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Pixlr.com – Cool New online image editing program – ALOT like a Free Photoshop!

// January 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // Applications, Browsers, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, free, webdesign, webmaster


 Pixlr is a free online photo editor. Fix, adjust and filter your images. Manage your images in your browser, no registration jump right in!
Pixlr is a flash based web app that combines image design and paint tools with photo editing and adjustment features more convincingly than any other online image editing program. Whether creating an logo, layering one image over another or using a variety of filters, effects and level adjustments to transform photographs, Pixlr is equally capable of producing results on par with many of its software-based counterparts.
Yet, despite its deep feature-set, Pixlr remains facile, intuitive and, most importantly, user-friendly. Did I mention FREE?

Standout Features:

• A fully customizable user interface with movable and scalable windows
• Navigation-free drop-down menus featuring all filters, adjustment and layering options
• Intuitive design and paint features with a dedicated history window for reference and quick undo/redo
• A “Photo Express” portal for quick, simple changes to images and photographs
• dozens of filters and effects to give photos a stylish effect.

Oh and it’s FREE and Online!

The Pixlr Editor

I totally Dig It!! I’ve never been impressed with online image editors but this one actually got it. So, if you like Photoshop and you need to create some basic simple logos, banners, image cropping etc.. Check it out.




Looking for an older version of your Favorite application? Look no more..

// October 4th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Admin Tools, Applications, Browsers, Chat, Cool Links, Cool Websites, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Useful, free, web tools


oldapps.com

I got a new computer so now I have to download all my “can’t live without” apps and tonight while I was looking for the older yet FREE version of a program called Fastone Capture 5.0 I found this cool website called OldApps.com and not only did they have 5.0 but all the way back to 3.0! Oldapps.com also offers older versions of web browsers, messenger apps, FTP apps, security tools, developer tools, Office and Editing, Image Editing, Music Utilities , File Sharing and more..

So, Add it to your Bookmarks to save for a rainy day!




FREE Alternatives for the Software we can’t Afford..

// July 20th, 2009 // No Comments » // Admin Tools, Applications, Code, Cool Links, Design, Design Resources, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Photoshop, Software, Useful, Videos, Windows, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


Here’s a list of Open Source/GNU alternatives to all those programs that us poor people just can’t afford to buy but that we desperatly need… If you know of better open source alternatives please let me know. Leave a comment below.

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Open Office – Microsoft Office Replacement

OpenOffice.org


OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. It is currently version: 2.3.1. The version 2.4 will be released in March 2008.
Download Here.

KompoZer – Dreamweaver alternative

kompozer.net

KompoZer - Finally, a top-notch WYSIWYG web page program for the rest of us! Now there’s no need to pay a little fortune for a program to create and edit great-looking web pages, including powerful and easy to use CSS capabilities.

KompoZer is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing capabilities found in Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe DreamWeaver and other high end programs.

KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding. Download Here.

NVU – Opensource Web Authoring Alternative

NVU screenshot

NVU is a complete Web Authoring System for people who are new to web design. FrontPage and Dreamweaver Alternative.
Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a “new view”) makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML. Linux, Windows and Mac OSX users. Download Here.

Inkscape -Illustrator alternative

Inkscape

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. Download Here.

Synfig – 2D Animation Alternative

Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. While there are many other programs currently on the market to aid with the efficient production of 2D animation, we are currently unaware of any other software that can do what our software can. Download Here.

Blender – 3D Modeler Alternative

Blender screenshot


Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU (General Public License). Download Here.

gMax – 3D Modeler Alternative

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Ofcourse Blender is seen as world’s best free 3d modeler but it doesn’t even comes near to how 3ds max looks like. So if you want it to look like 3ds max you should try gmax, howhever it’s more for creating game models.

Virtual Dub – Video Editor Alternative

Open Source Video Editing Software

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Virtual Dub A powerful freeware video editor with lots of features, including a choice of compression codecs, splitting, addition of audio tracks. Excellent. Video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP).  VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 files.  Download Here.

FREE Video Editing Software List

Zwei-Stein
Zwei-Stein 3.01 is a freeware non-linear, non-destructive video compositing and editing system which offers many advanced features unavailable elsewhere. With Zwei-Stein you can edit up to 256 video, audio and still image clips, each with up to 64 effects chained serially. Cropping, panning and custom effects are easy with automatic key frames. Download Here.

