

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:13:03 +0000

I've received a few requests on how to put an Image Map in a Wordpress Post. So, in this tutorial I'll show you.

How to Design a Website 2

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:34:52 +0000

I showed you the steps I follow to create a web design as quickly as possible. Here I show you how to add my cross browser Featured Content and JQuery Slider components to that original design.

Edit the Coda Slider

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:29:30 +0000

In this video I'll show you how to edit the Coda slider. I also show you how to check if your website will look nice in other browsers.

Awesome Holiday Sides

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:33:36 +0000

I thought I'd have some fun and show you how I make Cranberry Sauce and Sweet Potato Casserole.

Cross Browser Menu Tutorial

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:35:12 +0000

In this video tutorial I answer many questions I've received 1. Make a Cross Browser Menu that works with IE 6 & 7 2. Make a Menu that doesn't require JavaScript 3. Make a Cross Browser Wordpress Horizontal Menu 4. How do you execute different CSS styling based on browser

Cross Browser Horizontal Menu

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:16:51 +0000

Not only is this a cross browser horizontal menu that works on browsers all the way back to Internet Explorer 5.5. This menu works without JavaScript on all browsers except for IE 6 & 7. On top of that the menu works with Wordpress themes.

How to Design a Website

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:51:40 +0000

In this video tutorial, I'll show you how to design a website quickly. I create a basic sketch that I turn into a finished mock up

Awesome Web Designs

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:47:57 +0000

I gathered some of my favorite web designs. I tried to focus on sites that had both a great layout as well as typography.

Make a JQuery Slider

admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:50:45 +0000

In this video tutorial I show you how to make a JQuery Slider similar to the ones Apple uses.

Make a WordPress Vertical Menu

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:54:26 +0000

In this tutorial I'll not only show you how to make a Wordpress Vertical Menu, but also how to do so on any website. It is cross browser as well.

Farfalle with Artichokes & Alfredo

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:49:26 +0000

If you want to fool people into thinking you are a great cook, this recipe is for you! The mixture of artichokes, mint, and lemon make for an incredibly fresh taste. Then I add the parmesan and heavy cream for richness.

Make Featured Content Slider 2

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:31:44 +0000

Here I finish the Featured Content Slider I started in the last tutorial. The goal of this series wasn't to make a static slider, but instead to provide a tool you could shape into any type of slider, gallery, or lightbox.

Make Featured Content Slider

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:17:37 +0000

Here I'll show you how to make a featured content slider. With it you will be able to make any type of slider, gallery, or light box.

Create a WordPress Theme 5

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:42:00 +0000

Here I finish my Wordpress Theme Tutorial by showing you how to create the archive and 404 pages. I also show you how to issue custom queries and how to use a bunch of other Wordpress functions in this tutorial.

Create a WordPress Theme 4

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:08:50 +0000

I show you how to make single.php, page.php and search.php. As well, I show you how to retrieve post data like post authors, dates, categories, comments and articles.

Create a WordPress Theme 3

admin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:06:12 +0000

In this part of my Wordpress Theme Tutorial I fix all of the CSS for the main blog page. I layout the sidebars and fix up any errors that may have come out while making this theme.

Create a WordPress Theme 2

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:46:05 +0000

I focus on how to make dynamic sidebars in this tutorial. You'll learn how to make static sidebars as well as sidebars that work with widgets but also have embedded functionality.

Create a WordPress Theme

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:47:45 +0000

In this tutorial I'll show you how to Create a Wordpress Theme from scratch.

WordPress Video Tutorials

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:41:18 +0000

I've created numerous Wordpress Video Tutorials. Here I provide you with an easy location to find all 40 of them.

Every Article

admin — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:41:03 +0000

Every once in a while I take a deep breath and reorganize my whole site. I never would have imagined that a year and a half ago that I would have created over 550 articles and 333 videos. So, here I have every article and video organized. I’ve added a new category for just WordPress [...]

How to Layout a Website 5

admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:37:18 +0000

In this tutorial I finish up the How to Layout a Website Tutorial. Here I'll finish making the template used by all the individual web pages. This time I create the template without any planning at all. I create the whole page completely out of my head. In the end I think it looks really nice.

How to Layout a Website 4

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:17:39 +0000

Here I finish off the website I started creating in part 1 of How to Layout a Website. I finish up the right sidebar and the footer. Then I move on to clean up any loose ends that exist.

How to Layout a Website 3

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:12:48 +0000

As you see making a website is a process of placing each individual part of the page in a box (DIV) and then moving this boxes into the correct position. I hope is that through repetition you will be able to recreate any design. It really isn't that hard to make custom website templates. It just takes some practice.

