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IconDroplet is an AppleScript Droplet that takes raw icon files (*.icns) and turns them into files that are embedded with the icon. After the files are processed you can “Get Info” on the resulting files and copy/paste the icons to other items.
download (OSX)
Apple signs contracts to make 12 million iPhones ( via Bloomberg.com )
Nintendo Wii Reviews ( via Engadget.com )
PS3 Reviews ( via Engadget.com )
Michael Jackson is Greedy! ( via TheSuperficial.com )
How-to free up space in Gmail ( via LifeHacker.com )
Michael Jackson is Greedy! ( via TheSuperficial.com )
via TechCrunch
In an encouraging act of collaboration, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft announced tonight that they will all begin using the same Sitemaps protocol to index sites around the web. Now based at Sitemaps.org, the system instructs web masters on how to install an XML file on their servers that all three engines can use to […]
from the site
There are more than 300 awsome icons in our package, and we welcome you to use them in your web applications, both personal and commercial. The only thing we ask is that you put a link to this website somewhere in your application (ie, the “About� screen or in the footer).
Download them here […]
Tired of seeing a green field under a blue sky as your Screen saver
Display RSS feeds as screensaver : MSN Screen Saver (Beta)
It was extremely easy to setup,
just plug-and-play with any RSS feed.
Also has ability to display weather, hotmail inbox, msn messenger details, etc…
Display Flickr images as screensaver: Slickr
Screen saver that shows images by:
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How i was duped by Borat/AliG - By Linda Stein
She is one of the women from the feminist discussion.
Meet The Real People in the Borat Movie
Humiliated frat boys sue ‘Borat’
heres my redesign comp, any takers???
//< ![CDATA[
var png_overlay = \’http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ayushsaran/roll.png\’;
var suffix = \’_over\’;
//]]>
Im testing out a method to get Png overlays over thumbnails that add a nifty zoom graphic to tell visitors that this image can be zoomed in on.
Here are the components:
lightbox.js for the zoom
pngfix.js for the cross-browser transparency
The Images
Right now the js and images are located outside and […]
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here is what the default BootCamp interface looks like
BORING !! time to spice it up
First, download some cool icons …. (via YellowIcon)
I wanted this to show a cool OSX icon for the Mac Partition and a windows one for the XP Partition.
Can I make custom disk icons for Mac OS 9 and OS X?
Disks (or […]
You’re a web designer/developer.
You know IE7 is evil.
You know you need to test in IE7 since its reached final build and will be a mandatory windows update.
You know IE7 is the spawn of Satan.
You know IE7 doesnt roll back to IE6 too well.
You need to still test in IE6 for older systems.
The Solution:
IE7 Stand-Alone
I ordered my MacBook Pro last week and got it shipped to me from china. I had it in hand on thursday and ive been playing around with BootCamp and Parallels to see which works better.
For the uninformed:
Boot Camp is a software made available by Apple Computer that assists users in installing Windows on Intel-based […]
Wired Magazine has a funny article on reclaiming precious armrest space when flying coach…
1. Midway through takeoff, recline your seat 2 inches.
reAd the rest at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/start.html?pg=10