Avedit
It is a great tool to work with .AVI files. Regardless of small executable size, this avi editor offers you unlimited power of digital video processing. AVIedit allows you to join and split avi files, extract frames and do whatever you want… You can capture video by number of ways, including one-frame-per-minute (web camera) option, workaround annoying 2 Gb file size limit, send your videos to printer, heavy compress it and post to your webpage. You can change framerate, duration, frame size, color depth of your videos and other properties, even without recompression and without loss of video quality. AVIedit allows you to convert avi clips to bmp and bmp to avi, animated GIFs etc…. Download here.

SolveigMM AVI Trimmer
SolveigMM AVI Trimmer is a free video editor to allow you to AVI movie cut extremely fast and lossless. This freeware AVI editor software is small, smart, easy to use and involves no encoding/decoding processes. Video enthusiasts use AVI Trimmer to cut commercials, cut video files or edit video for YouTube. AVI Trimmer solves annoying out of sync problem. It operates with all known types of AVI including DV AVI type 1 and 2.
Download Here.

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Real Life Photo Shop

// July 20th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Applications, Design, For Geeks, Funny, Graphic Design, Graphics, Photoshop, Pictures, Software, art


I thought this was pretty cool. Real Life Photo Shop.
real life photoshop
Made as an advertisement by Art Snob solutions. Check out the rest of the set to see how they made it.




Twitter from Your Outlook Inbox

// July 11th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Applications, Blogging, Featured, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Software, Twitter, Useful, blog, free, web tools


Twitbox

Are you addicted to Twitter, but afraid to use it while you’re at work? Here’s a cure for your addiction! Well, not really a cure… I guess it would be more like throwing fuel on the fire. Now there’s a way for you to post on Twitter directly from your Outlook Inbox for FREE! Not only that but you’ll also be able to read posts from the people you’re following? Sounds great, right?

The app that will let you do all of this for free is called TwInbox. It integrates directly into your Outlook client so that you can both read and post to Twitter… all while looking like you’re sifting through hundreds of emails. The toolbar serves as a quick access point for all of your Twitter needs.

Want to know what all this is capable of? Here’s a list of features:

  • Update your Twitter status directly from Outlook.
  • Receive your friend updates in Outlook.
  • Archive, manage, group and search your tweets the same way you manage your email.
  • Search, track keywords. TwInbox will automatically download ALL tweets matching the keywords you specify, even if you are not following the tweet sender. This feature is perfect for keeping up to date with the Twitter buzz on your name, brand, interests, etc.
  • Group tweets by sender, topic, etc using the Search feature.
  • Upload and post picture files and Outlook email attachments.
  • See new tweets at a glance.
  • Assign custom folder and categories to new messages.
  • Use Outlook’s “Reply” and “ReplyAll” commands to send twitter direct messages and @replies.
  • Automatically sort new tweets into per-sender folders.
  • Shorten URLs with tinyurl.
  • See graphs of your Twitter usage statistics.

Tweets sent to you (@replies and direct) are marked with high importance, so you can see them at a glance.
Honestly, this is the most creative interface I’ve ever seen for managing a Twitter account. When I first saw this I didn’t expect it to do much more than provide a popup box for posting to Twitter. The thing is a full-featured Twitter client right in your Inbox! I could see this being a huge hit in the corporate world… especially for people who are forced to tweet for the company they work for. Pretty much everyone is familiar with Outlook, and this undoubtedly minimizes the learning curve. Not that Twitter is difficult to use, but this makes it feel no different than sending a short email.

I give mad props to the developer(s) for not only creating this, but for also making it free. And, in case you’re wondering, it works with both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

TwInbox Homepage (Windows only; free)




11 Open Source (FREE) Photoshop Alternatives

// June 21st, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Apple, Applications, Design, Design Resources, Featured, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Photoshop, Software, Useful, Windows, art, free, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


I’ve been doing some research online tonight for a FREE alternative for Photoshop – my Photoshop installation recently became corrupt (no clue how but it might have something to do with the fact it was cracked..um yeh) Call me evil, I just call me poor.

Anyway, I can’t seem to completly uninstall Photoshop and so it won’t allow me to re-install it… and since Photoshop cost about USD $649 per copy... I’ll most likely be using an alternative until I can format my hard drive.

Anyway, I can not work with out some type of imaging software. Period. I’ll let you know which one I decide on.

