Download Official PDC 2008 Wallpapers
It’s Day 3 at PDC 2008, and Microsoft continues to unveil interesting stuff that we all are loving it. First, they introduced Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud OS. Then on Day 2, they unveiled Windows 7, the upcoming OS from Microsoft after Windows Vista.
The official PDC website has three wallpapers to promote PDC 2008. You can download and use these wallpapers from the links below.
12 Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Wallpapers
by Haris on October 13, 2008
in Design, Linux, Wallpapers
The final version of the most popular Linux distro, Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is almost ready to be released which is on October 30. It is going to bring a number of new features, changes and bug fixes.
As posted earlier, Ubuntu 8.10 is going to get a new look. It will come with a new version of its default theme along with new wallpapers.
Want to Optimize your Images, SmushIt!
by Haris on October 5, 2008
in Design, Tips and Tricks, Tools, Yahoo
Every now and then Yahoo gives out optimizations tips for websites and blogs to make them load faster. I tried few of them, and really found them useful. Images with big size can increase your blog/website’s loading time and make it slow which is something your readers will never like!
They have rolled out a new tool that can help you reduce and optimize the size of images used on your blog/website.
5 Resources to Get Free Plurk Layouts
Hi, this is Muhammad Siyab and this is my first post on Sizzled Core as the second author. To introduce myself, I blog about blog strategy, design and general blogging tips at PuttingBlogsFirst . It would be a pleasure writing here and I hope you enjoy my articles.
Plurk is a popular social media network. Your Plurk page can be styled with backgrounds and formatted with font options. But who wants to do it themselves when there are Plurk layouts freely available?
Chromifox: Chrome Styled Theme for Firefox 3
Earlier today I wrote about a Firefox 3 styled theme for Google Chrome, for users who like Firefox 3 and also use Chrome.
I was quite bored with the default Firefox 3 theme now and was looking for a new one to give it a refreshing look when I came across Chromifox.
Download Firefox 3 Theme for Chrome
Many people have already moved on to Google Chrome from Firefox 3 for it’s amazing features and simplicity. But some like me are are using both to get the best out of them.
Just two days ago I wrote about the first five themes that are available for download for Google Chrome and a new set of themes have been released now. In the latest themes, a developer has made a Firefox 3-styled theme for Chrome.
4 Sites To Add Speech Bubbles to Images
by Haris on September 7, 2008
in Design, Internet, Personal, Tips and Tricks
It’s always fun to add speech bubbles to images and make them funnier. You don not need Photoshop to create these speech bubbles when you can do it online because they are way easier to use and doesn’t take much time.
I have compiled a list of four sites that allow you to add speech bubbles to your images easily and for free. Click on the titles to visit these sites.
Make iPhone Themes for Free Online
by Haris on August 29, 2008
in Design, Tips and Tricks, iPhone
There are thousands of free iPhone themes available for download. But sometimes, you might not like the themes that have been made by others. You would like to have your own custom theme.
iPhone Theme Maker is very nice web generator that allows you to create themes online and use them on your iPhone.
Create Avatars for Twitter with Face Your Manga
Avatar creation services has been around for quite some time now like Yahoo Avatars, Kiwee and WeeMee. But they have become old and boring now, and do not even have a large variety of avatar styles.
FaceYourManaga.com lets you express? yourself ?through? your? image ?and? share ?it? whoever ?you? want. Enjoy ?yourself? by ?discovering ?unlimited? combinations? to ?realize ?your? virtual ?alter?ego. It allows you to make avatars for yourself or friends in a quick and easy way.
