Marcofolio.net - Marco's online portfolio and digi Marcofolio.net - Marco's online portfolio and digi This is my personal blog for any software related topics. Ill post nice how tos and create tips for everyone to use. Also webdesign and digital art will be posted. All are straight to the point and youll have fun reading it. Come and visit my blog! 
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Top 22 Photoshop tutorials
2007-12-14 19:30:00 After my post about top 22 CSS tutorials (http://www.marcofolio.net/css/top_22_css _tutorials.html), now I give you a collection of my top 22 Photosho p (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/ index.html) Tutorials . You can learn a lot from these tutorials and you can create really nice art. Please take note that these tutorials are not very hard, but not for beginners either. Oh, and don't forget to check out the Ultimate Photoshop Design Resources which can help you a lot when creating nice art in Photoshop. Good luck!
The best StumbleUpon related images
2007-12-12 22:49:00 StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/)... The most addicting and fun social community website at this moment. I made it to the Top Stumblers on 12/2 (http://stumbleupon.wikia.com/wiki/Stumbl eUpon_Wiki:Top_stumblers) and I don't know if I should be proud of it, or not. Here's a list of a couple of the funniest SU related images that I collected during the stumbling. Most are "well-known" by die-hard stumblers, but I think they're still pretty funny to see, enjoy. More About: Images , Related , Stumbleupon , Ages
10 quick random tips that can be really useful
2007-12-11 12:17:00 Time for some quick tips. Here are 10 quick random tips that can be really useful. Creating invisible folders, changing your webbrowser, multiple Yahoo! messenger login and more small tips. More About: Tips , Random , Quick
Bored? Dress your dog!
2007-12-10 16:44:00 We're owning a dog for a while now. His name is Billy and it's a very nice dog. There are some people on the world that like to dress up their dog. Sometimes, it looks pretty nice, like the tie on this dog. But some people just don't know when to stop. Here are 20 pictures of dogs that are dressed up for halloween (which was a couple of weeks ago). And sometimes, people really do look like their dogs (http://www.flyaboveall.com/dogs.htm) (or is it the other way around?). More About: Bored , Dress
Bored? Dress your dog!
2007-12-10 16:44:00 We're owning a dog for a while now. His name is Billy and it's a very nice dog. There are some people on the world that like to dress up their dog. Sometimes, it looks pretty nice, like the tie on this dog. But some people just don't know when to stop. Here are 20 pictures of dogs that are dressed up for halloween (which was a couple of weeks ago). And sometimes, people really do look like their dogs (http://www.flyaboveall.com/dogs.htm) (or is it the other way around?). More About: Bored , Dress
50+ under 1MB free useful tools [Windows]
2007-12-06 16:01:00 Small programs doesn't mean they're bad programs. Think about the build-in programs in Windows like Notepad and Calculator. They're not bad at all. Here's a list of over 50 small (Under 1 MegaByte in download!) Windows applications that are really useful and will make your life easier. Most of these programs are freeware. Some have an ugly website or UI, but don't let that fool you. They're really powerful and do what they do. Nothing less, nothing more. More About: Tools , Free
50+ under 1MB free useful tools [Windows]
2007-12-06 16:01:00 Small programs doesn't mean they're bad programs. Think about the build-in programs in Windows like Notepad and Calculator. They're not bad at all. Here's a list of over 50 small (Under 1 MegaByte in download!) Windows applications that are really useful and will make your life easier. Most of these programs are freeware. Some have an ugly website or UI, but don't let that fool you. They're really powerful and do what they do. Nothing less, nothing more. More About: Tools , Free
Girls == Windows && Boys == Linux
2007-12-03 16:38:00 I found this post through my blogrush widget (http://www.blogrush.com/r13766501). It's a list of comparisons of Girls with Windows and Boys with Linux . I think it's pretty funny if you think about it. Oh, and if you have a girlfriend, don't compare her with Windows. She'll not like it.
