Thursday, September 29, 2005
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
5,714 Patent Search Results Yield Surprises for Microsoft and Google
So this is what Microsoft is working on these days! :) Space elevator wireless networks anyone? Or maybe someone just got tired of losing their wifi connection in the elevator.
Vertical roaming in wireless networks through improved quality of service measures
A system and method for improved vertical handoff between different types of wireless network. Network allocation vector occupation and packet collision probability are used as quality of service measures, enabling vertical handoffs to be delayed until actually beneficial to quality of service. Improved wireless network cell boundary detection in vertical handoff scenarios is achieved with a Fourier-based technique in conjunction with an adaptively determined minimum operating signal strength threshold. Improved wireless network cell boundary detection enables vertical handoffs from high quality of service networks to be delayed as long as possible. Together, practical wireless network quality of service measures and improved detection of wireless network cell boundaries in vertical handoff scenarios reduce the rate of unnecessary vertical handoff resulting in higher overall quality of service experienced by a mobile computing device roaming between wireless network types.
This patent search tool lets you search various patent fields to find patents. Searching by the city where a company's head office is located should work well, when the city is dominated by that company. Think Wal-Mart, GE, Texas Instruments, State Farm for some interesting ones.
Of course we could be looking at some of Amazon's patents here too.... or other companies based in Redmond, but under the technobabble there is some interesting reading.
Let's see what Google is up to! Where is their head office again??? Mountain View, CA.. good luck trying to weed their patents out.
Here's one.
Address geocoding
A geocoding component generates geographic coordinate information, such as latitude and longitude values, for postal addresses. A table includes a number of rows, each corresponding to one or more addresses. The geocoding component can quickly locate a particular row in the table based on a number of input address identifiers as the intersection of the sets rows that correspond to each of the address terms. The geocoding component may operate on addresses that are received by the geocoding component or extracted from documents.
Vertical roaming in wireless networks through improved quality of service measures
A system and method for improved vertical handoff between different types of wireless network. Network allocation vector occupation and packet collision probability are used as quality of service measures, enabling vertical handoffs to be delayed until actually beneficial to quality of service. Improved wireless network cell boundary detection in vertical handoff scenarios is achieved with a Fourier-based technique in conjunction with an adaptively determined minimum operating signal strength threshold. Improved wireless network cell boundary detection enables vertical handoffs from high quality of service networks to be delayed as long as possible. Together, practical wireless network quality of service measures and improved detection of wireless network cell boundaries in vertical handoff scenarios reduce the rate of unnecessary vertical handoff resulting in higher overall quality of service experienced by a mobile computing device roaming between wireless network types.
This patent search tool lets you search various patent fields to find patents. Searching by the city where a company's head office is located should work well, when the city is dominated by that company. Think Wal-Mart, GE, Texas Instruments, State Farm for some interesting ones.
Of course we could be looking at some of Amazon's patents here too.... or other companies based in Redmond, but under the technobabble there is some interesting reading.
Let's see what Google is up to! Where is their head office again??? Mountain View, CA.. good luck trying to weed their patents out.
Here's one.
Address geocoding
A geocoding component generates geographic coordinate information, such as latitude and longitude values, for postal addresses. A table includes a number of rows, each corresponding to one or more addresses. The geocoding component can quickly locate a particular row in the table based on a number of input address identifiers as the intersection of the sets rows that correspond to each of the address terms. The geocoding component may operate on addresses that are received by the geocoding component or extracted from documents.
If anyone has any other company locations of interest, be sure to comment on them here!
The DRiPs DRiPpers DRiP Results
The top 12 companies picked for Dividend Reinvestment by the DRIP Investing Resource Centre.
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 57
KO Coca Cola Co 37
PFE Pfizer Inc 36
WTR Aqua America 30
XOM Exxon Mobil 30
INTC Intel Corp 24
PEP Pepsico Inc 24
PNY Piedmont Natural 23
GE General Elec Co 20
WWY Wm Wrigley Jr 18
HD Home Depot Inc 16
PAYX Paychex Inc 15
AFL Aflac Inc 14
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 57
KO Coca Cola Co 37
PFE Pfizer Inc 36
WTR Aqua America 30
XOM Exxon Mobil 30
INTC Intel Corp 24
PEP Pepsico Inc 24
PNY Piedmont Natural 23
GE General Elec Co 20
WWY Wm Wrigley Jr 18
HD Home Depot Inc 16
PAYX Paychex Inc 15
AFL Aflac Inc 14
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Google Hack to filter results
For the people who can't wait for Google to release the filter results feature, do it yourself.
1. Go to http://www.google.ca
2. Save as... to hard drive.
3. Open in Notepad or any text editor.
4. Search for form tag.
5. replace with this:
form name="f" action="http://www.google.ca/search>
6. Search for maxLength=256 to find q input text field.
7. Add input maxlength="256" size="55" name="q" value=" -site:about.com ">
8. Save results and exit.
9. Double click google.htm web page.
10. Bookmark or set as home page.
This isn't the most elegant solution, but it does the trick to get rid a few of those annoying sites that always seem to get clicked on somehow and then you try to register and it doesn't work and then they take your email and sell it to a spam company or somebody in Nigeria and then you get some email from a long lost relative who has $20 million dollars in trust for you but needs $7,000 to ship the documents to you but you don't have $7,000 dollars so you wish you could have filtered the web site out in the first place.
Works for other stuff too, click the Advanced Search and play around with the parameters yourself.
Update: About.com is a very useful site that was an example and should not be filtered and in no way is associated with selling information or people from Nigeria, from what I can tell.
