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We understand how important customer reviews are when making a purchasing consideration and that is why we DO NOT financially influence our customers to write customer reviews of our radiant barrier products. All our reviews are from actual RadiantGUARD® customers that did not benefit from submitting their reviews. Below is a sampling of reviews over the years. Click to read all our radiant barrier reviews:
Our summers are HOT in Sacramento CA. We get many 100 degree days plus some of these days are back to back. I really was tired on not having a house that was comfortable and having "HIGH" electric bills. I had thought my only solution would be to upgrade to a high efficient system ($$$) and spend lots more ($$$) on traditional attic insulation.
I often have thought how I could modify or retrofit my house to make it become much more energy efficient without breaking the bank. I was never satisfied with the solutions and costs.
I've been an HVAC tech for over 24 years. My house is an older single story with very little attic insulation and a darker colored roof. I have a 14 year old split gas electric heating and cooling system. I do have it tuned up and running at optimal performance for its age with a couple of enhancements. I did add to 2 attic fans before installing Radiant Guard, which did not help even setting them low to 85 to cycle on.
Before my Radiant Guard installation my older A/C system would run almost non-stop from 10:00am to 11:30pm if I set the thermostat to 75 on 100+ days. The temp inside would gradually increase to 81-83 through the day depending how much over a 100 it could be that day. These are my results, yours may vary.
After the Radiant Guard installation my system won't usually come on until noon or sometimes even after 1:00pm and now cycles at least 20-35 minutes every hour I run it even if I set my indoor temperature at 76 degrees on a 100 degree day. It will hold my house at that indoor temperature, just amazing!!!
After that I experimented on the next HOT day (108) and set my indoor temp to 72 in the morning to see if it could do maintain that temperature with this product and it held it all day. That's 36 degrees difference from inside to outside, Amazing!!! There were a couple hours were it ran non-stop, but still I used less electricity that day compared to before Radiant Guard was installed on a similar day and outdoor temperature scenario. Did I say that's Amazing!!!
I also noticed something very different after I installed Radiant Guard which had to do with my indoor night time temperature swing. After running the indoor temperate down to 70 degrees, (I like it nice and cool for sleeping) my unit would cycle off for the night and in the morning my thermostat would read only a drop 1 to 2 degrees cooler than 70 on which it was set at. Outdoor temperatures at night might drop to the high 50's sometimes or in the low 60's in the summer usually. This tells me that this product should work well this coming winter. My attic temperatures are lower now and my attic cools off quicker too.
I've had this product installed for over 3 1/2 months now. These are my electric bill results. First month, April was 26% savings compared to last year same month. Second month, May was 29% savings compared to last year same month. The third month, June to was the shocker, 48% savings based on same month last year, WOW!!! My house now feels like a home to me. I get up in the mornings smiling now knowing my house has the (RGA) Radiant Guard Advantage and will keep me and my family comfortable on the hottest summer days.
It is my opinion that I could have spent thousands adding two layers of R39 attic insulation and even more on a newer high efficiency central heat and air conditioning system and would "have not" gotten the same performance to price result that Radiant Guard has given me with my old system. I will upgrade my HVAC system someday. I do not know of any another product that could have this performance to price comparison. Just Amazing!!! I would highly recommend it. I'm very satisfied now!
Why did I pick Radiant Guard? They listed the pricing up front on there site. Reasonable shipping cost for the weight and size of material. Also, the customer feedback that had been left on the site. A flawless transaction for me...
Mike Sacramento, CA
Just to let you know, I installed you product on top the attic insulation, and noticed an immediate drop in temperature on the second floor of my townhouse which I have never been able to cool properly.
I am very pleased with you product, and have told others of how well this simple inexpensive product work.
I hope you notice an increase in business in the Buffalo N.Y. area
Jim E. Orchard Park, NY
Wanted to let you know that I installed this over the 4th of July weekend and it has already paid for itself I think!!!!
What a wondrously "forgiving" product... though not intended to be a one-man job, I managed to cut, handle, install by myself while my family was away on vacation, and the benefits were immediately apparent.
I AM a believer in its value, and as an architect will encourage others to use and benefit as have I. Thanks!
David W. Greenville, SC
I just purchased three rolls of Ultima radiant barrier a couple months ago, and I just wanted to let you know how happy I am with the product. We installed it on the undersides of our rafters, and we started a bit late in the year, so we were unable to completely finish the job yet. We just paid our first real summer electric bill and it was 40% lower than last year at the same time. Within two months we will have paid for the radiant barrier. It was very well made and easy to work with, your price was very competitive, and I could not be happier. Thank you very much.
Brandon Martin Fort Worth, Texas
I have a brick veneer office building with a metal roof. I have installed radiant barrier on the rafters and am about 60% finished. I have already seen a 28.4% decrease in my daily KWH usage for the month of April when compared to last year. Amazing. And we are not even into the worst part of summer. The stuff works good and is easy to handle. I used the Ultima with an electric staple gun with 1/4 inch staples. I am in College Station, Texas, and think this product should be more widely used for energy conservation and efficiency. Thanks.
Richard College Station, Texas
I am writing to tell you how wonderful your product is. It was going to cost me app. $2,000 to have a local company come and install a radiant layer in my attic, but after surfing the internet, I found your company. I read my options for products and the ease of installation instructions and decided that I could do this myself! The cost and shipping was very affordable.
I live in a 2 story house that has always been HOT on the second floor. You could feel the temperature rise as you walked up the stairs. Even with the ducts closed on the first floor, it was still hot.
I installed RadiantGUARD all by myself and it was very easy. The temperature is almost the same on the second floor as on the first. My air conditioner does not have to work as hard or as much since installing it. I am amazed at how the difference it has made in the comfort of my house. Can't wait to see what a difference it makes this winter, not that I am in any hurry for it to come, but knowing my heating bill will be lower and my house more comfortable....I will gladly promote your product to other and the ease of installation. Thank you for having this product available to the general public at a reasonable cost.
Carolyn Saunders Norwalk, IA 50211
My wife and I purchased a 30-yr home in Redding, CA in October of last year. We dove right into a fairy expensive remodel, which included the addition of a 400-sq-ft room and a full tear of the kitchen and all surface coverings and the flooring downstairs. In short, the entire downstairs was stripped to the studs.
The existing insulation was R-11. What's worse is that it was compacted. I replaced all the insulation and installed RadiantGUARD radiant barrier everywhere I could. On the floors, because they are 1.5" T&G raised, I laid down radiant barrier and then Tyvek over the top (Hardie board is over that, but that is off point). I put Tyvek over the vertical shear on the addition, then shimmed out the walls 3/4". I then installed radiant barrier before I nailed up the T-111. I also installed radiant barrier on the bottom of the truss studs in the attic of the new addition. I was not able to shim the existing vertical walls, because of spacing issues with the second floor; nevertheless, I did put radiant barrier on these walls as well.
What we have at this point is a fully insulated downstairs with radiant barrier on just about every surface (floors, walls and attic). I am curious to see the thermal performance this summer, but we have already had 100+ days here in Redding and the downstairs is like living in a cooler. On the hottest day so far, 103, this floor held at 74-degrees until 2pm without running the AC unit or nay fans. Amazing to say the least.
We are not tearing out the second floor drywall, or doing anything as substantial as we did downstairs, but I will be installing Radiant Barrier in the attic, and just about any other place I can.
So far we are amazed with how well Radiant Barrier works, and we have told everyone that we know about it.
David Redding, California
I'm here to sing the praises of radiant barrier. We have lived in Oklahoma since 1973 and the summers here are sometimes beyond bearable. Several years ago at our previous house in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the air conditioning would run constantly during the day in the summer months and still could not bring the inside temp below 80 degrees. Through a local contractor I was introduced to the radiant barrier product and I must say I was skeptical at first. But I decided I had little to lose so I bought the radiant barrier and installed it in the attic over the loose fill insulation following the manufacture's recommendations. Immediately we experienced the results of my labor, (and the radiant barrier), with lower utility costs and fewer air conditioner service calls. The ac unit would cycle as it should, the house had become very comfortable during the summer and there was little variance in temperature from room to room. There was a noticeable improvement in retaining heat during the winter months too.
