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How to Convert Image URLs Into a Thumbnail Gallery

There are typically three ways to share or post images on blogs, discussion boards and social media sites – 1) embed the full image with or without the image URL, 2) embed a thumbnail sized image with a clickable link to the original image or 3) post only the URL of the image, clickable or not. Each one has its merits and demerits.

Nothing to Hide, A Game Inspired by Govt. Surveillance

Nothing To Hide is an anti-stealth game that carries a not too subtle message. The protagonist is a teenage girl named Poppy, who lives with her father in a world constantly under government surveillance. Poppy must sneak out of the house and across the city but without alerting the government's numerous surveillance tools. While a typical stealth game requires the player to stay out of enemy’s sight and security cameras, Nothing To Hide, being an anti-stealth game, requires Poppy to stay in sight of the cameras at all times. Wandering outside their view for longer than a few seconds gets her killed and she has to start again.

3 Calculators Better Than The One in Windows

The default Windows calculator is a decent program that, aside from basic math, can perform binary and hexadecimal calculations, Boolean arithmetic, handle trigonometric and logarithmic functions, and perform statistical analysis. It can also convert measurement units, calculate calendar dates, and figure out your mortgage, vehicle lease and fuel economy. It’s an all-round multipurpose calculator that should be enough for most people. You can still pick at it, if you want to. For instance, you can argue that there is no way to save history or a session. After trying out several different calculators, I rounded up three programs that in my opinion, are a tad better than the default Windows calculator.