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from http://www.digital-web.com/articles/to_dance_the_dance_of_freelance/
My best recommendation is to get involved in freelancing while you’ve still got the comfort of your full-time job. Now, for many people, this causes a conflict of interest with the current company, so be sure you aren’t violating any corporate rules by moonlighting. At the very least, there’s nothing that says you can’t […]
This tutorial will walk you through creating a 3 layer stencil painting from scratch using basic art materials.
Getting Started: Things You Need
Paints
Acrylic paints or Spray Cans, but Oil Paints will work too.
Medium
Stretched Canvas (Medium texture). About $5 for a 16″x20″. I
Paper
Tracing Paper to hand-trace over the printout.
Markers
To trace over the printout and fix areas on […]
The Yellow Icon has some great free downloads, i recommend you bookmark them and check back often.
here is a stunning set by Tim Davies - AIR Icons
download here
This png fix uses a blank 1×1 .GIF and a .htc file to render png files in IE
If you have used pngfix.js from http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/ then you know that it doesnt support PNG files loaded as backgrounds from CSS, but this fix will add support for them
Usage:
You only need to add one line of CSS for […]
CSSmania.com is an online CSS Showcase. They highlight some of the most visually interesting websites on the web.
theDealsPlace was featured on the showcase on Mar 18th 2007.
Screenshots here or visit the pages @CSSmania.com and here
Update - now also on CSSTux
screenshots here
if your about to head off to school or work and are wondering what traffic is like then Caltrans webcam feeds will give you a live view of traffic on California Freeways
these include our local San Diego interstate 5, 15, 805 and the 8
Caltrans Live Traffic Cameras
UPDATED to PART 2
with plugin to avoid overwwriting core files and PSD files. see part 2 here.
This is especially handy if you build a website for a client using Wordpress as a CMS
Here is the original Login Screen
Its made up of two images.
login-bkg-tile.gif and
login-bkg-bottom_new.gif which holds just the bottom rounded corners.
You can find these images […]
from LowEndMac.com (via Lifehacker.org)
Some tips on Optimizing your Mac for faster performance. There are simple OSX tips and tricks.
3. Clean Out ‘Other’ System Preferences
Don’t close System Preferences yet! Take a peek in the bottom section of your System Preferences window, labeled “Other”. How many items are down there? Do you know what they do? Do […]
Windows Vista includes several new fonts based on ClearType that can be used on Windows XP as well as Macs. These beautiful typefaces were created especially for improving the on-screen reading experience in Vista.
Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t provide a direct way to download these fonts without buying Windows Vista.
But here’s a simple trick to download the […]
In this tutorial im going to show how i created the Quick Filter feature on the PlattDeals.com website.
The posts are hidden through a JavaScript function that removes posts that have a certain class applied to them.It sets a css display:none to those posts.
Why display:none over visibility:hidden ?
visibility:hidden would make the post invisible but leave its […]
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From HongKiat
Sometimes its nice to learn from others, build up the basic skills and start your own creativity from there.
In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going to reveal you some of the nice Web 2.0 logos, how you can draw their logo exactly the same (well, not really 100% though) with Photoshop.
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