Archive | September, 2009

Over 1,000 Free Web Site Designer Icons

I have collected my fair share of web site designer icons over the years.  Since they are free to use, they are good to keep handy, cause you never know when they might be needed to add a little extra something to your own online designs.  Here is my own collection of free icons (over 1,000 of them) they I have found over the years.

Free Vaga Icons – this set of 60 semi-transparent .png icons are all 16×16 in size are are ready to be download and used for free!

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A New Nightmare on Elm Street Trailer

Well, I just checked out the trailer for the new A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, and I already hate it.  Showing once again that Hollywood has no original ideas anymore, they are taking this classic horror film and making it more, “modern”.  Here it is, if you haven’t seen it yet.

That might not be bad if it wasn’t A Nightmare on Elm Street, but for such an epic movie series that was a huge part of my childhood, I am disappointed.  What is my biggest complaint?

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Quicker Window Resizing in Firefox

Help with Resizing Firefox

You might need to resize your browser window for a number of different reasons. 

Maybe you need to check to see what your web site looks like at a smaller resolution?  Maybe you want to take a quick screenshot?  Now, of course you can resize the browser by dragging the edges around till you get the perfect fit, but that is often tedious and if you are a perfectionist like myself, you have a hard time getting the browser back to the perfect shape and size it was before, until now.

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New Layout for Mitchelaneous (Give Me Your Feedback!)

New Mitchelaneous Layout!

What have I been hard at work at this weekend?  A brand new layout for Mitchelaneous, my blog for tech tips, web development and geeky entertainment.  Based on the Press Box theme, I think this new layout is easier to navigate and read, but just as feature rich and useful as the old look was. 

Go check it out at Mitchelaneous.com and let me know what you think!

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Wallpaper That Will Keep You Busy for Hours – Part 2!

EcosystemII Wallpaper

I already shared with you one wallpaper selection that would keep you busy for hours, and now I have a second one that will do the same.  Simply named EcosystemII, this wallpaper selection from Deviant art will keep you staring at your desktop for hours upon hours. 

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Great Web Development Bookmarklets

Bookmarklets for Web Developers

Searching the Web for a few great bookmarklets to make your web site coding a little easier?  I have found a great collection of them over at Squarfree.com.  You can drag and drop any of these bookmarlets to your saved bookmarks to use later. 

  • test styles – Type in CSS rules to experiment or to create a temporary user style sheet.
  • edit styles – Experiment with changes to the page’s style sheet.
  • ancestors - Lists the ancestors of any element you hover over in the status bar.
  • computed styles – Lists the computed styles of an element and of its ancestors.
  • zap style sheets – Disables all style sheets.

Most of these bookmarks work for Firefox only, but a few will work with Internet Explorer and Opera too.  Go chec out the Web Development Bookmarklets page at Squarefree.com to check out the 18 other tools they have for you to use.

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Wallpaper That Will Keep You Busy for Hours

Alright, I know I have been featuring a lot of wallpaper highlights, however – it has been a ‘bit busy around here at the Mitchelaneous labs, and not a lot of free time.  However, I know I won’t disappoint you with this selection…

Ecosystem Widescreen Wallpaper

Ecosystem is truly amazing.  I could probably spend hours checking i out like a Where’s Waldo book, trying to take in everything that is going on.

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Create Free Banners, Buttons and Logos

Create Web 2.0 Logos

With KingStyles.com, you can quickly create the Web 2.0-ish banners and images you have been looking for.  The mix of different styles, attractive shapes, and cool fonts make for a very quick and simple way to get some basic graphics created in a hurry.  All you do is select your dimensions for the image, design it and then download. 

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World Turned Upside Down Wallpaper

This week’s wallpaper selection once again comes from the wonderful VladStudio web site.  Ever wondered what the world would look like if the map was turned on it’s head?  This is what you get with the World Map – Upside down wallpaper.

World Turned Upside Down Wallpaper

It is a very simple idea, but also very creative.  Great work done yet again by the amazing web site, VladStudio.com.

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Free Google Analytics Training from Google

Free Google Analytics Training from Google

Want to learn how to use Google Analytics better?

While checking out what it takes to become an authorized Google Analytics consultant, I stumbled across a series of videos online that anybody can use to get to know their own Google Analytics account a little better. 

I am still debating if I will or if I will not take the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (IQ) test, however it is good to know these tutorials are here for people in the world who just want to become a more knowledgeable Google Analytics user.

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