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The Linux mogrify command (part of ImageMagick) is a handy way to compress / resize a image, or multiple images easily using the CLI. mogrify can also be used for convert or compress images.
CLI, Command Line, Linux, ServerAmazon S3 provides a cheap solution and easy to use solution to back up your Linux server or files on the cloud. The Linux s3cmd script lets you use rsync to backup folders and files easily.
Amazon Web Services, Backup, Linux, SecurityGeolocating a user using their browser (if supported) is quite easy using HTML5 and JavaScript / jQuery. In fact, it can be done in under 50 lines of code. Here’s my quick and dirty tutorial on doing just that.
Geolocation, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, TutorialThe Facebook API lets you post status updates (message, links, photos etc) to your timeline via the API. This is handy if you want to have automatic sharing in your application (assuming users have consented to it) to post uploaded photos, links etc.
Facebook, Facebook Graph API, Tutorial