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Cool Halloween Wallpaper

Alisha — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:35:33 +0000

Here are some cool Halloween wallpapers I came across to use for the Halloween holiday! I’m currently using the Pacman one. Clicking on an image will take you directly to the wallpaper’s page.

To find lots more, try the following sites:

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Large Collection of Beautiful Icons

Alisha — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:39:08 +0000

Icons can be very useful for any kind of project, whether it’s for a website, application or even the desktop. Some generous people offer many high quality icons for free. I have collected a lot of icons myself and wanted to share some with you.

I’ve included previews of the icons. Keep in mind that some previews may not show every icon that is included in the set(s). To preview and download an icon set, click on the preview image and it will take you to the page. Please note that a lot of the links might also include more icon sets than what is previewed here.

Got It Icons by klepas
Blogging Icons by blogperfume
Function Icons by Function
eCommerce Icons by Starfish Web Consulting
Xiao Icons by Neversay
Web Development Icons by Icojoy
Web 2.0 RSS Icons by Icojoy
Arrow Icons by FreeIconsWeb
Office Tools by Beauticons
Web 2 Icons by Dirceu Veiga
Smashing Feed Icons by Dirceu Veiga
Sweet System Icons by Dirceu Veiga
Fast Icon Users by Dirceu Veiga
Milky Part 8 Icons by Min Tran
Bright! Icons by Min Tran
Aquaticus Social Icons by Quage9
Social Bookmark Icons by Vikiworks
Social Bookmark Icons Part II by Vikiworks
RSS Icon by blogeeks
Smashy The Alien Icons by Maja Bencic
Apollo Icons by marcelomarfil
Boxes Vista-Like Icons by tpdkdesign
Care Bears Icons by Yellow Icon
Vista Colorful Folders Pack by Mitchelaneous
Stickers Icons by DryIcons
Coquette Icons by DryIcons
Social Web Buttons by WebFruits
Social Web Buttons Set 2 by WebFruits
Black Vector Icons by GoSquared
RSS Icons Orb v2 by nam0
Glossy WordPress Logo Icon by AODdesign
Software & Web Applications Interface Icons by User Interface Icons
RTM Sidebar Icon Variations by greyham6

Some more places you can find icons at are:

If you know of some other places to find really good icons (preferably for free!), then please leave a comment. Don’t worry if you leave a link and your comment doesn’t appear right away. As long as it’s not spam, I will manually approve it.

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Desktop Thursday Wallpaper Choices

Alisha — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:30:12 +0000

I sometimes have a hard time deciding which wallpaper to use on my desktop, unless I know I want a specific color, then it’s pretty easy from there. Here is what my current desktop looks like now:

This wallpaper comes from Larissa Meek. [Get it here] She’s created some really nice wallpapers.

When looking for new wallpaper, I check out the following websites because they have really good wallpaper.

I’ve mentioned this before, but if you’re interested in customizing your own wallpaper, you can use WallpaperMaker. It doesn’t have a lot of choices, but it’s a good start!

Here’s a few wallpapers that I like from the sources above (clicking on them will take you to their page):

You may notice from most of the wallpapers I like, there is a lot of brown and green. I like my desktop more when either of those two colors are present. I have no idea why though!

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Torchwood Wallpaper

Alisha — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:10:35 +0000

I’m not really a huge fan of Torchwood as I am Doctor Who, but I thought I would still look around for some wallpaper. Unfortunately, this is a lot harder because there isn’t a lot available.

Here are a few that I was able to find, along with where you can look for more. Enjoy!

Click on one to go to the download page where it’s located.

There are more available at deviantART, The Torchwood Archives and on Google Image Search.

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Doctor Who Wallpaper

Alisha — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:29:35 +0000

I am a big fan of Doctor Who. In fact, it’s my favorite TV show. Because I like it so much, I wanted some Doctor Who wallpaper, preferably with the Tardis on it, but there aren’t that many good ones available. Most of the wallpapers include the Doctor and other characters, and I’m not that interested in having them on my desktop so much as I do the Tardis.

Since I’ve had to search all over the Internet, I thought I would gather together some Doctor Who wallpaper. So, if you are a fan of Doctor Who: enjoy!

