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16 tips you must check before publishing an article 2007-10-14 09:43:32 There you go. You've checked the 22 steps you must do after setting up a blog (http://www.marcofolio.net/tips/22_steps_you_must_do_after_setting_up_a_blog.html), wrote an article for your blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog) and are ready to publish it. Wait right there. Make sure you have all points checked below before you submit your post and let it view to the public.
Check these tips before submitting any article. Doing so, you'll keep the quality of your articles high.
Here's your "Aaawh!" for today [70 Images] 2007-10-12 12:43:57 What is a better than a collection of 70 cute animals to cheer up your day? Here's a collection of bunnies, cats, dogs and other animals where you'll go "Aaawh!".
If you have an answer to the first question, feel free to drop it in the comments. Read more:Images
3 Must-play demos: UT3, CoD4 & F.E.A.R. P.M. 2007-10-12 08:40:03 This article is for all gamers out there, or for the people who have some spare time in the weekend.
A couple of days ago I posted about The Crysis open Beta event (http://www.marcofolio.net/games/react_fast_crysis_open_beta_event.html). All keys are given away, only subscriber keys remain at this moment. But don't worry: If you're one of those people that don't have a key to play Crysis, I suggest you could play one of the following demos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_demo). A friend of me tipped me about these games (thanks!) as they are just released in the past couple of days.
I'm talking about the following games: Call...
Sony Bravia pyramid commercial will colour your day 2007-10-11 13:00:03 As you meight have noticed on my previous article (http://www.marcofolio.net/other/cool_light_show_on_water_using_leds.html), I really like colors in life. What do you expect from a designer like me.
Most people around the world will have seen the Sony
Bravia Ball Bounce Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DrFY3H-u8w). It's a commercial where you see all kinds of bouncing balls going down a road with a nice tune on the background. The newer Bravia commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_vAzixa6s) is a little les known, but still as exciting to watch. You'll see all kinds of paint exploding and coloring an old appartement.
Now the Sony Bravia has a new commercial and this one is...
Cool light show on water using LEDs 2007-10-11 07:14:24 A LED (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode) light
is used a lot these days. Although you see them everywhere, I think you didn't see them under these sircomstances. Designer Seung-Jin Lee has created a LED artwork that is floating just above the water
.
The LEDs are embedded within tubes, allowing it to be water resistant. A computer has control over the LEDs. This way, you can define different patterns in different colors with light.
22 steps you must do after setting up a blog 2007-10-09 11:55:24 So, you just created your own blog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog). You already did the most obvious steps
to create one, like selecting platform (Blogger (http://www.blogger.com/), WordPress (http://wordpress.org/), Joomla! (http://www.joomla.org/) or any other blogging-CMS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system)), chosen your subject where you'll be blogging about and putting everything online. You're all set to get started writing articles. Wait right there. Make sure you have all points below checked before you start. These steps can help you tremendously getting your blog from the ground right from the start.
If you already own a blog, make sure you also check these steps and make changes where necessary.
Minimize, colorize and bodypaint a Supercar 2007-10-05 12:16:06 In this tutorial is written how to create a very cool looking mini-super car with bodypaint using Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/photoshop/). Grab a picture of a supercar (http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&q=supercar) and get ready to minimize, colorize and bodypaint it. Pimp that ride!
StumbleUpon for Dummies 2007-10-05 08:11:47 I have to admit that I'm a little bit addicted to StumbleUpon
(http://www.stumbleupon.com/). Once I start clicking the "Show me next page" button, I can hardly stop stumbling the internet. With me, there are many other SU users having the same problem. It's way to much fun to browse the net with SU.
For those people that are not familiar with StumbleUpon, get it now and browse the internet with it. I've created a flowchart for the "dummies" in the world of StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/), but also for the SU users right now. Have fun stumbling. Read more:Dummies
20 Proxy sites to browse the net anonymously 2007-10-04 03:33:53 There are several reasons why you want to browse the internet anonymously
. The most common reason is that when you're browsing the net, you'll leave a calling card on every website where you're from, what webbrowser you're using, what computer you use and more details. For some people this is reason enough to browse the internet hidden under a proxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy
_server). These servers will hide your details so that you'll be sure nobody will find out who you are. Additionally, these sites can be used to unblock sites such as MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) and other sites that are blocked...
