Find who is Invisible on Yahoo messenger

Sometimes some of your friends who appear offline in yahoo messenger may not be actually offline, they may in the 'Invisible' mode. This maybe if they are trying to ignore you or are too busy to talk to anyone. There is this small trick that you can use to find out what the truth is.

 Global SMS Bomber is another nice program which can bom victims mobile phone with totally hundreds! os tons of SMS. It uses your Gmail account to do that and incorporates over 100 networks all around the world.

Download here

The program will help free up memory, thus increasing the speed of your computer. In Memory Washer can set the minimum amount of free RAM, above which run the module and try to delete from memory unnecessary processes. In addition, you can configure the Windows Startup menu, and many other useful settings.

Included in this torrent are a collection of tech tools that would be useful when troubleshooting issues. And lets face it, we all know it happens sooner or later. These programs i chose have descriptions on each folder letting you know their purpose. They are shareware and i have also posted a link in the read me's to download the latest versions.

Internet Download Manager, better known as IDM. It is the best download manager right now available as compared to any other download manager like DAP, Microsoft Lightweight Download Manager, Orbit and many others.
IDM Optimizer, it’s a small utility which boosts your IDM speed by modifying some registry entries like it will change Connection Speed, Connection type, Max Connection Numbers and some other few entries.

Today we talk about IDM and IDM Cracker Tool. All You Know Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads.
It has error recovery and resume capability will restart broken or interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network problems, computer shutdowns, or unexpected power outages. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.

Well this is quite interesting because this tool will help you use trial softwares forever. There are so many outstanding desktop apps. which can really optimize you computing life, and they release trials. What better way to continue the free usage if you could run trial softwares again and again.

# RunAsDate (Link) – Run a Program with Specified Date, Time

RunAsDate is a small utility that lets you run a program on the date and time you specify. This utility does not change the current system date and time of your computer, but only injects the date and time specified in the desired application.

RunAsDate intercepts the kernel API calls that returns the current date and time (GetSystemTime, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime), and replaces the current time with the date and time you specify. You can run multiple applications simultaneously, each application works with different date and time, while the real date / time of your system continues to function normally.

Another similar tool is Time Stopper which can stop the time for try out version software.

 

Recently I tried to play the gameGODFATHER on my desktop.But it always gives error Pixel Shader not supported and Graphic Card not compatible.So I looked around Mr.Google for the error and he told me about 3D Analyze.

So you want to impress your friends with your ability to sing, but only like to listen to boring old top 40 songs, and the new Karaoke machine you just bought is broken. What can you do? Is all lost? NO! Do not do anything drastic! There’s still hope – Introducing AnalogX Vocal Remover!

nalogX Vocal Remover works on the same principles that hardware removers do – that in most instances vocals are equally mixed in both channels, and can be identified and therefore removed by simply changing the phase on one channel 180 degrees. Although this does not remove vocals in all cases, works in many cases, and sometimes can be used to remove bass or break beat sections as well, which I find very good for sampling! Depending on the effects used on vocals, sometimes the reverb or ambience of the voice.

To use DirectX Vocal Remover, your application must support DirectX Audio Plugins, and must also be compatible with any real time or non real-time processing (such as Paris, Cakewalk, WaveLab, CoolEdit, etc.) Vocal Remover REQUIRES a flow stereo sound and supports 16-bit or 32-bit or data types.

# Download AnalogX Vocal Remover : Click Here

n order to use the WinAmp Vocal Remover, you must already have WinAmp installed on your system, but requires a stereo sound stream, and is only compatible with 16 bits of data types. Vocal Remover works on all versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 7 and in between everything (including XP, Vista, Win2k, etc.).

Tens of applications available these days to bypass or recover lost Windows logon password. Unfortunately, most of these tools are paid ones. So if you have lost yourWindows password, you either have to purchase these paid tools or need to go through the long command prompt procedure that can be done with some bootable Linux CDs.

 

We present another list of the must hacking tools every hacker must have. These toolsmake the life of a hacker much easier and every n00b must first learn how to use these tools first.


AIRCRACK

Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, as well as the all-new PTW attack, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools. In fact, Aircrack-ng is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks.


Site URL:
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/


BackTrack

BackTrack is a A Linux Distribution focused on penetration testing.


Site URL:

http://www.bactrack-linux.org


BarsWF

BarsWF is the worlds fastest md5 bruteforcing password cracker, just in case you didn't already know.
It combines using your computers processor with you graphics cards GPU for computing the largest amount of hashes as quickly as possible. It is not unheard of to get 100's of millions of hashes per second when using this application.

