How to design fast web sites?

The best reference for the design of fast web sites is, IMHO, Steve Souders's book on front end optimization. He recommends the following best practices:Rule 1 - Make Fewer HTTP RequestsRule 2 - Use a Content Delivery NetworkRule 3 - Add an Expires HeaderRule 4 - Gzip ComponentsRule 5 - Put Stylesheets...

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How to secure access to gmail account?

Have you ever wondered how to secure access to gmail account? If not, you should! Think for a minute about what the search for following keywords in your mailbox would return: "sick" "problem" "secret" "pwd" "password" "don't tell" "don't repeat"...I think I have convinced you, so let's seek for solutions...

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How to manage contacts in android / google / gmail ?

How often do you tidy your contact list? Do you know how to manage your contacts in android / google / gmail ?Your contacts represent your social graph, that is, the links that tie you to your friends and family. This information is invaluable for intelligence agencies and for advertising. Here is the...

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How to install peerblock to improve web/p2p privacy in debian?

Peerblock is a program that prevents some peers to connect to your host when you use some P2P application. On Debian I wanted to install something similar, to avoid defining the firewall policies by hand.Moblock is the name of the Debian side solution that corresponds to Peerblock. It's documented on...

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What to buy to implement a raspberry pi based media center?

Raspberry Pi (Photo credit: barbourians)If you want to setup a raspberry-pi based media center, you will need to buy the following elements:A raspberry pi computerAn SD card to host the OS of your raspberry pi. 8 Go are sufficient for this.Of course, you will need a way to configure the raspberry...

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How to check if you respect web design standards and best practices?

webmaster desktop (Photo credit: FSA 2006-07)Do you know how to check if your web page respect web design standards and best practices?If no, the following web page provides a great checklist, which permits you to verify (or discover) if you have designed your website correctly: http://webdevchecklist.com/It...

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