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.

1. Got It Icons by klepas
   
2. Blogging Icons by blogperfume
   
3. Function Icons by Function
   
4. eCommerce Icons by Starfish Web Consulting
   
5. Xiao Icons by Neversay
   
6. Web Development Icons by Icojoy
   
7. Web 2.0 RSS Icons by Icojoy
   
8. Arrow Icons by FreeIconsWeb
   
9. Office Tools by Beauticons
   
10. Web 2 Icons by Dirceu Veiga
    
11. Smashing Feed Icons by Dirceu Veiga
    
12. Sweet System Icons by Dirceu Veiga
    
13. Fast Icon Users by Dirceu Veiga
    
14. Milky Part 8 Icons by Min Tran
    
15. Bright! Icons by Min Tran
    
16. Aquaticus Social Icons by Quage9
    
17. Social Bookmark Icons by Vikiworks
    
18. Social Bookmark Icons Part II by Vikiworks
    
19. RSS Icon by blogeeks
    
20. Smashy The Alien Icons by Maja Bencic
    
21. Apollo Icons by marcelomarfil
    
22. Boxes Vista-Like Icons by tpdkdesign
    
23. Care Bears Icons by Yellow Icon
    
24. Vista Colorful Folders Pack by Mitchelaneous
    
25. Stickers Icons by DryIcons
    
26. Coquette Icons by DryIcons
    
27. Social Web Buttons by WebFruits
    
28. Social Web Buttons Set 2 by WebFruits
    
29. Black Vector Icons by GoSquared
    
30. RSS Icons Orb v2 by nam0
    
31. Glossy WordPress Logo Icon by AODdesign
    
32. Software & Web Applications Interface Icons by User Interface Icons
    
33. RTM Sidebar Icon Variations by greyham6
    

Some more places you can find icons at are:

• InterfaceLIFT
• Pixelgirl Presents
• IconDrawer
• iStockPhoto
• IconArchive
• IconBuffet
• DesignMagus
• Fasticon

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.

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.

• WallpaperStock
• DeviantArt

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!

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.

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.

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.

    

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:

• ProBlogger
• Simple Kind of Life

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.

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:

• MC Hammer
• Justine Ezarik

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

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!

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

The first modification is with the red circle around the current day. I feel that it covers too much of the number, so I have to look at the numbers beside it to tell what the current day is. Although that isn’t difficult to do, I’d rather just be able to see the number. Lazy? Maybe.

So, I extracted the skin file and went into the images folder and found Today.png and used Photoshop to edit it. I figured a square would be a better shape around the number, so I created a square and added a small shadow.

You’ll see on the right how it looks.

Next, the last change I wanted to make was in the to-do list. I love the new progress bar feature, which shows you how much you’ve completed that task. But, the only thing I didn’t like was how large and ugly it was. It covered up the task and I couldn’t really read what the task was.

Just like before, I went inside the images folder and looked for Todo-Progressbar-Large.png. There is also a small one, but the large one is what is being used in the skin. So, I opened it up in Photoshop so I could start editing.

I didn’t even know how I wanted it to look, so I tried a couple things, one being a red line, which would stretch over the task, so when it’s completed, it would appear as if it had been marked off. But, that didn’t turn out very nice, so I tried something else with the same idea. I went with black, and instead of being in the middle going through the task, it would be underneath the task and appear as a progress bar.

Even though my progress bar doesn’t look placed perfectly, as you can see on the right, it’s the best I could do to make myself happy. I didn’t do this to make anyone else happy. So, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to download the changed skin.

I don’t usually provide customizations made to skins or themes created by other people to the public, but I figured this time that maybe someone might feel the same way I do about the red circle and the progress bar. So, if you like what I changed, then go ahead and download. Please be sure to back up the original skin before replacing. I won’t be responsible for anything breaking. Nothing broke for me, and there are no viruses. It is a clean file!

If you don’t know how to insert the PNGs into the skin file, then download the skin with the PNGs already inside. Otherwise, if you know what you’re doing, download the PNGs.

Skin file with the PNGs already inside.