How to Layout a Website 2

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:18:30 +0000

In the tutorial, I'll show you how to make pretty complicated layouts. I show you how to overlay divs and how to make adjustments with CSS until everything looks perfect.

How to Layout a Website

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:36:30 +0000

The vast majority of questions I receive boil down to How to Layout a Website! While I'm not going to say it is easy to make a website. It takes time! However, I think anyone can learn to layout a website if they grasp some core concepts. In my next series of videos I'm going to focus on everything you need to know to layout a website using just a text editor.

HTML 5 Help 2

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:55:05 +0000

I will continue covering Canvas. I answer many questions that have been emailed to me and I focus on all you can do with lines, paths, arcs and text with HTML 5 Canvas.

Facebook Timeline Profile

admin — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:40:13 +0000

A couple of days ago Facebook introduced numerous changes. One of those changes affects the Facebook Timeline Profile. In this tutorial, I show you how to get the new Facebook Timeline Profile before any of your friends.

WordPress Forum Plugin

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:05:02 +0000

I show you how to install Buddypress 1.5 and the following: How to Install Wordpress How to Let Users Sign Up for your Forum Using Facebook Allow Users to Share Content Like Facebook

HTML 5 Help

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:06:38 +0000

I've received numerous requests for some HTML 5 Help. So, in this tutorial I'll cover one of the most exciting new features being the HTML 5 Canvas tag.

Perfect Roasted Chicken

admin — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:27:16 +0000

People tell me all of the time that they would eat healthier, but they don't have time, the food isn't any good, it's to expensive, etc. For those people I present my Perfect Roasted Chicken!

Contact Form for WordPress

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:44:44 +0000

I teach you how to create a contact form for Wordpress. This contact form is extremely customizable and includes both Akismet and Captcha spam blocking. It also allows for file uploads.

Like Button on WordPress

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:11:04 +0000

In this video I'll show you how to add a Like button on Wordpress that dynamically allows visitors to like individual pages. I also will show you how to make your website part of the Facebook network using the Open Graph Protocol.

Facebook Like for WordPress

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:46:25 +0000

I show you an easy way to add a Facebook like button inside your Wordpress posts.

How to Make Facebook Apps 2

admin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:10:51 +0000

I finish the Facebook Movie App up. I also show you how the Facebook app we are building actually works outside of Facebook. I also show you how to grab YouTube thumbnails and how to dynamically load videos.

How to Make Facebook Apps

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:17:00 +0000

In this video series you will learn How to Make Facebook apps. I'll cover every subject imaginable.

Secret News Articles

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:21:47 +0000

I received a very interesting email from one of you guys last week. The title of the email was Why is the Media Avoiding an Associated Press Article? The sender asked me to put it on my site because every time he posted it on any message board it was deleted.

HTTPS Certificate

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:54:45 +0000

In this tutorial, I'll explain what a HTTPS Certificate, or a SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate is. I'll also walk you step by step through the process of getting one.

Fantasy Football Strategy

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:13:33 +0000

I'll provide you with a complete Fantasy Football Strategy. You'll understand when to trade and how to plan for the playoffs all year long.

Fantasy Football Projections

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:34:23 +0000

I'll take you through the process I follow when I create my fantasy football projections or cheat sheet.

Body Language Lying

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:02:49 +0000

I show you how to detect lying through body language and verbal analysis. I also show you a bunch of tricks you can use to find out the truth secretly.

Nazi Propaganda Posters

admin — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:04:01 +0000

Previously I provided the World War 2 propaganda posters of the United States. Now I present Nazi Propaganda Posters.

Propaganda Posters

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:49:27 +0000

Here I present a bunch of World War 2 Propaganda Posters. They are very interesting and provide a window into the past.

Gestures and Body Language 2

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:21:27 +0000

I finally made my Body Language Analysis video with pictures! I combined all of the knowledge I could get from the top 20 books and law enforcement manuals into 1 video.

WordPress Get Taxonomies

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:20:16 +0000

In this video I teach the following: Display taxonomies for each post, Use taxonomies to organize posts, Display taxonomies in a drop down list, Use custom fields to organize posts, Display custom fields in posts

Update WordPress on Localhost

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:06:57 +0000

Ever since I wrote Install Wordpress on a Localhost I've received a bunch of requests on how to update Wordpress on a localhost. I show you how in this tutorial

WordPress Related Posts

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:23:15 +0000

I received many requests recently on how to display related posts on a Wordpress site. The code will grab as many related posts as you want and display them in your Wordpress post.

WordPress 404

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:05:19 +0000

In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a Wordpress 404 page. It will not only be funny, but also informative.

