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Sleepy Tree Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:52:31 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of some trees on a mountain’s side, taken at dusk. The Desktop wallpaper is 1600 x 1047 WxH pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Magenta River Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 22:55:14 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a river rendered in a Majestic Magenta background. Credit goes to Juergen Kuprat. The image was taken using a Nikon D70, with an ISO speed of ISO-200, and a Focal length of 17mm. The desktop wallpaper is 1024 x 681 pixels (W x H) in dimension, with a resolution of 72 …

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Dandelion Bloom Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 01:04:38 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a blooming Dandelion. The Desktop wallpaper is 1600 x 1066 WxH pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Dandelion Teal Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:21:28 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a Dandelion in Teal Background. The Desktop wallpaper is 1600 x 1050 WxH pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Blue Rainy Day Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:29:38 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a tree branch glistening with water drops during a one blue rainy day. The Desktop wallpaper is 1024 x 680 WxH pixels in dimension, with a Bit depth of 24. Photo shot by Ahmer Inam. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on …

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Shell Art Bleu Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 06:41:18 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a digital artwork that appears to be recursive shells in blue. The Desktop wallpaper is 1920 x 1080 WxH pixels in dimension, with a Bit depth of 8. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Niagara Falls Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:26:45 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of the Niagara Falls, one of the wonders of the world. The Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. The Desktop wallpaper is 3008 x 1780 WxH pixels in dimension, with …

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Anonymous Guy Fawkes Mask Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 09:01:14 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of the infamous Guy Fawkes mask that became the symbol and the mask worn by the hacker collective group Anonymous. The mask is made up of names of random people who can be members or indirectly associated to the hacker collective. It gives the idea that Anonymous or anon can be anybody. …

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Why didn’t Drogon kill Jon Snow for killing Daenerys?

al2meta — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:37:24 +0000

It has been 4 days since Game of Throne’s final episode came out on HBO and perhaps one of the million dollar questions in the finale was why didn’t Drogon kill Jon Snow for assassinating Daenerys, he’s beloved mother? Well, there are numerous theories surrounding the incident, but of course, all of these can be …

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Ancient Watch Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Fri, 10 May 2019 03:08:00 +0000

A mystical object that resembles a clock, a gear or a cogwheel of some sort. The Desktop wallpaper is 1920px wide and 1080px high, with a Bit depth of 24. It’s in portable network graphics format. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Working on my old Astral Meta Website

al2meta — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:24:35 +0000

Astralmeta.com is an old website I created way back in 2013. See the screenshot above (courtesy of Archive.org’s Wayback Machine). It started as blogspot site (called blog sites back in the days), which was eventually transferred to a hosting service running on a WordPress-powered website. Back then, I don’t know any programming. I was merely …

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Tifa Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:15:59 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of Tifa from the role playing game Final Fantasy VII. The Desktop wallpaper is 1600px wide and 900px high, with a resolution of 96 dpi and Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Fade in and Fade Out Effect JavaScript Function

al2meta — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:35:50 +0000

I wrote a JavaScript function that can make an element fade in or fade out providing it has an id, and I would like to keep it here to serve as notes for future developers to use. This simple JavaScript code can make an image, a text, an object, or a box or whatever html …

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Custom Audio Player using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

al2meta — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:01:55 +0000

As for something to add to my portfolio, I would like to showcase one of my Web Dev projects. This is a custom Audio Player that kind of resembles YouTube’s Video Player. It has a playlist where you can pick a song. In this demo, I only added two. Those two in the playlist actually …

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Aerith Theme Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:15:35 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of Aerith (or Aeris) from the role playing game Final Fantasy VII. The Desktop wallpaper is 1680px wide and 1050px high, with a resolution of 96 dpi and Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Fireflies Animation with Background Music using JavaScript and jQuery

al2meta — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:06:26 +0000

This is a JavaScript animation where it shows a background of a picnic area in the woods, surrounded by glowing fireflies. The code was originally wrote by Andrew Reifman. I further develop the code and added a background music that reflects the environment, then a fade in and a fade out effect. The code is …