11 Open Source (FREE) Photoshop Alternatives

Artweaver

Artweaver isn’t just a Photoshop alternative like GIMP, but a fair clone of Photoshop itself. While Artweaver lacks the polish and advanced feature sets of Photoshop, the menus are laid out like they are in Photoshop and the tools function close enough that use is intuitive. The programs are so similar, in fact, that seasoned Photoshop users will find themselves wondering why a feature is suddenly missing from the menu. While it isn’t a true replacement for Photoshop, Artweaver’s feature set is robust; it includes layer management, image cloning, a history function, transparency, pen tablet support, and a host of the common filters in Photoshop. Artweaver is available as a full install or in a portable version. Artweaver is a free download for Windows only.

Fotographix Beta 3

Fotografix is an amazing example of what creative developers can accomplish in less than one meg. The 680Kb portable application is a very capable image editor and provides nearly all the same functionality I utilize in Photoshop on a daily basis. It was a no-brainer to include in my list of 40 apps you can download in two seconds. Mirrored on Freeware Files.

GIMP

gimp.org

GIMP stands for “GNU image manipulation program”, and it is one of the oldest and most well known alternatives to Photoshop in existence. Although it doesn’t quite have all of them, you’ll find most of the features included in Photoshop somewhere in GIMP. GIMP is cross platform and supported by a large community.

If just having the feature set isn’t enough for you, there is an alternative based on GIMP known as GIMPShop. It’s the same as GIMP, except the layout has been structured as close to Photoshop as possible, so anyone making the transition should still feel right at home.

Inkscape

Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.

Krita

Krita has been lauded for ease of use and won the Akademy Award for Best Application in 2006. Part of the Koffice suite for [Linux only] , Krita is slightly less powerful than both Photoshop and GIMP, but does contain some unique features. It has become very popular recently due to its ease of use. While it is not as feature-rich as the Photoshop, or even GIMP, it does contains the necessary tools to create/edit a professional image from scratch. In fact, the latest version contains some features that are not found in both GIMP and Photoshop.

ChocoFlop

ChocoFlop is a design application designed exclusively for [Mac only] , optimized for Mac architecture. It’s quick and fairly well featured. This program won’t always be free, but until a stable version is released (it’s currently in beta) they are allowing free use. The program works pretty well as is, and if you’re the type who doesn’t mind an occasional bug it’s certainly worth a look.

Picnik

Picnik is a web based photo editor that has recently taken off due to a partnership with Flickr. It has all the basic features plus a few advanced ones like layers and special effects. It is cross platform since you only need a browser.

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe actually has a free web based photo editor of their own. Adobe Photoshop Express has all the basic functionality you’d expect as well as a few advanced features (sadly though, no layers), and interfaces well with a number of photo sharing websites. Again, completely cross platform.

Paint.NET

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

CinePaint 0.23

CinePaint is a deep paint image retouching tool that supports higher color fidelity than ordinary painting tools. One of the advantage that it has over GIMP is that it is able to support 32-bits image (GIMP only supports 8-bits image). Cinepaint is mainly used by developers in the flim industry for motion picture frame-by-frame retouching. The current version runs on Linux, BSD, Mac OSX. Stable version for Windows is not available at the moment.

PhotoPlus


PhotoPlus [Windows only] is the amazing photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance digital photos, create stunning bitmap graphics and even web animations.

Links

There’s also free web services that allows you to perform basic image editing online.
Here’s few examples:




iPod ~ Download YouTube videos as MP4

// March 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Applications, Browsers, For Geeks, Geeks, Ipod, Mobile, Movies, Tutorial, Useful, Videos, google, web tools


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An interesting side-effect of YouTube’s recent push for higher quality videos is that most videos can be downloaded as MP4 files directly from YouTube. Until now, you could only get FLV files from your browser’s cache or using one of the many websites that let you download YouTube videos. In fact, to download the MP4 files, you need to use the same URL like for FLV files and append “&fmt=18″:

http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=ID&t=SIGNATURE&fmt=18

ID is the video’s identification value, SIGNATURE is a value that prevents you from downloading the file just by knowing the ID. You could create this URL by looking at the source code of a YouTube page, but it’s much easier to automatically generate it.

Add the bookmarklet, this post has more detailed instructions

When you want to download a YouTube video, just click on the bookmarklet.

After clicking on the download link, YouTube will try to save the video as “video.mp4″. You should enter a more appropriate name if you want to find the video later.


