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Posted by richz at 2:58 PM

Vecteezy

I don’t know why I love vectors oh so very much, but I do. “Vecteezy is an index of Free Vectors available for download by some of the best designers around the world.” Have at it.

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Posted by richz at 9:15 AM

A Nice Autosuggest Package

Yeh, I know there are about 500 Ajax autosuggest implementations out there, but this one over at Brand Spanking New is nicely packaged, documented and it looks darn cool.

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Posted by richz at 9:16 AM

Pimp Out Your Netvibes

The kids at Netvibes can't rest up for a minute. They've extended Netvibes to allow you to customize it in all sorts of ways. A bunch of pre-packaged themes are also available.

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Posted by richz at 8:55 AM

Real-Time Language Translator Via Ajax

This is kinda, sorta, kinda neat: Ajaxtrans is a real-time translator that will port your text to a bunch of languages as you type.

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Posted by richz at 9:12 AM

Directory Of Free Online Books

2020ok.com is a directory of free online books and eBooks. Groovy.

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Posted by richz at 9:39 AM

Adobe CS3 Video Workshop

If you've locked into the CS3 madness, you'll probably enjoy the pretty large collection of videos that walk through the new features across the products. Pretty nice interface too.

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Posted by richz at 3:37 AM

Google Desktop Lands On The Mac

Google Desktop is now available for Mac. I'm not sure about its value with Spotlight already in place, but nonetheless, it's here. TUAW has a nice review.

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Posted by richz at 2:21 AM

Umm...Wow.

I don't usually point to stuff like this on basement.org but...wow. (Via the relentlessly great Waxy's Links.)

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Posted by richz at 9:30 AM

A Preview Of Flash CS3

Flash Magazine has a nice preview (with some racy screenshots) of Flash CS3. It's looking like a pretty significant, highly-integrated (think Photoshop and Illustrator integrated) release.

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Posted by richz at 7:43 PM

NY Times : Double-Click Insanity

Here's a wacky little feature I never knew existed on NYTimes.com. If you're in any article (like this one), and double-click on any term, it'll bring up a dictionary or encylopedia view of that word. Pretty cool. It works in both web view and printer-friendly view.

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Original Signal Releases Frontpage

Original Signal, that neat little pre-canned portal that aggregates a bunch of sites like Digg, Techcrunch, and such, has put out Frontpage - a summary of the hottest articles out there on any given day. It feels a lot like Techmeme.

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Posted by richz at 9:38 AM

Yahoo! Widgets Goes To Version 4

The Yahoo! Widget Blog reports that Yahoo! Widgets Goes To Version 4. A major new feature is the Widget Dock. Widges everywhere!

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Posted by richz at 10:44 AM

Free Vector Goodness

Somebody send whoevers behind Bittbox a cheese basket. There's a great set of vector assets that are pretty high quality that he's sharing. I'm liking the Free Vector Web Page Elements parts one, two and three.

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Posted by richz at 9:58 AM

swfIR

In the spirit of sIFR, swfIR is a flash/javascript concoction that replaces images with Flash-driven equivalents. This allows you to do some fancy tricks like dynamic resizing and image effects. Pretty cool...though the initial flipping to the Flash version of the image is a bit annoying.

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Posted by richz at 11:47 AM

Netvibes Tweaks It Up

Your favorite portal and mine, Netvibes, has churned out a handful of features and enhancements. Netvibes continues to impress.

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Posted by richz at 9:33 AM

Opensearchfox

Ok, this guy is damn cool. Opensearchfox is a Firefox extension that allows you to easily add new search engines to that handy little search box in Firefox. Simply right-click on any search box in any website and you're done.

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Posted by richz at 12:54 PM

83 Nice Wordpress Themes

I'm convinced the guy behind Smashing Magazine has no job. Yet another massive list: 83 quality Wordpress themes.

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Add Opensearch To Your Site In Five Minutes

Add Opensearch (that in-line search box in Firefox and Explorer that lets you easily search Google, Amazon, etc.) for your site in five minutes.

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Posted by richz at 9:42 AM

Imified

Imified is a new service that allows you to manage various web accounts like Backpack, and Google Calendar through your instant messaging client (MSN, Yahoo, Google Chat & AOL are supported).

