I have been waiting like mad for this camera since March. The only reason why I missed its announcement is because I was searching for Canon S6 IS as the replacement for S5 IS. Apparently the new replacements are: SX10 IS and SX1 IS.

Just when I thought I was 100% sure which camera I’ll get, they make the choice difficult by giving two options.

SX10 IS vs SX1 IS

The main differences between the two are as follows:

• SX1 IS uses CMOS while SX10 IS is CCD based.
• SX1 IS offers HD videos
• SX1 IS has a 2.8 “articulating LCD while the SX10 IS has a 2.5″ one.
• SX1 IS is not available in North America.
• SX10 IS ships out in October while SX1 IS will be shipping around November - December.

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I just had to post this asap. Amazon is once again offering a free trial of Amazon Prime.

What this means is you can sign up and get unlimited free two day shipping on Amazon products. And you can upgrade to one day shipping for only $3.99.

I was offered this deal a while back and took advantage of it asap. Now’s your chance.

If you don’t like it, just cancel within 30 days. In the meanwhile enjoy the luxury of free shipping with two day delivery.

There is nothing to lose. Only dollars to save. So go for it.

Try Amazon Prime right now with no obligations!

Ever wanted to add text to your input fields and have it disappear when your visitor starts adding their info?

Better still, have it reappear if the visitor adds nothing?

Like this:

Here’s the code:

<input type="text" name="field-name-here" onclick="this.value='';" onfocus="this.select()" onblur="this.value=!this.value?'Enter Email To Get Updates':this.value;" value="Enter Email To Get Updates" />

Replace Enter Email To Get Updates with your own text.

Just a simple technique which works great.

See the little icons next to your bookmarks … these are called Favicons. And believe me they look much better than the generic folder icon you get. So brand yourself and add a favicon for your website.

1. Create a 16×16 pixel graphic
2. Save it as PNG24 or a transparent GIF if you want to get a transparent icon.
3. Open this Favicon Generator.
4. Choose the graphic you made using Choose File and click Create Icon.
5. Save this graphic to your hard drive and upload it to your root folder.
6. Add this code to your header.php head tag:

   <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.yourdomainhere.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

You are done! You should have a neat favicon for your website now.

Google Chrome is Google’s latest offering - a web browser.

You may ask…is it worth downloading? Is it worth trying out? And most importantly is it worth switching to?

I have been a hard core IE user since forever. Even though I like Firefox, somehow I have never been able to convert to it. So will Google chrome finally cure me of IE? Let’s find out.

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I’ve had that annoying yellow bar telling me to upgrade to WP 2.6.1 for a while. Today I finally decided to give it a go and just in time, too. Now the bar reads download WordPress 2.6.2. Wow! These guys are fast.

Saved from two upgrades. Phew!

Here’s the lowdown on why you should upgrade to 2.6.2

It is most important for those of you who allow open registrations on your blogs. Of course there are some bug fixes, too. So best to upgrade.

I was forced to think about this yesterday.

I received an email via my design website DotsnDashes.

The email was sent using my contact form. Now I get many different emails via that medium. Some ask for quotes, others for link building, some for information and so on. On average, they are normal emails, some casual, some formal but none bordering on rudeness. However, the one I received yesterday was a tiny bit different.

I’ll be able to explain more effectively if I show you how it starts:

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I know I do!

And that is what I have been getting so far for MiniSitePacks.com

Here’s some of the feedback:

“Unfortunately, I don’t have time to test right now, but I just wanted to say it *looks* great! :-)”

“Signed up and started testing…..so far so good….
Looks like a really good site and the designs are very good….well done…”

“Looks great Erum!
I’ll dig into it more here in a bit, but so far so good
Might want to draw a bit more attention to the “sign up” link, I did have a bit of trouble finding it at first…”

Advice taken into consideration and the signup link is now in the menu and in bold letters next to the login.

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I can dance for joy!

I finally managed to get the programming completed on MiniSitePacks.com

The site is now open for Beta Testing. If you are one of the first ten to twenty people to register you will also receive 10 free credits for testing purposes. You can use the product you download as part of the beta testing as a thank you for your help.

But please don’t sign up just ‘cos you are getting something for free. I need serious beta testers.

In case you are wondering what the product is. The website provides minisite packs..these are complete designs including header, footer, order button, tick marks, background and ecover. A basic XHTML and CSS file is also included.

These help jazz up your minisite. Get visitors to stay longer and get a positive impression of you and your product. Other than these packs you can also download individual 3DEcovers from MiniSitePacks.com

So if you are one of those people who have really wanted to try out 3DEcovers but didn’t want to invest in the whole package, here’s your chance to get the individual ecover actions you wanted.

Just go to MiniSitePacks.com and register to receive the free credits. Report any bugs and/or feedback using the contact form at the website. And thank you in advance.