iNudge.net is an amazing little site with a nifty musical tool. Anyone using the web based application can create music loops by following a few rules. The first step is to select 1 of 8 different Sound Patterns from the small Matrixes icons on the right. You then use your mouse to draw notes on each 16 Step Matrix and you adjust the volume of the iNudge application. For each pattern, you can adjust the volume, you can mute, clear, or set the audio pan from Left to Right.

You can also click on the tempo numbers and click up or down to change the overall tempo. To make the nudge longer use the “plus” button. You can use the Clear, Copy, Cut and Paste functions to edit your pattern faster. Get & Share allows you to send mail, get links, get embed code or spread your latest creation in social media communities. Using the Feedback Forum, you can tell us what you think, leave your comments or make suggestions.

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This post will contain some of our latest finds that don’t merit a full article. Some of these links and articles are wonderful resources.

• Breaking News
  • 10 Trends That Are Shaping Global Media Consumption
  • Who Will Save Apple If Steve Leaves? Meet The Dream Team
  • Exclusive: Apple will remove home button on next iPad and iPhone; Photo Booth and iLife coming?
• Wordpress links
  • Why you should never search for “Free Wordpress Themes” on Google : malicious code everywere?
  • Predictions for Wordpress in 2011
  • Turning Wordpress into a Forum : bbPress
  • Anatomy of a Wordpress Theme
  • How I Decreased My WordPress Page Load Time by 5 Seconds
• More Web Design Stuff
  • Should you work for free – a funny flowchart
  • 14 Rules for Faster-Loading Web Sites
• Apple stuff
  • Confessions of an Apple Store Employee
  • 30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks to Get The Most From Your Mac Roundups 30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks to Get The Most From Your Mac
  • Apple’s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your iPhone
• Web 2.0
  • The spectacular decline of 2.0 sites
  • A Web 2.0 Suicide Machine or how to erase your 2.0 footprint

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When you create a link to a website this always strengthens its position in search engines. This means that a bad review of a website, or the link to a malicious website makes it more popular. If you’re using social media and you are discussing or alerting others about a website that promotes scams or other questionable business and you link to that site, search engines will, despite your best wishes, improve the offending site’s rank.

With donotlink.com, you can link to sites without giving them any Google juice. Donotlink.com uses three different ways to block search engines from crawling a link including a shortened url. Donotlink.com also has a great sense of humour – See above image!

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Among the amazing data visualizing tools out there, the maps featured by Information Architects have become a favorite among the industry.

Based in Japan, Information Architects’ website produces over 3.4 billion page views per year and their Trend Map has won one of the biggest design prizes out there: it hangs on the wall of practically every big tech office in the world. Interested in your own custom maps? Check out http://webtrendmap.com/

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1. Godwin’s Law – Comparing something to Hitler or the Nazis is inevitable in any online discussion.
2. Poe’s Law – Without a blatant display of humour, it is impossible to make a parody of fundamentalism that someone won’t take as real.
3. Rule 34 – If it exists there IS porn of it.
4. Skitt’s Law – Any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself. Also the likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster.
5. Cohen’s Law – Whoever resorts to the argument “whoever resorts to the argument that… has automatically lost the debate” has automatically lost the debate.
6. Pommer’s Law – A person’s mind can be changed by reading information on the internet. The nature of this change will be: From having no opinion to having a wrong opinion.
7. The Law of Exclamation – The more exclamation points used in an email (or other posting), the more likely it is a complete lie. This is also true for excessive capital letters.
8. Scopie’s Law – In any discussion involving science or medicine, citing Whale.to as a credible source loses you the argument immediately …and gets you laughed out of the room.
9. Danth’s Law – If you have to insist that you’ve won an Internet argument, you’ve probably lost badly.
10. Grey’s Law – Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

Did we hear ENCORE?

1. Shaker’s Law – Those who announce their imminent departure from an Internet discussion forum almost never actually leave.
2. Timecube Law – The longer the page, the more insane the author.
3. Skarka’s Law – No matter how vile or indefensible something is, someone will post something positive or in defense of it.



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Running a multilingual website doesn’t get any easier. WPML is the a powerful Wordpress multilingual plugin. Armed with a complete startup guide for new users and its side-wide navigation, WPML offers top navigation with drop down menus, breadcrumbs trail navigation and sidebar navigation. There are a lot of options and configurations through the backend admin section.

WPML also makes any WordPress theme multilingual and gives you the tools to build unique multilingual WordPress sites. WPML was created by ICanLocalize, a professional translation service, specializing in website translation and software localization.

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According to Meraki’s website, they provide networking systems and enterprise-class networking to organizations of all sizes. Their unique cloud-hosted controller architecture provides centralized management and security though an intuitive web interface, eliminating the high costs and complexity associated with traditional networking systems.

While we are not current users of Meraki’s services, we are avid fans of their Web based tools: the WiFi Stumbler, the WiFi Mapper as well as a range calculator and an indoor coverage calculator. Great tools when you work in an environment that is saturated with 2 Ghz services from WiFi to Wireless cameras.

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Whether you’re upset with Paypal over their policies, issues with Wikileaks, or just in need of an alternative, you can turn to WePay.com. Featured by the New York Times, Mashable, LifeHacker, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, WePay is secure, safe, easy to use and manage and credit card services.

Do note however that the USA PATRIOT Act, a federal law, requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens a Card Account, which means giving your real name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to reasonably identify you.

To create an account, you will need to provide a tax number or a social security number. The first step in collecting money is creating a group account. Only then you’ll be able to request payment, sell tickets, and accept donations.

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Two of us here at WebsiteForensics spent 32 days on a road-trip down to the East Coast of Canada. It was bliss: the people, the places, the food. This is Canada’s best kept secret.

Unfortunately, on our way through Montreal, we thought it would be a great idea to stop by the Atwater Marché for some produce. That’s when it happened: a smash and grab. In just a few minutes, our laptop, cameras, backpacks were stolen. All our pictures had been downloaded to the computer, so there we were with bags of apples and carrots but no pictures from our trip save the 200 or so still on the camera they didn’t manage to steal. What a nightmare.

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We finally got our hands on a couple of WiFi iPads and have been giving them to some of the toughest users possible: our friends. We gave the iPad, without explanation to one friend of ours who had never played with an iPhone or iPod Touch. Within minutes, our friend had figured out how to setup email, surf the web, create new windows, copy/paste, download applications … Now we can’t get it back.

When the iPad is not between sofa cushions, it is our friend’s favorite tool in the media room. Who needs a laptop when you just want to lookup IMDB or Youtube? The obvious complaints are about no Flash and not being able to print. I/O issues were never really part of the conversation as the Internet and the Network provide ample exchange solutions. Blake, who also got his hands on an iPad confided in us… it’s now his favorite bathroom magazine. Ick! He can keep his.

We’re going to pick up some Velcro this weekend and we’re seriously considering a 3G version of the iPad for a wicked road trip we’re planning this summer.

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