15 nightmares of a web designer or developer
2007-11-30 21:02:00 Regular readers that know a little bit more about me (http://www.marcofolio.net/about_me.html) , will know that I'm a freelance webdesigner. During the years, I had several employers that want me to build them a website. Some of them had some questions that made me thinking "WHY?!". Here are a 15 "favorite" nightmares of any web designer or developer. Oh, and to help you all, I added some tips so that you'll be able to avoid these nightmares. It'll make you sleep tight like a baby. More About: Developer , Designer , Web Designer , Nightmares , Ares
[Imagedump] November 2007 - Part 2 [50 Images]
2007-11-30 16:18:00 Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from November 2007. This is part 2 from November. You can also view part 1 (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/imag edump_november_2007_part_1_50_images.html ). More About: Images , Part , November 2007 , Ages
Top 10 PC pranks
2007-11-28 14:58:00 Are you ready to pull up a couple of pranks on your friends, colleagues or family members? Try getting on their PC and set up one (or more!) of these pranks. They're all totally harmless and will give you a laugh. Some of these pratical jokes can be a little bit corny, others will drive the user crazy. Do you have any additional pranks that you would like to share? More About: Pranks
Block ad-/spyware/popups without installing software
2007-11-26 17:16:00 Do you also hate ad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adware)-/sp yware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware )/po pups (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_ad)? I guess most people will answer that question with a "Yes". There is many (free) software on the market that will get rid of any of this (Spybot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/), Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoft.com/) etc.). The Firefox plug-in AdBlock (http://addons.mozilla.org/addon/10) does help a lot too. But what if you don't want to install any software or have Firefox? Here's a small trick that will help you to block any ad-/spyware/popups without installing software. This trick will work in Windows XP, I don't know if it works on Windows Vista. More About: Software
Lego everywhere: Imagination and celebrities
2007-11-25 14:30:00 When I was a little kid, I really liked playing with Lego (http://www.lego.com/). And with me, thousands of other kids were playing with the colourful small blocks. When you use your imagination, those blocks could be everything. The next images can show that just a few Lego blocks can mean a totally new adventure if you just let your imagination go. Click on the images to enlarge. But what if you want to play with someone that is popular? Here are 72 Lego celebrities that really look like "the real deal" (in some way). More About: Celebrities , Imagination
Project: WeirdGlobeNews.com
2007-11-23 10:53:00 Regular readers of my blog already noticed I haven't been very active at posting these last days. This had several reasons. I went to Qlimax (http://www.q-dance.nl/main.php?pid=6;SEC TION=gallery;CONCEPTID=;type=2;ACTION=sin gle;PARTYID=6432), spend time with my girlfriend, had a lot of work to do and launched a new project called WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/). What? Yes, you're reading it right: I created a new website called WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/), a community driven website to provide you with the weirdest, funniest, craziest, bizarre or shocking news from around the globe. join (http://weirdglobenews.com/register.html) the community (http://weirdglobenews.com/community.html ) of WeirdGlobeNews.com (http://weirdglobenews.com/)! More About: Project
15 cool word illusions
2007-11-21 11:38:00 If you're a regular visitor (reader) of my blog, you'll probably know that I (http://www.marcofolio.net/other/illusion _of_a_3d_dragon.html) really like (http://www.marcofolio.net/video/the_best _optical_illusion_video.html) optical illusions (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/face s_everywhere_15_images_8_illusions.html). Here's another article about this phenomenon, now it's all about optical illusions with words. I'll start off with a classic. Check out the following image. Say aloud the ink color of each word. How quickly can you do it? Did you slow down? More About: Word , Cool , Illusions
[Imagedump] November 2007 - Part 1 [50 Images]
2007-11-16 20:07:00 Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from November 2007. I collected so many images, I had to split up this collection in two parts. More About: Images , Part , November 2007 , Ages
10 beautiful RSS icon packs for Web 2.0
2007-11-15 23:16:00 Every blog has to have a RSS feed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS). This way, others can subscribe to your website and the feed will keep you updated on the latest articles. You can promote your feed using a RSS Feed icon (Originally created by firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/)). The Web 2.0 is really hot these days, so you'll need a very stylish feed button to promote your feed. Here are 10 beautiful RSS feed icon packs for Web 2.0 in random order. More About: Icon , Beautiful , Packs
Computer and Internet history
2007-11-14 22:26:00 Do you remember the "good old days"? When you look back, you'll think all those things were stupid. Remember that, back then, it was all high-tech material. Remember installing a program using several floppy disks? Here is a short funny list from the computer and internet history. More About: Internet , History , Computer
15 tips on how to save bandwidth
2007-11-13 16:22:00 As I told you in one of my previous articles (http://www.marcofolio.net/reviews/love_f rom_social_bookmarking_sites.html), too many visitors on your website can cause it to go offline. This is because of the monthly bandwidth limit that is exceeded. Of course this is something that you don't want. But how can you optimize your website, keeping it online for as long as possible, making it less bandwidth consuming, without upgrading to a better host? Here are some tips on how to do this. I'm pretty happy with my host (http://one.com/), offering unlimited bandwidth for a low price. These tips are for those people that do have a bandwidth limit on their weblog or website. More About: Tips , Bandwidth , Save
Faces everywhere [15 Images + 8 Illusions]
2007-11-11 11:06:00 Do you also sometimes have the feeling that you're being watched? And when you look around, nobody is there. Maybe because sometimes faces are on places where you least expect it. When you look at an object, it can look like a face too. Here are more faces in objects. I added a bonus of eight illusions with faces. They're really cool, try if you can recognize faces. More About: Faces , Images , Illusions , Ages