Prerequisites which really dont need to be mentioned are a processor with SSE2 instruction set, and any nvidia geforce 8 and up graphics card with CUDA support if you want the really fast one, otherwise most decently new nvidia graphics cards bought in the past 2 years should be able to work with this.


Site URL:

http://3.14.by/en/md5


BLOODSHED IDE

Bloodshed IDE is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language.


Site URL:

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html



CAIN AND ABEL

Cain and Abel is a Windows password cracker, capable of cracking a variety of hashes, as well as arp poisoning, sniffing the network, etc.. to obtain those password hashes in the first place.

Site URL:

http://www.oxid.it/cain.html



CANVAS

Immunity's CANVAS makes available hundreds of exploits, an automated exploitation system, and a comprehensive, reliable exploit development framework to penetration testers and security professionals worldwide. To see CANVAS in action please see the movies at immunitysec.com

Supported Platforms and Installations
# Windows (requires Python & PyGTK)
# Linux
# MacOSX (requires PyGTK)
# All other Python environments such as mobile phones and commercial Unixes (command line version only supported, GUI may also be available)

Exploits
# currently over 400 exploits, an average of 4 exploits added every monthly release
# Immunity carefully selects vulnerabilities for inclusion as CANVAS exploits. Top priorities are high-value vulnerabilities such as remote, pre-authentication, and new vulnerabilities in mainstream software.
# Exploits span all common platforms and applications

Payload Options
# to provide maximum reliability, exploits always attempt to reuse socket
# if socket reuse is not suitable, connect-back is used
# subsequent MOSDEF session allows arbitrary code execution, and provides a listener shell for common actions (file management, screenshots, etc)
# bouncing and split-bouncing automatically available via MOSDEF
# adjustable covertness level

Ability to make Custom Exploits
# unique MOSDEF development environment allows rapid exploit development

Development
# CANVAS is a platform that is designed to allow easy development of other security products. Examples include Gleg, Ltd's VulnDisco and the Argeniss Ultimate 0day Exploits Pack.

Site URL:

http://www.immunitysec.com/products-canvas.shtml



CYGWIN

Cygwin is the next best thing to using Linux.
I personally do not use a windows box period, work, school, or other, unless I have Cygwin installed.
It's a large download, but once you get use to using it there's no turning back.
I have actually created a condensed copy that I carry around on my flash drive.
It comes complete with most Unix/Linux commands, to include the ability to compile things on the fly with gcc, perl, etc..
It has many useful things about it, but the only way to really see the extent of them is to use it yourself unless you like reading pages of technical data to help put you to sleep at night.

FYI...Last I checked it was currently managed by RedHat.

Site URL:

http://www.cygwin.com/



DBAN

DBAN- Short for Darik's Boot and Nuke, is a good utility for securely erasing contents of hard disk.
It uses encryption and re-writing over drives multiple times for a fairly secure deletion which makes if very difficult if not impossible to recover using forensics.

Site URL:

http://www.dban.org/about



FARONICS DEEP FREEZE

Faronics Deep Freeze helps eliminate workstation damage and downtime by making computer configurations indestructible. Once Deep Freeze is installed on a workstation, any changes made to the computer—regardless of whether they are accidental or malicious—are never permanent. Deep Freeze provides immediate immunity from many of the problems that "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named." computers today—inevitable configuration drift, accidental system misconfiguration, malicious software activity, and incidental system degradation.

Deep Freeze ensures computers are absolutely bulletproof, even when users have full access to system software and settings. Users get to enjoy a pristine and unrestricted computing experience, while IT personnel are freed from tedious helpdesk requests, constant system maintenance, and continuous configuration drift.

Site URL:
http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp




NEMESIS

Nemesis is a packet injector utility that is command line based and supports linux and windows.

Site URL:

http://www.packetfactory.net/projects/nemesis/



GEEKSQUAD MRI

GeekSquad MRI is the the Best Buy geek squad repair disc - Code Name MRI - for internal use only, confidential, and a trade secret. This is version 5.0.1.0 - the latest version. The disc has tools to help fix computers - it has AntiVirus, AntiSpyware, Disk Cleaner, Process List, Winsock Fix, etc, all in an attractive and quite usable interface!


Site URL:

At piratebay or google it.



SCAPY

Scapy is a packet manipulator used for crafting packets, sending packets, sniffing them etc. Also runs on Linux and Windows.

Site URL:

http://www.secdev.org/projects/scapy/



TRUECRYPT

TrueCrypt- Free open-source disk encryption software.


