Drop cap is an initial that sits within the margins and runs several lines deep into the paragraph, with the consequence of indenting some text. You have seen this trick used thousands of times before: in your favorite book it’s the a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger…
A Bit of History: Aldus Manutius and the Aldine Press The Aldus Manutius’ Press, or better, the Aldine Press, is renowned for the creation of italics, among the many other things. The press was also the first to issue printed books in the little octavo size. During Aldus Manutius’ life the press issued 127 titles. The…
Franco Moretti – Graphs, Maps, Tress Review: Tiny Little Disappointment I was eyeing Franco Moretti’s Graphs, Maps, Trees already from a while now. It was advised to me by one of my former Professors at Leiden University as an aid to help me develop the Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Maps further. The book is described as…
You probably know it: caching is one of the best ways to make sure that your website loads quickly. You might also know that there are two main contestants when it comes to chaching and wordpress: w3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache. This is not one of the best ranking websites on Google, so if you ended up on this page you might be asking yourself a very specific question: “Should I use W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache on shared web hosting?”
It can happen that after installing Windows 8 and connecting to WiFi your internet will result painfully slow. A trip to speedtest.net will show that your WiFi is actually traveling at around 1mbit/s. How can you solve this? Follow these steps! Slow WiFi: What is the Issue? Bare in mind: the causes could be others…