Error handling by the big guys
2007-11-08 09:15:00 Yesterday I accidentally changed my internal feed URL, causing feedburner (http://www.feedburner.com/) to display an error. The error looked really funny: So I fixed my mistake and was wondering if other big websites also had such a cool / funny error pages. Those error pages are really rare, since most of those websites don't make mistakes. But still, here are a couple of the Bang! Kapowww! Krakkk!'s from them. I really like the ones from Reddit, Technorati and Youtube, what about you? More About: Guys , Error
5 alternatives for your QWERTY keyboard
2007-11-06 12:09:00 Do you think your own QWERTY keyboard is boring or not useful enough? Try an alternatives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#Alte rnatives_to_QWERTY) and dare to be different. More About: Other , Keyboard , Alternatives , Native , Qwerty
A very cold winter [40 Images]
2007-11-05 13:41:00 When the winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter ) is coming up, the temparature is going down. Some people like the cold weather (snow) and others really hate it. But before you'll go complaining about the cold weather, take note that it always can be colder. If you're not sure if that's possible, check out these next images. You'll start shivering when just looking at it. If you like the cold, you can also try to make some ice sculptures (http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/ ice_sculptures.htm). More About: Images , Cold , Ages
AJAX-style image loading using CSS
2007-11-04 20:47:00 AJAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX) let's you show a nice loader when doing a XMLHttpRequest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequ est). It's great for the visitor, because it can see that something is loading. Bad thing for the web developer is, is that AJAX is hard to learn. So here's a small little CSS trick for some great user experience, making it look like you made an AJAX loader for images. You can implement this on a web page with an image/photo gallery or to a page where you have to load big images, like wallpapers. It's very easy to set-up and implement to your site. This technique doesn't work with any form of AJAX. It just emulates the style of loading, giving the visitor and indicator that there is activity going on. More About: Style , Ajax , Image , Loading
Top 10 "Do It Yourselves" (DIY)
2007-11-03 09:58:00 It's weekend! Time to do something with your free time and make it useful. Here's a top 10 list of Do It Youself's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_it_yours elf) (Short DIY). DIY's are there to create something really cool for yourself, at the lowest cost. Additionally, it's fun to do since you can say that you created the thing by hand. These video's are found on Metacafe (http://www.metacafe.com/tags/diy/), check it out for more DIY's. More About: Video
HTML and images in your Gmail message
2007-11-01 12:40:00 Google's (http://google.com/) mailing service (Gmail (http://gmail.com/)) has a build in rich text formatter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_F ormat). The options (https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answ er.py?hl=en&answer=8260) of this text formatter are restricted. You can't add tables (http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tabl es.html) or images (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_image s.asp) to your email. In this article I'll explain how you can add such images, tables etc. to your Gmail message. This way, you can give more attention to your email, making it better to read or to promote something. You simply have to add HTML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML) to your email. More About: How To , Images , Message , Html
Create a peeling corner on your website
2007-10-30 12:35:00 Peeling a webpage is very fun to do and it'll draw attention from your users. You can use to it place advertations, or draw attention to a hot article on your own website. Here I'll explain how to create such an effect on your website. It uses Flash and JavaScript, and is really easy to install. A live demo for the peeling effect can be seen after the jump. I received this package from the admin of musicincontrol.nl (http://www.musicincontrol.nl/), a great dutch music website. More About: Website , Webdesign , Corner , Create
Love from social bookmarking sites
2007-10-29 18:59:00 Every blogger knows that social bookmarking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social _book marking) can help you tremendously getting a lot of viewers in a short amount of time. Sites such as StumbleUpon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/), Digg (http://www.digg.com/), Reddit (http://reddit.com/) and many more (http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social30 .html) bring readers to your article. But what if all those bookmarking sites like one article? Be prepared for a whole lot of viewers... My articled called Top 40 Demotivational Posters (http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/top_ 40_demotivational_posters.html) was a big and totally unexpected success on social bookmarking sites. At first I hoped that the article I've written before the posters, naming the Ultimate Photoshop Design Resources (http://www.marcofolio.net/photoshop/ulti mate_photoshop_design_resources.html), would get a lot of... More About: Reviews , Love , Social Bookmarking
[Imagedump] October 2007 [50 Images]
2007-10-28 09:58:00 Here's a small collection of the best, funniest or coolest images from October 2007 . More About: Images , Ages
Use MonkeyJam to create stop motion videos
More articles from this author:2007-10-27 19:53:00 Stop motion video's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion ) (or Clay Animation) are hot these days. On YouTube (http://youtube.com/results?search_query= stop+motion) you'll find a lot of these "frame by frame" animations. They're really easy to make and the effect is pretty nice. Just take a lot of pictures and put them after eachother, making it look like as if a static object is moving. If you're unfamiliar on how to create such a movie, I suggest that you'll read the tutorial to create a stop-motion animation (http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/tutor ial-create-stop-motion-animation.html). MonkeyJam (http://www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.co m/monkeyjam/index.html) is a very nice program that'll easily allow you to create stop motion videos. Most people use Windows Movie... More About: Videos , Reviews , Stop Motion , Stop , Motion 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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