Update 2: Not all Nigerians have $20 million dollars of your money and need $7000 to ship it to you.
1. Go to http://www.google.ca
2. Save as... to hard drive.
3. Open in Notepad or any text editor.
4. Search for form tag.
5. replace with this:
form name="f" action="http://www.google.ca/search>
6. Search for maxLength=256 to find q input text field.
7. Add input maxlength="256" size="55" name="q" value=" -site:about.com ">
8. Save results and exit.
9. Double click google.htm web page.
10. Bookmark or set as home page.
This isn't the most elegant solution, but it does the trick to get rid a few of those annoying sites that always seem to get clicked on somehow and then you try to register and it doesn't work and then they take your email and sell it to a spam company or somebody in Nigeria and then you get some email from a long lost relative who has $20 million dollars in trust for you but needs $7,000 to ship the documents to you but you don't have $7,000 dollars so you wish you could have filtered the web site out in the first place.
Works for other stuff too, click the Advanced Search and play around with the parameters yourself.
Update: About.com is a very useful site that was an example and should not be filtered and in no way is associated with selling information or people from Nigeria, from what I can tell.
Update 2: Not all Nigerians have $20 million dollars of your money and need $7000 to ship it to you.
Friday, September 23, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Web Developer's Handbook: developing web-sites, exploring own imagination | CSS, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc.
Some of the tools listed... scroll, scroll!
// creativity
* [ uncontrol ]
* Be Creative!
* BIT-101 Lab
* Creativity techniques and creative tools for problem solving
* Design Directory | made by designers for designers
* Design Snack
* Designologue
* Dislexicon v0.3
* e-CREATIVE AWARDS
* gapingvoid: how to be creative (latest version)
* glenmurphy.com
* How to pitch an idea
* OneLook Reverse Dictionary
* Portfolio Exhibition (The Best of Portfolio Design)
* Processing
* Robert Penner's Experiments
* screenspire.com | full( )screen inspiration
* Sodaplay constructor
* Speak Up > Word it
* The Designer's Lunchbox
* The definitive collection of idea generation methods
* The Exploration of Computation
* wellvetted.com - inspirational gathering
* Words List - Extelligence
// css galleries & showcases
* A.Budd :: Well Designed CSS Sites
* CSS Beauty
* CSS Design (ru)
* CSS Design (swe)
* CSS Drive
* CSS Reboot
* CSS Vault
* CSS Zen Garden
* doblepixel
* Pajatti.net (ch)
* Styleboost
* unmatchedstyle
* Web Standards Awards
* CSS Import
* CSS Table Gallery
* CSS Tableless Web Sites
* css thesis: sites, that's all
* css Zen Garden
* Open Source Web design (oswd)
* W3 Compliant Sites
* wow factor
// color tools
* Defence Mechanism > Color Toy
* Color converter (RGB/CMYK/HSV)
* Color Palette Creator v1.6
* Color Palette Generator [1]
* Color Palette Generator [2]
* 100 Random Colors - Need a Color?
* 4096 Color Wheel
* Chromatic Wheel
* Color Blender
* ColorLab
* Colormix
* Color Mixers
* Color Scheme 1, Color Scheme 2
* Color Schemer Online v.2
* Color Shades: Colors and Lighter Hexadecimal Codes and Swatches
* Color synthAxis
* ColorWhore
* ColorWrite 1.1
* Colour Contrast Analyser
* Colour exploration tools
* ColourMod :: DHTML Color Picker/Selector
* Colour Scheme Chooser
* Easy RGB
* Eye Dropper Color Mixer
* Infohound Color Schemer
* Kolur.com Color Inspiration
* Online image photo editor
* RedAlt v1.0
* Sessions.edu Color Calculator
* Triadic Color Harmony
* Triplecode Munsell Palette
* Unsafe Colormatch
* Web Color Theory
* Web Color Visualizer
// color schemes, palettes
* CSS Color Chart
* color combinations
* ColorCombos
* ColorMatch 5K
* COLOURlovers
* Colr.org
* Return of Design - Web Color Schemes
// color patterns
* Kaliber10000 | Patterns
* Squidfingers | Patterns
* Pattern-Bomb
* The Inspiration Gallery
* Color Patterns @ Bluevertigo
// fashion: colors selection
* Behr | Color Smart
* Benjamin Moore: Personal Color Viewer
* Dulux paint colour range & advice about choosing paint colours
* Color palettes and color schemes at Sherwin-Williams
* Pantone's top ten fashion colors for fall 2005
* PANTONE Universe - Fashion ColorView
// color theory
* 16 Lessons in Color Theory
* An Introduction to Using Patterns
* Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
* Color Theory: A brief tutorial
* Colour Theory
* Color Theory Articles
* Color Theory Overview & Tutorial: Color, Creativity, Code
* Colour Harmony: Secrets of Web Color Revealed
* Colour Symbolism
* Design Psychology
// royalty free photos
* AboutPixel.de
* PhotoCase.de
* 9x13.de
* DesignPacks.com
* Patterns: pattern4u
* PictureQuest
* Pixel Perfect Digital
* Pixsy - photos and videos from blogs and social networks
* StockVault
* stock.xchng
* License-free images: a forum thread
* Royalty Free Images Search Engine
* Royalty free images @ Blue Vertigo
* WallpaperStock
* Where To Find Great Free Photographs
// css daily reading
* 456bereastreet.com
* Asterisk*: Where web design lives
* A List Apart
* BlueRobot
* BrainJar.coms
* design.Principles
* meyerweb.com: css / edge
* htmldog
* Mandarin Design
* mezzoblue
* PositionIsEverything.net
* StopDesign
* Stylegala - design | css | standards
* Zeldman Jeffrey
// css in German
* webdev:webdesign [pf-wiki]
