Weather Trends 360 predicts weather 1 year out

My local news station weatherman seems to have a 50/50 success rating predicting the 5 day forecast. Imagine my surprise when I learned about a company called Weather Trends International that claims to provide weather prediction for up to 365 days into the future. At first I thought this was another fly by nights hocus pocus type website, then I checked out their client list. It includes names like Walmart, Loblaws, Target, Coca Cola, Heinz and many more. The prediction

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Check out your site in different screen sizes

You spent all that time and money to build your website. It's a work of art. A monument to your awesomeness... Then why are some of your contacts (with smaller screen devices) complaining that it looks weird? Are you still sure the site is awesome? There is a cool free service called Screenfly that will show you how your site looks on different devices with different screen sizes (think desktop, tablet, mobile, etc). I decided to give it a whirl with my blog:

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Scan your site for malware

With all of the recent news of sites getting hacked and infected by malware, you may be wondering how to scan your site. I recently stumbled on a cool free service called Sucuri SiteCheck. You visit the site and enter your URL: You then click on "Scan Website" and wait for the process to complete. In the middle of the next page, you will see your results: And voila. Piece of mind. It is important to note that this wouldnt be my primary security tool but one more tool in your kit.

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