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The Need For Image Optimization
Aug 27th
Even though more and more Internet users switch to broadband every year, a large portion of the web’s population is still running on good old dialup connections. It’s therefore unwise to count them out of the equation when you are designing your website, and a very major consideration we have to make for dialup users is the loading time of your website.
Generally, all the text on your website will be loaded in a very short time even on a dialup connection. The culprit of slow-loading sites is mainly large images on your website, and its very crucial to strike a delicate balance between utilising just enough images to attract your users and not to bog down the overall loading time of your site.
You should likewise go to a greater length and optimize every image on your site to insure it loads in the least time possible. What I truly mean is to employ image editing software to remove unnecessary info on your images, and thereby effectively reducing the file size of your image without affecting its appearance.
If you own Photoshop, it’ll be obvious to you that when you save an image as a JPEG file, a dialog box appears and lets you select the “quality” of the JPEG image — commonly a setting of 8 to 10 is good enough as it’ll preserve the quality of your image while saving it at a small file size. If you do not have Photoshop, there’re many free image compressors online that you can download and employ to reduce your image’s file size.
On the other hand, you can opt to save your images in PNG format to get the optimal quality at the least file size. You can also save your images in GIF format — the image editing software clips away all the color information not utilised in your image, hence giving you the smallest file size feasible. Notwithstanding, saving in GIF format will constantly|oftentimes|ofttimes compromise the appearance of your image, so make your choice wisely!
Think Of Meditating? Think Of Chakra Meditation
Aug 12th
Chakra meditation is a form of meditation that emphasizes on 7 focal points in the body, and the effect that these focal points have when concentrated on. The manipulation of Chakra via meditation is by and large utilized to enhance sensation to the organs surrounding each Chakra point, in addition as promote healing and good health to those points.
The 7 Chakra points include the Root Chakra, which is placed at the base of the spine. This Chakra is the concentrate of health within the body, in addition as thoughts on how the body connects to the material world. In Chakra meditation, Root Chakra is represented by the color red, and symbolized by the gemstones ruby and garnet. The Naval Chakra point is noted to be the color orange, and is represented by the materials amber and coral. In Chakra meditation, the Naval Chakra point is the focus of giving and receiving, and is also tied to love, compassion, sensitivity and the arts.
The Chakra point placed at the Solar Plexus is the one that focutilizes on transformation of self and the force of our will. The sense of power and authority is focused on here, in addition as self control and disciplines of our ego. This Chakra point is yellow, and is represented by amber and gold.
The Heart Chakra is green, and shares similarities with the Naval Chakra point. Rather than a more physical response to love, compassion and sensitivity, the Heart Chakra focuses strictly on the spiritual effects. The Heart Chakra is represented by the stones malachite and emerald.
The Throat Chakra is the point of communication. This is what may be focused on if you want to affect your thoughtfulness of speech, in addition as spoken truths and wisdom. The Throat Chakra is sky blue, and is represented by turquoise and blue topaz.
The Brow Chakra point, likewise known as the constituency of the Third Eye by those of the Buddhist faith, is what controls intuition, insight, imagination and clairvoyance. It is represented by the color indigo, and the stones Lapis lazuli and sapphire.
The last Chakra point used in Chakra meditation is the Crown Chakra point. This point deals directly with the mind and spirit, and is the center of your contact with the divine. All aspects of higher self are focused upon in the Crown Chakra point. It is associated with the color violet, and is represented by amethyst, diamond, and quartz crystal.