Eventually we moved back to Tulsa, Oklahoma and since that time I had been looking, off and on, for radiant barrier to install in my current house. Recently I ran across the RadiantGUARD website, I immediately ordered a 1000 sq foot roll and just finished installing it in the attic. Luckily because of the recent storms it was cooler in the attic and I was able to complete the installation within a few hours in one day. I also had the help of a roller jig I had constructed that made the task easier and go much faster.
As you can tell I am sold on the benefits of radiant barrier and I take every opportunity to tell anyone who will listen about my experiences. Some friends have installed radiant barrier and are amazed at the results.
Jim Taylor Tulsa, Oklahoma
I live in California and the last few days have been HOT!! While the outside temp was around 90-100, my house stay 20-25 degrees cooler with no air! I decided to tack the Ultima under my rafters. This took some time and effort however, it was well worth it!! I have pasted this info on to a number of friends. So expect some orders from Northern Ca. Thanks again
Steve Blagden Pleasanton, CA
We installed the product on the attic ceiling, covering all joists, crossbeams and rafters with heavy-duty staple guns. The product is extremely durable and easy to work with. Me and my wife built the jiq with a few minor modifications. We used galvanized pipe and elbows with the PVC pipe for the roller. The jig is a must and I highly recommended it. It is worth the cost (very little I might add) in time and effort.
I have to tell you a story...My wife and I were in the attic and we started at the peak on one end of the attic ceiling. It was approx. 125 degrees and the going was slow. As we were putting the product on the attic roof, we noticed that on the side without the barrier, we could hardly breathe as the temperature was excruciating. The side that we were working on was considerably cooler. We could actually breath under the barrier side. We also had to have our evaporator replaced in the attic as our new home had a slight leak. I went to check on the technicians who were installing the new unit at 3:00 pm and I ask how they were doing and they said we can't believe how cool it is up here. They stated the last two attics they were in were so hot that they thought they were going to be sick. Prior to installing the radiant barrier, I wanted to cool the attic down and I was thinking about the spray on barrier as I heard someone in the neighborhood had it done. I thought I would try an attic gable vent, so I went to the Hardware store and bought one with a thermostat. I installed it and had to program it to turn on at 110 degrees and it continually ran between 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm. After finding your web site as well as others, I decided to purchase from you and I must say....Your site was the most informative and the delivery time was unbelievably prompt. We installed the product and the attic temperature rarely exceeds 92 degrees. The gable fan is now worthless. Our average electric bill without the radiant barrier in April, May, and June was $140.00. After installing the radiant barrier our electric bills have been reduced by 50 % even in the hottest months. We also have double pane windows, high efficiency bulbs exclusively and we keep the thermostat between 71 and 73 degrees. Start installing in the early am and quit around the hottest times. Resume two hours after nightfall. Drink plenty of water and Power Aid if installing during the hot months. You will probably need a step ladder to reach the peak if installing on the ceiling of the attic.
I have bragged about this product and your company to all interested parties. They are skeptical until they hear my testimony. We love the product and the results.
David Austin, Texas
Installed 2500 square feet of Ultima laid on top of pre-existing R-40 fiberglass attic insulation in my house with truss roof construction and a metal roof. Immediately noticed a stabilization of room temperatures and a reduction of AC usage. Radiant heat gains previously experienced from the metal roof are finally neutralized. Am expecting similar positive results during the upcoming heating season through improved reduction of living area heat loss.
In summary:
Quality of material-excellent Ease of installation-despite expected truss construction challenges, quality and forgiveness of material made installation doable for a one man crew. Purchase/delivery: excellent, couldn't be better. Satisfaction level: highest I can rate.
Quality of material-excellent
Ease of installation-despite expected truss construction challenges, quality and forgiveness of material made installation doable for a one man crew.
Purchase/delivery: excellent, couldn't be better.
Satisfaction level: highest I can rate.
Install tips:
1-Taping a piece of course grade sandpaper wrapped around the end of a wood pole (like the kind that unscrews from some brooms/mops) made a nice push stick to move/adjust the radiant barrier material for final positioning. 2-wearing old school soft sole shoes like the converse Chuck Taylors enables you to feel ceiling joists for safe foot positioning. 3-for material cuts, use partially opened scissors. 4-for any area that you may later wish to gain walking access; using foil tape, attach a piece of 3/4 PVC pipe cut the width of the roll to the material at the start of the access point, with the opposite end taped down with foil tape. Doing this will allow you to easily roll up that section of material for temporary attic access. When finished, just unroll leaving the PVC attached for future access.
1-Taping a piece of course grade sandpaper wrapped around the end of a wood pole (like the kind that unscrews from some brooms/mops) made a nice push stick to move/adjust the radiant barrier material for final positioning.
2-wearing old school soft sole shoes like the converse Chuck Taylors enables you to feel ceiling joists for safe foot positioning.
3-for material cuts, use partially opened scissors.
4-for any area that you may later wish to gain walking access; using foil tape, attach a piece of 3/4 PVC pipe cut the width of the roll to the material at the start of the access point, with the opposite end taped down with foil tape. Doing this will allow you to easily roll up that section of material for temporary attic access. When finished, just unroll leaving the PVC attached for future access.
Motivation: Typical home improvements offer the homeowner reimbursements only upon the sale of the home. Insulation improvements are unique in that the homeowner will realize monthly reimbursements in the form of reduced power bills, and a reimbursement at the time of sale. Also, the general feel of the house now having stabilized temperatures is very nice indeed.
Am I glad that I installed a RadiantGUARD barrier: absolutely!
Lee Central Alabama
I purchased your premium grade Radiant Barrier on 8/16/07 and had it installed shortly afterward. Having spent a good portion of my career as a Quality Control supervisor, I was use to analyzing data, so I decided to evaluate the performance as best I could of the installation of your product..
This graph shows the temperature difference with and without a radiant barrier at various times of day during the month of August, 2007. After reading numerous articles on how a radiant barrier can reduce summer heat gain and winter heat loss, I decided to test the effect this had on my home. I used wireless thermocouples so as to collect the data at one location. The placement was: 1 - Outside facing north under a patio cover, 2 - Inside the center of the house, 3 - In the attic under the blown in insulation and touching the ceiling wallboard, and 4 - In the center of the attic's framing space (hip roof). The Radiant Barrier was laid over the existing insulation and on top of the AC ducts. The parameter of attic flooring was tacked and mark with tape. Two men with minimal experience took four hours to complete the job. Preliminary indications are that the AC runs less, temperature throughout the house is much more uniform, with no warm or cool spots which was a problem before installation of the radiant barrier. After seeing what severe effect the sun has on the attic, insulation, and heat infiltration, short of shade trees, a radiant barrier does make a lot a sense. Energy usage is down 20 -25% so far.
Louis De Roche. Slidell, La
To all who read this: This product works! I cannot begin to express my satisfaction, near elation, about the effectiveness of this product. I purchased the Premium Radiant Barrier to lay over my attic floor upstairs.
The current insulation is blown-in and likely the original insulation (home built in 1976). Our upstairs bedrooms were consistently 8-10 degrees warmer (summer time cooling) than the main floor. I looked in to purchasing a de-humidifier to help with the mugginess and temperature, but the cost of machine and cost to operate turned me off. I found Radiant Guard through a Google search, and I'm thrilled I purchased it.
Upon installation, the results were immediately felt. During mid-afternoon, typically when the upstairs is hottest, I went up stairs to find that I could not feel a difference in temperature between there and the main floor.