Having to click on the bookmarklet is annoying, so this Greasemonkey script is a better alternative because it adds the download link automatically. It requires the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox or a similar plug-in for userscripts. Opera has built-in support for userscripts, so you only need to go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Content > JavaScript options, select the directory where you will put your script and copy the script to that directory.

YouTube’s MP4 files have a higher resolution, stereo sound and can be played with applications like VLC, MPlayer, iTunes, QuickTime. Not all YouTube videos can be downloaded as MP4 files and the fallback format is FLV.

Note that YouTube’s terms of use require you “not to access User Submissions or YouTube Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Website itself, the YouTube Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate,” so these scripts could break YouTube’s policies. The scripts only download files that are used by YouTube’s player, so you may also find the videos in your browser’s cache.

Update: You no longer have to right-click and select “save link as” because YouTube sends the right MIME type. Just click on the download link.

Update 2: If the video is available in HD, the bookmarklet and the script download the HD version. Thanks, pepemosca!

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Useful Google Tips




Origami Style Web 2.0 Icon Set – Digg, gmail etc..

// January 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Apple, Blogging, Browsers, Cool Links, Design Resources, Desktop Icons, Featured, Freeware, Graphic Design, Graphics, Icons, Rss Feed Icons, Social Network, Social Network Icons, Twitter, Useful, google, webdesign


Are you a fan of origami? Or perhaps you’re just looking for a truly unique icon set to use on your webpage for social-bookmarking. If either of those are true, then this is the icon set for you.

You can download the set of 15 below, which includes the origami icons in a variety of sizes in transparent pngs, and the PSD and EPS files.

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Show me the Pics! – a HUGE list of 174 Photoblogs and their Feeds

// October 23rd, 2008 // No Comments » // Applications, Blogging, Cool Links, Design Resources, For Geeks, I recommend, Pictures, RSS Feeds, The Best of.., Useful, web tools



Vervephoto — Documentry Photography — (RSS)


Positive-Negative.com (RSS)


The Daily Dose of Imagery – (RSS)


c h r o m a s i a

You can use photo feeds to add dynamic content to your website , or you can just add them to your Google Screensaver.

If you installed Google’s photo screensaver check out Framechannel. This service lets you create a feed from more than 200 channels of photos that include NASA’s photo of the day, travel pictures, images from National Geographic, news and weather. You have to create an account, select your favorite content and copy the URL of your feed. Then add the feed to your Google’s screensaver. The cool thing is that the URL of the feed remains the same even if you add or remove a channel.

For those who don’t want to install Google Screensaver, they also have a list of alternative programs & plug-ins for Windows and Mac.