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Posted by richz at 2:24 PM

Tutorials 2.0

All kinds of cool Photoshop, Illustrator and 3D tutorials at Tutorials 2.0. Go ahead - make some shiny, glossy icons. You know you want to.

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Posted by richz at 2:25 PM

Brusheezy

I know what I ain't good at: creating Photoshop brushes. That don't mean I don't love'em though. Brusheezy is a repository of free brushes that real artists contribute to (mostly).

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Posted by richz at 2:46 PM

iConcertCal

I may be late to the party on this one, but iConcertCal is damn sweet. It probes your iTunes library, pulls out the artists and sends them off to Pollstar to see who's on tour. Then it plots them on a calendar. You heard me right.

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Posted by richz at 10:08 AM

The Art Of Baz Pringle

Groovy/cool illustration art from Baz Pringle (an equally groovy/cool name!).

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Posted by richz at 2:40 PM

Design-feed.net

No, I'm not plugging Design-feed.net because basement.org is one of the contributing sites. I'm plugging it because it's a nice collection of design sites all rolled into one. I swear.

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Posted by richz at 5:48 PM

Yahoo! Go Onesearch

Putting aside an oddly confusing name, Yahoo!'s new mobile service nicely unifies your typical mobile web services into a nice streamlined interface. Looks neat if your phone supports it (my Treo 650 doesn't).

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Posted by richz at 3:12 PM

Drop Dead Gorgeous Photos

Photographer Daniel Edburg breathes new life (or, um...death) into famous scenes with this series of photos. It's hard to really explain. Just click thru.

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Posted by richz at 10:52 AM

New Firebug Rocks

If you're any sort of web developer - CSS, Ajax, Javascript, XHTML - you need Firebug. The new version renders itself indisposable.

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Posted by richz at 1:36 PM

Nose Hair-Plucking E-Card

Want to send a nose hair-plucking e-Card? It's hard to really explain. Just click on the link.

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Posted by richz at 9:40 AM

Youki

Want another example of why Ajax doesn't creatively scale? Check out Youki. It's a service that allows you to display your galleries of photos in a booklet-style interface. It's Flash-based and it's pretty darn awesome.

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Posted by richz at 9:47 AM

Video Art For iPods : ArtPod

This is kinda weird and sorta cool. ArtPod has little video shorts for the iPod. They're these neat little ambient movies for your iPod.

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Posted by richz at 4:49 PM

Hevetica...The Documentary

Yeh. You read it right. "Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture." Yeh. I'd watch it. So what?

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Posted by richz at 9:04 AM

Google Desktop Now See-Thru

The latest version of Google Desktop is now see-thru. Kinky.

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Posted by richz at 9:25 AM

Lab Pixies

Lab Pixies : cute little gadgets that can be added to your personal Google or Windows Live page (some work with Netvibes as ewll).

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Posted by richz at 1:30 PM

It's The Vowels Stupid

Wondering why Web 2.0 startups keep dropping vowels from their names? Forbes says it's because all properly spelled URL's are sold out or really expensive. Interesting.

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Posted by richz at 10:24 AM

Lichtenstein & Dissections

A nice bit of Photoshop love. A groovy series of Photoshop-manipulated images of dissections. Very realistic looking stuff. Also, a tutorial to make your photos look like Roy Lichtenstein's pop art with Photoshop. Both links are swiped off the mighty BoingBoing.net.

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Posted by richz at 10:24 AM

Icebrrg

We'll put aside that Icebrrg continues Web 2.0's all out assault on proper spelling and boycott of vowels and simply enjoy it for what it's worth: a form builder, simple data storage thingy (a la Wufoo).

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Posted by richz at 9:56 AM

Paint.Net

Paint.net is a free, semi-worthy Photoshop-like graphics editing tool for Windows. Looks pretty ok.

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Posted by richz at 12:34 PM

Digg For Developers : Dzone

I'm digging dzone. Fresh links for developers with Digg-style voting.

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Posted by richz at 9:21 AM

Index : Design To Improve Life

Index : Design To Improve Life. Awesome.

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Posted by richz at 9:20 AM

Color Palette Generator

I've thought about this and wanted to build this (no really) but couldn't find the frickin' time. Anway, somebody else did it nice. Upload a picture and it spits out a color palette. This is good. Real good.