* CSS - ein Tutorial
* bs-Markup
* cssHilfe
* Intensivstation
* css4you
* Andreas Kalt
* Manuel Bieh
* Carsten Protsch
* DesignerInAction
* einfachfüralle
* Seybold Jand-Andresen
* Meiert.com
* hessendrescher.de
* Vorsprung durch Standards
* Jendryschik.de
* Bjoernsworld.de
* mediaevent
* stichpunkt.de
* Vladimir Simovic
* css.fractatulum.net
* uckan.info
// web design daily reading
* A List Apart: Web magazine for people who make websites
* Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
* Brain Bliss
* DesignInFlight
* Digital Web Magazine
* Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design
* Layers Magazine
* Poynter Online - Design / Graphics
* Web Developer's Journal
* Webmascon - Russian "A List Apart"
* [kak) (ru) - a journal about graphic design
// css layouts
* 195 Manually selected Style Sheet Resources
* An Overview of Current CSS Layout Techniques
* CSS Page Layout Templates
* Ruthsarian Layouts
* Bluerobot Layout Reservoir
* Glish CSS Layout techniques
* Layout-o-matic
* Little Boxes
* Nemesis Project: CSS table-less design templates
* Three Column Layouts @ css-discuss
* Web Builders’ Toolkit
* XHTML/CSS - 3 column layouts - Netscape 4 compatible
// css navigation menus
* ALA // Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style
* ALA // Sliding Doors
* ALA // Taming Lists
* Alsacreations, menus galleries in CSS and XHTML
* aPlus:: ADxMenu
* BrainJar
* Bulletproof Slants
* cssbasednavigation
* CSSVault
* CSS Tab Designer
* Deluxe CSS Dropdowns and Flyouts
* Free Menu Designs V 1.1*
* Hybrid CSS Dropdowns
* Intelligent Menus
* Inverted Sliding Doors Tabs
* Javascript Menus. DeLuxe Menus
* List-o-Matic
* Listamatic 1, Listamatic 2
* Navigation Matrix Reloaded
* Simplebits: Mini-Tab Shapes 2
* SilverOrange CSS Tabs
* Simplebits Navigation Tabs: Simplified CSS Tabs, Mini-Tab Shapes, CSS Mini Tabs (the UN-tab, tab), Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers
* Suckerfish Dropdowns
* The CSS Playground
* Veerle's 2 level horizontal navigation
* wg:CSS Tabs
* wg:Inline Mini Tabs
// css techniques
* Adam's Radio & Checkbox Customisation Method
* Airtight Corners
* Annotating images with CSS
* Bullet-Proof Rounded Corners
* Comments: Behind the Scenes
* Content with Style: A CSS Framework
* Constants in CSS - several ways how to simulate
* Create compatible HTML email
* Creating a Pullquote with Javascript and CSS
* CSS: 2-col tableless layout
* CSS Destroy: CSS Experiments
* CSS Diagrams
* CSS Drop Shadows
* CSS element hover effect
* CSS footerStick
* CSS Hacks @ Stylegala
* CSS Iframe Mimics
* CSS Image Maps
* CSS Image Pop UP Technique
* CSS image replacement for submit buttons
* CSS Image Text Wrap Tutorial
* CSS-Only Forms That Don't Suck
* CSS-Only Table-less Forms
* CSS Page Layouts: Samples
* cssQuery()
* cssQuery Version 2
* CSS Remote Rollover Demo
* CSS Scale Image Html Tutorial
* CSS submit buttons
* CSS Switching
* CSS sliding photo-gallery
* CSS Teaser Box
* CSS tests @ Brunildo.org
* CSS: the white-space property
* CSS Tables
* CSS Visited Links: Ticked-off visited links Reloaded
* CSS Zoom layout
* Creating a Star Rater using CSS
* Customized borders and corners in flexible layouts
* Deluxe CSS Dropdowns and Flyouts
* Dynamic Text Replacement // ALA
* Eric's Universal Child Selector
* footerStickAlt: A more robust method of positioning a footer
* Format Footnotes with Javascript & CSS
* Footnotes revisited: CSS Sidenotes
* Forms with CSS: trimming form fields
* Free Form for All - The Subtraction Good Form 0.1
* Image (Replacement) Maps
* Making a CSS-based layout start to finish
* Language specific styling: quotation marks
* Malarkey Image Replacement
* NiceForms
* Quirks mode and strict mode
* Revised image replacement
* Scalable Inline (siir)
* Scalable Inman Flash Replacement (sIFR)
* Sortable Table Demos (WebFX)
* Sort Table / Javascript, DHTML, CSS
* Styled Checkboxes
* The CSS and XHTML Lab
* The CSS Cheat Sheet
* The Fade Anything Technique
* The Form Assembly Garden
* The ThrashBox - Rounded Corner for All
* Thierry Image Placement
* Unordered List Rollover Gallery
* Using Background-Image to Replace Text
* yDSF - Robust CSS Drop Shadows
* Zebra Tables
* Zebra: Alter Table Row Background Colors Using JavaScript
// css-web-tools & services
* CSS Centricle
* CssCreator -> Page Layout
* CSS Formatter and Optimiser
* CSS Multi-element Rollover Generator
* CSS Optimizer
* CSS Rounded Box Generator
* CSS Syntax Checker for BBEdit and TextWrangler
* Iconico CSS Scrollbar Generator
* korhoen typeviewer
* List-u-Like
* Nifty Corners: rounded corners without images
* Online CSS Compressor
* Round Corner Stone/Icon
* SelectOracle
* Xylescope
* W3C Core Styles
* W3C CSS Validator
// html-web-tools & services
* HTML Character Entities
* Special Characters in HTML
* A Simple Character Entity Chart
* Doctor HTML v6
* HTML Help: CSS, HTML Checks
* HTML Tidy
* WDG HTML Validator
* W3C HTML Validator
// accessibility checkers
* Accessible Data Tables
* Accessibility Valet Demonstrator
* Bobby Online Service
* OCAWA Web Accessibility Expert
* UI Site check
* WAVE 3.5 Accessibility Tool
* Web-based Site Usability Checker
* WebXACT Quality & Accessibility Check
// miscellaneous tools
* Acrobot Abbreviation and Acronym Generator
* 10 Tips That Every PHP Newbie Should Know
* 10 Tips That Every PHP Newbie Should Know [ Part 2 ]
* 9 Javascript(s) you better not miss!