Click on one to go to the download page. Not all of these are high resolution.

There are lots more on BBC and deviantART. Most of these came from those two locations.

Please, if you know of more, that are of high quality, share in the comments! It seems to be really hard finding excellent Doctor Who wallpaper that even fit on a 1440×900 resolution.

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Create Your Own Wallpaper

Alisha — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:12:16 +0000

I just read about PaperMaker over at Lifehacker. It is really cool, but I think it needs more choices and the ability to import your own backgrounds. I would also like to be able to see and download what others have created. Although, there is a gallery, but only very little are displayed.

PaperMaker lets you choose a background, pictures and accessories to create your own custom wallpaper in the resolution you choose. I’m not sure if this is automatic, but it had the resolution set at 1440×900, which is the resolution I have set. Thumbs up if it does automatically detect resolutions.

The backgrounds PaperMaker has are even great by themselves without any extra pictures and accessories. I chose a blue one that looks like paint was splattered all over and set it as my wallpaper.

Since it doesn’t let you view what others have created and download them, I thought I would share my creations. They aren’t really that good, just saved my tests of PaperMaker. But, if by some chance someone likes them, they are available for you to download at the resolution of 1440×900. Click on the image to preview the full size. Enjoy.

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PayPerPost, Inc Becomes IZEA, Inc

Alisha — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:29:15 +0000

PayPerPost, Inc. has now been changed to IZEA, Inc. The official press release can be read on the IZEA site.

Most people already know about the popular PayPerPost. PayPerPost pays you to write on your blog for advertisers wanting to get the word out about their products and/or services. They have also come up with services that are free to use. One of them is Argus for tracking.

The name change comes just days before the scheduled unveiling of IZEA’s highly anticipated new service, codenamed Argus. An alpha version of the offering will be revealed on Nov. 10 at PostieCon, the company’s annual user conference. It will provide both bloggers and advertisers more visibility into social media and allow them to interact with each other and the public in more immediate, transparent and accountable ways.

It’s really interesting what new ideas they keep coming up with. I think the strangest one is broadcasting your blog’s content into space for aliens to read. It’s very possible that someone out there might be interested in reading what you have to say!

With the new change, you can download IZEA wallpaper. Very nice! I love the logo.

If you like the IZEA logo, you can download it and use it to create your own wallpaper and share it.

Others discussing this change:

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MySpace Drag & Drop Editor: SnapLayout.com

Alisha — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:25:23 +0000

I heard from Justine Ezarik about the new SnapLayout.com site. She actually did a short video with MC Hammer about how great it is. Watch the video below to find out what SnapLayout.com is all about.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Summary: SnapLayout allows you to make your MySpace page look better in an easier way than before. I guess you could say it’s a snap! (I know, not very funny.) It features a drag and drop editor and a header slideshow that can add a nice touch.

Sorry, I don’t have any inside screenshots. I don’t have a MySpace account. Just trust MC Hammer and Justine Ezarik and try it for yourself. Check out their MySpace pages:

TechCrunch also talks about SnapLayout and includes a screenshot and more details about it.

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Free WordPress Theme: The Forest

Alisha — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:38:34 +0000

The Forest is a new free WordPress theme. This theme looks really great and allows you to keep the sidebar looking clutter-free. Check out the demo and click on each of the sections in the sidebar to display it. The only thing I think that should have been done with that is to change the cursor to display the hand, because at first I didn’t know to click on them, I just thought they were empty.

If you would like to change that, just add this to the style.css under the appropriate section (sidebar) so you can find it later:

.trigger {cursor: pointer;}

All this does is styles the trigger class in the sidebar to display a hand, instead of the I-beam. If you have any problems, please let me know!

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Wee-Mees Are Free!

Alisha — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:13:15 +0000

Wee-Mees are little animated characters to be used as display images for Windows Live Messenger. Recently, they became free to download. This may be a limited time offer, so get them while you can. I created one and in my opinion, they seem to look almost like characters that should be on South Park.

Anyway, get them while they’re hot! Click the preview below to visit the Wee-Mees official website.

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