Create a hidden watermark in images 2007-10-18 10:22:01 Many websites don't want their images to be copied. The little "right-click-javascript-block" doesn't help a lot, since everybody knows how to use the "print screen" button. There is only one way to keep images yours: Adding a watermark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermark) to it. To protect their images, they add a line over te image with the name or ULR of the website. Advanced Photoshop users will know how to work their way around this watermark. I'll show another way of watermarking that is a little but more subtle but way more fun.
Look at the image above. Looks like a nice place...
Popping bubble wrap: Useless fun 2007-10-17 05:49:20 Bubble Wrap (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bubble+wrap). The kind of stuff that you'll find in a box when you ordered something, protecting your goods. For unknown reason, everybody likes to pop all those bubbles. It's fun, timekilling and kind of useless. Once you start popping, most people have the urge to pop the full bubble wrap. Feel free to admit that you're one of those people.
Some designers have taken good advantage for this habit. Others know how to make something really cool with bubble wrap. Read more:Popping
Use MonkeyJam to create stop motion videos 2007-10-27 12:53:25 Stop motion video's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion) (or Clay Animation) are hot these days. On YouTube (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=stop+motion) you'll find a lot of these "frame by frame" animations. They're really easy to make and the effect is pretty nice. Just take a lot of pictures and put them after eachother, making it look like as if a static object is moving. If you're unfamiliar on how to create
such a movie, I suggest that you'll read the tutorial to create a stop-motion animation (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/tutorial-create-stop-motion-animation.html).
MonkeyJam (http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/index.html) is a very nice program that'll easily allow you to create stop motion videos
. Most people use Windows Movie...
Top 22 CSS tutorials 2007-10-24 09:09:25 Every well-respected webdesigner knows how to use a CSS file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets). With this you can add markup to your webpage. I created a list of my personal top 22 favorite different subject CSS tutorials. They are listed below and are in random order. Read, learn and implement it on your own website.
Remember that a website styles with CSS can look otherwise in different browsers. Use this browser CSS rules checker (http://centricle.com/ref/css/filters/?highlight_columns=true) to make sure you make the correct code. Additionally, don't forget to use the CSS Validation Service (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/) to have your CSS to the W3 standards. When you're done...
HTML and images in your Gmail message 2007-11-01 06:40:20 Google's (http://google.com/) mailing service (Gmail
(http://gmail.com/)) has a build in rich text formatter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format). The options (https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8260) of this text formatter are restricted. You can't add tables (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html) or images (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_images.asp) to your email.
In this article I'll explain how you can add such images, tables etc. to your Gmail message. This way, you can give more attention to your email, making it better to read or to promote something. You simply have to add HTML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML) to your email.
Create a peeling corner on your website 2007-10-30 06:35:33 Peeling a webpage is very fun to do and it'll draw attention from your users. You can use to it place advertations, or draw attention to a hot article on your own website
. Here I'll explain how to create such an effect on your website. It uses Flash and JavaScript, and is really easy to install. A live demo for the peeling effect can be seen after the jump.
I received this package from the admin of musicincontrol.nl (http://www.musicincontrol.nl/), a great dutch music website. Read more:corner
Love from social bookmarking sites 2007-10-29 12:59:31 Every blogger knows that social bookmarking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking) can help you tremendously getting a lot of viewers in a short amount of time. Sites such as StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/), Digg (http://www.digg.com/), Reddit (http://reddit.com/) and many more (http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social30.html) bring readers to your article. But what if all those bookmarking sites like one article? Be prepared for a whole lot of viewers...
My articled called Top 40 Demotivational Posters (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/top_40_demotivational_posters.html) was a big and totally unexpected success on social bookmarking sites. At first I hoped that the article I've written before the posters, naming the Ultimate Photoshop Design Resources (http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/ultimate_photoshop_design_resources.html), would get a lot of...
5 alternatives for your QWERTY keyboard 2007-11-06 05:09:16 Do you think your own QWERTY keyboard
is boring or not useful enough? Try an alternatives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#Alternatives_to_QWERTY) and dare to be different.
A very cold winter [40 Images] 2007-11-05 06:41:55 When the winter
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter) is coming up, the temparature is going down. Some people like the cold weather (snow) and others really hate it. But before you'll go complaining about the cold weather, take note that it always can be colder. If you're not sure if that's possible, check out these next images. You'll start shivering when just looking at it.
If you like the cold, you can also try to make some ice sculptures (http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/ice_sculptures.htm). Read more:Images
AJAX-style image loading using CSS 2007-11-04 13:47:11 AJAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX) let's you show a nice loader when doing a XMLHttpRequest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest). It's great for the visitor, because it can see that something is loading. Bad thing for the web developer is, is that AJAX is hard to learn. So here's a small little CSS trick for some great user experience, making it look like you made an AJAX loader for images.
