Every website needs a favicon, if for no other reason than to avoid littering your server logs with 404 errors. If you still haven’t got a favicon on your site, check out Faviconist, a new favicon generator from developer Michael Mahemoff.
via Faviconist: Create Beautiful Favicons with HTML5 | Webmonkey | Wired.com.
Between science fiction fan art and historical Victorian remodeling, this turn-of-the-(20th)-century Craftsman-style home was radically remodeled into a blend of new-age fantasy and original reality.
via Steampunk House: Retro-Futuristic Victorian Interior Refab | Designs & Ideas on Dornob.
Facebook said today it has paid more than $40,000 to people who have uncovered bugs on its Web site in the first three weeks of its Bug Bounty program.
The company launched its bug bounty program at the end of last month as a way to compensate people who find and report bugs that might otherwise go unfixed or be exploited by malicious hackers. Bug hunters can make upwards of $500 per bug reported.
via Facebook paid $40,000 to bug hunters in three weeks | InSecurity Complex – CNET News.
As more and more graphic designers and illustrators gain web design skills, illustrations can increasingly be found on the web. UK designer Mike Kus showcases his 10 favourite examples of websites using illustration to enhance the user experience.
via 10 beautiful examples of illustration on the web | Feature | .net magazine.
iMedia set out to find examples of marketers who embody the traits of success — inside and out — in the digital age. We determined that intelligence, creativity, open mindedness, and perseverance are the qualities that make for a truly “hot” marketer. Not surprisingly, in our quest for the hottest digital marketers, we found a lot of folks who boast all of the aforementioned characteristics. It was a tough decision, but we’ve put together a list of 10 individuals based on their professional accomplishments as well as their individual sense of style and confidence.
via iMedia’s Top 10 Hottest Digital Marketers (single page view) – iMediaConnection.com.
HP cut the price of the TouchPad from $500 to $99 earlier this month, after announcing it was pulling the plug on the product. Since then, the item has been hard to find, as customers rushed to get their hands on the discounted tablet.
The new demand prompted Mark Budgell, HP’s PR Manager for Social Media Strategy, to address the issue in a blog post Monday. Budgell said he had no information about whether more TouchPads will become available. “We will have more information available in the next few days about whether or not more will be available and if so, what the details will be about the situation,” he wrote.
We don’t know if Transcend is dabbling in voodoo these days or what’s going, but somehow the company figured out a way to cram 2TB of storage into a container that’s about the length of a USB thumb drive and only slightly thicker than a penny. Some of the credit also goes to Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which co-developed the ‘Thin Card’ device.
via Maximum PC | Transcend Shoehorns 2TB of Storage Capacity into USB 3.0 Thumbstick.
Responsive design is no longer just something you’ll find on the portfolio websites of the designers and developers who pioneered the idea. These days using media queries to adapt to varying screen sizes is well on its way to being a mainstream design goal.
Head over to a responsive design showcase like Media Queries and you’ll find plenty of “real world” websites — like Opera or Arizona State University — using media queries to build responsive websites.
via Build Faster Mobile Websites with ‘Adaptive Images’ | Webmonkey | Wired.com.
Verizon is now selling Intuit’s GoPayment credit card reader for free at its retail stores.
Thanks to a new partnership between Verizon Wireless and Intuit, business customers can get the mobile card reader for free after a $30 rebate and the activation of a GoPayment account. The card reader and its app can be found at all of Verizon’s retail stores and as well as its business-to-business outlets.
via Verizon offering Intuit’s GoPayment reader for free | Digital Media – CNET News.
Researchers at UW-Madison have been working on an energy harvester that they say can deliver watts of power. And not just one or two watts, but up to 10 or 20. This is a huge amount of power to get from a “free” energy harvester; we’re talking thousands of times more powerful than the current generation of pizeoelectrics. An iPhone, for example, typically consumes under five watts. This means that 10 watts could power two iPhones, and 20 watts could power four of them! Four iPhones! Imagine the possibilities!
via Liquid metal shoes harvest massive amounts of power | DVICE.