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Slick Inline Commenting Plugin For Wordpress

Jack Slocum (yes, his coding skills are as badass as his name) has put out a really impressive commenting system for Wordpress. Built atop the Yahoo UI library, it's a different take on comments. Rather than just dumping them all on the bottom of a blog post, he meshes them into the reading experience. Nice.

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Posted by richz at 9:54 AM

Designcharts

Designcharts is sort of like a Billboard Top 10 of (mostly Flash-driven) web sites. I'm not sure how the rankings are gathered, but the top 10 seems credible.

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Posted by richz at 8:41 AM

Sizeasy - Because Size (*cough*) Matters

Say it with me..."Sizeasy" (yeh, I have no idea how to pronounce it either). Sizeasy is a neat little tool that compares the size of...umm...anything to common objects like a deck of cards or a piece of paper. Kind of cool (kind of).

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Posted by richz at 8:51 AM

Six Tips For Searching Privacy

Wanna avoid those gosh-darned laser-guided missiles? The friendly folks at the EFF provide six excellent tips for searching privacy.

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Posted by richz at 11:10 AM

Neave.tv

Paul Neave, a Flash wizard by any measure, has completely outdone himself with Neave.tv. A truly immersive video viewing experience. It's amazing what you can pull off with Flash if you're willing to look beyond the paradigm of web pages and hyperlinks. The transitions are just awesome. (Found via Waxy's Links).

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Posted by richz at 11:10 AM

Mmmm....Free Stuff

Man, I love free stuff so very much. And in this case, "stuff" means software - a lesser known list of some useful freeware apps. Have at it.

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Posted by richz at 8:25 AM

Adobe's Tasty Links

Adobe (yes - Adobe - the entire company) has a delicious acocunt and they've decided to share it with us all. All sorts of great links on PDF, Flex, Photoshop (tons of Photoshop) and others. Very nice. Other corporate behemoths should take notice. This is smart.

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Posted by richz at 11:49 AM

How To Create Groovy Vector Art

How To Create Groovy Vector Art. 'Nuff said.

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Posted by richz at 5:32 PM

Google Search AJAX Widget

I must've somehow missed this one. Google's put out an AJAX search widget for their search. Pretty cool. Not sure I like the different category listing though.

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Posted by richz at 2:09 PM

Classic Software Splash Images

Take a geeky trip down memory lane with this cool collection of splash screens from various popular software packages. Kind of fun.

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Posted by richz at 8:29 AM

Netvibes Adds Meebo Support

Via Meebo integration, now you can hit all the major instant messaging clients in one of your Netvibes tabs. Very sweet.

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Posted by richz at 8:59 AM

Logopond

File this bad boy under "inspiration" (or something). Logopond displays...logos (submitted ones that is). Neat-o.

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Posted by richz at 10:02 AM

10 Things Yahoo Is Doing WIth It's YUI Library

The Yahoo Interface Blog struts its stuff by showing the many ways Yahoo! is taking advantage of its freely available user interface libraries. As they say on Sportscenter: "useful."

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Posted by richz at 9:04 AM

Passionate Users : Does The US Suck At Design?

The constantly thoughtful and inspiring Creating Passionate Users considers whether the U.S. sucks at design.

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Posted by richz at 9:50 AM

CSS Mania : CSS World 2006 Winners

CSS Mania : CSS World 2006 Winners

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Posted by richz at 1:40 PM

Javascript Tabifier

A nice, simple (really simple) implementation of tabs via Javascript and CSS.

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Posted by richz at 1:52 PM

Arc90 Blog : 10 Reasons We Love Flex

I just wrote up some reasons we're loving Adobe's Flex technology here at Arc90. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in AJAX or rich internet apps.

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Posted by richz at 11:55 AM

Functioning Form : OSX vs. Vista Development

The excellent UI/UX blog, Functioning Form has a great entry on the behind-the-scenes thinking and motivations behind the development of OSX and Longhorn (Vista). Well worth reading.

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Posted by richz at 9:05 AM

Sweetie : A Free Icon Set

Sweetie is a free and very nice icon set. Go get it.

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Posted by richz at 9:31 AM

Digg For Designers : PixelGroovy

Digg For Designers : PixelGroovy.

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Design Observer : The Power of Context

Based on the 25 comments, I guess I'm a bit late to this. Nevertheless, Design Observer talks about The Power of Context.