Great 404 Pages

admin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:00:47 +0000

I show some great 404 pages. When you make a custom 404 page for your site you show your visitors that you care enough to pay attention to the little things.

WordPress News Theme 8

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:08:56 +0000

In this part of my Wordpress News Theme Tutorial I will finish styling: archive.php, page.php, search.php and single.php.

WordPress News Theme 7

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:38:35 +0000

The Wordpress News Theme is almost done. I'll create the menu bar for the theme. Then I finish styling the front blog page. I show you how to make sure your images always align properly.

WordPress News Theme 6

admin — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:36:13 +0000

In this part of the Wordpress News Theme I finish the sidebar for the theme and create styling for the sidebar and footer. I'll cover how to style the output you receive from the wp_list_pages and wp_list_categories functions.

Blank USA Map

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:53:42 +0000

I provide a blank USA map because of a reader request. I redrew both a very detailed and a simple version of a map of the US. One map includes state names while the other doesn't. I provide these maps in EPS format.

WordPress News Theme 5

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:36:44 +0000

In this tutorial I finish creating the index.php and footer.php code for my Wordpress News Theme.

WordPress News Theme 4

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:25:37 +0000

In this tutorial I continue building the Wordpress News Theme. I'll turn the HTML and CSS, I made previously, into a Wordpress Theme.

WordPress Featured Content 10

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:11:00 +0000

I add some features to my Wordpress Featured Content Slider. I also show you how it works

WordPress Featured Content 9

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:19:44 +0000

It seems like I started this Wordpress Featured Content tutorial forever ago. Well in this tutorial I finish it. I have shown you how to do pretty much anything with Wordpress in this tutorial.

Web Sharing Forbidden Lion

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:43:55 +0000

If you recently installed Mac OSX Lion and now can't start Web Sharing, or if you get a 403 Forbidden Message when you try to access your web server I have a fix.

WordPress Featured Content Pt 8

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:05:44 +0000

I'm focusing on how to dynamically create the featured content slider after a new post has been saved. The main skills you'll develop here, aside from how to make the slider, is how to keep your code very organized as you proceed through a complicated project.

WordPress Featured Content Pt 7

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:57:36 +0000

I continue making a Wordpress Featured Content Slider. I also show you how to: Find out what category a post is in Get the URL for the Plugin Directory Retrieve Post Titles, Excerpts, Meta Data Make custom queries for the Wordpress database

WordPress Featured Content Pt 6

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:53:04 +0000

In this tutorial I'll show you how to: Count the Number of Posts in a Category | Create Custom | Wordpress Queries | Pull Post Titles, Excerpts, Links, etc. | Use Tim Thumb to Shrink Images

WordPress Featured Content Pt 5

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:47:42 +0000

In this tutorial I'll show you how to turn the previous html / css version of the featured content slider into a Wordpress featured content plugin. You'll learn how to make a meta box that allows the user to define the featured image they want to associate with their post.

Google Plus One Button and WordPress

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:35:17 +0000

I received a ton of emails recently asking how to use the Google Plus One Button on a Wordpress site. This is extremely easy to do. You can set up everything from inside of Wordpress with a few simple copies and pastes.

WordPress News Theme Pt 3

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:13:22 +0000

I finish all of the HTML and CSS for the Wordpress News Theme. Designing complicated sites just requires a solid understanding of CSS and HTML.

WordPress Newspaper Theme Pt 2

admin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:31:14 +0000

I continue to create all of the html and css for a Wordpress Newspaper theme. I also introduce Google Web Fonts, Lesser Known CSS Styling Tags, How to Layout a Complicated Website with HTML and CSS

WordPress Newspaper Theme

admin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:50:31 +0000

In this tutorial series I'll show you how to make a Wordpress Newspaper Theme. It can display 15 featured content articles. It allows you to display articles based off of categories. A lightbox will allow you to display videos or galleries dynamically. And, a whole bunch more.

Income Distribution United States

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:04:05 +0000

I cover United States Income Distribution with a focus on how the wealthiest are able to avoid taxation. I also focus a great deal of attention on the corporations and Billionaires in the United States.

Distribution of Wealth in America

admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:19:54 +0000

I explore the Distribution of Wealth in America. My two sources are the Federal Reserve Boards Survey of Consumer Finances and the IRS Tax Stats Reports. Here you'll learn just about everything about the Net Worths of Americans. Wealth distribution will be analyzed from every angle.

Medicare & Social Security

admin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:13:32 +0000

I explain how Medicare / Social Security got into their current state. How much is paid into Medicare / Social Security and so much more

Income in United States

admin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:17:59 +0000

I show you everything there is to know about income and taxes in the United States. I've seen countless articles that focus on estimates and guesses on this subject. In this article I provide cold hard facts. You'll shocked by what I found!