* 300 Images From 1800 Sites (arrows, posts, comments, bullets, print etc.)
* 9 useful tools for web design
* Advanced Email Link Generator
* Approximate Conversion from Points to Pixels
* 80x15 Brilliant Button Maker
* 80x15 Button Maker and Generator - Blog Flux
* 80x15 Buttons Gallery
* Browsercam - Check how your web-site looks in different browsers
* BrowserShots
* Bullet Madness
* Drunkey Love Icons
* E-mail: E-Mail Icon Generator
* E-mail: Online Email Protector
* E-Mail: Mask Email Image Generator
* EffectsPack - Prototype/Effects based javascript effects
* FaganFinder URLInfo
* famfamfam.com: Icons
* FavIcon Generator [1]
* FavIcon Generator [2]
* Favourite Favicons
* Favourite Javascripts for Designers
* Flickr Badge Maker
* htaccess code generator - disable hotlinking
* iCapture - see through the eyes of a Mac browser
* ieCapture v. 0.0.4 alpha
* Image Embellisher
* JavaScript Toolbox - Reusable Libraries And Objects
* Link checker
* Load time check
* Online Image Splitter
* Polaroid-o-nizer
* Screen size simulator
* Semantics extractor
* SimpleViewer v1.7
* slayeroffice tools
* Sparkline Generator Web Application
* Textarea tools
* The Amazing Rolloverer
* The Box Office 0.3
* Toys - dhtml and javascript libraries, demos and applications
* Web Developer Extension for Mozilla and Firefox
* Web Page Analyzer
* Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer
// ajax applications
* AjaxAC - Open-source PHP framework for creating AJAX / JavaScript applications
* Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
* AJAX - Devmo
* AjaxPatterns.Org
* ajax instant messanger
* Ajax Mistakes
* Ajax Multiple Text Applicator 0.1
* Ajax on Rails
* Ajax Resources: There and Back Again
* Ajax Toolbox
* AJAX: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting [JavaScript & DHTML Tutorials]
* Ajax Working Examples & XMLHttpRequest
* Behaviour is the missing link for your ajax apps
* Dynamic Ajax Tables
* How to Develop Web Applications with Ajax
* Prototype JavaScript Framework
* Rico - Demos: Javascript + Ajax for Rich Internet Applications
* Sajax: Simple Ajax Toolkit
* Top 10 Ajax Applications
* What is Ajax?
// DOM
* Accessible DOM DropDown Menu
* DOM Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style @ nickrigby.com
* DOM-Scripted Lists, Revisited
* DOM: Dockable Comments: Intelligent DOM Scripting
* DOM: Dom-Drag-Crop
* DOM: Mouseover DOM Inspector
* DOMSlides
* Dynamic thumbnails and preview images with DOM, CSS and PHP
* FreeStyle Menus - TwinHelix
* Gecko DOM Reference
// fonts
* 100 Seriously Free Fonts
* Desert Island Fonts: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Final Round
* Essential Fonts For Designers | 300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have
* fontleech
* Font Browser
* Font guide for webmasters
* Font Type Navigator
* Fontsmack (a repository of sIFR fonts)
* praegnanz.de - Free Professional Fonts
* Identifont - Identify a font (german)
* Minifonts.com
* Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts
* Pixelfonts: Style-Force Semplice Pixelfonts
* Search Free Fonts
* Serif or Sans?
* SimplyTheBest: Fonts
* Truly Free Stock
* WhatTheFont?!
// typography
* Favorite Fonts of 2004
* Five simple steps to better typography
* The Next Big Thing in Online Type
* The non-typographer's guide to practical typeface selection
* Thinking With Type
* Typolinks
* Typography Resources
// CMS
* CMSwire.com
* CMS: opensourceCMS.com
* CMS Matrix
// blogging
* blo.gs
* BlogBuddy
* Blogdex
* Bloghop
* Blogger.com
* Blogger.com Templates :: A template for my blog
* Bloglet
* BlogRolling
* Blogshares
* Blog Tips - ProBlogger: Helping Bloggers Earn Money
* Blogwise
* CorporateBlogging.Info
* DayPop - The hot topics in the weblogging community
* Quick Online Tips: Free Essential Tools for Blogger
* Google Adsense Optimizer
* Google AdSense Stop Words
* Google Adsenselogger, Open Source PHP Adsense Tracker
* Google AdSense Optimization Webinar
* Movable Type Style Generator
* MT Plugin Directory
* Myelin: Blogging EcoSystem
* Pheedo
* pMachine How-to
* Ping-O-Matic!