HUGE List of Photoblogs and their RSS Feeds…

  1. JMG-Galleries — (RSS)
  2. Photocritic — (RSS)
  3. 365 Portraits — (RSS)
  4. Strobist — (RSS)
  5. Kwerfeldein — (RSS)
  6. Joseph Szymanski — (RSS)
  7. File Magazine — (RSS)
  8. PhotographyVoter — (RSS)
  9. Photopreneur — (RSS)
  10. The Daily Critique — (RSS)
  11. Catchy Colors Photoblog — (RSS)
  12. photodoto — (RSS)
  13. daily dose of imagery — (RSS)
  14. NYCgraphix Blog Photo — (RSS)
  15. Photoshop User TV — (RSS)
  16. DIYPhotography.net — (RSS)
  17. Earthbound Light — (RSS)
  18. Earth Shots — (RSS)
  19. fotohacker — (RSS)
  20. Digital Shot — (RSS)
  21. DSLRBlog — (RSS)
  22. goldengod — (RSS)
  23. Neil Creek – Photographer — (RSS)
  24. Words: Irrational — (RSS)
  25. Alphatracks — (RSS)
  26. MAKE: Imaging Blog — (RSS)
  27. outafocus — (RSS)
  28. Stuck In Customs — (RSS)
  29. A Walk Through Durham Township — (RSS)
  30. Photography Tip — (RSS)
  31. Tips From the Top Floor — (RSS)
  32. Planet Photoshop — (RSS)
  33. Chase Jarvis Blog — (RSS)
  34. Beyond the Obvious — (RSS)
  35. Rick Wezenaar Photography — (RSS)
  36. Motivation — (RSS)
  37. LeggNet’s Digital Capture — (RSS)
  38. Digital Photography Blogs — (RSS)
  39. Photojojo — (RSS)
  40. Absolutely Nothing — (RSS)
  41. Words in Images — (RSS)
  42. About Photography — (RSS)
  43. Photowalking.org — (RSS)
  44. photonovice.net — (RSS)
  45. Single-Serving Photo — (RSS)
  46. Assignment Construct — (RSS)
  47. San Miguel Photo of the Day — (RSS)
  48. F/1.0 — (RSS)
  49. RDD Photo — (RSS)
  50. Current Photo Contests — (RSS)
  51. xlt’s photo blog — (RSS)
  52. Photoshop Insider — (RSS)
  53. Photo Business News & Forum — (RSS)
  54. kebrunella — (RSS)
  55. Camera Porn — (RSS)
  56. Paddling with a Camera — (RSS)
  57. PopPhoto Flash — (RSS)
  58. Flak Photo — (RSS)
  59. A Visual Treat — (RSS)
  60. Light and Shadow — (RSS)
  61. Dan Heller’s Photography Business Blog — (RSS)
  62. Photoshop Support — (RSS)
  63. Autofocused — (RSS)
  64. Rickmann Design Photography — (RSS)
  65. The Work of Daniel Hellerman — (RSS)
  66. Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection — (RSS)
  67. Taking Pictures — (RSS)
  68. Sharing My Light — (RSS)
  69. Brian Larter — (RSS)
  70. Hey Girl, Nice Shot — (RSS)
  71. Keen Eye — (RSS)
  72. LiBeCo.nl — (RSS)
  73. Jeff’s Photo Gallery — (RSS)
  74. eclectic — (RSS)
  75. John Nack on Adobe — (RSS)
  76. Rob Galbraith DPI — (RSS)
  77. Found Photography — (RSS)
  78. mannedspace — (RSS)
  79. The Online Photographer — (RSS)
  80. My Camera World — (RSS)
  81. Changing Perspectives — (RSS)
  82. Complete Digital Photography — (RSS)
  83. Itsy-Bitsy Photo Blog — (RSS)
  84. w3streams.com — (…A directory of daily wonderful multimedia RSS feeds)
  85. digtal Photography School — (RSS)
  86. digtal Photography School — (RSS)
  87. JMG-Galleries — (RSS)
  88. Photocritic — (RSS)
  89. 365 Portraits — (RSS)
  90. Strobist — (RSS)
  91. Kwerfeldein — (RSS)
  92. Joseph Szymanski — (RSS)
  93. File Magazine — (RSS)
  94. PhotographyVoter — (RSS)
  95. Photopreneur — (RSS)
  96. The Daily Critique — (RSS)
  97. Catchy Colors Photoblog — (RSS)
  98. photodoto — (RSS)
  99. daily dose of imagery — (RSS)
  100. NYCgraphix Blog Photo — (RSS)
  101. Photoshop User TV — (RSS)
  102. DIYPhotography.net — (RSS)
  103. Earthbound Light — (RSS)
  104. Earth Shots — (RSS)
  105. fotohacker — (RSS)
  106. Digital Shot — (RSS)
  107. DSLRBlog — (RSS)
  108. goldengod — (RSS)
  109. Neil Creek – Photographer — (RSS)
  110. Words: Irrational — (RSS)
  111. Alphatracks — (RSS)
  112. MAKE: Imaging Blog — (RSS)
  113. outafocus — (RSS)
  114. Stuck In Customs — (RSS)
  115. A Walk Through Durham Township — (RSS)
  116. Photography Tip — (RSS)
  117. Tips From the Top Floor — (RSS)
  118. Planet Photoshop — (RSS)
  119. Chase Jarvis Blog — (RSS)
  120. Beyond the Obvious — (RSS)
  121. Rick Wezenaar Photography — (RSS)
  122. Motivation — (RSS)
  123. LeggNet’s Digital Capture — (RSS)
  124. Digital Photography Blogs — (RSS)
  125. Photojojo — (RSS)
  126. Absolutely Nothing — (RSS)
  127. Words in Images — (RSS)
  128. About Photography — (RSS)
  129. Photowalking.org — (RSS)
  130. photonovice.net — (RSS)
  131. Single-Serving Photo — (RSS)
  132. Assignment Construct — (RSS)
  133. San Miguel Photo of the Day — (RSS)
  134. F/1.0 — (RSS)
  135. RDD Photo — (RSS)
  136. Current Photo Contests — (RSS)
  137. xlt’s photo blog — (RSS)
  138. Photoshop Insider — (RSS)
  139. Photo Business News & Forum — (RSS)
  140. kebrunella — (RSS)
  141. Camera Porn — (RSS)
  142. Paddling with a Camera — (RSS)
  143. PopPhoto Flash — (RSS)
  144. Flak Photo — (RSS)
  145. A Visual Treat — (RSS)
  146. Light and Shadow — (RSS)
  147. Dan Heller’s Photography Business Blog — (RSS)
  148. Photoshop Support — (RSS)
  149. Autofocused — (RSS)
  150. Rickmann Design Photography — (RSS)
  151. The Work of Daniel Hellerman — (RSS)
  152. Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection — (RSS)
  153. Taking Pictures — (RSS)
  154. Sharing My Light — (RSS)
  155. Brian Larter — (RSS)
  156. Hey Girl, Nice Shot — (RSS)
  157. Keen Eye — (RSS)
  158. LiBeCo.nl — (RSS)
  159. Jeff’s Photo Gallery — (RSS)
  160. eclectic — (RSS)
  161. John Nack on Adobe — (RSS)
  162. Rob Galbraith DPI — (RSS)
  163. Found Photography — (RSS)
  164. mannedspace — (RSS)
  165. The Online Photographer — (RSS)
  166. My Camera World — (RSS)
  167. Phill Price — (RSS)
  168. Changing Perspectives — (RSS)
  169. Complete Digital Photography — (RSS)
  170. Itsy-Bitsy Photo Blog — (RSS)




