If you run an online magazine, most of your readers will never go through your archive, even if you design a neat archive page. It’s not you; it’s just that going through archives is not very popular these days. So, how do you actually make readers dig in without forcing them? How do you invite them to (re)read in a way that’s not boring? How do you make your WordPress magazine more interactive?

Perl and its LWP module make it a breeze to automate Web site access; too bad the breeze becomes a storm when the Web site requires a username and password for access. Fortunately, you can use Perl modules to calm the storm. Learn how to find, install, and use the WWW::Mechanize and Crypt::SSLeay modules in a Perl script that automates logging into a secure Web site in this article by Bret Swedeen.

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Beans and legumes are among the healthiest foods you can eat. A vegetable protein, they contain fewer pesticides than animal products. They’re low in fat, and are versatile enough to absorb flavor from a wide variety of flavors and spices. With so many warnings about chemicals in canned foods, now might be the time to make the switch to home-cooked beans.
Dried beans are usually very cheap, although they take a while to cook from scratch so consider energy usage when making price comparisons.  Make a large quantity and freeze to make the effort worthwhile.  I’ll give a few methods.

This week's Food Lab is all about brevity. Not only will I show you how to make mayonnaise at home in two minutes or less, but I'll also explain the entire process in precisely 1,110 words, (making this the briefest Food Lab post ever in its entire long-winded history), and perhaps convince you to buy a hand blender if you don't already have one.

It was about one year ago that we switched to Git. Previously, we used Subversion, through the Mac app Versions, which (rightly) holds an Apple Design Award.

Unravel The Music is a small startup; by that I mean we have no money, no financing, and we are owned and operated by two people. Therefore it is important that we get the most out of our server in terms of performance and cost and we have to do this without having to spend hours worrying about the server when we could be improving our design or code.

In this post we have 25 CSS snippets and hacks that will solve many of the most frequently used and, at times, frustrating CSS development tasks. Why reinvent the wheel when there are already plenty of time-saving pre-written CSS code snippets?

As well as some classic and timeless CSS hacks you will also find many CSS3 snippets, like box-shadow, border-radius,linear-gradient and many more.

If you're like most people, you feel like a baby when it comes to visual design. You sometimes have a vague sense of what you want, but can't articulate it or make it come about. All you can do is point and cry. This guide will help you communicate with conscious skill. It will show you how to create designs that are easy to understand and attractive.

Beyond giving you practical tools, I hope this guide inspires you. One of my favorite quotes is, "I open my eyes and I see paradise." What a great gift vision is! What an incredible way to connect to the world around us and to each other. My hope is that this guide will allow you to communicate with more creativity and more control – and that you'll want to learn more.

Did you just get a sweet new iPad 2? Whether you added it to your collection of iOS devices or you’re brand new to the platform, once you’re powered up and ready to go… you might just be wondering what you need to know and do next? Don’t worry, TiPb has your back!

Photoshop is very powerful but sometimes simple tasks can get repetitive and tedious. Here's a look at how to automate just about anything in Photoshop using Photoshop actions.

This guide is meant to serve as a comprehensive reference for setting up an Ubuntu slice. It was started by a fellow who started taking detailed notes after having hosed his slice multiple times. It won’t tell you how to do everything, but it should be enough to get most people started.

The guide is broken up into sections. Each is meant to be somewhat self-contained, although later sections may depend on the actions of previous sections.

This guide assumes you’re starting out with a brand new slice, loaded with Ubuntu (6.06 Dapper Drake edition). Hopefully you already know some command-line Linux and know how to operate an SSH client (like PuTTY). Your IP can be found in the SliceManager.

Finally, I pulled a lot of stuff from other guides in compiling this. Thanks to all the other developers out there for documenting your experiences! As a relative newcomer to VPS hosting, I can’t thank you enough.

I’ve been using git for about 18 months now and thought I knew it pretty well. Then we had Scott Chacon from GitHub over to do some training at LVS, a supplier/developer of betting/gaming software (where I’m currently contracting) and I learnt a ton in the first day.

As someone who’s always felt fairly comfortable in Git, I thought sharing some of the nuggets I learnt with the community might help someone to find an answer without needing to do lots of research.

Blu-Ray discs may be more protected and harder to play in certain programs, like XBMC, but that doesn't mean you can't play your HD video on your media center. Here's how to rip and compress Blu-Ray discs for high quality, space-saving results.

The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.  You just have to know where to look.  Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills, but I figured I’d save you some time.

Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new.

Yes, you can update the look of your home with just a few easy and low-cost products. Learn to add color, patterns and a few new accents to dress up any room. To get you started on your low-cost decorating projects, we’ve rounded up décor that will have your home looking elegant, chic and stylish―for less than $30.

One of the things I do when I buy a new (or used) piece of clothing is to check that the buttons are sewn on properly. Losing a button can ruin an outfit (thereby costing you money), so this is something you shouldn’t overlook.