I have noticed the a/c kicks on less often, though I cannot report any utility savings at this time due to the fact I have no bills to compare yet.
I'm confident there will be a savings, though the comfort level upstairs is savings enough for me. It's the best $130.00 I've ever spent.
Thank you Radiant Guard.
Schawn W. Carmel (Indianapolis), Indiana
I live in Cincinnati Ohio and bought the Premium barrier. I laid it directly on the attic floor over loose fill insulation. The big surprise to me is the difference it makes in the Winter. We turned the thermostat down two degrees during the day and are very comfortable. We turned it down six degrees at night and sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night because we are too warm! One word of advice, do not skimp on the plywood platform when you are working in the attic. I did, and put my foot through the Master bedroom ceiling! But I have a great wife, she was only mad for about 5 minutes. Thanks, great product!
Doug Bell Cincinnati, Ohio
I purchased a roll of RadiantGUARD's White Double Bubble Insulation to put under the decking, between the rafters of my work shop. The insulation worked out great, it is so light weight that I did not need any help installing it even though I cut it in 10 foot lengths. Before installing the insulation I was having a problem with moisture build up under the decking, since installing it I have had no problems at all. The shop stays warmer now with very little heating required.
The only thing I would suggest you check before you staple the insulation in is the size of the staple. I started out with one that was to long and had to change and use a shorter one.
Thanks for the great product.
Allen Anderson Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
RadiantGUARD was especially forthcoming in answering questions by email and telephone. Customer Support was especially patient and helpful. The double foil insulation I ordered arrived in a timely manner, with five day (because of a weekend), and was what I was promised. The installation of the 48" x 125' rolls went well. My installation was in a crawlspace, and I chose to leave the water and gas lines exposed, so there was a little more work involved. I should mention that I live in coastal SC, where there are no basements. I have no installation recommendations other than those supplied by RadiantGUARD. Patience is the key!
RadiantGUARD has made this is very positive experience for me. I am 65 years old and had no trouble with installation.
Rodger South Carolina
RadiantGUARD's website exemplifies the perfect model of online purchasing that eludes the vast majority of it's internet contemporaries. Aesthetically perfect blend of refreshing clarity, understated strength, and %100 functionality blend seamlessly, affording fortunate clients a precision buying experience, from start to finish that's second to none! The product I ordered arrived with astounding speed and in perfect condition despite UPS destructive efforts. If only RadiantGUARD's business approach were the world wide STANDARD for internet merchants. Not only would individual consumers benefit dramatically But I venture to speculate economic revitalization nationally as well as globally and extending nobility into the atomic structure of humanity itself! Thank you RadiantGUARD!!!!!!!!!
This has got to be the best business we have ever dealt with, just superb!
Chris Duncan Duncan Cabinets
In May of this year I got up in the attic with a friend and we installed the Standard radiant barrier insulation purchased from you all. I was impressed with the thickness of the product. It was so much more 'substantial' than the product we had previously installed. Our utility bill has lowered an average of 600 kilowatt hours each month for the last 3 months.
Barbara Port Charlotte, FL
Just received your product yesterday. By the way, your customer service, with the updates of emails regarding the status of the order is fantastic.
Ed Wyoming, MI
Hi; I just want to say it has been a pleasure doing business with such a service oriented company as you guys are. I received my order with out a hitch. You have revived my faith in the Internet. Thank You.
Bob Rutland, MA
I had assumed the radiant barrier would have to be babied going up, and would be easy to tear. Actually it is just the opposite. It is quite rugged and survives rolling, folding, and minor accidents with blunt objects, all of which got thoroughly tested as I fat-fingered my way through the job. I trusted the web-sites that a radiant barrier was a good idea, but as you're installing it, it's hard to believe it is actually doing anything for your house. The whole thing is kind of theoretical, or was until I got near the center. I was finally able to sit in a stooped position and I noticed how hot my face and head felt. It was like I had sunburn. Then I sat back and the heat went away! It was just the "shadow" of the foil barrier. As I moved under I felt fine, as I moved out from under, I was distinctly hot and uncomfortable. This through the asphalt shingles and 1x6 roof sheathing! It was obvious that the thin layer of foil was making a huge difference in the amount of heat coming in through the roof. It was like being hit by a heat-lamp when I wasn't under the foil.
Overall, I highly recommend a radiant barrier in any house that does not already have it built into the roof sheathing. It was cheap, relatively easy to install, and made a significant difference. I don't have a full month's electric bill to compare yet, but our bill dropped by $75 with only a partial month of radiant barrier and insulation so I am looking forward to the first full bill.
Tom W. Los Angeles, California
I'm sure you have good data showing the effectiveness of RadiantGUARD, but I thought that I'd share my results with you and your guys. You can take the engineer out of the business, but you can't take the engineer out of the retiree. The middle grade radiant barrier was very easy to handle and install without tearing or puncturing. After installing 2000 sq.ft. RadiantGUARD in my attic, mostly stapled to the underside of the roof rafters, peak attic temperatures were lowered about 11 deg. F. Corresponding electric power usage was lower by 20% for the month of May compared to May 2005. For maximum benefits, I made sure that ambient air vents fed both the attic space above and below the foil, and the air space between foil and roof had unobstructed communication with either ridge vents or mechanical ventilators. The only thing better is to install a new roof using aluminized decking. Great Stuff!!
Charlie Beal Houston, Texas
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Steve Angello & Size Records' #Decade Party - RC Cola Plant, Wynwood, Miami
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Steve Angello and Size Records' #Decade
RC Cola Plant, Wynwood, Miami
Thursday, March 27, 2012
Size Records is ten years old. And for its tin anniversary, former Swedish House Mafia member and label boss Steve Angello did what any dance music powerhouse might do -- throw a fuckin' rager in Miami.
But this just wasn't any silly party at some hotel or nightclub. Instead, Angello took over one of the city's most iconic landmarks, the long-abandoned RC Cola Plant, which is sort of Miami's answer to New York's now-gone 5 Pointz. It's a setting that you could see being regularly used for raves in a more anything-goes city like Berlin.
And while a bill that included Angello, Thomas Gold, Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, AN21 & Max Vangeli, and more is nothing to scoff at, as a Miamian, I was excited to finally get inside this usually off-limits Wynwood locale.
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The layout of the plant is pretty simple, with the former factory sitting on the far east side of the compound and the vast open lot (where the massive stage and crowd area was situated) taking up the rest of the property. We imagine, at one point, this is where RC Cola trucks were parked and then filled with fizzy product for delivery.
Could this get any better? Yes! When we went to the bar and ordered a whiskey and Coke, we were served the only cola product available -- RC Cola! As you can tell, I'm a person who enjoys the simple things in life.
I arrived a little before 9 p.m. to catch Thomas Gold halfway through his set. And there was plenty to look at, including a massive LED panel setup that consumed one's entire field of vision. I can only describe it as Ultra-level quality. (Not surprising, since Ultra kind of had a hand in the #Decade party, billing it as a "Road to Ultra" event.)
Gold's energy was pretty much sending every raver in sight into a tizzy, and we really had no complaints -- until it happened. Why do DJs think its awesome to drop Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the middle of a set? I just can't imagine that Kurt Cobain would be OK with it either. This was a man who hated the spotlight and he probably would've puked hearing the Nirvana anthem used as a tool to rev up the EDM masses.
Sorry to call Gold out, because he's definitely not the only offender.
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Social Media brings Lynas back to earth
PUBLISHED: 03 Jul 2012 00:01:00 | UPDATED: 05 Jul 2012 10:05:42PUBLISHED: 03 Jul 2012 PRINT EDITION: 03 Jul 2012Barry Porter and Soraya Permatasar
Lynas Corp chief executive Nicholas Curtis underestimated the power of Facebook and Twitter when his mining company decided to build the world's biggest rare-earth plant in Malaysia.
