Illustrator Tutorials

Free Illustrator tutorials with original source .ai file. read more | digg story

Complete introduction to CSS

This article will take you through the beginning stages of picking up CSS. Covering; where to put your style sheet, creating a class, common CSS attributes, applying CSS to a HTML attribute, redefining a tag, shorthand CSS, pseudo elements and media-dependent style sheets.

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The most artistic puzzle yet.

This is a very cool web puzzle done entirely in flash. The hardest part of the puzzle for figuring out the piano using the sheet music which is ironic since I am a musician.

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CSS Menu Generator

"CSS Menu Generator will generate both the CSS and the HTML code required to produce a text-based yet appealing set of navigation buttons"

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Best Open Source Encoder (Xvid, Divx, H264, MPEG-2)

With StaxRip you can easily convert your DVD's, DVB or DV captures or almost any other source format. As a open source application StaxRip is completely free. read more | digg story

The Pleasure-o-Matic

What if there were a device that could bring you instant euphoria at the push of a button, with none of the chemical side effects of drugs? Such a device exists, but it's not something we're allowed to have. Should happiness be just a push-button away? read more | digg story

Invisible Objects (Photoshop Contest)

Damn, these guys and girls are good! These people must have way too much time on their hands. ;) read more | digg story

Paul Allen: Accidental Zillionaire

After he left Microsoft, Paul Allen had cash to burn but little to do... Great story of his life since microsoft. read more | digg story

Blender 2.40 Released!

Anyway, after about 7 months of development, Blender 3D is out. It's a free, open source, cross-platform 3d suite. Lots of neat new features (see the page for details). read more | digg story

Woman gets the only copy of a Masters thesis stolen

After some clever detective work by the grad student, she manages to find her stolen purse containing the thesis. Moral of the story: ALWAYS BACKUP IMPORTANT DATA!

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Mom Sued by RIAA Broke, Passing the Hat on Net

Patricia Santangelo, who if fighting an RIAA suit that she downloaded songs illegally, lost her lawyers due to lack of money. Supporters are now building a mechanism for donations to pay her legal expenses.

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A cool experiment - You Are Beautiful

"One early Sunday morning, we arrived at our predesignated fence. With a box of cups, and a thermos full of coffee, we set to work." These guys place a message on the fence using cups, I found it interesting how the original message "You Are Beautiful" changed over time. read more | digg story

Top 10 Photoshop Tutorials of 2005

A top 10 list with some of the best Photoshop tutorials of 2005. read more | digg story

Floating Magnet Video

All objects have electrons that repulse when there meet other electrons, so when there is no resistance there electrons are easily flowing from on medium to another, however in the middle (air) the electrons meet each other and cause repulsion, which in turn pushes the magnet up. read more | digg story

How much do the richest people in the world donate to charity?

Ever wonder how generous Bill Gates and Warren Buffett really are? Well it may surprise you to find out just exactly how much Bill Gates donates each year. More than you think... read more | digg story

New X-Ray Machine Developed

Full body images in 3D and cross-sections...A hi-tech scanner has been developed which takes images in less time than it takes the human heart to beat. The Somatom Definition machine contains two X-ray scanners so full body images can be taken twice as fast. read more | digg story

OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 Update Released

The first update to OpenOffice.org has been released exactly two months after the launch of version 2.0. Version 2.0.1 brings a myriad of bug fixes and feature enhancements to the open source suite.

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StarTrek.com Going Offline? Could this be the end?

December 31st the site will be going offline. We cannot help but to feel that a part of our history is leaving us all especially after the cancellation of the latest series Star Trek: Enterprise.

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Best Flash Pool Game Ever!

I swear this is the most addictive and tense game I've played in months. Must play! Makes me wanna play some real pool.

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Oklahoma Full Auto Shootout Video

I guess this is what you do for fun in the middle of nowhere. And man, they get them started with fully automatic weapons at a young age! Includes IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). This video is crazy! read more | digg story

Segway Inventor Drinks His Own Pee

Dean Kamen, famed inventor of the Segway vehicle, drank his own urine to the delight of a South Carolina audience. He was participating in a presentation of his latest gadget- a pee-purifying device that his company DEKA Research has developed. read more | digg story

Purple frogs discovered

Scientists say that this species probably existed 175 million years ago, but we're just getting around to discovering them now. read more | digg story

Military exoskeleton prototype

Legs only at this point. The Bleex 1 carries 100 lbs yet feels like 5 lbs. This would be great for those multi-day hikes when you need to carry a ton of gear. read more | digg story

Install MythTV on Ubuntu Breezy Badger

Awesome how-to for installing MythTV on the best linux distro out there. Had me up & running in about 45 minutes!

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Get an AJAX-based desktop

With all the AJAX related posts recently, I thought I'd submit EyeOS. With a PHP compatiable server, you can login to this virtual desktop system and upload files, write text documents, setup calendering and a load more stuff. Definitely one of the best uses of the technology I've seen. I have installed it on my server at eyeos.worthlessplanet.com and it seems to run very well. read more | digg story

The New Flavor of Ubuntu - Ubuntu For Servers

The Ubuntu foundation announced yesterday the first official release of the Ubuntu Server distribution. Available for AMD64, i386, and PowerPC architectures, Ubuntu Server 5.10 provides a complete Ubuntu-based server installation ready for production environments.

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How to install open Source Digg code (Meneame)

Recently a site called Meneame (which emulated digg.com) opened it's source code up. The code is written in Spanish and installation documentation is non-existant. Here's how you get it running.

