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40 Cool Abstract and Background Photoshop Tutorials | Photoshop Tutorial (27)
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Attractive backgrounds to any graphics, banners or ads are relatively important. Getting the correct theme, whether it’s an abstract art, vector, or texture pattern, it somehow makes the entire artwork looks more interesting. Some might not have noticed the great roles background images have played. For instance, forumites uses cool design background before messages in their forum signatures; some product graphic advertisements uses light subtle background to help create focus point; your website and desktop ...Shared by adam (1193) Alan (30) ameo (257) angel (293) Avi (795) Cai Chen (1112) Chad (189) cheflove (285) Dan (5) Htoo Tay Zar (4) ionela (281) Joe (74) Kichigai Mentat (59) Leena (1187) luckymurari (162) Matt Thompson (17) Matteo (45) Moe (12) mr.petruccio (42) najee (433) Nikola (21) Reza (17) Ritu (754) Sergej Sidoruk (9) Sumesh (107) Tommy Inglis (171) w0lfh0und (782)Contribute comment - Berkeley Bank robbed by NINJA!1! (1)
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When Political Cross-Branding Goes Horribly Wrong [Barack Obama] (19)
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There's a good reason why Washington has generally veered away from 80s robot cartoons. And now we know that reason. [brewcityonline]Shared by Aaron (27) Abhishek (8) Adam (39) Alan (30) Alex (102) Arturo (44) Brian Antonelli (28) brokekid (146) Chad (176) Fred Schechter (75) GraveHeart (12) Henry (11) Jay (66) Jimmy (27) Oliver (26) ryan (49) Stacy (46) Trey (45) Walter DeFoor (33)- Chad said: want
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The 2008 political conventions of the United States (PICS) (26)
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Now that both of the national conventions for the major political parties of the United States have wrapped up, here's a look back at the candidates, how they introduced themselves to the nation (and the world), and a few images of their events, their running mates and families. (The order is roughly alternating, chronological) (36 photos total)Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, gives his acceptance speech in Denver, Colorado Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, and U.S. ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (85) Alan (30) ani625 (102) Anna Lynn (5) ariel (7) Atherton (28) Benjamin Thompson (2) Cai Chen (1112) David (23) Dominik (9) Emily (3) Esmail (79) Guy (791) hikikomori (69) Jason Nazar (106) Jeremiah (19) Ju (19) Kim, Yi-chul (15) Krypto (12) Leena (1187) neal (594) Peety (144) rebrse (177) Shey (67) Ubqtous (25) Vox (45)Contribute comment -
Convention Speech Sentence Bars (9)
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These sentence bar diagrams show the topic structure within the speeches delivered by Obama and McCain at their respective conventions. There is a simple bar for each sentence in the order they occurred in the text and coloured by the primary topic for that sentence. The most frequently used topic words are also shown for each region of the text. Government related terminology dominate the beginning of both speeches. Obama then spent almost half of ...Shared by Alan (30) baardoa (30) elroy (14) Javed (150) lizunlong (17) louisgray (165) Nick (75) Ontario Emperor (76) Tomo (20)Contribute comment - NFL Kickoff video site (1)
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MUO Games - Archlord: A Free Jawdropping MMORPG | MakeUseOf.com (14)
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We travel afar to the mythical world of Chantra, the world where the Archlord rules and mystical battles are being fought on a daily basis. Humans, Orcs and Moon Elves rule the land. This is a cruel world, where everyday matters are decided by the steel of swords and the blood masking the grass. Fierce elemental beings walk the earth and mysterious quests are waiting to be solved. There’s one question that lies on everybody’s ...Shared by Alan (30) Andrew (30) baixinho (25) Eric (20) infomaniac (17) J. Abdul-Qahhar (54) JBu92 (68) Jeremiah (19) Joe (74) Juan Carlo Rodríguez (21) Mark (33) Mark (23) Matt (18) Nicki (20)Contribute comment - "PST's highest scoring photoshop entries of august 2008" (16)
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Is my Google Chrome alter ego hot or not? [Superficial] (5)
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The Googlers who built the Chrome browser hired popular cartoonist Scott McCloud to illustrate their white paper on Chrome's technical architecture and design process. But let's be honest: They also bought Scott McCloud versions of themselves all over the Internet. Reader theodp matched up McCloud's illos of the Chrome team to the real photos of them from Wired's inside-access article. Above: software engineer Ben Goodger. The rest: Product manager Brian Rakowski: Engineer Darin Fisher: Open-source ...Contribute comment - Silverlight/WPF: Returning Image Data from a Converter (1)
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America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs (52)
