Adobe Open Source
Adobe has one of the strongest open source libraries of any of the top publicly traded software companies. You can get Flex, Blaze Data Services, the Tamarin Javascript compiler, the Cairngorm Flex framework and more.
Save up to $200 on eligible upgrades to CS4
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Wood textures
I recently needed to find wood textures for a project I was working on. Here’s a great set of 60 free ones.
Free cheat sheats for web designers for Photoshop & Dreamweaver
These cheat sheets for web designers are well constructed and very useful.
Great Illustrator tutorials
Here are 30 tutorials that teach Adobe Illustrator.
Beauty Retouching in Photoshop
This article on retouching skin, hair, makeup and more is interesting and educational for anyone using Photoshop for fashion photography.
Jing project by TechSmith
The free Jing Project software by TechSmith, the makers of Camtasia, allows you to capture and share screencasts and images easily on both Macintosh and Windows. It’s not as fancy as Camtasia or Captivate, but for quick and easy capturing from anywhere, it’s great, and it is currently free.
Stupid Crook of the Month
This Stupid Crook of the Month video is hilarious.
Help Open Source Flex SDK win the SourceForge Community Choice aware
Why not help the free Flex SDK win the 2008 SourceForge.net Community Choice Award for Best Tool or Utility for Developers? You need to setup a SourceForge account but you can easily do so using OpenID.
The Buffalo Theory on Beer
The Buffalo Theory One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. and here's how he explained it: "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."