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Posted by richz at 9:16 AM

Cool Flash Physics Demos

Levitated.net has an oh-so-sweet collection of Flash physics demos (via Passionate Users).

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Posted by richz at 9:59 AM

Open source Templates

I'm not sure if this old news or not, but it's new to me. Free, nicely designed CSS/XHTML layouts under Creative Commons.

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Posted by richz at 12:28 PM

The JavaScript Library World Cup

A good summary of the major Javascript frameworks : The JavaScript Library World Cup.

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Posted by richz at 2:26 PM

Arc90 On Design

I've always considered myself a "designer." But what kind? At blog.arc90, I give some thoughts on what we mean by "design."

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Posted by richz at 9:49 PM

Neat CSS/Markup Renderer

Here's a nice implementation of a CSS/XHTML renderer. Ideal for trying out an idea before applying it to your own code.

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Posted by richz at 1:36 PM

Google Firefox Browser Sync

Google has released a Firefox extension that maintains your Firefox settings across computers. Pretty useful. Just keep in mind it requires a Google account and syncs your saved passwords as well.

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Posted by richz at 9:13 AM

Massive List of Photoshop Stuff

Plugins. Filters. Brushes. Actions. You name it. Here's a massive list of Photoshop add-ons.

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Posted by richz at 10:19 AM

The ROI of Interaction Design

Arc90's Chris LoSacco discusses on the real, tangible returns of investing in interface design. Few things frustrate me more than key decision-makers not getting the value of good, thoughtful interface design. The post highlights some excellent points on the often-overlooked value of interaction design.

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Posted by richz at 10:17 AM

The Best Stuff In The World

A nicely designed, social Web 2.0 thingamajig: The Best Stuff In The World let's you find and vote on...umm...stuff. It's sort of like a Digg for everything else.

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Posted by richz at 4:29 PM

Netvibes Adds Digg & eBay Support

Your favorite portal page and mine, Netvibes, has added Digg and eBay support. The Netvibes blog has all the details here and here.

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Posted by richz at 3:18 PM

Slashdot Redesigns With CSS

Slashdot just announced their winner for the CSS redesign contest. It looks nice. Mmmm...gradients.

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Simple Bug Tracking : 16 Bugs

16 Bugs is a dead simple, web-based, AJAXified bug tracking tool. You can have one project for free, then tiered pricing after that.

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Posted by richz at 9:52 AM

IBM DeveloperWorks : Devise Web 2.0 Apps With PHP & DHTML

IBM DeveloperWorks : Devise Web 2.0 Apps With PHP & DHTML. Looks like the first of a series. IBM's articles are usually pretty thorough.

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Posted by richz at 1:53 PM

Getty Images : 10 Ways

Getty Images has put out a seriously impressive collection of interactive Flash and Shockwave applications called 10 Ways. The demos are designed to provoke us to think about the different aspects of photography: light, information, memory, space, response, emotion, color, truth, time, and transformation. Pretty inspiring. It really shows how powerful Flash is in the right hands.

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Posted by richz at 2:13 PM

Dealmyday.com

Dealmyday.com is a sort of Digg for online deals. I'm liking it. It looks fairly new based on the activity.

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Dynamic Drive CSS Library

Not sure if this has already made the rounds, but the Dynamic Drive CSS Library is a nicely put together set of CSS tweaks.

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Cool Text

Cool Text is a web-based image generator. Many text styles and each with many options. Just ignore all the annoying ads.

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Posted by richz at 10:36 AM

Nice Listing of Ajax & Javascript Resources

A nicely categorized, fairly comprehensive listing of Ajax and Javascript resources can be found at Solutoire.com. In other news, Google has released an Ajax framework based on Java (Slashdot has more).

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Posted by richz at 10:05 AM

iPod Directions

Here's a neat little mashup. Sync up Yahoo! Local directions with your ipod so you can take your directions to go. I don't own an iPod (but by God I may cave in soon) but it looks pretty neat.

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Adobe's Spry Ajax Framework

The lunatics at Adobe have put out a nice little Ajax framework called Spry. Yeh I know, there are many frameworks out there (just ask Max Kiesler), but this one's leveraging pure XML and Xpath. It looks pretty elegant.

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