Are you up for the Thirty Day Challenge? Make your first dollar online.

// October 10th, 2008 // No Comments » // Affiliate Networking, Blogging, Browsers, Cool Links, Cool Websites, Featured, For Geeks, Geeks, Headline, I recommend, SEO, Social Network, Tutorial, Twitter, Useful, Videos, google, web tools, webmaster



I’m gonna try this out, it looks interesting and I’m always up for a challenege and learning more then I think I know..it’s called the 30 day challenge and it’s an program video blog/website that guides you through the process of learning how you can create your business online, or optimize your current business and how to make your first dollar or more money. It is completly free and claims all you need to know to follow along is how to send an email..hmm..sounds challenging. Anyway.. it looks interesting to me, it is highly recommened and I like the guys accent so far and after watching a couple of his videos I decided he does seem to know what he’s talking about and he also seems to be worth recommending to you guys.
Check them out and learn to make some money with your website, can’t hurt can it?
I think this video explains what’s what ..


After you watch that go and sign up at:

http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/starttheprogram.php

Oh and he seems to be a Flock fan so if you don’t know what Flock is you will learn watching his videos. I personally already use and love Flock.

Flock – The official web browser of the Thirty Day Challenge
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The Cheat Sheet – A quick review of all the 30DC Pre-Season Training
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Twhirl – A time-saving Twitter management tool
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GoogleMap’s new pretty-ness..just a Sneak Peek at what’s to come

// October 10th, 2008 // No Comments » // Browsers, For Geeks, Geeks, News, Useful, google, web tools


It seems you’ll soon be able to view your kids playing on their swingset with Googlemaps.

New satellite images that will eventually show up in Google Earth and Google Maps are now arriving from the Google-sponsored GeoEye-1 satellite that launched a month ago. GeoEye has just released the stunning image below as a preview of what’s to come:

GeoEye says this image of Kutztown University, Pennsylvania, is the first image taken by GeoEye-1. It was collected on October 7, 2008, from 423 miles in space as their satellite moved down the eastern seaboard of the United States.

The Geo-Eye1 is described as the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite. GeoEye spokesperson Mark Brender tells Wired.com that the satellite can take photos at a resolution of up to 41 centimeters — close enough to zoom in on the home plate of a baseball diamond. Due to federal law, though, Google will “only” get images that have a 50-centimeter resolution — meaning the imagery will capture details down to about 20 inches.

Google will be the only mapping provider offering such detailed images.

On the (unofficial) Google Earth Blog, Frank Taylor points out that Google’s agreement with GeoEye will replace a contract with DigitalGlobe for mapping imagery, and that Microsoft just announced this week that they’ll now be getting satellite images from DigitalGlobe.




Google phone G1 coming out to play with Tmobile

// September 26th, 2008 // No Comments » // Apple, Applications, Browsers, For Geeks, Geeks, Ipod, Mobile, News, Software, Update, Useful, Videos, web tools


With the introduction Tuesday of the Google phone — dubbed G1 by wireless carrier T-Mobile — we’re starting to see the potential disruption that Google and Android will bring in the coming year or two. It’s even greater than what Apple and the iPhone have already accomplished.