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The Story of an Arcade Cabinet Built in 24 Hours

A cool arcade cabinet with very helpful tips for you to build your own. Also check Hak.5 vidcasts 4 and 5 as a multimedia aid to this story. I think this is going to be a project for the StarCraftSickos ;). read more | digg story

Plasma Engine Could Open Up Space Exploration

The European Space Agency is developing a new thruster based on the same physics that power the northern and southern auroras. This new plasma thruster could eventually deliver more power than the efficient ion engines which have been installed on several spacecraft. read more | digg story

PriceRitePhoto Changes Name on eBay to Barclay's Photo

It looks like PriceRitePhoto just changed their name on eBay to "Barclay's Photo" on Monday. Can't imagine why after they had such a strong reputation as PriceRite.

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Multiplayer Flash version of Commander and Conquer

The first multiplayer real time strategy ever made in flash and its based on Commander and Conquer. Very cool. read more | digg story

Car Buried in 1957 to Be Unearthed in '07

Ahh... the 50's... It should be interesting to see all the items buried in the time capsule. They even buried a supply of gasoline just in case internal combustion engines became obsolete! read more | digg story

The SMART Car!

This little vehicle is amazing, particularly when you see the Google video linked on this page of the car crashing head on into a 20-ton block of concrete at 70 MPH. Also if you want to see some pictures of some SMART cars that I drove for Target take a look. read more | digg story

Mouse1.0 - totally addictive Flash game

This will benefit your mouse dexterity! Check it out - better not at work, you'll never be able to stop ;)

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CSS for Bar Graphs

Great write up on how to create some attractive bar graphs using CSS.

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iPhoto-like image resizing using Javascript

Use script.aculo.us and some basic javascript/css to create an in-browser image resizer like that used in iPhoto (and now Aperture).

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8GB Stick of RAM!!!

Samsung presents a new memory module of 8GB... cool, I'll take 4 please... because even though my PC has a Dual Core (thank you AMD), it suffers quite a bit with only 1Gb of RAM (Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Sorenson Squeeze and some other applications that eat up a lot of resources).

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Great tutorial for customizing your blog

If you want to make your blog stand out from the rest, this is a great tutorial with alot of information on color pallettes, icon creation, css customization and tips and tricks with photoshop.

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2005 SCUBA Photo Contest Winners

Some very cool photos...Macros, Wide-angles, Wrecks, and a bunch more. I especially like the huge! stingray (2nd place wide-angle), the eel (or whatever it is) with a fish in its mouth, and the 3rd place wide-angle shot. There are some bizarre creatures underwater!

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Genny the miracle goat

My good friend Trevor called me last night around 10:00 to announce the newest kid in his family. He had bought a nigerian dwarf goat about two weeks ago from a farmer only to return home from work for a shock. Outside in the small stable he built was not just one goat, but two. Goats generally don't have babies in the winter! In fact Genny shouldn't have even been in her first heat yet, but somehow she had a baby! They have affectionately named him "Pearl" in honor of Pearl Harbor Day!

Hilarious Video

So you think you have the worst job in the world? Check out this video. Take notice the "Genius" on his phone... you'll die laughing. (WARNING: THE VIDEO IS R RATED FOR LANGUAGE.)

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Silent Hill movie poster contest

win 2.5K by making a poster for the upcoming Silent hill movie. They provide you with all kinds of images to work with... I think I may have to give it a try ;)

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Giant Jellyfish seen off the coast of Japan

Wild stuff. Jellyfish 6ft wide and weigh 450lb (200kg), with countless poisonous tentacles, they have drifted across the void to terrorize the people of Japan.

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stock.xchng releases new and improved version 6.0

The leading website for Free stock photography has just did a major upgrade to their site including a new server with more horsepower, better search filters, and a new bloging engine for users.

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Jarhead

I found this tutorial on how to make a really creepy looking "Head in a Jar" prop. This thing looks disturbingly real and is pretty easy to make. Would make a great christmas decoration... maybe Santa's head in a jar, or maybe even an elf. read more

More Sed Tutorials

Good tutorials for sed going from intro material to advanced scripts. good stuff to know.

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Full Panorama of the Human Head

An interesting look at a man's face. For some reason, it's kind of creepy. I was wondering what Yoshi was up to these days.. :)

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Ubiquitous Porn: Alive on the Net

John Dvorak proposed the creation of an .xxx top-level domain to make it easier to prevent what he then described as a porn storm. These were self-spawning pornography page attacks that took place on the desktops of unsuspecting users.

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Want to buy the rights to a video game?

Alias, Bust a Move, Crazy Taxi, Double Dragon, and hundreds of others. All these games once belonged to Acclaim software, but since they had a little bankruptcy problem, they are deciding to auction off the publishing rights to all of their games. Want the right to publish and sell Smash T.V.? It can be yours for the small price of $5,000.

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Digg Plans Expansion

DIGG.COM, A COLLABORATIVELY EDITED TECHNOLOGY news site that some on the Web are touting as the next Slashdot, intends to branch out from tech stories and move into other news categories as well as media such as video and audio, said Digg.com CEO Jay Adelson.

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Fedora Directory Server 1.0 is released!

OSNews is reporting that the first official release of the Fedora Directory Server has been announced. This is huge news for the open source community which has been longing for an easy to use, enterprise class directory server.

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Apology Letter From Ed Lopez, Owner of PriceRitePhoto

I received a call this morning from Ed Lopez, the owner of PriceRitePhoto. We spoke at length and he told me that the activity that has resulted from my post on my experience with his business has most certainly impacted his business. Note: This is from Thomas Hawk's blog, not me!

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