* Popdex
* Technorati - Blog & Internet Search
* Textpattern and Textpattern Resources
* Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?
* Weblogs Compendium
// creativity
* [ uncontrol ]
* Be Creative!
* BIT-101 Lab
* Creativity techniques and creative tools for problem solving
* Design Directory | made by designers for designers
* Design Snack
* Designologue
* Dislexicon v0.3
* e-CREATIVE AWARDS
* gapingvoid: how to be creative (latest version)
* glenmurphy.com
* How to pitch an idea
* OneLook Reverse Dictionary
* Portfolio Exhibition (The Best of Portfolio Design)
* Processing
* Robert Penner's Experiments
* screenspire.com | full( )screen inspiration
* Sodaplay constructor
* Speak Up > Word it
* The Designer's Lunchbox
* The definitive collection of idea generation methods
* The Exploration of Computation
* wellvetted.com - inspirational gathering
* Words List - Extelligence
// css galleries & showcases
* A.Budd :: Well Designed CSS Sites
* CSS Beauty
* CSS Design (ru)
* CSS Design (swe)
* CSS Drive
* CSS Reboot
* CSS Vault
* CSS Zen Garden
* doblepixel
* Pajatti.net (ch)
* Styleboost
* unmatchedstyle
* Web Standards Awards
* CSS Import
* CSS Table Gallery
* CSS Tableless Web Sites
* css thesis: sites, that's all
* css Zen Garden
* Open Source Web design (oswd)
* W3 Compliant Sites
* wow factor
// color tools
* Defence Mechanism > Color Toy
* Color converter (RGB/CMYK/HSV)
* Color Palette Creator v1.6
* Color Palette Generator [1]
* Color Palette Generator [2]
* 100 Random Colors - Need a Color?
* 4096 Color Wheel
* Chromatic Wheel
* Color Blender
* ColorLab
* Colormix
* Color Mixers
* Color Scheme 1, Color Scheme 2
* Color Schemer Online v.2
* Color Shades: Colors and Lighter Hexadecimal Codes and Swatches
* Color synthAxis
* ColorWhore
* ColorWrite 1.1
* Colour Contrast Analyser
* Colour exploration tools
* ColourMod :: DHTML Color Picker/Selector
* Colour Scheme Chooser
* Easy RGB
* Eye Dropper Color Mixer
* Infohound Color Schemer
* Kolur.com Color Inspiration
* Online image photo editor
* RedAlt v1.0
* Sessions.edu Color Calculator
* Triadic Color Harmony
* Triplecode Munsell Palette
* Unsafe Colormatch
* Web Color Theory
* Web Color Visualizer
// color schemes, palettes
* CSS Color Chart
* color combinations
* ColorCombos
* ColorMatch 5K
* COLOURlovers
* Colr.org
* Return of Design - Web Color Schemes
// color patterns
* Kaliber10000 | Patterns
* Squidfingers | Patterns
* Pattern-Bomb
* The Inspiration Gallery
* Color Patterns @ Bluevertigo
// fashion: colors selection
* Behr | Color Smart
* Benjamin Moore: Personal Color Viewer
* Dulux paint colour range & advice about choosing paint colours
* Color palettes and color schemes at Sherwin-Williams
* Pantone's top ten fashion colors for fall 2005
* PANTONE Universe - Fashion ColorView
// color theory
* 16 Lessons in Color Theory
* An Introduction to Using Patterns
* Color, Contrast & Dimension in News Design
* Color Theory: A brief tutorial
* Colour Theory
* Color Theory Articles
* Color Theory Overview & Tutorial: Color, Creativity, Code
* Colour Harmony: Secrets of Web Color Revealed
* Colour Symbolism
* Design Psychology
// royalty free photos
* AboutPixel.de
* PhotoCase.de
* 9x13.de
* DesignPacks.com
* Patterns: pattern4u
* PictureQuest
* Pixel Perfect Digital
* Pixsy - photos and videos from blogs and social networks
* StockVault
* stock.xchng
* License-free images: a forum thread
* Royalty Free Images Search Engine
* Royalty free images @ Blue Vertigo
* WallpaperStock
* Where To Find Great Free Photographs
// css daily reading
* 456bereastreet.com
* Asterisk*: Where web design lives
* A List Apart
* BlueRobot
* BrainJar.coms
* design.Principles
* meyerweb.com: css / edge
* htmldog
* Mandarin Design
* mezzoblue
* PositionIsEverything.net
* StopDesign
* Stylegala - design | css | standards
* Zeldman Jeffrey
// css in German
* webdev:webdesign [pf-wiki]
* CSS - ein Tutorial
* bs-Markup
* cssHilfe
* Intensivstation
* css4you
* Andreas Kalt
* Manuel Bieh
* Carsten Protsch
* DesignerInAction
* einfachfüralle
* Seybold Jand-Andresen
* Meiert.com
* hessendrescher.de
* Vorsprung durch Standards
* Jendryschik.de
* Bjoernsworld.de
* mediaevent
* stichpunkt.de
* Vladimir Simovic
* css.fractatulum.net
* uckan.info
// web design daily reading
* A List Apart: Web magazine for people who make websites
* Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design
* Brain Bliss
* DesignInFlight
* Digital Web Magazine
* Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design
* Layers Magazine
* Poynter Online - Design / Graphics
* Web Developer's Journal
* Webmascon - Russian "A List Apart"
* [kak) (ru) - a journal about graphic design