Site URL:

http://www.truecrypt.org



SKYPELOGVIEW

SkypeLogView reads the log files created by Skype application, and displays the details of incoming/outgoing calls, chat messages, and file transfers made by the specified Skype account. You can select one or more items from the logs list, and then copy them to the clipboard, or export them into text/html/csv/xml file.This utility works on any version of Windows starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 2008. You don't have to install Skype in order to use this utility. You only need the original log files created by skype, even if they are on an external drive.

Site URL:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/skype_log_view.html



PASSWORD FOX

PasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and the Signons filename. This utility works under Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. Firefox should also be installed on your system in order to use this utility.

Site URL:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html



NESSUS

Nessus has been around for a little more than a little while now and has gone from free to almost free to it's gonna cost ya.
I'm not really sure regarding the newest updates as I haven't used it since it lost it's freedom, but I will say it has plugins for everything under the sun!
It is mainly used for network and server scanning and has the ability to test and create a client/server connection between yourself and the host you're testing with.

Site URL:

http://www.nessus.org/nessus/



RAINBOW CRACK

RainbowCrack is a general propose implementation of Philippe Oechslin's faster time-memory trade-off technique.
In short, the RainbowCrack tool is a hash cracker. A traditional brute force cracker try all possible plaintexts one by one in cracking time. It is time consuming to break complex password in this way. The idea of time-memory trade-off is to do all cracking time mabait in advance and store the result in files so called "rainbow table". It does take a long time to precompute the tables. But once the one time mabait is finished, a time-memory trade-off cracker can be hundreds of times faster than a brute force cracker, with the help of precomputed tables.


Site URL:

http://www.antsight.com/zsl/rainbowcrack/



UNETBOOTIN

UNetbootin - An application to install an operating system to a flash drive or to a hard disk by either using the pre-downloaded iso file or by downloading the operating system through the application.

Site URL:


http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/



VISUAL STUDIO 2010

Visual Studio 2010- A development environment, and programmers best friend when it comes to designing windows applications. A little pricey, but free for academic use under the MSDNAA.

Site URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us



WINHEX

Winhex is a hexadecimal editor, particularly helpful in the realm of computer forensics, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security. Also a advanced tool for everyday and emergency use.

Code: [Check Download Links]
http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/



WPE PRO

Winsock Packet Editor (WPE) Pro is a packet sniffing/editing tool which is generally used to hack multiplayer games. WPE Pro allows modification of data at TCP level. Using WPE Pro one can select a running process from the memory and modify the data sent by it before it reaches the destination. It can record packets from specific processes, then analyze the information. You can setup filters to modify the packets or even send them when you want in different intervals. WPE Pro could also be a useful tool for testing thick client applications or web applications which use applets to establish socket connections on non http ports.


Site URL:

http://wpepro.net/



IDP

Interactive Disassembler Pro (IDP) . Supports 80x86 binaries and FLIRT, a unique Fast Library Identification and Recognition Technology that automagically recognizes standard compiler library calls. Widely used in COTS validation and hostile code analysis.
In short it's what we like to call the "Reverse Engineer's Wet Dream".

Site URL:

http://www.hex-rays.com/idapro/



HPING

Hping is a command-line TCP/IP assembler that supports TCP, ICMP, UDP and RAW-IP protocols.

also works on Unix systems, Windows, Sun and MacOS's.

Site URL:

http://www.hping.org/



JOHN THE RIPPER

John the Ripper- free open-source software (if you want to buy you can always get the pro version)
John has been, and continues to still be, the most famous and most widely used password cracker for linux/unix systems.
Things everyone likes about it:
It's fast, it has support for cracking a lot of different but commonly used hash types, and it's able to run on just about anything.

Site URL:

http://www.openwall.com/john/

Vault-Tec Multiplayer Mod ("vaultmp") is a multiplayer mod for the PC
versions of Bethesda's award-winning role-playing games Fallout 3,
Fallout: New Vegas and Oblivion.



It's currently in development, but is going to
support the following:

• Dedicated server, MasterServer and client including a server browser
• Syncing of movement, actions / animations and AI
• In-game GUI overlay for chatting
• Supporting DLCs as well as Fallout user mods
• Scripting on the server to define gameplay rules (PAWN)

The main goal is to enable players to roam the open world of the wasteland /
the desert and experience all the exciting features of the games
together online. Systems which are inherently incompatible with a
multiplayer environment like VATS will be disabled. Furthermore quests
and missions will be removed at first. We aim to implement several of
them in future development stages though

Facts which deserve attention before posting on the forums:

• Vaultmp is in alpha stage. some of the mentioned features are severally lacking or not persistent at all.