Under the hood with the G1

  • of course the main difference with the iPhone is that the G1 sports a QWERTY slide-up keyboard, not a touchscreen keyboard
  • the G1 will be a little heavier and thicker than the iPhone
  • the “swipe” gesture is used on both the iPhone and G1; however, the G1 does not utilize the “pinch” gesture to zoom in/out on the touchscreen
  • a 1 GB MicroSD card is preinstalled; the G1 supports an 8 GB MicroSD card
  • the HVGA display is also a 3.17-inch, 65k color touchscreen
  • for radio frequency buffs: GSM (800Mhz), GPRS (900), EDGE (1700). Wi-Fi and UMTS (1900) and HSDPA (2100) are supported (only 16 cities currently have T-Mobile’s 3G network)
  • G1 allows dragging and dropping of pictures and text, which the iPhone lacks

Google offers a video explaining its Gmail, contacts, Calendar, and GTalk applications.


The on board apps…

Like the iPhone, the G1 ships with a few pre-installed applications (or Google Goodies) beyond the usual (contacts, browser, mail, chat), including:

  • YouTube (duh)
  • Maps (double duh)
  • Search (duh x 3)
  • Android Market
  • Amazon MP3
  • ShopSavvy (help people do comparative shopping)
  • Ecorio (tracking your daily travel and carbon footprint)
  • BreadCrumbz (step-by-step visual mapping and social network)
  • Maps will utilize “compass mode” or “Street View,” giving you a live 3D map of where you need to walk (don’t bump into any streets signs as you walk and look at your G1)
  • Push Gmail, which eliminates the need for a faux-Exchange server for push email. Remember: Google is already running mail servers for Gmail, while Apple operates MobileMe mail (formerly .Mac) on a much smaller scale and larger price tag (it’s $99 a year)

Looks interesting…so far…






Free Flash – Wix.com

// September 23rd, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Applications, Design, Design Resources, Featured, Flash, For Geeks, Free Website Templates, Freeware, Geeks, Graphic Design, I recommend, Useful, Videos, Website Templates, web tools, webdesign, webmaster


Bored? Wanna add some Bling to your website or just want to check out a cool unique website? Go to Wix.com and Create some Free Flash
You can create a Flash banner, widget, gallery, slide show, or a website. It’s pretty fun actually. I recommend checking it out. You have to register but it’s free and super easy all they ask for is your email address and a password to register..you don’t have to go check your mail first before you can log in..I hate that.
They have a bunch of website templates you can use or you can start out with a blank site and add animations, text blocks of content..etc..
You can import music, videos and pictures. Add interactive buttons, widgets and animations. Publish your website easily to your myspace or insert the code into an email.




Mini Pixel Icons & RSS Feed Icons for Developers

// September 14th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Applications, Design, Design Resources, Graphic Design, Graphics, I recommend, Icons, web tools, webdesign


Mini-Pixel icons packs to use in web applications and Webdesign.

Free, Open Source icon set:

Developer icon set with a Creative Commons license.


Sweetie BasePack

licensed under Creative Commons license (commercial use if fine)

Sweetie Web Communication

30 Free Website Icons, Blog Icons, Symbol Icons

Same icon set in Silver can be found here..

RSS Feed Icons

Click the graphics below to visit the website where you can download the sets.




FlockStar!

// August 17th, 2008 // Comments Off // Applications, Browsers, For Geeks, Freeware, Geeks, I recommend, Ibdreamy, Social Network, Update, Useful, web tools


Flock is so bad ass..It seems I find a new feature on Flock everyday that makes me go “WOW that’s cool”.

_ For example I took this screen shot with Flocks built in screenshot tool that allows you to select clips and snap away.

_ It has a built in Blog editor so I can post to my blog using my browser

_A drag and drop web clipboard manager

_Media bar that streams media from sites like Flickr, Digg, Youtube, your Facebook friends

_A sidebar with all your updated feeds and social networking sites

_side bar listing all your accounts and services that you can click on an automatically be logged into

So if you haven’t tried it yet..dammit try it! I still use Firefox and I probably always will but I love me some Flock now and then.. it’s like my secret little drug…well maybe not that dramatic no..but it’s damn good? I love their My world page it shows me all my updates from my social networking sites. It’s nifty. (see screenshot)




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