// css layouts
* 195 Manually selected Style Sheet Resources
* An Overview of Current CSS Layout Techniques
* CSS Page Layout Templates
* Ruthsarian Layouts
* Bluerobot Layout Reservoir
* Glish CSS Layout techniques
* Layout-o-matic
* Little Boxes
* Nemesis Project: CSS table-less design templates
* Three Column Layouts @ css-discuss
* Web Builders’ Toolkit
* XHTML/CSS - 3 column layouts - Netscape 4 compatible
// css navigation menus
* ALA // Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style
* ALA // Sliding Doors
* ALA // Taming Lists
* Alsacreations, menus galleries in CSS and XHTML
* aPlus:: ADxMenu
* BrainJar
* Bulletproof Slants
* cssbasednavigation
* CSSVault
* CSS Tab Designer
* Deluxe CSS Dropdowns and Flyouts
* Free Menu Designs V 1.1*
* Hybrid CSS Dropdowns
* Intelligent Menus
* Inverted Sliding Doors Tabs
* Javascript Menus. DeLuxe Menus
* List-o-Matic
* Listamatic 1, Listamatic 2
* Navigation Matrix Reloaded
* Simplebits: Mini-Tab Shapes 2
* SilverOrange CSS Tabs
* Simplebits Navigation Tabs: Simplified CSS Tabs, Mini-Tab Shapes, CSS Mini Tabs (the UN-tab, tab), Accessible Image-Tab Rollovers
* Suckerfish Dropdowns
* The CSS Playground
* Veerle's 2 level horizontal navigation
* wg:CSS Tabs
* wg:Inline Mini Tabs
// css techniques
* Adam's Radio & Checkbox Customisation Method
* Airtight Corners
* Annotating images with CSS
* Bullet-Proof Rounded Corners
* Comments: Behind the Scenes
* Content with Style: A CSS Framework
* Constants in CSS - several ways how to simulate
* Create compatible HTML email
* Creating a Pullquote with Javascript and CSS
* CSS: 2-col tableless layout
* CSS Destroy: CSS Experiments
* CSS Diagrams
* CSS Drop Shadows
* CSS element hover effect
* CSS footerStick
* CSS Hacks @ Stylegala
* CSS Iframe Mimics
* CSS Image Maps
* CSS Image Pop UP Technique
* CSS image replacement for submit buttons
* CSS Image Text Wrap Tutorial
* CSS-Only Forms That Don't Suck
* CSS-Only Table-less Forms
* CSS Page Layouts: Samples
* cssQuery()
* cssQuery Version 2
* CSS Remote Rollover Demo
* CSS Scale Image Html Tutorial
* CSS submit buttons
* CSS Switching
* CSS sliding photo-gallery
* CSS Teaser Box
* CSS tests @ Brunildo.org
* CSS: the white-space property
* CSS Tables
* CSS Visited Links: Ticked-off visited links Reloaded
* CSS Zoom layout
* Creating a Star Rater using CSS
* Customized borders and corners in flexible layouts
* Deluxe CSS Dropdowns and Flyouts
* Dynamic Text Replacement // ALA
* Eric's Universal Child Selector
* footerStickAlt: A more robust method of positioning a footer
* Format Footnotes with Javascript & CSS
* Footnotes revisited: CSS Sidenotes
* Forms with CSS: trimming form fields
* Free Form for All - The Subtraction Good Form 0.1
* Image (Replacement) Maps
* Making a CSS-based layout start to finish
* Language specific styling: quotation marks
* Malarkey Image Replacement
* NiceForms
* Quirks mode and strict mode
* Revised image replacement
* Scalable Inline (siir)
* Scalable Inman Flash Replacement (sIFR)
* Sortable Table Demos (WebFX)
* Sort Table / Javascript, DHTML, CSS
* Styled Checkboxes
* The CSS and XHTML Lab
* The CSS Cheat Sheet
* The Fade Anything Technique
* The Form Assembly Garden
* The ThrashBox - Rounded Corner for All
* Thierry Image Placement
* Unordered List Rollover Gallery
* Using Background-Image to Replace Text
* yDSF - Robust CSS Drop Shadows
* Zebra Tables
* Zebra: Alter Table Row Background Colors Using JavaScript
// css-web-tools & services
* CSS Centricle
* CssCreator -> Page Layout
* CSS Formatter and Optimiser
* CSS Multi-element Rollover Generator
* CSS Optimizer
* CSS Rounded Box Generator
* CSS Syntax Checker for BBEdit and TextWrangler
* Iconico CSS Scrollbar Generator
* korhoen typeviewer
* List-u-Like
* Nifty Corners: rounded corners without images
* Online CSS Compressor
* Round Corner Stone/Icon
* SelectOracle
* Xylescope
* W3C Core Styles
* W3C CSS Validator
// html-web-tools & services
* HTML Character Entities
* Special Characters in HTML
* A Simple Character Entity Chart
* Doctor HTML v6
* HTML Help: CSS, HTML Checks
* HTML Tidy
* WDG HTML Validator
* W3C HTML Validator
// accessibility checkers
* Accessible Data Tables
* Accessibility Valet Demonstrator
* Bobby Online Service
* OCAWA Web Accessibility Expert
* UI Site check
* WAVE 3.5 Accessibility Tool
* Web-based Site Usability Checker
* WebXACT Quality & Accessibility Check
// miscellaneous tools
* Acrobot Abbreviation and Acronym Generator
* 10 Tips That Every PHP Newbie Should Know
* 10 Tips That Every PHP Newbie Should Know [ Part 2 ]
* 9 Javascript(s) you better not miss!
* 300 Images From 1800 Sites (arrows, posts, comments, bullets, print etc.)
