16. November 2009

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Highslide JS Highslide Editor

Highslide is a great open source image, media, and gallery javaScript viewer.  It can provide your website with a quick and elegant look…and, let’s face it, the image javaScript effects are all the rage in web design right now. 
To ease the pain of configuring your gallery, Highslide has recently released the Highslide Editor that [...]

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2. November 2009

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One Day Calendar Generator

Make you events stand out!  Use the free “One Day Calendar Generator.” Input your date, colors, and font size and let the generator churn out an image for your blog, website, or project.
http://vulpeculox.net/misc/onedaycal/index.htm 

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28. October 2009

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Google Maps…Free Turn-by-Turn Navigation

I love my iPhone, but it seems that every time I dig into the latest tech news Google is making waves by introducing some new and exciting features for its Android mobile OS.   The big news is that the new features come at a really great price…FREE!
If you want turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone you [...]

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9. October 2009

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Amazing Ant Colony

It turns out that people are not the only ones good at design.  Check out this amazing video of a team of researchers that decided to uncover the mysteries of an abandoned ant colony. 
 

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2. October 2009

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Cropping Photos with Photoshop

Go beyond “manually” cropping photos in Photoshop.  Photoshop makes it simple to crop to specific frame sizes (5×7, 4×6, 8×10…etc.).  It also offers up the seldom used by very cool perspective cropping option.
Cropping to Perspective

 
Cropping to a Specific Frame Size

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1. October 2009

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Backspace Key on a Mac

If your making the switch from a Windows environment to a Mac, you will find that the Mac lacks a “backspace” key.  Actually, the “delete” key is the backspace key on a Mac. 
So…

deleting to the right of the cursor = fn + delete
deleting to the left of the cursor = delete 

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29. September 2009

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SnagIt for Mac – an Alternative

I use SnagIt on the Windows site almost everyday.  Camtasia, the company responsible for SnagIt, is saying that they have a Mac version on the way, however I needed something to tie me over until it arrived.  What I found was Skitch,  the freely available screen shot utility created by plasque.
Skitch is extremely easy to [...]

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25. September 2009

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Ryan Bingham – Mescalito

I have a real hankering for good ol’ Texas Country music.  The kind of ear candy that blends the guitar-twang of country with a deep southern blues beat.  Music that makes you yearn for a beat-up pickup truck, a long desolate country road, and a menacing distant thunderstorm.  There is nothing that can free [...]

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25. September 2009

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Free Batch Image Resizer (Windows)

I often find the need to batch resize images.  Although you can record a Photoshop action to take care of this, I found the following tools easier to use. 

If you are using the Windows platform you can download the “Image Resizer,” a Microsoft PowerToy.  I find this tool incredibly easy to use and [...]

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24. September 2009

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Sweet T-Shirt Designs

I love UGMONK’s shirt designs.  I hate paying $28.00 ($24.00 + shipping) for a t-shirt.  I don’t mind paying $28.00 for this shirt.
 
http://shop.ugmonk.com/product/and-then-i-woke-up 
 
“And Then I Woke Up” – printed on American Apparel.
 

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