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The creation of safe and legible road signs is an art, but the 10 traffic guideposts below demonstrate not all sign makers are Michelangelo. Whether because of confusing symbols, contradictory instructions or an excess of information, these signs obfuscate more than help the driver. Most of these signs are the creation of local and state governments that seem to lack the time or sophistication to make clear ones. Although these are the 10 most confusing ...Shared by adam (1193) Adam Snider (18) Aislinn (129) akittenone (171) Alan (30) Alex (24) blindsurf3r (8) Bruno Alves (14) Cai Chen (1112) Cassidy (16) Chad (5) Col. Tribune (28) Dan Sheppard (5) Dave Keffler (83) docbaily (39) Dragos Pirvu (715) Elmer Thomas (142) Eric Chen (144) Firethorn (13) Hasan Saleem (109) History of Blogging (192) Ibrahim Cesar (12) Jason (19) jayce (60) Jim (3) Kate (378) Kathy (357) Kevin Federline (329) Klaus (4) Leena (1187) Manuel de la Peña (37) Mari Hsu (9) Matt (5) Matt Hutka (16) Mike Nayyar (220) Mike Perkins (90) Natitude (121) nervioso (77) Nicolas Figueroa (7) Nigel Eccles (147) Norbert (3) Patrick (157) Patrick O'Keefe (18) Robert (15) Ross V (471) Scotty (21) Sham (107) Shane (38) Stephanie Hicks (152) Thom (11) Trevor Wermund (166) Will Hirsbrunner (15)Contribute comment -
Beta Browser Speed Tests: Which Is Fastest? (138)
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Google's new Chrome web browser beta is getting a lot of attention for its slick looks, helpful features, and performance, but how does it rank against the early releases of more established browsers? We've previously put the major browser releases to the speed test, but today we're measuring Chrome against the second beta of Internet Explorer 8, as well as the beta of Firefox 3's next iteration, 3.1. We tested tomorrow's browsers on startup and ...Shared by [Curtis W] (29) Adam Dempsey (13) Adrian (13) afahy (9) Alan (30) Alex (102) alyssa (22) andrew (8) Andrew (6) Andrew Greene (2) anupam (5) Ashish Jaiswal (7) ashwin.nath93 (8) Ben Adderson (8) BillDeys (67) brad (12) BrendoMan (115) Brian Antonelli (28) Brian Junyor (41) Brooke Adcox (9) Bruce (7) Bryant Tan (21) C.K. (137) Cai Chen (1112) Cam (27) Carl Dunn3 (15) Chad Smith (28) Chandoo (9) Chris (38) Chris Reed (11) Christian Santos (72) Chung (111) clementi (19) Creeva (43) Curtis Doty (14) d1g1t (336) Dani McDaniel (93) Darin (7) DC (11) deusdiabolus (96) Digg Boss (641) Dileepa (27) dobata (441) Donna (10) Dr.Eric Fickes (20) Drew (24) dzinrgeek (7) ekaye (13) Elmer Thomas (142) everyone loves a wee sombrero (129) fatihturan (71) Gabriel (7) Gatewayy (17) gnusic (80) Greg Rosen (12) HejGustav (34) Herb G (6) History of Blogging (192) homaid (10) HonestReporting (16) Inetgate Writer (28) J.D. Rucker (514) Jacob Share (122) Jamie McGibbon (87) Jason Gilman (104) Jason Kingery (15) Jay (18) JBu92 (68) Jeff (59) Jeff (43) Jeff Hertlein (11) Joe (35) Jon (7) Jonnie (10) Jordan (411) Jose (17) Kathy (357) keith (77) Kevin Federline (329) kiran (68) Krazy (188) Lee G. (37) Leena (1187) Liam Bresnahan (2) LightMatt (2) Louis Liem (60) louisgray (165) Mani Karthik (125) marchbox (21) Mark Dunne (5) Marten (29) Matias Sulzberger (24) Matt Lopez (120) mattlopez (98) mauricio (13) mavrevMatt (30) maxyRO (535) mejaredme (262) mistaSteve (36) Mookyjooky (20) Morton Fox (76) mr_gadget (153) Neil Vallon (50) Omar Abid (277) Omer (9) Paolo Amoroso (9) Peli (29) Phil (55) Priit^ (66) primary0 (3) Prof (22) Program Witch (21) quicket (7) Richard Rosenstein (5) Rob (9) rOckY (171) Romey (34) Ross V (471) Russell Heimlich (9) Ryan S (45) Sean (9) Sharjeel (34) Shogun (14) shrutes (9) Simone Villas Boas (6) SMC (204) Srinvard (72) Stacy (46) Steven (122) Tal Siach (481) Techboy (17) Tim Visher (52) Trevor Wermund (166) Tyler McIntyre (11) utility73 (9) Valeehill (20) Zak M. (690) 猫影 (14)Contribute comment - Video frame grabbing made easy [How to: Quickly capture multiple video frames with WPF] (2)
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Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari (28)
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Google introduced Chrome in part because it wants faster browsing and the richer Web applications that speed will unlock. So how does Chrome actually stack up? Google's Chrome overpowers the other browsers on the five subtests by which Google measures its browser's JavaScript performance.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET News) Lars Bak, the Google engineer who was the technical leader for Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, said at the launch event Tuesday he's confident Chrome is "many times faster" ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (52) Alan (30) alireza (91) alireza (18) alphakamp (30) Chrigu (12) Deep.ed (79) Edney Souza (69) fseixas (14) Hamed Safa (41) Kathy Brewis (89) kenmat (12) LouCypher (59) louisgray (165) Mani (18) Martin (6) Melkir (16) Michael (28) Mike F (486) Milad (37) ndvsky (16) Nuno (15) robert steburg (49) rOckY (171) rpy (16) Ryan S (45) vcamaral@gmail.com (22) WillinYo (13)- Hamed Safa said: wow
- rpy said: Gone are the days of the browser freezing due to poor JavaScript design! All hail compiled optimised JavaScript bytecode!
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