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Read Toomics’ Stolen for Free

al2meta — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 06:55:01 +0000

Stolen is another one of Toomics’ adult manga comics translated into English and sold to read for VIP members, but I’m not sure if Toomics’ owns the full copyright license. I’m yet to find it out, but I notice that you don’t have to pay to read this rated-mature comics anymore considering that just by …

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Learn Java Programming for Beginners by Guru99

al2meta — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:54:08 +0000

This is an introduction to Java Programming language by Guru99. This Video tutorial is designed for beginners with little or no coding experience. At the end of this tutorial, you would be able to understand: 00:04 What is Java? 06:05 JVM (Java Virtual Machine) & Architecture 08:33 Java Hello World First Program 11:10 Java OOPs …

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Starting Java Lessons

al2meta — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:17:28 +0000

Sometimes, I don’t understand myself nor do I know what I really wanted. Though it may sound crazy, I seem to be not contented with learning just one or two program languages. I want to learn them all. So far, I got some huge PHP experience with my recent job-related projects as a Junior PHP …

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NoScript

al2meta — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 21:58:49 +0000

NoScript (or NoScript Security Suite/NoScript Firefox Extension) is an extension or add-on that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based web browsers. This free, open source add-on automatically blocks Javascript, Java, Flash, Silverlight and other plugins from loading on a page unless allowed or trusted by the user. It also offers specific countermeasures …

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How to Create Dark Vignette Border Around Image in Photoshop Tutorial Video

al2meta — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 18:16:50 +0000

This a tutorial video on how to create a dark vignette border around an image in Photoshop. This video was uploaded by Kim Seng of CaptainKimo.com. A photographer who has made some really outstanding photographs. After this tutorial, you would be able to learn how to make use of Photoshop’s Layer, lens correction, blending options, …

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How to remove Getlnk7.com redirect from browsers

al2meta — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 05:54:44 +0000

Getlnk7.com is a redirect shown in a web browser by an adware application. Its behavior is identical to Getlnk6.com redirect, and Getlnk10.com redirect. Once the adware responsible for this has infected the computer, web browsers would suddenly redirect you to a variety of pages and pop-up advertisements, usually asking you to install an application like …

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Image Slider with Sliding Animation in HTML and CSS only

al2meta — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 06:25:30 +0000

This is a demonstration of an Image Slider/Carousel written in HTML and CSS only. No Javascript needed! The slider has a sliding animation, where images slide from left and right. The tutorial can be found here. I kind of only replicated Clever Techie’s code and change some parts, but I think I now understand how …

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Working on a WordPress Theme for E & E Professionals

al2meta — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 20:26:24 +0000

Life has been nothing but busy lately, but I thought of it as a better way to keep my mind away from things that keeps me stressed (ie. Negativity, Harsh Reality, and Idiots). Recently, I got into a side project wherein I have to design a website. This website is for E & E Professionals, …

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Image Slider/Carousel with Fade Effects

al2meta — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:45:34 +0000

Almost all educational resources can now be found in the Internet. Thanks to the people who shared their knowledge with everybody. Kudos to all of them. I have to admit that I didn’t knew how to make an image slideshow/carousel by myself, not without the help of W3Schools, using their tutorial here. Thanks to that …

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How to create Image Slider using HTML and CSS Tutorial Video by Clever Techie

al2meta — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 01:10:22 +0000

Clever Tetchie shows us how to create an image slider in HTML and CSS without relying on any Javascript code at all. As we can clearly see, HTML and CSS have gone a long way. Back in the 90s, this wasn’t even possible without the help of Javascript. Check out how he did it, and …

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Enlarge Objects when clicked Javascript Demo

al2meta — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 22:51:43 +0000

Javascript can do a lot of things on your web page, and while PHP deals most of the server-side jobs, Javascript do the front-end client-side tasks. One of its capabilities is manipulating DOM elements. DOM, for those who don’t know what it means, stands for Document Object Model. According to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), …

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Snow Effect in Javascript

al2meta — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:06:19 +0000

This Javascript creates a snowfall effect on a web page. Thanks to VerkkoNet for his tutorial video. OK, I won’t deny it, I copy pasted a little, but that is only because I don’t know what functions to call. I somehow needed an idea. But now that I know the functions, I’m finally beginning to …

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Snowfall animation in JS by VerkkoNet Tutorial Video

al2meta — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 06:12:19 +0000

A Javascript tutorial video on how to make a snowfall effect animation using canvas. This javascript animation is also not resource intensive.

