Gaming
Forza’s social interactions with your friends’ clones are a bit creepy
Forza Drivatars are a light-AI ghost clone of your friends, and they want to race you in Forza Horizon and Motorsports. But is it a creepy experience?
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Web Analytics
Not all web analytics is bad
First-party analytics on websites generally isn’t a privacy problem. However, third-party analytic platforms tracking you across different websites is.
MacOS
How to fix the size of the open and save dialogs on Mac
The open and save dialogs may become too large for you to reach the Open and Save buttons. Here is how to get them back to the normal size.
Gaming
Everyone wants to know the release dates of upcoming games
Game release dates are a hot search topic. Online gaming outlets rush to produce the best garbage result to fill the niche.
Compression
MacOS adds XZ-compression support
Apple adds command-line support for the high-efficiency XZ file compression format in MacOS 10.10 “Yosemite.”
Syndication feeds
Make RSS subscriptions more appealing with early-access
Entice and reward news feed (‘RSS’) subscribers with early-access to new blog posts! Support the open web ecosystem by rewarding its users.
MacOS
Use MacOS’ screenshot tool as a screen ruler
Learn how to use MacOS built-in keyboard shortcuts to measure pixel-lengths on the screen. Easy to do without any third-party software required.
Web Analytics
IE11 Preloading-feature sends browsing history to Microsoft
The new Preloading feature in Internet Explorer 11 is designed to speed up your web browsing. It also transmits a lot of information to Microsoft.
Podcasts
Better presentation of newsfeeds in web browsers
XML stylesheets can help visitors learn about and make better use of your syndication feeds by helping them get set up.
Microsoft Windows
Let me download Windows!
Microsoft should let paying customers download Windows as an ISO-file instead of forcing them to purchase it on physical media.
Review
Book review: The Martian
Join asshole astronaut Mark Watney on Mars as he sciences his way to survival.
Open Standards
Become a search provider in Safari Quick Website Search
Here’s how to make your website appear as a suggested search provider in Safari’s new Quick Website Search feature.