I was looking through all the photos in my Google Plus account trying to find absolute URL’s to my images so I could embed them into a post on my website.
When I came across the absolute URL to a photo I wanted to embed, I realised that the photo was far too wide to put on my website. At this point I was thinking what my options would be;
- Download the image and resize it manually, then re-upload it and place in my post? A fiddly, time consuming and boring process.
- Just use the absolute URL and resize the image using HTML or CSS? This is a very naughty method and not good practice at all.
- Upload the image into WordPress and let WordPress automatially resize it according to my Media Settings? My Media Settings were not configured to the dimensions I wanted.
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So as we all know by now, Google has released the latest version of their mobile phone operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It boasts a load of new features from its predecessor Android 3.0 and has a nice visual update too.
If you’re reading this article, I’ll bet you were looking forward to installing Ice Cream Sandwich on your computer to give it a test run. In most situations, installing the SDK and relevant components should be pretty easy. However sometimes things don’t work according to plan.
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UPDATED 18 November 2011
It seems Google have changed a few things and as a result, you may find the below instructions no longer work. I’ve written a new article which will get Android working on your computer in no time. You can use this method to install any version of android you want.
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Here’s a fact. Most of the traffic that comes to my website is from google’s image search. Since I’m a designer, that’s a good thing for me as it means people are seeing my work.
When I upload an image to my website, I pay particular attention to the way in which this is done.
Here are some quick tips that I use (or need to implement ASAP 
) which seems to bring me extra traffic from Google image search. Read more
Here’s a little tip – If you’re short on time and can’t be bothered checking all of your favourite websites one by one for the latest news and information, this method will help you view a list of articles in your iGoogle page all at once. By doing this, you can find new and useful information that you like quickly and easily. When you see an article link in iGoogle, you can click the link and it takes you to the full article straight away. This is extra handy if you have setup your iGoogle account to be your browser’s default homepage like me. Read more
