Activating your Facebook timeline couldn’t be easier. Visit the Introducing Timeline page and click Get Timeline; that’s all you have to do!
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Facebook Increases Status Update Limit to 63,206 Characters
December 4th, 2011 at 4:22 PM by GeoffreyOn Wednesday, Facebook’s Journalist Program Manager Vadim Lavrusi, posted the maximum character limit for status updates had been increased from 5,000 to 63,206. In case you were wondering how big that actually is, the announcement also comes with a reference: “A novel has roughly 500,000 characters. This could be shared in 9 posts.” That’s also equivalent to over 451 tweets, for all of you Tweeters out there.
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Computer Tips for Free is Now Tech Tips for Free!
November 21st, 2011 at 1:16 PM by GeoffreyThe way things are going, I can already see Computer Tips for Free outgrowing its name; this has led me to the decision of renaming the site to Tech Tips for Free. This change will allow me to incorporate any technology, not just computers. I already have the Tech Tips for Free URL, but will [...]
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Use CSS to Create a Transparent Image Link
November 19th, 2011 at 9:50 AM by GeoffreyThere are many different effects you can create with transparency. This article shows you how to use CSS to create a hover effect with an image used as a link. When you place your mouse over the image below, the opacity drops to %50, meaning it is half see-through. This a quick and easy method for making image links different when someone puts their mouse over them.
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