Alvaris is a web designer, developer and staff writer for Hongkiat.com.
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Just if you didn’t know, Facebook Timeline is the latest feature that was introduced in the recent Facebook Conference, F8. It’s generally a complete overhaul of the profile page with the new ability to view your status updates in a list sorted by time, hence the name. With this new … Continue reading »
I seriously love the month of December every year. It means the end of the year but also the start of another year. You can see the people and shopkeepers are busy decorating their places. You can see the people are smiling and discussing different ways to celebrate the Christmas … Continue reading »
One of the most human-friendly features for Operating System like Windows is probably its ability to change the displaying image on the desktop screen, a.k.a Desktop Wallpaper. It can be your girl friend’s photo, or a professional typography illustration, but if you’re like me who prefers a more relaxing computing … Continue reading »
Since 1980s, the art form created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso, or so called latte art, has been widely welcomed within the modern society, which thirsts for elegance and beauty. With the strong need of the society, the Baristas, coffeehouse bartenders, have sought for creativity and … Continue reading »
So, did you have a planking today? It’s very simple, you just lie your face down with a straightened body, that’s all. Sounds easy, but this so-called “lying down game” has became the most famous Internet meme since months before, with thousands of photos of different lying poses spawning within … Continue reading »
It’s finally arrived. Introduced by Apple’s pre-CEO Steve Jobs in his last keynote, iOS 5 is the latest Operating System for iDevices like iPhone and iPad, which includes tons of new features and improvement. And today, by connecting your compatible iDevice to the latest version of iTunes, you will be … Continue reading »
It’s all started from Christopher Huet, a talented manipulation master who wants to have some serious fun on the human’s head, and he did it very successfully by making it bigger, yeah, just bigger. And what really shocks is just by enlarging the head, it’s really enough to make one … Continue reading »
We all know that the time will come, but we didn’t expect it to happen so soon. Today is not an easy day for millions out there who own an Apple product or two, certainly also a gloomy day for all folks who work at Apple. Steven Paul Jobs, better … Continue reading »
It’s been around 1.6 years since the initial release of Apple iPad, and regardless the criticism, the device has achieved tremendous success in the tablet market. It’s so successful until so many great companies have risen up to challenge its realm by designing and releasing their own version of tablet. … Continue reading »
Thanks to Apple, Microsoft and Google who joined the mobile war with their innovation armies in these years, the mobile market has entered its golden era which a massive amount of brands from vastly different industries are seeking for their application existence in this extremely profitable market, thus increasing the … Continue reading »
Face! It’s what humans express their own expression, happy or sad, excited or angry. It’s also how humans judge one’s beauty like, let’s say, who doesn’t want to have a face like Brad Pitt or Megan Fox, or Gerald Butler, you know, the one who casted king Leonidas in the … Continue reading »
Truly, human civilization cannot be built up without the fire. Since the control of the fire by early humans, it has been with us for around 125,000 years, witnessing the rise and the fall of human civilizations. Unlike calm water with inner beauty, bright fire has garnered lots of attention, … Continue reading »
How many times you’d really take a serious look at water? As human who inhabits in the mother Earth, we see the water everywhere. It’s one of the most important assets to keep us alive, yet it looks so common that we treat it like transparent thing, until some unusual … Continue reading »
Simply said, Moonbow, or Lunar Rainbow, is a rainbow produced by light reflected off the surface of the moon rather than from direct sunlight. It’s considered as a rare occurrence because there were too much requirements such as lightness and distance of the moon that limits the formation of a … Continue reading »
