On the Side
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New Chameleon Icon Set
September 14, 2006
From SimpleBits. I admit I like the graphite and mini versions better than the original version.
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iMockups
September 11, 2006
These mockups are certainly nice. I especially like the iPod Chimera, Sandra's iPhone, and "As an iPod." As far as the video iPods go, I like "Video iPod" and "iPlay" and...ah, jeez, I like all of them. Found via Veerle.
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Destroying a City Using Photoshop
September 08, 2006
A lengthy tutorial on turning a nice downtown into rubble in Photoshop. Very, very nice. Found via Digg.
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Compact Living
September 08, 2006
A sofa that can be turned into a bunk bed. Surprisingly, both the sofa and the bunk bed look all right. :-)
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A Gradient Tutorial
September 01, 2006
How to draw nice gradients.
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Open Letter to Adobe
August 30, 2006
Veerle's list of fonts that she thinks Adobe should release to public domain. I've long wanted to use Univers Std Condensed. Adobe, pleeeeeease release that one to public domain. And Adobe Garamond, too, if you don't mind.
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View a Web Page as Googlebot
August 23, 2006
How does Googlebot (or Msnbot or...) see your site? Find out.
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Blog Snobbery 101
August 16, 2006
"When replying to fan-mail always remember to keep your responses short and impersonal. You donât want to create any lasting relationships with any of these freaks⦠uhm, people." Too funny.
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Blogger 2 Beta
August 15, 2006
Serving tags at last.
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Installing Apache 2.0 and PHP 5 (and MySQL) on Windows XP
August 15, 2006
A godsend for anybody who wants to install Apache & PHP on Windows XP. However, I couldn't get phpMyAdmin to work with my MySQL. :-(
On the Side
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IE Standalones from evolt.org
May 03, 2007
Want to test something in IE6 while running IE7? Simply download the executable and test away!
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How to Paint Mona Lisa in MS Paint
April 07, 2007
Insane! Doing this in Photoshop is one thing, but in MS Paint!
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Chalkwork Icons
April 07, 2007
High-quality collection of 70 icons from Dave Shea.
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Nomadic Functions
April 07, 2007
Small, optimized, and fairly-specific JavaScript functions such as "Ajax Star Rating" and "Drag & Drop." Via Veerle.
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ExpressionEngine got redesigned!
March 14, 2007
pMachine recently rebranded itself to EllisLab and their sites went through a fabulous redesign by the ever-amazing Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain.
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Awesome Puzzle-Pictures
February 05, 2007
Where a picture is worth 2000 words (or 11,000 words). You see something; you look again, you see something else. Very nice.
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Firefox Tip: Reopen the last closed Tab with CTRL+Shift+T
February 01, 2007
You can also go to History (ALT+S) > Recently Closed Tabs to get a list of sites you closed recently.
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Do I upgrade? Do I not upgrade? Yes? No? Maybe?
January 31, 2007
Going under the formidable title of "Windows Vista Upgrade Decision Flowchart," the, umm, flowchart is hilarious! Go read it; go on...I'll wait.
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10 Amazing Magic Tricks
January 22, 2007
My favorite has to be "#2. The Revolver," followed by "#10. Glass Through Table," though the ripping of the phone book (while not magic) was pretty awesome, as well.
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Microsoft Optical Mouse
January 19, 2007
I stumbled upon this page while looking around Microsoft Expression products. You must admit, the mouse looks pretty cool!
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