• Vaultmp is an open-source project. everybody is free to check out the source

• and contribute. check the other topics for more info.

• Vaultmp is currently being developed by a single person of The Brickster.net Group (Recycler). He has to study and work like everybody has to. Please don't expect him to spend all his free time on vaultmp only.

• If you don't like the idea of a multiplayer please note that we don't intend to replace the singleplayer or something like that.

Disclaimer: I run this page with the permission of the mods author, Recycler. If you have any questions related to the multiplayer, head over to either his youtube page or the official forums.

Installation

Auto installer:
1. Start the installer and everything will be in place for VaultMP.
2. Install FOSE http://fose.silverlock.org//

How to great a server?

 Manual

1. Put the files in your main new vegas folder.
2. Go to the folder vaultserver\saves\Fallout3
3. And copy default.fos
4. go to Users\(Name)\Documents\My Games\FalloutNV\Saves
5. paste default.fos
6. Install NVSE http://fose.silverlock.org/
7. DONE

How to great a server?

Follow the video above.

Version Information

(Revision 147) Test release
Since the 2nd of August I've been busy with rewriting the whole mod. Now it has a solid foundation and code base which was lacking previously. The initial development of vaultmp dates back to the 11th of September 2010 ([url]http://www.brickster.net/index_2.html[/url]). I never planned to seriously develop it for such a long time. It was meant as a somewhat more professional school project. As I found out that the interest in such a mod is huge, I continued working on it, but it wasn't properly designed to be able to support advanced features such as syncing of NPCs or inventories. This is the reason I basically started from the ground up.

Revision 145 is the first "release" of this (with release I refer to the fact that I provide pre-compiled binaries; the mod is open-source and was accessible all the time). It is for testing only. In comparison to revision 134, it has even less game features, due to the fact that I spent most time on coding the behind-the-scenes systems, not real multiplayer functionality. Before I start re-implementing old and many new features, I'd like to parallel make sure that users can find bugs (which are existent in new systems by nature). This is why I release revision 145.

What you cannot expect from this release (in comparison to revision 134):
Inventory syncing
Syncing of player death event
Proper cell syncing (while working, adjacent exterior cells are still treated as interior cells basically)
What is different to previous releases:
vaultserver command line options are gone; use vaultserver.ini configuration instead
PAWN has been updated to the most recent version; vaultmp's implementation now uses 64bit cells
What is new with this release:
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion support
You can now use vaultmp.ini configuration file to manually add "favourite" servers to the client
The client / server now supports mods and file downloading; vaultmp will automatically set up the mod load order specified by the server (which overrides your local mod loading settings!)
C++ scripting
Timers (both in PAWN and C++)
Some scripting callbacks and functions (the more interesting functions are not there yet)

vaultmp now features a clear structure of game models. The concept behind this is mostly important to scripters. I will provide an introduction to that in another post. There is a lot of stuff to document, I hope I can write some wiki articles the next days. Here is the full list of changes:

QUOTE

Bethesda API framework (API class)
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion support
Re-design of Pipe class
Interface (based on the old command execution layer)
Value container class, Lockable extension class
Network layer (NetworkClient, NetworkServer, PacketTypes)
Exception system (VaultException class)
Re-design of vaultmp.dll to work with the API
PAWN update to version 4.0.4548
Revised scripting architecture: now supporting n-amount of C++ / PAWN scripts
Mod support (no registering of new game content yet) and "Synchronize" server feature
vaultserver.ini configuration file
Reorganized class hierarchy
GameFactory class
Container class, Object class, Item class
vaultmp.ini configuration file
Rewritten game synchronization code
CriticalSection usage, controlled through GameFactory
Injecting code changed to support Steam versions properly
Resolved CriticalSection deadlocks
Native C++ / PAWN timers running in the main thread
PAWN cell size is now 64bit (use packed strings!)
Scripting callbacks: OnActorValueChange, OnActorValueChange, OnActorBaseValueChange, OnActorStateChange
Scripting functions: CreateTimer, KillTimer, GetPlayerPos, GetPlayerAngle, GetPlayerValue, GetPlayerBaseValue, GetPlayerCell, ValueToString, AxisToString, AnimToString
VaultFunctor class
Unix server compatibility (not fully tested) 

Some changes to scripting callbacks

 

FAQ

Q: It's laggy!
A: VaultMP is still in the Alpha.

Q: When will be first stable version?
A: Nobody knows.

Q: How many players can play in 1 server?
A: In the Alpha versions not that many max 4 but nothing is sure for The future maby only 20 or 100

Q: How will respawn look like? If the player died, when and where he or she will respawn?
A: For now you respawn at the place where you died. But for future it's the host who choose where to respawn.