* 9 useful tools for web design
* Advanced Email Link Generator
* Approximate Conversion from Points to Pixels
* 80x15 Brilliant Button Maker
* 80x15 Button Maker and Generator - Blog Flux
* 80x15 Buttons Gallery
* Browsercam - Check how your web-site looks in different browsers
* BrowserShots
* Bullet Madness
* Drunkey Love Icons
* E-mail: E-Mail Icon Generator
* E-mail: Online Email Protector
* E-Mail: Mask Email Image Generator
* EffectsPack - Prototype/Effects based javascript effects
* FaganFinder URLInfo
* famfamfam.com: Icons
* FavIcon Generator [1]
* FavIcon Generator [2]
* Favourite Favicons
* Favourite Javascripts for Designers
* Flickr Badge Maker
* htaccess code generator - disable hotlinking
* iCapture - see through the eyes of a Mac browser
* ieCapture v. 0.0.4 alpha
* Image Embellisher
* JavaScript Toolbox - Reusable Libraries And Objects
* Link checker
* Load time check
* Online Image Splitter
* Polaroid-o-nizer
* Screen size simulator
* Semantics extractor
* SimpleViewer v1.7
* slayeroffice tools
* Sparkline Generator Web Application
* Textarea tools
* The Amazing Rolloverer
* The Box Office 0.3
* Toys - dhtml and javascript libraries, demos and applications
* Web Developer Extension for Mozilla and Firefox
* Web Page Analyzer
* Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer
// ajax applications
* AjaxAC - Open-source PHP framework for creating AJAX / JavaScript applications
* Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
* AJAX - Devmo
* AjaxPatterns.Org
* ajax instant messanger
* Ajax Mistakes
* Ajax Multiple Text Applicator 0.1
* Ajax on Rails
* Ajax Resources: There and Back Again
* Ajax Toolbox
* AJAX: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting [JavaScript & DHTML Tutorials]
* Ajax Working Examples & XMLHttpRequest
* Behaviour is the missing link for your ajax apps
* Dynamic Ajax Tables
* How to Develop Web Applications with Ajax
* Prototype JavaScript Framework
* Rico - Demos: Javascript + Ajax for Rich Internet Applications
* Sajax: Simple Ajax Toolkit
* Top 10 Ajax Applications
* What is Ajax?
// DOM
* Accessible DOM DropDown Menu
* DOM Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style @ nickrigby.com
* DOM-Scripted Lists, Revisited
* DOM: Dockable Comments: Intelligent DOM Scripting
* DOM: Dom-Drag-Crop
* DOM: Mouseover DOM Inspector
* DOMSlides
* Dynamic thumbnails and preview images with DOM, CSS and PHP
* FreeStyle Menus - TwinHelix
* Gecko DOM Reference
// fonts
* 100 Seriously Free Fonts
* Desert Island Fonts: Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Final Round
* Essential Fonts For Designers | 300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have
* fontleech
* Font Browser
* Font guide for webmasters
* Font Type Navigator
* Fontsmack (a repository of sIFR fonts)
* praegnanz.de - Free Professional Fonts
* Identifont - Identify a font (german)
* Minifonts.com
* Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer's Fonts
* Pixelfonts: Style-Force Semplice Pixelfonts
* Search Free Fonts
* Serif or Sans?
* SimplyTheBest: Fonts
* Truly Free Stock
* WhatTheFont?!
// typography
* Favorite Fonts of 2004
* Five simple steps to better typography
* The Next Big Thing in Online Type
* The non-typographer's guide to practical typeface selection
* Thinking With Type
* Typolinks
* Typography Resources
// CMS
* CMSwire.com
* CMS: opensourceCMS.com
* CMS Matrix
// blogging
* blo.gs
* BlogBuddy
* Blogdex
* Bloghop
* Blogger.com
* Blogger.com Templates :: A template for my blog
* Bloglet
* BlogRolling
* Blogshares
* Blog Tips - ProBlogger: Helping Bloggers Earn Money
* Blogwise
* CorporateBlogging.Info
* DayPop - The hot topics in the weblogging community
* Quick Online Tips: Free Essential Tools for Blogger
* Google Adsense Optimizer
* Google AdSense Stop Words
* Google Adsenselogger, Open Source PHP Adsense Tracker
* Google AdSense Optimization Webinar
* Movable Type Style Generator
* MT Plugin Directory
* Myelin: Blogging EcoSystem
* Pheedo
* pMachine How-to
* Ping-O-Matic!
* Popdex
* Technorati - Blog & Internet Search
* Textpattern and Textpattern Resources
* Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?
* Weblogs Compendium
Save my Ass
This is a lifesaver!
Gentlemen, Welcome to SaveMyAss.
SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that keeps your girlfriend or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf, on a regular but semi-random basis.
Gentlemen, Welcome to SaveMyAss.
SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that keeps your girlfriend or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf, on a regular but semi-random basis.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
NetworthIQ� - How do you measure up?� Personal Finance Net Worth Sharing
Wonder why they don't have bottom 5 by net worth?
Monday, September 19, 2005
Alexa Web Search - Movers and Shakers
Great site to find out what's popular - check out the Million Dollar Homepage if it's still on there!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Big phish in Shallow Pond
Yay! I won the lottery!!!! I vow to put the entire $2 million dollars into an automated telemarketing system which will call every man, woman, and child in Algeria and ask them to send $2000 to release their long lost uncle from phishing prison.
From: Mrs Tumi Molatedi
Lotto Manager
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
31, Broxton Court Carlton
East Gate
Batch No. (13/26/DC36.)
