7 Excellent (And Fun) Ways To Create Avatars That Represent You
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7 Excellent (And Fun) Ways To Create Avatars That Represent You

People have been using avatars for as long as I can remember. Be it any web forum or a social networking website it has always been fun creating Avatars that looks like you and represent yourself. One of the most widely used Avatars were the South Park characters which people used all over the internet by making them look like yourself. For those who are looking to create an Avatar for themselves let's look at 7 fun and cool ways of creating avatars that represent you and your ideas.

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All About Grunge: 60 Useful Examples, Tutorials and Free Resources

Grunge style and look is getting quite popular these days and it doesn't look as if it is going to be disappeared soon. A grunge style stands apart from other design styles and mostly holds a worn or stained look that also can appear worn out, old or out of form.Here, we are sharing a collection of some cool and appealing grunge style designs, textures, fonts and grunge related tutorials. You can use the style in a very subtle way to make your design look stylish and versatile. Let's have a closer look at some grungy designs in use! Enjoy!

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40 Amazing Tools To Enhance Your Flickr Experience

Flickr is a platform that lets you upload and share your photos with the world including your friends, colleagues, relatives, fans and etc. People cannot only rate the shared photos but can also leave their comments on the photos they like. This is not only boosts the self confidence of the photographer who shared his collection but also gives him a sense of appreciation.Flickr has become a popular platform not only for the professional photographers and designers but also for the home users. Here, we are sharing 40 useful tools that let you explore your favorite photo sharing platform in a better way. These tools are based on Flicker API and are meant to improve the users’ Flickr journey.

Avactis Ecommerce PHP Shopping Cart Giveaway
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Avactis Ecommerce PHP Shopping Cart Giveaway

Avactis is running a contest, where 5 winners will get the Ecommerce PHP Shopping Cart Software. Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.Avactis Shopping Cart is a software package that allows you to open an online store on the Internet. Compared to other similar software, Avactis offers a unique advantage of very simple integration of the online store into your existing site. This is primary geared towards individuals with limited programming skills who wants an easy way to launch an e-commerce store without having to deal complex configuration and routine maintenance.

50 (Really FRESH) High Quality And Free Icon Sets
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50 (Really FRESH) High Quality And Free Icon Sets

Every designer knows how valuable an icon set can be in the time of need. This is the reason why keeping a good collection of beautiful and high-quality icon sets is on the wish-list of many designers. Freebie icon designs is a must have in every designer’s tool kit. Keeping this in mind, we have prepared this assortment of some high-quality icon sets.

Free Premium Download: WonderFox DVD Ripper
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Free Premium Download: WonderFox DVD Ripper

We have got a great honor to give an exclusive chance to download and enjoy WonderFox DVD Ripper for free to SmashingApps.com visitors. It’s a paid product, but now is being given away from June 1 to June 7, 2011. During this period, You can get this full licensed software for free without any functional limitations without doing anything. Yes, you just need to download it!WonderFox DVD Ripper is the powerful and professional ripper software. It is the good solution which is also easy to use for ripping content of DVDs to a wide range of mainstream video formats such as AVI, MPEG, MP4, MOV, FLV, WMV, 3GP etc. The WonderFox DVD ripping software is also a powerful DVD converter which supports to convert DVDs to the popular portable devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod, Nokia N8, BlackBerry PlayBook, Motorola Xoom…

How The Internet Is Killing Our Planet (Infographic)
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How The Internet Is Killing Our Planet (Infographic)

It's not that easy to believe and understand that we are killing our planet's environment every time we use internet for any task. Yes, you read it right, while majority of the global names are trying to incorporate eco-friendly green environment but at the same time with the usage of internet for any of our tasks we are probably destroying all those efforts. You will be amazed to know that every month Google produces 260,000 kg CO2 to process user searches that is enough to power a freezer for 5,400 years. This is one of the million examples. In this post, you can find below is a well designed and easy to understand example of infographic that show the how internet is killing our planet.

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34 Fresh And Stunning Fonts That Can Enhance Your Designs

Effectively usage of fonts in a web design not only makes it visually alluring but also conveys the message to the right targeted audience in a right tone. Basically typography is the art of arranging or modifying type glyphs. The filed of typography is continually evolving and now typography has become a key component of any web design. The proper selection of typography can make or break the complete design.

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Web Hosting Accounts With Unlimited Resources Giveaway From Zyma

Zyma.com is running a contest, where 15 winners will get the web hosting accounts with unlimited web space. Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.Zyma.com is one of the fastest growing web hosting companies in the UK. Their industry leading web hosting package offers the most attractive and comprehensive features for one the best prices on the internet. With their low cost web hosting package, You can host your website on superfast hi-speed servers, supporting over 70+ scripts and technologies.

Best Collaborative Sites For Quick Code Sharing
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Ten Best Collaborative Sites For Quick Code Sharing

There are many apps that can make developer and designer lives easier, but getting by good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing Ten Best Collaborative Sites For Quick Code Sharing. Read each entry in the list and see which one suits your needs best.

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50 Fresh and Free WordPress 3 Series Compatible Themes

Being the most preferred Content Management System (CMS), WordPress is used by millions of users all over the world. It empowers bloggers and webmasters to effectively build blogs, websites and powerful online applications.Since many people are using WordPress because of its ease of use and extensibility but sometime one or more WordPress websites look similar. This is the point where WordPress themes come in. Selecting a distinctive WordPress theme sets your website apart from others.