Lynas is now counting the cost as thousands of tonnes of unprocessed raw material piles up at its Mouth Weld mine in Western Australia while it waits for a promised refining permit. Local residents, worried about possible contamination from the Pahang plant, have used new media to rally local and foreign opposition to the facility.
"In hindsight, I'd have dealt with the emerging community debate by the social media a little bit more intensely, a little bit earlier," Mr Curtis said. "We didn't recognise the power of the social media."
There are more than 12 million Facebook users in Malaysia, according to Facebook, highlighting the importance of social media engagement in South-East Asia's third-largest economy. Lynas, which was partly lured to Malaysia by 12 years of tax-free status, doesn't have any other means to refine until the plant opens, nor a back-up plan to process its raw materials elsewhere.
The hold-up has repercussions for clients that planned to use its products in hybrid car batteries and advanced magnate technology. Some prospective customers have reversed plans to open factories near the Malaysian plant, instead opening factories in China, which currently supplies 90 per cent of the world's rare earths.
"These delays are costing us a significant amount of money and anxiety with our customer base," said Mr Curtis.
Rare earth minerals, 17 chemically similar elements, are used in iPod music players, in addition to televisions, magnets and hybrid cars.
"The destabilising of our licensing has in fact destabilised their commitment to investing downstream in Malaysia," Mr Curtis said.
"That's bad for the Malaysian economy."
Protests, including a march on Parliament, escalated following leakages at nuclear power plants after Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March last year. While technologies used in rare-earth processing are different, local residents and non-governmental organisations are concerned about the risks of radiation.
Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas!, a lobby group, has more than 40,000 followers on its Facebook page. Other sites sprang up as the campaign became known nationally and abroad.
The Australian miner has filed defamation suits against Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas! and online news portal Free Malaysia Today.
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Since all the major search engines use the standardized sitemap protocol, theoretically the blog automatically became visible to search engines. Here, theoretically is the operative word because sitemaps do not guarantee that all links will be crawled by the search engines. More to the point, even being crawled does not guarantee indexing by the search giants. But a sitemap is arguable the easiest option to ensure a blog (or website) is at least visible or known to search engines.
Back to the point, today a reader @Rathod, commented on an earlier article on custom robots.txt, mentioning that his recommended way of utilising the automatically generated sitemap.xml is easier (perhaps better) than the way outlined.
It is a good point, provided the blog is *not* hosted with a custom domain (on blogger). If the blog uses a custom domain name, for e.g., www.madmadrasi.net, but is hosted on the blogger platform, the auto generated sitemap.xml does not work.
The default URI for the sitemap.xml file is like www.yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml. Thus here is a snapshot of the sitemap.xml file for the Google's official blog.
Since the Google blog contains thousands of posts, the sitemap.xml file itself has pointers to other pages which lists the actual URI of the posts themselves. Here is the snapshot of the page 1.
OTOH if the blog has only a limited number of posts, the sitemap.xml file itself will contain the URI of the posts. This consolidation is done by the Google (Blogger) servers, needs no manual intervention and hence is loved by bloggers. Here is the snapshot for @Rathod's blog, which shows the actual URI in the sitemap.xml itself.
However, the whole dang brilliance is dashed if the blog has a custom domain name like mine. For one, there is no file called www.madmadrasi.net/sitemap.xml and attempting to go there will throw out a 404 error (in this case, this blog's custom 404 page).
Then the Google (Blogger) server works in its own misguided way and actually generates a sitemap.xml file at http://www.madmadrasi.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml. Here is the snapshot. Note the madmadrasi.net reference in the URI.
And we are back to square-one. The URI's listed inside that file refer to madmadrasi.net/sitemap.xml. As we have seen, that page does not exist and throws up a 404 error.
Hence, as of today, the only way to inform the search engines with a sitemap is to use the custom robots.txt option in the blogger - for blogs with custom domain names.
It is a shame that Google doesn't see it fit to implement a simple code change to enhance the sitemap feature for custom domain named blogs too.


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You can find dried peanuts in the produce section of your local supermarket or at a farmers market. Store cooked peanuts in the refrigerator up to three days. If you prefer your peanuts warm, heat them in the microwave, covered, at 80% power for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring once.
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1. Soak peanuts in water to cover in a large stock pot at least 8 hours or up to 24 hours. (You may need to weigh down peanuts with a large plate or lid to ensure that they are fully submerged.) Drain and rinse.
2. Place peanuts and desired amount of salt in stock pot with 4 1/2 qt. water; bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 6 hours or until peanuts are tender, adding water as needed to keep peanuts covered; stir occasionally.
3. Remove from heat; let stand 1 hour.
Cajun Boiled Peanuts: Proceed with Step 1, adding 1/2 cup Cajun seasoning to water. Proceed with Step 2, using 1/2 cup salt and 5 to 7 Tbsp. liquid Cajun crab boil before bringing to a boil. Proceed with recipe as directed.
Ham-Flavored Boiled Peanuts: Proceed with Step 1. Omit Step 2, and bring 6 qt. water and 2 smoked ham hocks to a boil in a large stock pot. Reduce heat, and simmer 3 hours. Remove and discard ham hocks. Cool broth; chill 8 hours. Skim fat from broth. Add peanuts and 1/2 cup salt to broth. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat, and cook 6 hours or until tender, adding water as needed to keep peanuts covered; stir occasionally. Remove from heat; let stand 1 hour.
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Bill Veeck had been out of baseball for four years when The Hustler's Handbook was originally published in 1965 and it appeared to many pundits that he was out of the game for good. "Sport Shirt Bill" had sold his ownership interest in the Chicago White Sox in 1961 due to illness and had been thwarted by the "Lords of the Realm" in pursuing an American League franchise for Los Angeles, though he would return in 1975 as owner of the ChiSox.
And with one book already published -- Veeck as in Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck -- the impresario of sports promotion, with co-author Ed Linn, appeared to be giving his farewell to the game through wit, wisdom and a number of brushback pitches on his critics in Major League Baseball. This edition is a September 2009 softcover reprint from Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher.
"As the first assignment, class, we will now all burn our dictionaries and get on to the real definitions, complete with illustrations, gesticulation and grimaces....," writes Veeck, as he tackles the fine art of marketing. "Department stores, automobile agencies and other sportsmen and philanthropists are more than willing to donate gifts in return for the advertising and goodwill."
There is a sailboat presented to Nellie Fox of the White Sox on "Nellie Fox Night" and a grand plan for honoring southpaw fans due to the Milwaukee Braves non-use of left-handed pitching great Warren Spahn, along with mainstays in the Veeck repertoire: Christmas in July, Name's the Same, the Money-Back Guarantee and a gala Mother's Day celebration. One of his ideas became a major winner in ballparks: "Bat Day has become the biggest promotion of late. We started it in St. Louis (the Browns) back in 1952 when a guy who dealt in bankrupt firms came around with a shipload of homeless bats.
"It is a surefire promotion, and it will remain surefire so long as they don't get greedy and try to repeat it on alternate weeks.
"They probably will."
Legends come to life, but oftentimes in ways that could have never been predicted. "Wake up the echoes at the Hall of Fame and you will find that baseball's immortals were a rowdy and raucous group of men who would climb down off their plaques and go rampaging through Cooperstown (New York), taking spoils, like the Third Army busting through Germany," writes Veeck. "Horace Stoneham has only two occupations in life. He owns the (San Francisco) Giants and he drinks.
"Some of the most wicked people I know have taken advantage of him."
Veeck has visionary comments on race in the game -- not the pennant variety -- and surrounding an emerging international hot spot for talented players that would revolutionize MLB many years later: "At the root of the difficulty is the white man's belief - why is this so difficult to shake? - that the Negro should be grateful for being allowed to play in the big leagues.
"The Negro ballplayers reshuffled the power in the past decade, the Spanish-speaking players are reshuffling it again in this decade, and the Japanese will be coming on in waves in the next decade."
