Magic Trick: Allow/Prevent Directory Browsing

Most servers are configured so that directory browsing is not allowed, that is if people enter the URL to a directory that does not contain an index file they will not see the contents of the directory but will instead get an error message. If your site is not configured this way you can prevent directory browsing by adding this simple line to your .htaccess file:
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PNG-Transparency for Windows IE 5.5 & 6

Source: http://jquery.andreaseberhard.de/pngFix/
This plugin will fix the missing PNG-Transparency in Windows Internet Explorer 5.5 & 6.

Version 1.1, 2007-09-11

Tested on Windows XP SP2 with
– IE 5.5 + 6 + 7

pngFix

Features
* unobtrusive script, simple to setup
* works now also with CSS-Backgrounds (but scaling backgrounds)
* works with PNG-Images within Links
* TITLE, ALT, CLASS and STYLE-Attributes are considered
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Dummy Image Generator Is the Lorem Ipsum of Images

Lorem ipsum is a block of dummy text in Latin often used in design and publishing to fill space in a mockup. The brilliant Dummy Image Generator is like “lorem ipsum” for images.

Like “lorem ipsum”, the Dynamic Dummy Image Generator offers a glimpse at what content might look like in a layout, but instead of placeholder text, it creates a placeholder image. Using the service is dead simple:

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