Recent Links: February 20 to February 27

Here are the most recent bookmarks that I have saved to Ma.gnolia.

Vector Magic

Vector Magic - precision bitmap to vector conversion online

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Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

"Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web development, wordpress, plugin

Keywurl

"A small, free plugin for Safari that adds keyword search to the browser’s address bar."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: safari, plugins, os x, utility

Monoprice

Monoprice sells audio and video cables and accessories for a lot less than most stores.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: electronics, home theater, video, audio, accessories, cables, hdmi

Vectips

Illustrator tips, tricks, and tutorials

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, design, illustrator, vector, adobe, tutorial, show sarah

Pro Sharpening in Photoshop CS3 using Smart Filters

"In Photoshop CS3 you have the ability to use Smart Filters. Your layer turns into a Smart Object first and then when you apply filters to it you can modify them over and over, because they are non-destructive."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: design, web design, photoshop, tutorials, filters, touch ups, photos, show sarah

Publishing iCal calendars using cPanels Web Disk feature, a .mac alternative

This write up describes how to publish to a shared host via Web Disk. Hopefully the steps are relatively the same on other hosts.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: ical, calendars, sync, os x, cpanel

How to recreate Silverback’s Parallax

Paul Annett of Clearleft shows you how he put tog ether the cool parallax (a pseudo-3D sense of depth) effect on the Silverback site.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web development, web design, css

Dock Library

Dock Library is an application that takes the headache out of managing styles for your Leopard dock.Download styles from sites such as LeopardDocks.com or LeopardDocks.net. Once downloaded, there's no need to expand or unpack the file, just click "Add Dock" to add it to Dock Library.When you have some styles in your library, you're a simple click away from changing the look of your dock. No hunting through hidden system directories, just select the dock you want and click "Set Dock".

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: os x, leopard, utility, dock

The Best Fortune Cookie Ever

A site dedicated to the best fortune cookie ever.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: food, chinese food, fortune cookie

Configure a New Dell in 38 Easy Steps

Can’t afford that new MacBook Air? In just 38 easy steps you can get yourself setup with a new Dell laptop instead.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, user experience, ux, e-commerce, commerce

Table-Based Layout Is The Next Big Thing

"IE8 will be the last of the major browsers to add support for CSS tables, which will enable designers to use table-based layout techniques without misusing HTML table markup."

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tags: web design, web development, css, layout