The explosive revelations on the 1919 Black Sox Scandal from a journal of a White Sox secretary, an intriguing take on the battle in the Big Apple between the hapless Mets and juggernaut Yankees and insight on how deals are cut in the proverbial smoke-filled room make for a refreshing read, no matter the season.
"Baseball, like loan-sharking, is a humanitarian enterprise," Veeck writes. "When the Supreme Court says baseball isn't run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. When I say the same thing, everybody throws pointy objects at me."
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Vin Diesel has already made fans of "The Fast & The Furious" a promise.
Vin's vowed that there will be a "Fast & Furious 7."
And according to Universal Studios, it will be roaring into cinemas in the Summer of 2014.
"Fast & Furious 6" was just released to theaters this weekend. But already junkies of the car-chase series are begging for more.
"I don't want to go too far ahead," Vin told MTV News. "I found myself talking about '8' yesterday, and I had to stop myself!" he laughed.
"I will say '7' is a reset," he confessed.
Vin's co-star, Paul Walker, announced "[Vin's] ability to manifest stuff is like nobody else in the business. I've been part of that for 10-plus years. It's pretty impressive, that's for sure."
Diesel sez the series will start a third trilogy with "Fast & Furious 7."
"We realized when we came back to the franchise [in '2 Fast 2 Furious'] that it would be a cool thing if we could connect all our movies," he said. "That is, if all of our movies felt like a continuous ride…
"So if you look at '4,' '5,' and '6,'" he said, "you'll see a continuous ride throughout where the films are speaking to each other.
"What we're doing," Diesel added, "is continuing the story. So when you go to see "Fast & Furious," you're expecting bookends, you're expecting to pick up a little bit where you left off, and I think all of us collectively have done a great job of keeping the audience completely in the know."
"At the core," Vin continued, "our saga is about family, which I feel separates us from other action films…I don't see any movie, especially a movie of this size and of this nature and of this kind of action content, that puts such an emphasis on family, but ours is organic. Jordana [Brewster]'s been my sister, so to speak, for 14 years. We were all coming into this movie fresh and we were brothers and sisters from 1999."
"For better or for worse," he said, "that's what we are."
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Letter: to Callie [King, 1852 or 1853?]
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Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
Creator: | Cobb, Marion, 1822-1897 |
Title: | Letter: to Callie [King, 1852 or 1853?] |
Date: | 1852-1853 |
Description: | Undated letter, possibly from 1852 or 1853, from Marion Lumpkin Cobb, wife of Thomas Read Rootes Cobb and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin, to Callie King, wife of Porter King and Marion's sister, about her health after her recent childbirth. She informs King that the child of their acquaintance Mary Gresham has died suddenly. Many in the Lumpkin family are ill. Cobb also provides information on other friends in Athens including the LeConte family and mentions that their brother James Lumpkin is in Christiana, Denmark. Document ID: jhl0020. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO. |
Subjects: | Lumpkin, James M.--Journeys--Denmark | Postnatal care | Mothers--Southern States--Health and hygiene | Lumpkin family | Infants--Death | Athens (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th century | Domestic life | King, Callie, 1826-1905 | Denmark | Southern States | Athens (Ga.) | Clarke County (Ga.) |
Contributors: | Hargrett Library | Alexander Campbell King Law Library |
Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Joseph Henry Lumpkin family papers, 1821-1862 (bulk 1852-1857), box 1, folder 20, document jhl0020. |
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Technology is such a thing that nobody knows the time it stuck when and where in the meantime. It happens many times when without any physical damage or harm to any gadget like watch, laptop, smartphone etc stops working suddenly. These all are examples of technology. And the most dominant of all is the PC and laptop hanging and slow [&hellip
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By MIKE CORN
It wouldn't take much for Art Weigel to get his powder-blue 1960 Nash Metropolitan running.
Whether he'd want to actually take it out on the road is another story, one he's not quite ready to answer.
Besides, Weigel is waiting for his three sons to join him in restoring the classic vehicle, likely going beyond the fuel system that's the culprit right now.
But the Metropolitan certainly turns heads when it's parked in front of Art's Full Service, 1508 Vine.
And, for now at least, he's forced to push the vehicle, although it would run with the help of an IV drip into the carburetor. Holding up the fuel drip while driving the vehicle isn't a risk he wants to take with such a classic vehicle.
The Metropolitan is something of a family heirloom, and likely to remain one.
As a Nash, it was a product of what was to become Rambler, but it was produced in England and shipped west to the United States and Canada.
Weigel said the Metropolitan, not unlike the Rambler, was ahead of its time.
"It's been in the family for over 30 years," Weigel said as he looked at the car.
The car came into the family as payment for repair work.
Even though it's 54 years old, the car only has 16,949 miles on it, he said.
He and his father restored the car approximately 25 yeas ago, and it's been nearly 20 years since Weigel has actively driven it.
Rubber parts on the fuel pump have deteriorated as a result.
"I have to roll it outside," he said, "and roll it in."
As what likely would be the first subcompact car, Weigel said it's no cakewalk.
"It's actually all solid steel," he said.
Under the hood, it's a 4-cylinder engine.
"The same engine as an MG Midget," he said.
Weigel said the car originally was marketed to women, which prompted some of the lighter colors, such as the light blue on his vehicle.
"I've got some of the original advertising," he said.
Getting it back on the road isn't a high priority.
"If I put it out on the road, I'd have to value it at $10,000," he said of insurance for the vehicle. "That's what they're going for."
It sold for $2,000 new, he said.
But it's not a bad-driving car.
"At low speeds, it handles great," he said of speeds less than 55 mph. Above that, not to great.
Of course, when the car was built, speed limits generally were 55 mph or less.
Until it's back on the road, Weigel plans to continue pushing it out front of the shop he shares with his wife, Michelle.
And people will keep stopping in for a look.
"I usually average seven to eight a week that will stop in," he said of curious people.


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Do you play board games?
If you do, you're in the right place. We're a group of writers, videographers, coders and designers who want to create a glittering home for you.
If you don't play board games, you're also in the right place, because we want to show you how amazing these things are. The amount of talent in today's scene is awe-inspiring, and it's all dedicated to letting you enjoy yourself with your loved ones. Isn't that something?
Anyone looking for our old episodes will find them right here.
Shut Up & Sit Down is...
Quintin Smith / @quinns108
Beaten savagely by his step-father (at chess), Quinns' goal in life is to get people playing anything else. "Chess is OK," he said, yesterday, "But is it as good as Twister? Think about it."
In 2011, Quinns was arrested for drunkenly attempting to dismantle his local book shop's board game section. Shut Up & Sit Down is his community service.
He's friends with...
Paul Dean / @paullicino
Paul, who stares at self descriptions like a deer caught in car headlights, has been spotted playing board games since the 1980s. Of course, it's not how long you've been playing that matters, but how much you care, and Paul's real problem was that he never cared to stop.
It's his fault Shut Up & Sit Down is called what it is, as opposed to, you know, something sensible. Paul does not have a favourite type of dog, but his favourite concept is compatibilism.
He's a fan of...
Matt Lees / @jam_sponge
After years of begrudgingly accepting Monopoly and Risk, Matt discovered Diplomacy and Cosmic Encounter. After a friendship-ruining invasion of Calais and the unveiling of THE LUNAR CANNON, it felt like there was no looking back.
Since then it's become his mission to get those who roll their eyes to start rolling dice instead. When he isn't performing cardboard baptisms Matt makes videos about videogames, and records a rather blue comedy podcast.
He practices his high-fives with...
Brendan Caldwell / @brendy_c
Brendan was rescued from a bog by team SU&SD in the summer of 2012. Initially malnourished and severely dehydrated, he has since come far in his contributions to the site.
When Brendan isn't board gaming, he is kept in a cupboard and fed biscuits through a gap in the door. Brendan's preferred aroma is that of subconscious terror and he spends up to five hours a day practising his scuttle.
