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In a previous tutorial we made a PHP Tag Cloud generator function. But, some people don’t have access to PHP or need the tag cloud to update live using ajax or other means. Below is the JavaScript function and code. The code is fairly similar to the PHP Code, but just modified slightly for use with JavaScript. You call the function by identifying the DOM which all the words are listed in, and you also have to specify the Node Name, such as span or div.

Tag Clouds are used in many websites, but most of the time in bad ways. Even though I am not the largest fan of them, I will teach you how to generate one using PHP in three different methods. I mostly am doing this because I needed a tag cloud to quickly show me the most used search terms to reach my websites, and I figured tag clouds do this fairly well.

Capturing your desktop (or laptop) screen is an easy task once you have a system in place. Before that system is in place you can expect your day or week to be ruined trying to find the best method. Hopefully I can help make that process a lot shorter and stressful.

The thing you have to know about recording your desktop is, what is your goal? Do you want to record video game footage, clip of a movie, a video online, software applications, or something else? Although most software and hardware used for recording can work for all of the above methods, picking the right one can make all the difference. For instance, recording video game footage requires high FPS, resolution and bitrate while having the game run smoothly. Recording your desktop is a lot different. Your desktop you need about 15fps to 30fps, high resolution, but a low bitrate.

Running VirtualBox and Screen Capture software can be put a large dent in performance of your PC. The point being, why should capturing Virtual machines be so difficult, including cropping the desktop, getting the resolutions correct, etc. VirtualBox has built in a Video Capture method that will now record your virtual machine to a WebM video file.

Now, this feature existed before version 4.3.0 of VirtualBox, but it required extra work, not just your normal installation. In 4.3.0, Oracle and VirtualBox Developers made it much easier to have access to, by including it in the base installation.

The new Tiles Start Screen or “Metro Style” Start Screen in Windows 8 and 8.1 is great and all, but since it’s a huge change from previous versions of Windows, not all programs know how to add their programs properly to it. Because of this, you will notice a lot of “Documentation” and “Uninstall” programs cluttering up a rather neat screen.

But, luckily there is a really simple way to remove items from your Start Screen. (It could be easier if they add a direct button to remove it, maybe someone will make this or a future Windows update). The process is the task of navigating to Start Menu Programs directory under “Program Data” and delete unwanted shortcuts. Below is a detailed step by step guide along with a video.