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- dbloc0
CSS menu Generator
- Projectile0
Guidelines for building emails
- decisionman0
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/font…
Font-face generator!
- Oooh. Bookmarked!Continuity
- http://stockfuel.com…********
- NathanNice0
i love this thread.
it even pops to the top of google when u search for "useful thread"
http://www.google.com/search?cli…
(kinda useful right?) ha
- stewdio0
Ruby Programming Language
http://ruby-lang.org
One of the most elegant contemporary languages out there. Well known for the Ruby on Rails web framework (http://rubyonrails.org), but there's so much more to Ruby than that. Ruby comes pre-installed on all OS X machines so if you're on a Mac you already have it.Processing Java Library
http://processing.org/download
http://processing.org/reference
A simple way to begin creating data visualizations and play with webcams, accelerometers, etc. For Mac, Windows, Linux. Create Java applets for Web, and full OS-dependent applications.Ruby-Processing
http://wiki.github.com/jashkenas…
A Ruby framework for interfacing with the Processing library. (Relies on JRuby to communicate with the Java Virtual Machine.) Allows you to code in Ruby while taking advantage of the Processing core and its rich community of libraries.Ruby-Processing in 10 minutes
http://stewdio.org/blog/2010/03/…
My quick start guide to making a color-shifting, rotating 3D cube using Ruby-Processing in under 10 minutes.Processing JS
http://processingjs.org
The Processing library ported to JavaScript. Uses HTML5's "Canvas" tag among other exciting things. It's amazing what you can do in contemporary JavaScript and inspiring to imagine where this will be two or three years from now.Less CSS
http://lesscss.org
Ruby on Rails gem; Less extends CSS with variables, mixins, operations, and nested rules.
- fujiyato0
Thanks and i'm so adding this to my wishlist
http://www.m2tsconverterpro.com
- Naygon0
For Canadians that want to watch US web content (ie, Comedy Central not Hulu for some reason) when it's blocked. Use Firefox and do this:
1). Install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US…
2) In Firefox, Go to tools->modify headers
3) From the drop down box on the left select add
4) Then enter: "X-Forwarded-For" in the first input box without the quotation marks
5) Enter: "12.13.14.15" in the second input box without the quotation marks
6) Leave the last input box empty, and save the filter, and enable it
7) Click the 'Configuration' tab on the right then proceed to check the 'always on' button.
Close the Modify Headers box and it should work.
- BannedKappa0
Here's a great tip if you have to "peel" a white background off an image which is much cleaner than using the magic wand, as the magic wand often leaves either a halo or a jagged/untidy edge-
1. copy the image to a new layer and delete the background layer
2. copy the image to a new layer again and INVERT it
3. copy the inverted layer into the clipboard, and switch off its visibilty for now
4. go back the the positive image and create a layer mask
5. press ALT whilst clicking on the mask thumbnail
6. paste the inverted image, then click back to the image thumbnail in the layer palette
7. duplicate this new layer until necessary (5 times?) and delete the inverted layer you created at the start
8. merge down the layers one by one (Ctrl-E) choosing to "apply mask" each time- Thank u bannedkappa, I'd love to see a screencast of thisNathanNice
- BaskerviIle0
If you've got an old flickr photo file saved on your harddrive (with one of those really long file names)
eg: 3547326704_f1da90c009.jpgand you want to find out where it came from (which user's photostream) etc.
use this site:
http://delarge.co.uk/gallery/too…paste in the filename it is will show you who the user is. Saved me loads of time when given folders of random images etc
- Naygon0
Firefox tool erases Justin Bieber from Web
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_…
- foobaz0
Really nice tool to share and collaborate on design and development work
- dbloc0
How to Sync Your iPhone With Multiple Computers
- dbloc0
REVERSE PDF PAGE ORDER
Put this file in your Acrobat Javascipt Folder (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Javascripts) and start Acrobat. The Reverse option will be under the Document menu underneath Header&Footer. In case you do not want to download the script I have copied it below. Works like a charm.
http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/…
app.addMenuItem({ cName: "Reverse", cParent: "Document", cExec: "PPReversePages();", cEnable: "event.rc = (event.target != null);", nPos: 0
});function PPReversePages()
{
var t = app.thermometer;
t.duration = this.numPages;
t.begin();
for (i = this.numPages - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
t.value = (i-this.numPages)*-1;
this.movePage(i);
t.text = 'Moving page ' + (i + 1);
}
t.end();
}// JavaScript Document
- uan0
Mute Mac OSX from iPhone
aka
create buttons on your iPhone to execute shell scripts on your desktop
- foobaz0
http://tinysrc.net/ - Super simple way to dynamically size images for mobile.
- ItTango0
http://snapsort.com/
Probably the best place for quickie camera comparisons.
- Continuity0
http://globalwebindex.net/data/
Not really useful on a creative level, but certainly on a strategic level.
- ********0