Average Net Worth Americans

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:02:23 +0000

I go into detail on the Average Net Worth of Americans. Everything is presented in bar and pie charts. Increase of Net Worth of Americans | Distribution of US Total Net Worth over the Years | Investments Based on Net Worth

Fix Social Security and Medicare

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:56:11 +0000

I explain how much money US citizens have paid into social security and medicare. Also why are we in this situation and how we can fix the entitlement programs

US Financial Crisis

admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:54:21 +0000

This time I'll explain how the US Financial Crisis occurred! You'll learn: What a Derivative is | What a Collateralized Debt Obligations is | How Credit Default Swaps Work | The Dangers of Unregulated Markets

US Economic Crisis

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:22:33 +0000

I explain Quantitative Easing and the US Economic Crisis. What is wrong with the US Economy. How the wealth of the bottom 90% was given to the richest 1%

Order and Chaos Review

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:34:42 +0000

Here I provide an Order and Chaos Review. I also provide a tutorial on how to do pretty much anything in the game.

Repeating Backgrounds

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:45:33 +0000

I was asked how to make a website background that is seamless. In this tutorial I'll show you how to make repeating backgrounds.

Make an Image Gallery with JQuery Pt 2

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:06:51 +0000

I'll go over all of the JQuery and JavaScript needed to make an image gallery with JQuery. This also is going to be a pretty awesome JQuery tutorial because I'll show you a bunch of tricks.

How to Make a Slideshow

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:10:52 +0000

Charlie wrote and asked for me to make a slideshow or gallery from scratch. So, today I will show you how to make a slide show. All of the HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery code required will be provided and explained.

Get Noticed on a Message Board

admin — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:11:21 +0000

I answer a popular question: Is there a formula on how to get noticed on a message board? How do I get my message heard?

Make Featured Content Gallery Pt 4

admin — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:16:58 +0000

I continue to show you how to make a Content Gallery in this tutorial. I'll focus on how to allow for multiple blocks of content in this tutorial and how to set up arrows to cycle through that content.

Featured Content Gallery 3

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:32:52 +0000

I add a bunch of features to my Featured Content Slider. Along the way I'll also show you how to do many neat things with JQuery. I started by focusing on a Wordpress Featured Content Plugin, but then decided to make a tool that would work on any website with Featured Content Gallery pt 2.

Featured Content Gallery Pt 2

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:15:38 +0000

I continue creating a Wordpress Featured Content Plugin. In this tutorial I'll actually continue with the original goal while at the same time provide you with a Featured Content Gallery you can use anywhere.

Negotiation Tactics

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:16:44 +0000

I organize all of the negotiation tactics I have ever taught. I'll show you how people make decisions and how to use this knowledge to get what you want.

Web Design Tutorial

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 23:12:49 +0000

I organized all of my Web Design Tutorials : HTML, xHTML, XML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, JQuery, Python, Objective C and Flash

WordPress Featured Content

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:05:07 +0000

I'll show you how to make a Wordpress Featured Content Plugin. It will be designed so simply that anyone should be able to easily style it however they like.

WordPress Plugin Howto Pt 3

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:01:35 +0000

In the previous 2 Wordpress Plugin Tutorials I showed you how to create a great Wordpress Plugin template you could use to make your own. The only two capabilities I left out in those tutorials is how to add shortcode capabilities and an uninstall script. In this tutorial I'll cover that code.

Shortcodes WordPress

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:36:15 +0000

In this WordPress video tutorial, I’ll show you how to create Shortcodes in WordPress. A Shortcode is a WordPress specific way to add cool functionality with little to no effort. In this tutorial I’ll create a Shortcode function that will automatically jump out to any RSS feed and grab as many articles titles as you [...]

WordPress Plugin Howto Pt 2

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:36:01 +0000

I continue to layout a template you can use to create a Wordpress Plugin. Add Plugin to Admin Sidebar, Wordpress Settings Page, Translate Text, Wordpress Install Function

WordPress Plugin Howto

admin — Fri, 06 May 2011 01:25:47 +0000

In this Wordpress Plugin Howto Video, I'll show you how to make a Wordpress Widget/Plugin. All of the code follows the video and it is heavily commented.

WordPress Taxonomies

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:49:22 +0000

In this Wordpress Video Tutorial you'll find out everything you ever wanted to know about Wordpress Taxonomies and more. A Taxonomy is just a fancy word that represents a way you can better sort your posts, pages and links in Wordpress.

WordPress Theme Tutorial Pt 8

admin — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:48:55 +0000

I fix all of the remaining pages in my wordpress theme. I also show you how to embed your Twitter Tweets in your theme since that has been a major request.