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Unboxing the Fitbit

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The Fitbit is a wonderful thing. It’s a pedometer on steroids which calculates calories burned, stories climbed, distance traveled and so on. While this in itself may not be cause for wonder the packaging, the ease of use and the great web app behind it makes it truly useful and inspiring.

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WikiHood for iPad Review

The ubiquity of the internet and availability of a high speed connection wherever you are has undoubtedly been an awesome boost for tourism! A huge number of apps have surfaced that try to bring all relevant local information to your fingertips. WikiHood is one of these apps and can indeed be useful, but let’s see how it stacks up when you start to dig deeper.

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Homless

I do not understand the homeless situation in Hungary (and I suspect many other places). I don’t particularly feel sorry for homeless people and I don’t really help them out on a regular basis either. I take the view that their situation is partly their fault and the fact that they remained homeless surely is.

However I do not understand the attitude toward these people. There is a couple in our local park who set up a tent between some bushes. I’ve heard about them before. The guy is apparently a nice person, clean and polite. As I was walking the dog today I met him, he started chatting to me and was indeed all those things.

He told me that someone called the police on them so they were fined $50 (which is about 10% of the minimum wage) and have to go away. I find this disgusting on so many levels.

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Securing Your WordPress Website

Securing our websites is extremely important. Not only does it protect you from bad behavior but it also gives you a sturdier framework with better data validation. In this Smashing Magazine article I tried to compile some of the basic techniques you can use to secure your WordPress website.

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

A happy bunny waving hello

Welcome to the new look of the site! I sincerely hope it looks good to others as well and it doesn’t turn out that the site is proverbially naked again! I’d be extremely happy if you awesome people could comment on what you like/dislike as I am writing a Smashing Magazine article on how to create this theme and I will also be turning it into a premium theme which will be sold on ThemeForest.

Budapest at Night

The Hungarian Parliament and Chain Bridge

Budapest is a nice place to visit, it has a wonderful riverside view and many mountaintop lookouts. We live extremely close to Gellert Mountain and the Castle so we frequently take walks with Bodza and sometimes end up taking some pics. Here are just some, take a look at the full album on Google Plus.

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Ambiance for iPad Review

My favorite ambient music app I started using 2 years or so ago on the iPhone, it is a perfect relaxation tool if you only have 20 minutes or if you have all night. Find and download tons of free sounds from industrial to weather and chill out.

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Battling Bad Science

This TED video by Ben Goldacre is all about how anyone can can (and does) use statistics and out of context sentences to fool you into thinking the way they want you to. If you want to have a wider scope and a more open mind I highly suggest watching this video (he is also [...]

The logo for an upcoming WP theme called Personal Sunset

Personal Sunset is a theme I am working on for WordPress based on my website’s new theme. It will have a customizable sidebar, various color options, support for post types and different post formats among other things.

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The logo for the DesignLeaf WordPress theme

DesignLeaf is a WordPress theme which will transform your WordPress into a little web app capable of managing your designs and gathering feedback for them. It serves as a mini-platform for inter-company discussion on ideas and projects but it can be used to gather comments and ratings from anyone who visits your website.

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I'm a web developer fond of playing guitar, piano, singing, poker, astronomy, photography, design and probably other stuff as well. This is a website about me. Don't expect consistency. read more about me

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Cake PHP CookbookStephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow - The Grand DesignTerry Pratchett - SnuffWalter Isaacson - Steve Jobs

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Conjure One - Conjure OneDeluc - 8th WonderHelios - UnomiaHowie Day - AustraliaJason Mraz - We sing, we dance, we steal thingsMichale Buble - Christmas