Page fails to load properly: url seems to be banned

al2meta — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 06:50:46 +0000

Not sure if this is a web hosting-related issue or a WordPress-related issue, nor I am sure if anyone had encountered this problem before. But, I had this issue before that I think needs to be mentioned since not even the tech guys at my hosting service provider know how to solve it. I also …

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Purple Space Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:39:45 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of space in majestic purple color. The desktop wallpaper is 1920 x 1080 pixels (W x H) in dimension, has a resolution of 300 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

How to install a Blogger Template?

al2meta — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:16:27 +0000

Blogger is a blog hosting and publishing service. It was develop by Pyra Labs and eventually bought by Google. The blogs are hosted by Google and can be generally accessed from a subdomain of blogspot.com. In the past, Blogger has a slew of skins called Templates. The Templates once had a big community of web …

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CodePen

al2meta — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:44:57 +0000

CodePen or codepen.io is a social development environment for front-end designers and developers. It’s an online community for testing and showcasing user-created HTML, CSS, and Javascript code snippets. It functions as an online code editor and open-source learning environment, where developers can create code snippets, called “pens”, and test them. The website was founded in …

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How to search for multiple keywords with PHP and MySQL

al2meta — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:38:17 +0000

In this tutorial, we’ll be teaching how to search for multiple keywords in PHP and MySQL. For example, we have a search bar, and we wanted to search for multiple keywords ie. “PHP and MySQL”. Normally, without a search engine, PHP will take the input “PHP and MySQL” as one keyword. So if it cannot …

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Super Mario RPG Mario Punching Animation in Javascript

al2meta — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 06:34:00 +0000

This is an attempt to replicate a battle animation in Super Mario RPG wherein Mario punches an enemy. Our setting here is the Sunken Ship, and he’s facing an adversary not normally present in the game — Bandana Green. As you know, Bandana sharks can be repalettize to change their colors, which makes up the …

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Uchisar Castle and Village Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:31:19 +0000

Uchisar Castle and its village, Cappadocia, Turkey, night time. The desktop wallpaper above is 1920 x 951 pixels (W x H) in dimension, has a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Cloud Mountain Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:03:44 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a snowy mountain over what seem to be a river of clouds. The desktop wallpaper above is 1280 x 853 pixels (W x H) in dimension, has a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Other dimensions are available for download. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture …

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How to fix WP Hide Post Plugin Parameter 2 to wp_hide_post_Public reference expected error?

al2meta — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:20:33 +0000

WP Hide Post is a free WordPress plugin that enables WordPress to hide posts or pages you don’t want to be included in your WordPress feed. While the posts and pages will remain visible to the public, you will have the option to prevent it from appearing in any of your post feeds. The functionality …

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Typewriter Javascript Animation

al2meta — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:14:25 +0000

This is a simple Javascript code that demonstrates an example of a DOM manipulation wherein we can make our webpage display a text animation that resembles a Typewriter. For this animation to look a lot better, we also use a 1942 custom font to mimic an old typewriter font. In addition, we added a background …

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A simple image gallery using class and objects

al2meta — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:40:26 +0000

For several months I’ve been coding the hard way. When I say the hard way, I mean using the Procedural Programming Paradigm where I wrote tons of code spanning over 1000 lines. Take for example this project. Now, I may be a noob when it comes to other developers but trust me, if you are …

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PHP Objects and Classes: Introduction to OOP Tutorial Video by Clever Techie

al2meta — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:42:04 +0000

This video is a tutorial video about PHP Objects and Classes. The tutorial is an introduction to PHP’s object-oriented programming.

