web api - image cropping and editing tool

first day of my job....as i was asked to crop an image. i just found that none of the softwares related to this is installed on my new system

so now what to do i asked myself so i started googling things maybe ill find a small software just to crop...but i dont want to install anything..

so i found a very intresting application on net called fauxto

its all made in flash where you can upload your picture from your computer and and do most of the stuff like cropping, sharpen, blur, etc

more like this are

• http://pixenate.com/
• http://snipshot.com/
  

What’s really in my cookie cache?

So, time and time again you see people rant and rave about how your privacy is being seriously compromised by the use of cookies. I must say, if you just read around on google, advertiser cookies are one of the most misunderstood beasts out there. Nowadays, practically every spyware removal program flags advertiser cookies as ‘SPYWARE/ADWARE’. Try it, google up tribalfusion cookie, or yieldmanager cookie, etc. etc.

Take this SpywareNuker page:

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Is There an Optimal Blog Post Length?

Is there an optimal post length? Will shorter posts help to retain readers and even lead to more links?

From Blogging in a Sound Bite World:

We know form social media that most people don’t read the story, they vote on the title and snippet, the virtual equivalent of the sound bite. Is there an advantage in sound byte style blogging? By limiting your posts to less 300 characters on average can you attract and retain a larger audience, I think so.

Michael’s point is well taken. In the age of the short attention span do you risk losing readers, by writing posts that are too long. You’ve probably noticed I tend to post on the longer side so naturally the issue caught my attention.....

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