You can implement this on a web page with an image/photo gallery or to a page where you have to load big images, like wallpapers. It's very easy to set-up and implement to your site.
This technique doesn't work with any form of AJAX. It just emulates the style of loading, giving the visitor and indicator that there is activity going on. Read more:AJAX
Top 10 "Do It Yourselves" (DIY) 2007-11-03 03:58:53 It's weekend! Time to do something with your free time and make it useful. Here's a top 10 list of Do It Youself's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_it_yourself) (Short DIY). DIY's are there to create something really cool for yourself, at the lowest cost. Additionally, it's fun to do since you can say that you created the thing by hand.
These video's are found on Metacafe (http://www.metacafe.com/tags/diy/), check it out for more DIY's.
Error handling by the big guys 2007-11-08 02:15:37 Yesterday I accidentally changed my internal feed URL, causing feedburner (http://www.feedburner.com/) to display an error. The error looked really funny:
So I fixed my mistake and was wondering if other big websites also had such a cool / funny error pages. Those error pages are really rare, since most of those websites don't make mistakes.
But still, here are a couple of the Bang! Kapowww! Krakkk!'s from them. I really like the ones from Reddit, Technorati and Youtube, what about you?
10 beautiful RSS icon packs for Web 2.0 2007-11-15 16:16:33 Every blog has to have a RSS feed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS). This way, others can subscribe to your website and the feed will keep you updated on the latest articles. You can promote your feed using a RSS Feed icon (Originally created by firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/)). The Web 2.0 is really hot these days, so you'll need a very stylish feed button to promote your feed.
Here are 10 beautiful RSS feed icon packs
for Web 2.0 in random order.
Computer and Internet history 2007-11-14 15:26:27 Do you remember the "good old days"? When you look back, you'll think all those things were stupid. Remember that, back then, it was all high-tech material. Remember installing a program using several floppy disks?
Here is a short funny list from the computer and internet history.
Read more:Computer
, Internet
15 tips on how to save bandwidth 2007-11-13 09:22:57 As I told you in one of my previous articles (http://www.marcofolio.net/reviews/love_from_social_bookmarking_sites.html), too many visitors on your website can cause it to go offline. This is because of the monthly bandwidth limit that is exceeded. Of course this is something that you don't want. But how can you optimize your website, keeping it online for as long as possible, making it less bandwidth consuming, without upgrading to a better host? Here are some tips on how to do this.
I'm pretty happy with my host (http://one.com/), offering unlimited bandwidth for a low price. These tips are for those people that do have a bandwidth limit on their weblog or website.
Faces everywhere [15 Images + 8 Illusions] 2007-11-11 04:06:31 Do you also sometimes have the feeling that you're being watched? And when you look around, nobody is there. Maybe because sometimes faces are on places where you least expect it. When you look at an object, it can look like a face too.
Here are more faces in objects. I added a bonus of eight illusions with faces. They're really cool, try if you can recognize faces.
Read more:everywhere
, Images
, Illusions
[Imagedump] November 2007 - Part 1 [50 Images] 2007-11-16 13:07:37 Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from November
2007.
I collected so many images, I had to split up this collection in two parts.
Read more:Images
Lego everywhere: Imagination and celebrities 2007-11-25 07:30:45 When I was a little kid, I really liked playing with Lego (http://www.lego.com/). And with me, thousands of other kids were playing with the colourful small blocks. When you use your imagination, those blocks could be everything. The next images can show that just a few Lego blocks can mean a totally new adventure if you just let your imagination go.
Click on the images to enlarge.
But what if you want to play with someone that is popular? Here are 72 Lego celebrities that really look like "the real deal" (in some way).
Read more:everywhere
Project: WeirdGlobeNews.com 2007-11-23 03:53:44 Regular readers of my blog already noticed I haven't been very active at posting these last days. This had several reasons. I went to Qlimax (http://www.q-dance.nl/main.php?pid=6;SECTION=gallery;CONCEPTID=;type=2;ACTION=single;PARTYID=6432), spend time with my girlfriend, had a lot of work to do and launched a new project called WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/). What? Yes, you're reading it right: I created a new website called WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/), a community driven website to provide you with the weirdest, funniest, craziest, bizarre or shocking news from around the globe.
join (http://weirdglobenews.com/register.html) the community (http://weirdglobenews.com/community.html) of WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/)!
Read more:Project
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