Milky Way Night Sky

al2meta — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:51:51 +0000

A bedazzling night sky filled with stars. The desktop wallpaper above is 1280 x 854 pixels (W x H) in dimension, has a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Other dimensions are available for download. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on …

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Random Background Color with Javascript

al2meta — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:33:54 +0000

It’s been a long while since I started studying coding again, though I did learn more while working on an Inventory System CMS for Appliances Connection. This time around it’s no longer just about PHP. I added a new subject to my self-study curriculum — Javascript. Thanks to YouTuber mmtuts, he made learning Javascript a …

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Read Toomics’ The Good Manager for free

al2meta — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 06:17:41 +0000

Toomics’ “The Good Manager” seems to be one of the well sought adult comic out there. Well, Toomics’ surely isn’t the only one that has these adult thingys, but thanks to their impressive marketing utilizing Facebook and other social media sites, they seem to be getting quite a dozen of interested audience. The same tactic …

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Random Background Color in HTML, CSS, JavaScript Tutorial Video by Anis Sarker

al2meta — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 07:56:24 +0000

This video is a tutorial on how to make a web page with a transitioning background color using HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

Learning Javascript

al2meta — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:04:30 +0000

Hi guys, it’s been a while since I posted another blog update. I’d been busy with a lot of things, mainly with work that I don’t have enough time and the energy to write something new nor do I have time to study, but right now, I’m trying to make some time so please bear …

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In the Middle of the Lake Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 01:49:21 +0000

Desktop Wallpaper of Saint Michel Chapel on Lake Serre-Poncon, Hautes-Alpes, France. Lake Serre-Poncon is known as “Sea in the Mountains”. It is one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. St. Michel Chapel once stood on the top of a hill above a village and had to be carefully preserved when the dam was built …

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 07:16:43 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a sunrise/sunset scenery at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona. The wallpaper is 2560 x 1600 (W x H) pixels in dimension, has a resolution of 96 dpi, and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your …

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Northern Light Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 04:32:25 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a green Northern Light radiating in a pouring fashion. The wallpaper is 1920 x 1280 (W x H) pixels in dimension, has a resolution of 300 dpi, and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Atom

al2meta — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:08:59 +0000

Atom is a free open-source text and source code editor for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. It supports plug-ins written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub. This desktop application was built using web technologies. Most of the extension packages have free software licenses and are community-built and maintained. Atom is …

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Sunlight Desert Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:43:45 +0000

Desktop wallpaper of a desert brighten up by the bright sunlight. The Desktop Wallpaper is 3840 x 2160 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Green Aurora Iceland Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 03:15:49 +0000

Desktop wallpaper of a night sky in Iceland, illuminated by green Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). The Desktop Wallpaper is 1280 x 855 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 300 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it …

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Space Lake Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 02:41:36 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of another planet with neighboring heavenly bodies, and graced by purple starlight skies. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 1900 x 1069 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. It was further enhanced by AL2Meta using a noise reduction software. Instruction: To …

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Jetpack v.6.8 Plugin causing Division by Zero in Twenty Seventeen WordPress Theme

al2meta — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 21:48:48 +0000

Jetpack v.6.8, the latest version recently released by WordPress.com, offers some neat new features for your WordPress CMS, and one of the most interesting features is the new Site Accelerator. So technically, what it does is that it speeds up your WordPress loading time by optimizing your images and serve it along with your static …

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Introduction to Javascript and Javascript Basics Tutorial Videos by mmtuts

al2meta — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 03:01:42 +0000

After watching all of these videos, you would be able to understand what Javascript is, what it is for, what tools you could use to code Javascript, and some Javascript basics that will give you a foundation for more advance coding later on. Among the basics included in the tutorial are how to create variables, …

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Inventory System CMS

al2meta — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:46:51 +0000

While working as a freelancer, I get to develop a CMS (Content Management System) for the company, Appliances Connection. The primary function of the CMS is to see the status of the stocks via a UI (User Interface), and determine what the problems are. That way, the management team responsible would be able to find …

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Wilderness Steppe Sunlight Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 01:10:12 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a wilderness steppe at dawn with a ray of bright sunlight illuminating the region. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920×1440 (W x H) pixels in Dimension. With a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save …

