Page-Speed and garland-revisited

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Someone recently pointed out to me that i should install Page-Speed for Firefox and fix some of the errors in my theme.

Here is what another site said about the plugin..

Attention all webmasters and web developers! Google wants to help you improve the performance of your web pages. This week, Google released a tool called Page Speed which is capable of identifying different ways to make your site or web pages run faster.

Page Speed is an open-source Firefox/Firebug add-on that Google has been using internally to improve the performance of their web pages. It supports Windows (XP and up), Mac OSX (x86 and PPC) and Linux (32-bit and 64-bit) operating systems. You must have Mozilla Firefox (3.0.4 or higher) and Firebug Firefox Add-on (1.3.3 or higher) installed on your computer before installation of Page Speed.

Once installed, this tool performs several tests to determine site’s web server configuration and front-end code. After the tests Page Speed offers suggestions on how to change your web pages in order to improve their performance. For example, Page Speed automatically optimizes images for you, giving you a compressed image that you can use immediately on your web site. It also identifies issues such as JavaScript and CSS loaded by your page that wasn’t actually used to display the page, which can help reduce time your users spend waiting for the page to download and display.

So, Page Speed will not only help you make your site run faster but will also keep visitors engaged with your site. By improving page load it can also reduce your bandwidth and hosting costs. In my view this tool is a must for all webmasters and web developers.

Page Speed evaluates performance of a web page, from the client point of view, which is typically measured as the page load time. In my view page load time is most crucial and as a webmaster or blogger, you must take it seriously. After all, who wants to visit web pages that takes forever to load? So, think from client point of view and use Page Speed to evaluate the performance of your site or blog.

Page Speed tests are based on a set of known best practices that enhances web page performance. After evaluation of your pages, Page Speed will give your specific tips and suggestions on how you can implement the front-end best practices to improve overall performance. The web performance best practices are also available in written form, which you can refer anytime during development of tweaking of your web pages. For further help regarding installation and use of Page Speed, the Webmaster Help Forum is always there to help you.

More info: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/

So my score was pretty bad to start with, had to rewrite some of the code to add custom headers to cache images properly, and rewrite some of the css.

A new version of the theme will be following shortly, a new dropdown menu has been added already.

I may add the latest tweet thing i have going on this site, and configurable header image too before it gets released.

Page-Speed and garland-revisited

Epic Games launches free Unreal Engine 3 development kit

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Without a doubt, Unreal Engine in its third generation gained a level of maturity and recognition like no other engine in the industry. Code masters at Epic Games created an unrivalled rock-solid framework for creating games or visualizations, as confirmed by over 100 licensees which include not just game development studios, but movie studios such as Warner Bros, Buena Vista, Columbia Pictures, Sony Picture Entertainment and various colleges such as University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina State, The Art Institute system of schools [nationwide], Drexel University, Westwood College, DeVry Uni and Atlantic college.

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Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women

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Thursday, October 2, 2003 Posted: 9:19 AM EDT (1319 GMT)

story.breastcancer(AP) — Women who perform the act of fellatio and swallow semen on a regular basis, one to two times a week, may reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 40 percent, a North Carolina State University study found.

Doctors had never suspected a link between the act of fellatio and breast cancer, but new research being performed at North Carolina State University is starting to suggest that there could be an important link between the two.

In a study of over 15,000 women suspected of having performed regular fellatio and swallowed the ejaculatory fluid, over the past ten years, the researchers found that those actually having performed the act regularly, one to two times a week, had a lower occurance of breast cancer than those who had not. There was no increased risk, however, for those who did not regularly perform. Continue reading “Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women” →

Study: Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women