He's vaguely aware of...
Mike Urbanski / @mikeurbanski
Half programmer, half board gamer, half lover, Mike is a disturbing 150% of a normal human being who has dedicated his career to making board games better for everyone through technology.
If this were A Game of Thrones, while the rest of SU&SD made mistakes and had ill-advised sex with one another, Mike would be the Tyrion Lannister. Not much to look at, but passable with an axe.
He went to high school with...
Josh Greco / @josh_greco
The only member of SU&SD whose fertility has been proven, it's fitting that Josh is the designer on the team, providing our handsome front-end.
He likes to say he "Saw the design [of SU&SD] in the eyes of [his] baby girl," which is a bit disturbing and we don't like to think about it. Mostly because she doesn't play board games yet.


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Wormholes coming to an Engineer near you
Engineers have Transporters, which work similar to a Mage's Teleport. They take you specifically to whichever Goblin or Gnome town your Engineering specialization likes best. Wormholes will be the answer to the Mage's Portal. You will be able to take your entire party to that town, not just you. The only one we've seen so far is a Wormhole to Gadgetzan, which may actually prove to be quite useful. While Shattrath has an NPC that will teleport you straight to the Caverns of Time, I haven't seen one of those in Dalaran so far in the Wrath Beta.
Currently it seems the intent is to have Engineers quest for these Wormhole generators, but they aren't available on either the live or beta realms quite yet. That could easily change before we see them ourselves. We may also see these in Patch 3.02 rather than Wrath of the Lich King as well, seeing as Northrend has Goblin towns of its own.
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Busta Rhymes, 'Back on My B.S.' (Universal Motown)
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One might expect Back on My B.S. -- Busta Rhymes' first batch of songs written since 2006's The Big Bang and the shooting of his friend and bodyguard Israel Ramirez -- to be more sober and confessional. Recently, too, he's railed against the "dehumanizing" aspects of technology.
Yet Busta has always mixed deep thoughtfulness with king-size clownishness, and right from the intro ("Back on my bullshit" sung operatically to Beethoven's 5th), he bounces between skittering beats and Dirty South synths, "throwin' money around the room to please myself," and flashing breezily dexterous wordplay. On "Respect My Conglomerate," he's a monolith rather than a mere entertainer, but post-Diddy, Jay, and Kanye, such branding doesn't retain much punch.
After presenting competing manifestos ("Shoot for the Moon" prizes ambitious self-reliance, yet "Hustler's Anthem '09" is a Jeezy-style exhortation to do whatever it takes to "pop bottles"), things get more erratic, with dancehall whirlwind "Kill Dem" leading into the quizzical boast track "Arab Money" (with its questionable quoting of the Koran on the chorus). Finally, Akon collabo "Don't Believe 'Em" and the mournful "Decision," with Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, and Common, address weightier issues. But two decades deep in the game, Busta is still beholden to a style that ping-pongs between silly and steroidal, making his stabs at honesty fall awkwardly flat.


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Cataclysm Beta: Updated user interface elements
- character panel
- leveling up
- spells and professions book
- trainers
- quests
Just be warned that there are going to be a few possible quest spoilers in here, so you may wish to skip over this if you want to remain unspoiled.
Your character
When it comes to leveling, here is what it looks like whenever you gain a new level. It'll be big and bright. Not only that, it will also tell you what new abilities will be available to you. This will save you a few trips back to the class trainer. Personally, during some of the earlier levels, I like to learn new spells every second or third level. Anyway, not only will you learn when new abilities and talent points will be available to you, but if you're eligible for different battlegrounds, the dungeon finder, riding types or glyphs, it will alert you here and in your chat window.
And you can click the "You've Reached Level X" to see the entire list of what will be available to you.
Here you can see the addition of the new professions tab in the spellbook. Buttons to access the various recipe panels can also be found here. And yes, those same buttons can be used for hotkey purposes. Information about the two main professions will be at the top (like blacksmithing and mining in this example), and all secondary professions are listed below. If your character hasn't learned them yet, there will be a message telling you to go see a trainer. Otherwise, it displays the amount of points your character has along with access to the different recipes.
For recipes, the recipe list looks a little something like this. You'll notice it hasn't really changed a whole lot. The search box and filter gets a bit of a minor face lift. What really got changed is that white arrow with the "3" next to it for the Fire-Etched Dagger. Crafting professions like tailoring and blacksmithing can now give multiple skillups when you're creating certain items. The recipe panel now tells you how many skillups you can get if it exceeds one skillup point. In this case, creating the dagger here will provide three skillups.
Any abilities that your character can use or have not learned yet will also appear in the spellbook. In the spellbook below, you can see a new ability is ready to be trained, and the player is informed to go visit a trainer to gain access to it. Any lower-rank iterations of an ability have been removed. The spellbook only shows the maximum rank.
Diggin' the new trainer UI? The left one is for your skills and the right one is for professions. The entire interface just looks cleaner over all. The visual icon, the name, level requirements and costs to learn are listed in an easily scannable format. Anything your character can't learn is greyed out.
Not quite sure who your targets are? If there's a specific, named NPC you need to go after and kill, you'll find that the quest UI has been updated to display a model of who you need to go find. In the shot above, I think it works the same way when you're looking for friendly NPCs.
Not only that, a new remote quest system is now in the game. In other words, you can receive and complete quests without having to hustle back to the quest giver. When you're ready to turn in a quest, you'll see an alert that notifies you of it.
Your minimap also provides an arrow directing you to the first quest in your quest tracker. Try to start with the quests that are closest to you, to make the process easier.
And lastly, you can see the new PvP panes. The left tab allows you to queue for standard battlegrounds. The conquest tab lets you try your hand at rated battlegrounds and arenas. The last tab enables you to create your own arena team without having to visit an arena master.
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will destroy Azeroth as we know it. Nothing will be the same. In WoW.com's Guide to Cataclysm, you can find out everything you need to know about WoW's third expansion. From goblins and worgens to mastery and guild changes, it's all there for your cataclysmic enjoyment.


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There are no words to describe what happened last week.
When I found out the news about you passing away, I closed my eyes, bent over, and I swear I could feel the Earth shaking and groaning around me. Surely that amount of positive energy being snuffed out could be sensed by every person alive. It felt to me like a celestial event- a supernova star with incomprehensible energy at the end of its life. Its death sends a shock wave out through the galaxy,…
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There are many fun rapids and waterfalls out there that are not located in the middle of a river run. Sometimes, you just want to pull the vehicle over, run one drop, and get back in to move on to the next adventure. While this is extremely fun to do, and is generally how the largest drops in the world are run, many people have trouble with getting themselves in the right mindset and zone for running a park and huck. It feels strange committing to something challenging with cold muscles…
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It has been a pleasure becoming more deeply involved with the Dagger brand as Pro Team Manager this year. The Team is comprised of individuals who are as talented as they are diverse. I knew most of them as friends before this transition, but my respect for them has only deepened since I started working with them on a professional level. I wanted to share a few things that Team Dagger athletes have accomplished in 2012:
Jason Beakes
Jason is doing…
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Gauley Fest 2012 was another one for the ages!
Great times were had by all, and it was a pleasure experiencing the event from my new role of Dagger Pro Team Manager. I was amazed with the amount of interest in the raffle Green Boat to benefit AW. People were stoked about the one-of-a-kind Storm color, and it was cool to pull the winning ticket and award Sir Matt Redmond with his new boat. His buddies carried him off in the boat on their shoulders!
That Sunday I got to…
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It has been a pleasure to be involved in the testing of the new Dagger freestyle boat.