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Desert Balloon Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:54:03 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a balloon flying over the desert at dusk. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 1920×1200 (W x H) pixels in Dimension. With a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer. You …

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Wilderness Steppe Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 00:40:38 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of a cave and outside is a wondrous steppe. The wallpaper above is 1920×1200 (W x H) pixels in Dimension. With a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Xoom got duped!

al2meta — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 23:35:35 +0000

Xoom sends money to your recipient first before they charge you, and makes sure they have completed the transaction as stated here. This is a really pretty neat offer, but before that transaction is even processed, of course, they have to first electronically verify your bank account and your information as a precaution to protect …

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Who is Anonymous’ leader?

al2meta — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 08:26:13 +0000

Perhaps, this has been asked time and again. The hacktivist group whose members hide behind Guy Fawkes masks have always been shrouded in mystery. Nobody knows who they are, they have no names, they are usually hidden behind proxy IPs, their location — everywhere! They can be in Jersey City and the next thing you …

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Sand Dunes Sunrise White Desert Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 07:44:36 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of White Desert at sunrise. The desert can be found in Farafra, Egypt. Numerous sand dunes have formed over the course of time. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 1920×1080 (W x H) pixels in Dimension. With a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on …

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An update in the life of a developer

al2meta — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 08:19:30 +0000

We’ve gone through thick and thin, but so far, we’ve managed to pull it though. In life, I’ve lost some friends, and some people who were dear to me, but gained some new ones. I guess that’s life. We lost some, we get some. That makes it dynamic. As far as job is concerned, it …

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Watch Claymore All Episodes for free

al2meta — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:16:54 +0000

Claymore is a dark fantasy, adventure manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series is set on a fictional medieval island where humans are plagued by human-feeding humanoid monsters called Yomas. A mysterious group, known as The Organization, creates half-human, half-Yoma hybrids to kill Yoma for a price. These female warriors were called …

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How to fix PHP Fatal error: Cannot use result of built-in function due to an error in Tar.php line 639

al2meta — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 07:09:21 +0000

As of PHP 7.2, you might start encountering an error when installing a PEAR package via Shell or Command Prompt. The error it gives you is: PHP Fatal error: Cannot use result of built-in function in write context in …\php\pear\Archive\Tar.php on line 639 Fatal error: Cannot use result of built-in function in write context in …

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Halloween Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 04:46:39 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a spooky place filled with horrifying pumpkins, scary trees, and some creepy candlelight. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 4000 x 2250 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… …

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How to use Lighting Effects in Photoshop Tutorial Video by PHLearn

al2meta — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:03:18 +0000

This video teaches how to use Photoshop’s Lighting Effects and how to apply it on your photo. This includes tutorial on how to use the Filter -> Render -> Lighting Effects, and the Blending Options Bevel & Emboss and Drop Shadow functions.

File Unzipper

al2meta — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 06:38:15 +0000

One of the PHP scripts I wrote that was actually put to actual use was the File Unzipper. As the word, it unzips zip files using PHP. Modern Windows operating systems has built-in functionality that allows you to unzip zip files. Back in the past, you have to use an application such as WinZip or …

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How to enable PHP Rar Archive support in XAMPP?

al2meta — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:32:03 +0000

In case you guys didn’t know, PHP also has the capability to open Rar Archives (compressed archives generated by WinRAR). Rar by the way, stands for Roshal Archive. Named after its developer, Russian software engineer, Eugene Roshal. However, while PHP is allowed to open or even extract Rar content(s), it cannot write and create Rar …

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How to make PHP wait before executing an action or another action?

al2meta — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 07:50:35 +0000

Perhaps, this question has been asked several times already. How would you be able to make PHP wait before executing an action or another action similar to CMD’s ‘sleep’ command or VBScript ‘WScript.Sleep’ function? Well, while PHP do have two such functions namely ‘sleep(n)’ where n is the number of seconds, and ‘usleep(n)’ where n …

