Topic archive for
May, 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
APIs can be really useful when developing your site. By using APIs, you can increase the features of your site at little to no cost. Not only do you have additional features, but most APIs are easy to use and implement into any site design. There are many sites that offer APIs, [...]
By: Derald in Ajax, Design, Google Chrome, Open Source, PHP, Web Development
Friday, May 29th, 2009
If you purchased a 13″ Unibody MacBook in the past few days, then you are the proud owner of a brand spanking, updated screen. If you own one of the older models, you’re probably cursing and asking yourself why you didn’t wait. Seth Weintraub, over at ComputerWorld was the first to report on this new [...]
By: JohnnyV in Apple, Mac, Software
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
In this tutorial you will learn how to turn a background into a dreamy stargazed filled photo.
By: Tiffany in Design, Photoshop
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
This tutorial will show you how to customize your cursor in three easy steps using Flash.
We are assuming you’ve already got your ad/animation/webpage ready to go, and now you want to customize your cursor to match. You can have some fun with this, making it a fancy arrow, a cross-hair, a little face, a pencil, [...]
By: Kirin Knapp in Action Script, cursor, Flash
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
In this tutorial I will show you an easy way to create an artistic photo manipulation using scattered letters, a face, and a gradient.
in Design, Photoshop, Text Effect
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Going back to school already? For the Apple Store, yes. As of this morning, May 27, the Apple Store has started their annual buy a Mac for college promotion. This year, buying a new Mac (as a college student or faculty or staff member) before September 8 will also get you a free 8GB iPod [...]
in Apple, Mac, Software
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Outstanding performance can really turn people’s heads; look at the Bugatti Veyron or some of the most advanced Ferraris as proof. A good price point can earn attention, too . . . all sorts of stuff has been written about the Tata Nano. But it’s the combination of these qualities that may count most, and [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Database, Oracle, Programming
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Lately, the committee has been looking at proposals to extend CFSCRIPT so that components can be written entirely in CFSCRIPT instead of requiring tags. Adobe has been the main driver for the proposals but other committee members have been providing their share of ideas and suggestions when we get stuck (or don’t like Adobe’s proposals).
Right [...]
By: Sean Corfield in ColdFusion, Programming
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
So I got to playing The Legend Of Zelda: Link To The Past this week and it rekindled my love of old school RPG. There is one scene when you find the master sword in The Lost Woods. I always loved that part so I decided this weeks tutorial would be taking the concept art [...]
in Design, Illustration, Photoshop
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Sometimes, the figurative little guy wins. Sometimes, the figurative little guy is an XML company. And this is both of those times, since Microsoft’s been ordered to pay i4i $200 million for patent infringement.
Many years ago, Toronto-based i4i was granted a patent related to “[s]ystem and method for generating an XML-based fault model.” The abstract [...]
By: Doug Caverly in Microsoft, Programming, Web Development, XML