January 30, 2009

3 Steps To Making the Most of Your Rechargeable Cell Phone / Laptop Battery

battery life, like a child's mind, needs constant vigilance to maintain capacity

If you’re an iPhone snob like me, you find yourself talking to anyone you can about the latest apps from the store, that new case you saw on the iPhone Blog, the funny / jealous looks people give you on the street thumbing your iPod app around, etc etc.

After glorifying in it’s awesomeness enough, someone will eventually say to me “yeah, but it has shit for battery life.”

And here’s the shocker: I disagree. I’m fairly satisfied with my iPhone’s battery life. And for that matter, I’ve always been satisfied with my cell phone batteries for as long as I’ve had cell phones in my life. Same with laptop batteries. What do these rechargeable batteries (usually) have in common? They’re Lithium Ion batteries.

Bottom line: Lithium Ion batteries DO NOT have to degrade in battery life. All you have to do is take better care of them. And all THAT requires is 3 easy changes in your life, and the habits you develop in charging your batteries.

Check past the jump for these 3 steps and a quick explanation.

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January 3, 2009

A Simple HTML Tip – Link to Images Without Annoying Borders

I was working on a site recently and a client wanted an image linked to a feedback form. But everytime I linked an image, it gave a nasty blue border around it! Check below the break for the simple tip!

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