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Auto Fetch File from FTP Server

al2meta — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 03:32:30 +0000

It’s been 3 months since I started studying PHP, now it’s time to put what I learned into application. Just recently, I got drafted into the Junior Developer position in a company I am currently contracted to work on. As a Junior Developer, I am but a novice to the team, and thus, yet to …

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Haunted House Blogger Template

al2meta — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 18:31:53 +0000

Haunted House is a Blogger Template (Theme) for Halloween, Ghost Stories, Mystery, Paranormal, and scary-themed blogs. The template was a derivative of Haunted House Alpha, a template formerly used for a Ghost Story Blogger Blog — Ghostvilla. This template was developed and enhanced for non-profit public distribution. The old Haunted House predecessor Haunted House Alpha …

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Starcraft X

al2meta — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:11:49 +0000

StarCraft X is a StarCraft Broodwar mod (modification) that I created sometime in 2012. The mod was designed to work for StarCraft Broodwar v.1.16.1. What it does is that it changes the Protoss race to the Xion race and it adds new additional units and structures to their army. The Terran and the Zerg faction …

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Kantu Browser Automation

al2meta — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 03:31:01 +0000

Kantu Browser Automation (Google Chrome) or Kantu: Fresh Browser Automation plus Selenium IDE (Mozilla Firefox) is a modern Open-Source Web Macro Recorder and Selenium Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Browser plugin designed for general web automation, form filling, web scraping and web testing. The extension (addon) was made by a9t9. Being a Web Macro Recorder, it …

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Drafted into Junior PHP Developer

al2meta — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:13:40 +0000

Finally got a part of my dream… to become a developer. This is something I can be proud of considering I didn’t really graduated Computer Science. I was an RN, a registered nurse in my home country, although before that I did study ComSci. It’s just that back at that time, I didn’t took it …

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Rustic Water Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 20:23:59 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a lake made up of red moss, appearing like rusty water. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920 x 1080 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. This wallpaper was featured by Bing in the past. Instruction: To download, right-click on the …

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How to enable bbPress’ Visual Editor?

al2meta — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:59:35 +0000

By default, bbPress’ Visual Editor is turned off since bbPress 2.3.1. The reason is probably concerning security since the editor allows html and other codes (possibly via frames) to run in it, and bbPress developers are kind of trying to prevent code exploitation and injections by malicious users from happening. They also remove the option …

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Moneygram Scammer

al2meta — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:59:10 +0000

Just recently, I received an email from someone who claimed he was associated with Moneygram, but thank god, we have Gmail. Google’s email service is equipped with a powerful spam detection program that is capable of learning and noting patterns used by scammers to scam people. With its smart detection function, it was able to …

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Colorful Background Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:12:37 +0000

A prismatic background made of colors green, yellow, pink, blue and blue green. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 1600 x 1000 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on …

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Planets in Space Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:28:54 +0000

A computer generated image of a planet in space surrounded by glowing cosmic dusts. The Desktop Wallpaper above is 1600 x 1000 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it …

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Village Gasadalur Heinanova Mountain Waterfall

al2meta — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:48:09 +0000

Village of Gásadalur below Heinanova mountain, with waterfall cascading over cliff into the Atlantic Ocean, Vagar, Faroe Islands. This photograph was among the ones featured by Bing. Copyright © Kimberley Coole/Lonely Planet. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920 x 1200 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit depth …

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Sorting with Microsoft Excel Tutorial

al2meta — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 06:52:41 +0000

In this tutorial, I will be teaching you guys how to sort in Microsoft Excel. The sorting function allows you to change the order of, or rearrange the data in your spreadsheet. Note that this function works on columns (the vertical array) by default. It doesn’t work on rows (the horizontal array) unless you’re doing …

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Alpine Sunset River Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:24:13 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of the Alps at Sunset. This Desktop Wallpaper is 1920 x 1080 (W x H) pixels in dimension, is at 96 dpi and has a Bit depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Green Water Falls Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:19:45 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of a Water Fall falling into the green waters below. The Wallpaper above is 1024px by 576px (W x H), with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. A bigger and better version can be downloaded below. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image …

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Plantation Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 07:35:10 +0000

