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.entry-header In this React hooks tutorial you will learn how to use React hooks, what they are, and why we’re doing it. Here I am, writing a React hooks tutorial for you. I decided to wait until hooks got finally released before dropping this post. Together we’ll learn React hooks step by step, with a…
There are people who will tell you that you should use LinkedIn to flirt with women. Here’s our much better advice: Don’t do this. Ever. Flirting on LinkedIn isn’t just counterproductive — it can come across as wildly inappropriate. Yet we find that there’s still plenty of need to explain why you should never, ever — no, really,…
Congratulations, you’ve set up a Jekyll site. You may even be, like me, taking advantage of the free hosting provided by GitHub. You’ve written your first post, you’ve set up all the options. But when you go to share it on Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn or Twitter, that share may not look so pretty. Here’s how…
Every amazing story has an Act II, a phase during which the would-be-hero is knocked down, face in the dirt, hurt or frustrated to the point of giving up then ultimately rising to the challenge. The lives of the best leaders among us often follow the same parable. But how exactly do we pick ourselves up?…
Ali Momeni was born in Isfahan, Iran, and emigrated to the United States at the age of 12. He currently works as an artist and professor at Carnegie Mellon. His work utilizes many technologies to explore the social lives of objects and their embedded performative qualities. As part of his Creative Capital supported project, Center for…
Part: DC to AC Power Inverter Size: 600W – 1200W Average Cost: $80 – $150 Note: Power inverters come in a range of sizes. The more powerful your projector the more watts you will need from your inverter. We have had good luck with a 600 watt inverter used with a 2500 lumen projector. Any…
Home Photoplasty 16 Surprisingly Simple Self-Defense Techniques 16 Surprisingly Simple Self-Defense Techniques Look, we’ll break it to you easy: You don’t have enough awesome James Bond moves in your hand-to-hand combat arsenal. And while we absolutely don’t advise you use these on anyone who isn’t seriously attacking you, we’re hard-pressed to believe that anyone would…
I’ve got a stack of posts that I want to write, and realized that the all deal with Custom Variables. So, to make sure that we’re all on the same page when it comes to custom vars, here’s my guide to Mastering Google Analytics Custom Variables. For those of you that have not used custom…