This boat represents a true collective team effort, fearlessly led by the Dagger in-house designer, Mark (Snowy) Robertson. Snowy started this project by interviewing the whole Dagger team to see what it is that that they want in their dream freestyle boat. Somehow, he aggregated all of this information and began design on the boat around several core…
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50+ Useful CSS Tools And Generators for Developers
CSS tools are essential for web developers because they act like a sort of magic lamp that can simplify the job at hand. Most development tools are time savers that are there to help developers create stylish, functional and optimized websites with a few shortcuts.
CSS tools and generators are available in such large numbers that a developer can choose from a range of them to make their projects go smoother. Here is the collection of around 50 useful and handy CSS tools and generators that every developer should know about. Enjoy!
CSS Colors Tools
Color Scheme Designer
This tool provides colors in the form of a color wheel that offers mono, complement, traid, tetrad, analogic and accented analogic color variations in the percentage ratio; and it also highlights the same with the suitable scheme chosen.
Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator
It is a CSS gradient editor and generator that lets you create CSS gradients having cross-browser support.
CSS Color Codes
This tool offers two options for furnishing the hexadecimal and RGB color codes. You can pick the color from the color picker and then copy its hexadecimal value from the bottom field.
Colors Pallete Generator
This is a powerful tool that generates a color palette derived from the primary colors of the image that you upload. It is a useful tool for rapidly grabbing a particular color within an image for inspiration. With this, you can also generate Photoshop swatches and CSS styles.
CSS Colors
This color chart offers more than 16 million colors with both RGB and hexadecimal color modes.
Gradient Image Maker
This tool allows you to easily generate a gradient image of 3 types with on the spot previewing. With this tool you can create gradient images that you can use everywhere in your web page design.
CSS Layouts Tools
It is a template generator that lets you create beautiful templates for your blog and web design without requiring any HTML and CSS knowledge.
Free CSS Template Code Generator
It is a free HTML – CSS template generator that generates a three column layout without using any Tables. This template generator produces a custom-made template that can be used to control the look and feel of an entire website.
Firdamatic: the Design Tool for the Uninspired Webloggers
This tableless layout generator lets you easily create and customize layouts by simply completing a form.
CSS Layout Generator – CSS Portal
Another layout generator with which you can create a fluid or fixed width column layout, with up to 3 columns, header, footer and menu.
CSS Layout Generator
Another CSS Layout Generator that allows you to create your own template by using HTML and CSS. You can create a template with up to 3 columns and a header and footer.
Layout Generator
This tool generates multi-column and grid layouts with CSS 2.0 techniques by using pixels, percentage or em.
CSS Layout Generator
With this tool, you can modify the header, footer, sidebars and layout width and can set the document type as XHTML or HTML strict or transitional to see the preview in the same page.
YAML Builder
This tool is designed for visual development of YAML based CSS layouts.
CSS Grids Tools
The 1KB CSS Grid
It is a lightweight tool with which you can streamline page templates for content management systems.
Variable Grid System
It is a quick way to generate an underlying CSS grid that is based on the 960 Grid System.
This tool allows you to generate grids for the 960.gs, Golden Grid, or 1KB Grid. You can even generate a basic generic grid.
Blueprint Grid CSS Generator
With this tool, you can generate more flexible versions of Blueprint's grid.cs and compressed.css and grid.png files.
CSS Grid Calculator
This calculator allows you to envision page layouts and draw grids in a variety of ways. You can have an accurate visual feedback on how text blocks and page divisions will appear within a browser window. You can also return style declarations for divisions and text to copy and paste into style sheets.
Grid Designer
This tool allows you create design grids by giving you options to customize Columns, Pixels, Gutters and Margins.
Em Calculator
Em Calculator is a JavaScript tool that lets you design scalable and accessible CSS design. This tool converts pixels to their relative em units based on a text size.
CSS Menus and Buttons
CSS Menu Maker
This tool allows you create custom, cross browser compatible website menus.
CSS Menu Generator
This menu generator lets you generate CSS and HTML codes which you need to create an appealing set of text based navigation buttons.
My CSS Menu
This tool provides an easy way to create cross browser compatible CSS menus. With this tool, you can create Horizontal, Vertical, Drop-down web navigation.
Tabs Generator
Another CSS navigation Tab Menu generator that allows you tweak size, colors, corners and more to generate unique designs that can be downloaded for your use.
With this tool, you can choose the content, layout and presentation of your list-based navigation menus.
Button Maker Online
This tool creates XHTML valid micro buttons (80×15). You can also create larger 88×31 buttons.
CSS Button & Text Field Generator
This tool is a CSS button and text field generator that lets you easily create with just a click of the mouse.
Fonts and Text CSS Tools
This is an amazing tool that lets you edit loads of CSS properties including inline height, font weight, font style and variant, text indent and transform, and word and letter spacing.
CSS font style
You can use this tool to set the style of the font to italic or oblique.
This application provides a comparison of the fonts for the screen. Since the new fonts are packed into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.
CSS Font and Text Style Wizard
You can use this wizard if you want to experiment with the fonts and text styles in order to generate sample CSS style source code. Dynamic HTML is used in this wizard that changes the style of the table in-situ, without loading another page.
CSS Type Set
This is a typography tool that allows designers and developers to test and learn the ways to style their web content.
CSS Generator & Optimizer
CSS Generator
This tool lets you choose a style for your web page. You can select different Cascading Style Sheet properties with live preview. You can choose color, HTML tag, click the field you would like to insert color into and color them.
CSS Generator
This tool gives you a live preview of the color that you select from the palette. You can directly specify colors and other design attributes. This tool helps you select a face color for your new web project straight away!
Cascading Style Sheet CSS Generator
This is a free tool that lets you create cascading style sheets for your web page. You can add as many style sheets as you want.
quickCSS – Online-CSS-Generator
With this tool, you can generate CSS with just one click.
Spiffy Corners – Purely CSS Rounded Corners
Clean CSS
This is a CSS optimizer and formatter that takes your CSS code and makes it cleaner and more concise.
Simple CSS
This tool lets you create unique Cascading Style Sheets from scratch. You can also modify your existing CSS.
Regex Patterns for Single Line CSS
While formatting your CSS Style sheet single-line, you may find Dan Rubin's Textmate macro useful if you group your ruler and add white spaces that makes scanning through the web page easier. You can also use a regular expression if you don't want to use Textmate.
CSS Sprite Tools
CSS – Sprit.es
With this tool, you can easily generate CSS and HTML code by uploading the file you want to use in your CSS sprite and then click the button that join all your images into a single file. With this tool, you can also achieve any rollover effects.
Spritegen CSS Sprites
This tool allows you create your sprite by letting your upload your image and then add more images. You can also set the output of your images as in PNG, JPEG or GIF.
CSS Sprites
With this tool, upload any number of images and click Generate button to create your CSS sprites with ease.
Website Performance (CSS Sprite Generator)
It is a tool that allows you to upload your source file in order to create the sprite image and CSS. This tool works by ignoring duplicates, resizing the source images, setting the sprite and other CSS options like horizontal and vertical offset, background color, class prefix, CSS suffix etc.
It is a WYSIWYG tool that is helpful for the web designers who want to quickly create CSS classes and IDs from a single sprite image. This tool works on the principle of using the background-position property to line up areas of a sprite image into block elements of a web page.
Other CSS Tools
SlickMap CSS
This tool displays your site maps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. This is appropriate for the websites that want to accommodate up to three levels of page navigation and extra utility links that can be easily modified to meet personal requirements, branding, or style preferences.
CSS3 Please!
This tool displays the output of your code instantaneously. It is a simple yet powerful tool for the web designers and developers.
CSS Sorter
CSS Sorter is a tool that sorts CSS files and rules alphabetically so that you can easily manage your CSS files.
Sky CSS Tool
CSS Table Wizard
This wizard helps you generate style source code and allows you to do experiments with table border styles.
Csstxt is a powerful tool that illustrates numerous ways to add a style to a text with 'a', 'p' or div tag.
It is a small AIR application that packs together multiple CSS and JavaScript files into one and runs on your desktop.