A Desktop wallpaper of a Plantation. This Desktop Wallpaper was among those that were chosen by Bing as a featured image. The Wallpaper is 1280px by 800px (W x H), with a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to …

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A Safe Site? .com

al2meta — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 03:08:28 +0000

A Safe Site? or asafesite.com is a website that can scan any website for security issues including malware and blacklisting. It is free at the time of this writing, though feel free to update me whenever there are some changes on this website. It is lightweight and very easy to use. Just enter the site …

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Sunset Bike Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:16:47 +0000

Desktop Wallpaper of a Bike in a bay area at Sunset. The Desktop Wallpaper is 2560×1440 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Copyright www.kinyu-z.net. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

PHP threw a weird T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM token

al2meta — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 06:28:39 +0000

While working on a Scientific Calculator PHP code recently, I accidentally stumbled on some weird sh*t. This is the first time I encountered a strange error message. The token says T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM. I was like… the hell is that? PHP did, however, try to give you an idea of what this error message is all about …

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Scientific Calculator in PHP

al2meta — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:54:21 +0000

This is a Scientific Calculator written in PHP. It has some of the functions of a standard Scientific Calculator like the Pi (π), Exponents, Square Root, Sine, Cosine, Tangent, Arc Sine, Arc Cosine, Arc Tangent, Logarithm, Natural Logarithm (ln), Factorial (n!), the basic arithmetic operations found in a Standard Calculator – Addition (+), Subtraction (-), …

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Switch Statements in PHP Tutorial Video by mmtuts

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:41:48 +0000

This video by mmtuts is a tutorial on PHP Switch Statements. After watching this video, we would be able to understand what a switch statement is and how to make use of the Switch statement in PHP.

HTML5 – Notes for Professionals

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 07:00:41 +0000

HTML5 – Notes for Professionals is an eBook that contains some notes and tutorials on HTML 5 (Hypertext Markup Language) programming language, compiled from Stack Overflow Documentation, which was written by its wonderful community of web designers and developers, and published by GoalKicker.com for educational purposes. Text content is released under Creative Commons BY-SA. This …

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Site Stats and Archive.Org Donation

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:03:42 +0000

Hello guys, I’m happy to announce that this portfolio and web resource site seems to be booming lately, as evidenced by the site stats above. I started this website back in May 2018 and in just 4 months time, it manages to reach the 1k hits milestone. Way back then, it just got like 1 …

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Derelict Ship Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:17:35 +0000

A desktop wallpaper of a derelict ship near a coastline. The desktop wallpaper is 1920×1200 (W x H) pixels in dimension, with a resolution of 300 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

The Galleon Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:03:12 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a Galleon sailing in the open seas. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920×1200 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Derelict Galleon Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 01:47:03 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a derelict galleon near a cove. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920×1080 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 96 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Sunset Misty Coastline Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 01:11:02 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of a misty coastline at Sunset. The photograph was taken by Michael Nothum. The Desktop Wallpaper is 7310×3600 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 300 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on …

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Starlight Forest Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 21:09:48 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of the starlight skies while in a forest. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1700×1085 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Tokyo Skyline Desktop Wallpaper

al2meta — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 19:50:46 +0000

A Desktop Wallpaper of Tokyo’s skyline at night from an aerial view. The Desktop Wallpaper is 1920×1200 (W x H) pixels in dimension. With a resolution of 72 dpi and a Bit Depth of 24. Instruction: To download, right-click on the picture and select save image as… to save it on your computer.

Search and Signup PHP Files

al2meta — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 18:45:07 +0000

These are simple search and signup PHP files that I made using mmtuts tutorials on using PHP to interact with MySQL database. They are made of several components (PHP files) that link to one another. This also requires you to have a MySQL database in order to work. I packed it in a zip file …

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Learning how to use PHP to connect and manipulate MySQL Database

al2meta — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:41:12 +0000

Sadly, my study has stalled for awhile as it was spent on Game Designing that SMBX game I created for the kids. Anyway, going back to studying, so far I have learned how to create an IV Drip Rate Calculator, a multiplication table using for loop, solve project Euler’s first easy question, use PHP to …

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