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Everyone needs an occasional photo for use in blogs, PowerPoint presentation, etc. This site lists 10 places you can find high quality, free photos.
If you’re not a camera buff or you simply wish to use other people’s images in your blog, then you might want to look in to free stock photography sites and services.
Read more: Top 10 Places to Find Free Images For Your Blogs
Using Google Maps? Google Maps Mania is a blog that tracks the latest in resources for those interested in using or developing Google Maps 'mashups.'
Google Maps Mania is a blog which tracks these new and interesting Google Maps that are being created by people across the web. There is an extensive categorized list of these maps along the right-hand column. Explore what amazing things are happening in this new online trend by checking back with us often!
Read more: Google Maps Mania
dafont.com has free fonts you can download fonts to use in your documents, create titles or logos. Best of all, they have a font preview feature so you can type in a word or phrase and see the text previewed before you bother to download the font. Very nice.
iNFOSYSSEC hosts the most complete collection of web-based network information tools I've seen in one place. It's free, and indespensible to any technophile needing to do some network diagnostics, or anyone wanting to quickly research domain names.
Check it out at http://www.infosyssec.com/infosyssec/ipsectools.htm
Tired of going to dictionary.com to look up a word's definition? You can do it in Google. You can even define phrases.
Simply type define: plus the phrase:
define:apoplectic
or
define:"coat of arms"
MySQL 5 is pegged to ship in November. This landmark release will include triggers, views, and stored procedures.
Oracle will be facing some competition from MySQL within Enterprises who need simply a 'just good enough' solution. I imagine Microsoft shops will still prefer SQL Server though.
Read more on this in an article at InfoWorld
Google's new RSS Reader (still in beta) looks slick and uses Google's trademark slick but minimalist AJAX technology to offer a distinct way to read RSS/Atom syndicated content.
One missing feature -- most other RSS readers show you how many unread articles there are while Gmail's Reader does not. I'm sure this an other things will improve as the beta progresses.
Here's what LifeHacker had to say about it:
I've only spent a little time playing with it, but it seems to be pretty cool. One thing that's nice is that it has a really nice search feature that pulls the RSS or ATOM feed in a transparent manner. The interface is plain, but functional, and it puts the focus on the content. It doesn't seem to pull images very well though.
It'll be interesting to see how this shapes up. It is only a beta, but it could be just the thing to make RSS and feeds something that everyone can understand.
Sign up for the beta Reader.
With this software package called ARSC (Really Simple Chat) you can add chat features to your Web site. Runs on PHP and MySQL, relatively easy to set up -- what's not to like?
Once installed on your webserver, ARSC provides a chat interface to the visitors of your site. Your visitors need no special plugins or additional software to chat, only their webbrowser.
Read more: ARSC Really Simple Chat
A Favicon is that little icon that shows up in the address bar of your Web browser. Most good Web sites have them. While they’re fairly easy to create (all you need is a 16x16 graphic) they’ve just got a bit easier.
Favicon from Pics is a Web site where you can upload your own image and it’ll turn it into a favicon for you. You’re best starting with an image that is close to to 16x16 as you can get, but it does a pretty good job on things are aren’t huge.
Simply select a picture, logo or other graphic (of any size/resolution) for the "Source Image" and click "Generate FavIcon.ico"
On a related note -- you can add custom favicons to your FireFox toolbar to spiff up your 'Favorites' links using this FireFox plugin. (Note: Use the 0.2.5 for FireFox 1.0.x browsers, and the 0.3 beta for FireFox 1.5 beta or above).