Password Generator
This tool generates all the compulsory codes required to password protect a directory, or selects files within it on your site by means of .htaccess. This tool works by encrypting your desired password and then put the outputs inside your .htaccess and .htpasswd files.
XHTML/CSS Markup Generator
This is a simple tool that lets you quickly generate XHTML Markup and a CSS frame; shorten syntax so that you can directly jump to the elements styling. This tool significantly speeds up your work.
Consider our previous posts:
- 50 Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates
- 15 CSS Habits to Develop for Frustration-Free Coding
- 50+ Fresh CSS Techniques, Tutorials and Resources
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- Alex Rees, 11 July 2011
Some interesting tools here which I'm sure would be extremely useful to beginners in css to get a feel for how the code effects the look and feel of the page.
I'm surprised you didn't mention firebug since it's the tool I use the most. It allows you to make changes to the css and see the effect on your website in real time.
- George Dina, 11 July 2011
Thanks for sharing! This is an awesome set of tools! :)
I already use Spritebox and Fonttester.
- George- John, 02 August 2013
thank you !
- leroy, 11 July 2011
Great list, thanks.
- Felipe Mota, 11 July 2011
This is… awesome!! - Tim, 11 July 2011
Hmmm…just a few days ago.
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/generators-improve-workflow/ - Jay, 11 July 2011
Once again, a great set! I really need to start using some of these. Thanks!
- Theo, 11 July 2011
Nice list, i particularly like all that grid stuff and to be honest i like to start a new project whit a white canvas.Thanks!
- dew, 14 July 2011
This is GREATEST!!!!!
- Kris, 25 July 2011
wow., thanks for sharing. I'm looking all of this.. Many thanks.. ^__^
- Sherlyn, 01 August 2011
hi…..just want ask as i am new with working on CSS so want to know that …..if i use CC Srid tool will it be possible for me to generate same layout which is displayed???
- Beben Koben, 13 August 2011
enjoy it…i'll be a developer :D
thanks ? - Fountains, 15 September 2011
These tools were very useful to me in creating my website!
- ravi, 01 October 2011
awesome collection…such a huge list of useful resources..thank you for sharing
- Majid H, 12 October 2011
I love such designing resources. I am wondering how did you found so much. Anyway thanks for the share.
- n, 08 January 2012
Excellent stuff, I really like the Variable Grid System its so useful.
Thanks for sharing - Fred Jims, 15 January 2012
This is a great set of tools for any designer, thanks!!
- Aniket - Freelance Website Designer, 26 January 2012
Very very useful resource.
Thanks for the complilation. - Ryan, 30 January 2012
Nice list! Lots of tools for me to play with :)
- JJ Spelman, 07 February 2012
Great collection of tools. Thanks for compiling and sharing!
- tuba, 26 February 2012
very very good collections for css developer, bookmarked!
Thank you for the list! - Stolice, 11 May 2012
Really useful dev collection. Many thanks!
- Lincy Mathew, 29 May 2012
Useful blog , good collections. Thanks for Sharing.
- Drupal Web Designer, 09 June 2012
The tools are very useful. And it will help for the designers. Thanks for sharing and nice set of tools.
- Bill Woo, 14 July 2012
Since only two of the linked resources are described with the word "free," can we safely assume the others are all commercial products ?
thanks, Bill
- Jerry, 30 July 2012
Thanks a lot… I like your tutorials very much especially that jquery app one. I'm bookmarking this site
- Apon, 17 August 2012
Very useful for web designer. Thanks.
- elvin xhimitiku, 26 August 2012
you need to add http://www.css3generator.com
a great resource - DesignFacet, 27 August 2012
Great collection of tools. Thanks.
- Diana, 19 September 2012
More than enough. Thanks!
- Mars, 26 October 2012
I use CSS Layout Generator. What you choose for yourself?
- Gloria, 26 October 2012
Thank you so much for sharing.
- Andre W, 04 December 2012
Thanks for sharing. Would you happen to know of any tools that allow you to quickly restyle an existing site? For example desk.com allows you to customize the CSS of your support site, but tweaking each element (firebug or chrome inspector) can be very time consuming
- Reunion, 24 January 2013
Awesome tools. Thank you so much
- Allie, 11 March 2013
This is a very useful list. Thanks for posting it.
- Sam brody, 04 May 2013
I have been a web developer for almost 2 years now…Attended the school of hard knocks..loved it. I am a huge believer in understanding how the technology we use works and then using tools to drastically decrease the workload…..and you can quote me on this…..This site is so useful I almost wet myself! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
- Daneil R., 15 May 2013
Definitely have to add http://pageblox.com – it came out after this post was published
- Patro, 17 August 2013
Great collection!
Might I also suggest CSS3 Box Shadow Generator (http://www.shadowgenerator.com). - Drupal Website Developer, 06 September 2013
Till date, I had been using CSS Matic and CSS3 Maker for all my CSS needs and generation. But I see a lot of free and good tools listed here.
- Coveloping, 27 October 2013
We've just released a new CSS button generator, would be great if you can add it to this list. http://coveloping.com/tools/css-button-generator
- Rebecca Fairbairn, 16 December 2013
Wow, that's a great resource all in one place. Many thanks!
- Jes, 14 January 2014
Please also include http://www.generatecss.com in your list!


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Ancient Greeks created fictionalized representations of naturally occurring phenomenon surrounding human frailties and called them myths.
And just like Homer, social media researchers are spinning tall tales about digital shaman, and their unseeing hands behind viral videos, trending Tweets and Facebook frenzies. The heroes and heroines of these exaggerated stories are known as "social media influencers," and their power is legendary if it has yet to be truly proven with scientific data.
The Social Media Influencer A-List
You've surely heard of them. They're the social media A-Lister whose behemoth followings are touted by industry peddlers as a quick, fast and dirty way for your content to go viral, or your product to get sold or your name to be known. They're so sought after, receiving fawning requests for guest posts or pitches to rival car salesmen for space on their blog that they warrant their own top-tier list ala People's Most Beautiful People. Here are some of those Social Media A-Lister's signaled out by Forbes' blog post "Who Are the Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers.."The top 10 are:
Chris Brogan, Ann Handley, Guy Kawasaki, Gary Vaynerchuk, Scott, Stratten, Robert Scoble, Glen Gilmore, Liz Strauss, Jason Falls, and Mari Smith.
Social Media Influencer Giants Among Ants
These social media gurus are noted for their magic of self promotion and garnering large followings. But if you get the fabulous opportunity to get an outbound link from their websites will you achieve viral content bliss? Does featuring one of these prolific social media stars equal a better ROI?
Is the notion that social media influencers can drive consumers to purchase products, a truism or, a cruel joke played by companies such as Klout which depend upon you believing in this parable?
Social Media Influencer Myth
Our research shows that the social media influencer effect may be more fiction than fact. We're not saying social media itself can't influence consumer behavior. It can. And in certain, controlled scientific experiments written up in the Journal of Science of all places, it has. Yet, even the author of the Journal of Science article who conducted what's probably the first-ever proven causal relationship between social media and consumer behavior says social media influence doesn't reside with one social media megaphone, but rests with bunches of people with diverse networks.
"Our study definitely shows causal effect," says MIT-educated Sinan Aral, now an NYU assistant professor. Aral and his partners measured social media's influence on Facebook users through an adoption of an entertainment app akin to Fandango. "We know that there is influence, that it affects people's decisions, product adoption decisions. Does it prove that there's influence for every single product? No!"..[but] the big influencer [phenonmon]…we found that this isn't the case…where you're looking for one person who can start a cascade…this is not what happened."
Sooo…when you're looking to get your content shared I'm afraid you'll have to do it the old-fashioned way. Pass it along and ask them to pass it along. There's no short cut to virality. Read more with our guest blog post on the fabulous social media A-lister Liz Strauss's blog.


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