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:
We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award
International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your E-mail address
attached to ticket number: 97560 Reference Number :( B9665 75604546 199)
drew the winning numbers: (60/84/27/17/36), which subsequently on you the
lottery award in the 2nd category.
Your name have therefore been approved to claim a
Total sum of US$(2,000.000) (Two million United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file (KPC/9030108308/03).This is from a total cash prize of US
$(200,000,000.00) Million dollars, shared among the first 200 Hundred lucky
winners in this category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your US ($2,000.000) (Two Million United States Dollars)
would be released to you by our bank Manager immediately he commences the
process.
To facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Also
your claim included with free flight Ticket and one month hotel reservation
in one of the Five star hotel.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies and
individual emails address. The lottery program took place to promote South
Africa 2010 world cup award.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our clearance
Payment officer immediately, his contact information is
Name: Mr. Mike Lucas
Direct Line: (27-83-871-4486)
E-mail: lottoclaim_office2010@yahoo.co.uk or lottoclaimsoffice2005@pnetmail.co.za
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 31
September 2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference batch numbers in all correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs
President Nelson Mandela (chairman.)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.
N.B/Call our clearance payment officer for your claim, do
not miss this opportunity.
Thank you for your co-operation
MRS TUMI MOLATEDI
(Zonal Co-coordinator.)
From: Mrs Tumi Molatedi
Lotto Manager
South African 2010 World cup Bid lottery Award
31, Broxton Court Carlton
East Gate
Batch No. (13/26/DC36.)
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR WINNING:
We happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 World cup Bid
lottery Award
International programs held in Zurich, Switzerland. Your E-mail address
attached to ticket number: 97560 Reference Number :( B9665 75604546 199)
drew the winning numbers: (60/84/27/17/36), which subsequently on you the
lottery award in the 2nd category.
Your name have therefore been approved to claim a
Total sum of US$(2,000.000) (Two million United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file (KPC/9030108308/03).This is from a total cash prize of US
$(200,000,000.00) Million dollars, shared among the first 200 Hundred lucky
winners in this category world-wide.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery booklet
representative office in South Africa as indicate in the play coupon. In view of this, your US ($2,000.000) (Two Million United States Dollars)
would be released to you by our bank Manager immediately he commences the
process.
To facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. Also
your claim included with free flight Ticket and one month hotel reservation
in one of the Five star hotel.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies and
individual emails address. The lottery program took place to promote South
Africa 2010 world cup award.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
To file for your claim, please contact our clearance
Payment officer immediately, his contact information is
Name: Mr. Mike Lucas
Direct Line: (27-83-871-4486)
E-mail: lottoclaim_office2010@yahoo.co.uk or lottoclaimsoffice2005@pnetmail.co.za
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 31
September 2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your reference batch numbers in all correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs
President Nelson Mandela (chairman.)
Molefi OLIPHANT (President)
Chief Operations Officer
Albert MOKOENA
Chief Executive Officer
Danny JORDAAN.
N.B/Call our clearance payment officer for your claim, do
not miss this opportunity.
Thank you for your co-operation
MRS TUMI MOLATEDI
(Zonal Co-coordinator.)
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Saturday, September 03, 2005
newsmap
Just watched the Kayne West, Geraldo, and Bush photo-op videos over at Crooks and Liars.. this is like Farenheit 9/11 all over again, Katrina 9/03.
The best way to grasp the extent of this is to see the News Treemap.... They're not giving us what we need is taking up half the page.
It seems as though the government is actually trying their best not to help anyone down there... Bush's appearance caused a no-fly zone stopping rescue aircraft, they are performing controlled floods of dry areas of New Orlean's... locking people up in the convention centre with Geraldo... a convention centre that they apparently didn't even know about until Thursday. Heck, if Geraldo's there it must not exist....
Williams only left his apartment after the authorities took the decision to flood his district in an apparent attempt to sluice out some of the water that had submerged a neighbouring district. Like hundreds of others he had heard the news of the decision to flood his district on the radio. The authorities had given people in the district until 5pm on Tuesday to get out - after that they would open the floodgates.
Good luck to everyone trying to, as Kayne West says find stuff....
You would think that on day five of the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, and possibly the world, we would not still be waiting for troops and buses,' Nagin said on Thursday.
It would have taken around 2 1/2 days to get there from Canada, had Bush accepted our offer of help, and anyone was actually allowed in or out of the area. Cuba is closer though...
The best way to grasp the extent of this is to see the News Treemap.... They're not giving us what we need is taking up half the page.
It seems as though the government is actually trying their best not to help anyone down there... Bush's appearance caused a no-fly zone stopping rescue aircraft, they are performing controlled floods of dry areas of New Orlean's... locking people up in the convention centre with Geraldo... a convention centre that they apparently didn't even know about until Thursday. Heck, if Geraldo's there it must not exist....
Williams only left his apartment after the authorities took the decision to flood his district in an apparent attempt to sluice out some of the water that had submerged a neighbouring district. Like hundreds of others he had heard the news of the decision to flood his district on the radio. The authorities had given people in the district until 5pm on Tuesday to get out - after that they would open the floodgates.
Good luck to everyone trying to, as Kayne West says find stuff....
You would think that on day five of the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States, and possibly the world, we would not still be waiting for troops and buses,' Nagin said on Thursday.
It would have taken around 2 1/2 days to get there from Canada, had Bush accepted our offer of help, and anyone was actually allowed in or out of the area. Cuba is closer though...
Friday, September 02, 2005
Thursday, September 01, 2005
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