Q: Will be there option for servers to use ONLY real time combat, WITHOUT VATS?
A: Yes. Vats is not disabled but when you use it the server will crash! Ofcourse this be fixed in later versions.

Q: Is VaultMP going to support skyrim?
A: Yes.

Q: Work together with Skyrim online!
A: No.They're going for a unified MMORPG type structure, while VMP is doing a co-op experience.


get your Installer here and your manual here.

For as many years as long as one can remember…on websites, on blogs, on forums…users have been asking for and discussing a way to move the Start Orb – but without much success. There have been tools to change Start Orbs or change Start Button Tooltips or to remove Start Buttons… but none to move the Start Button or the Start Menu to another location.

Start Orb Mover

Customization and tweaking enthusiasts – we now present to you, our new freeware : Start Orb Mover! Our TWC developer Lee Whittington was working on it for the last one year, with little luck – until now! This portable freeware will now allow you to move the Start Button and the Start Menu to either the center of the Taskbar or far right\bottom, depending on Taskbar location.

Start Orb Mover will let you move or re-locate your Start Button and Start Menu to any location on your Taskbar. Clicking on the re-located Start Orb will open the Start Menu, relative to the location of the Start Orb.
Start Orb Mover also gives users a quick option to do tasks such as Change Start Orb, Restart Explorer, Open an Administrative Command Prompt, Exit Explorer, Open Explorer, Open Start Menu and Taskbar Properties, Hide the Taskbar or change location of Start Orb, simply by right-clicking the Start Orb.

Features of Start Orb Mover:

• Move Start Orb Center or Right\Bottom
• Start Orb Changer
• Show\Hide Taskbar
• Start Menu\Taskbar Properties
• Exit Explorer
• Open Explorer like how the standard Start Menu does
• Restart Explorer
• Open Administrative Command Prompt
• Load on Startup.

Start Orb Mover is a work-in-progress and there are a few thing you should note before you use the tool:

1. Alignment of the Notification Area when Start Orb is set to Right\Bottom position is set this way, due to the Notification Area having the ability to resize when more applications having Notification Icons are opened.This keeps the Notification Area from “under-lapping” the Start Orb.
2. Do not change position of the Taskbar while Orb Mover is running, as it will cause the system to not update in a manner that keeps the Start Orb aligned with the change. If you do happen to move the Taskbar while Orb Mover is running, just change the position of Start Orb and it will readjust properly.
3. Sometimes when you open the Start Menu and scroll through the menu items on the right-hand side, it will leave an odd color hue behind. It appears to happen due to forcing the Start Menu to open in a position it was not designed for. The developer is working on finding a solution and the app will be updated if a fix is found.
4. When you click to open Start Menu and then close the Start Menu, the orb displayed in the background in default position. Clicking or moving mouse over Orb Mover will fix this.

Start Orb Mover free download

Download here -  has been tested on Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit.

 

 

What makes a web-designer a great web-designer?

Guts and information – and bit of talent.

All designers have to defeat the same monsters.

• Inspiration blocks;
• Lack of material, like and unvectorized logo;
• Poor quality images or their non-existence;
• Low or no budget;
• Unhelpful clients;

May I continue?
Well the good news is that you just need courage to persist and the light of information to scare those monsters away.
You got the courage. I got the Info.
Here I’ll give the info that could take you ages to find by yourself or another designer to tell (maybe because of lack of time or selfishness). I tried to cover most of the aspects that will help you in your journey, in a total of 15 aspects. Let’s start with some healthy tips for images.

Images

It is 3 AM; you are pretty tired, your stomach can’t bear another dose of caffeine and you still need that Pretty Business type picture to use in your project, but you don’t have the budget to afford a stock image from gettyimage. Been there? Well, don’t panic. You can get it in HI-RES for free from some great sites – plenty of royalty photos to share, that you can use on your personal and commercial projects, depending on the type of license.
Now you will spend until 4AM trying to decide which photo to use.

• www.sxc.hu

This is my site of choice, I’ve been using it using for years, god pretty usable navigation; lots of great quality photos, many ways to sort them.

More great sites :

• www.morguefile.com
• www.imageafter.com
• www.dreamstime.com

• flickr.com/creativecommons/

The biggest photo community site where you can also find perfect pictures for your work. You just have to check if the license is suitable to your project.

• commons.wikimedia.org

Wikimedia imagesearch in 64 categories. Also under the Creative Commons license.
Metasearch (search through several free stock photo sites): pretty useful, but you will needs registering.

• picfindr.com

At first look this site doesn’t seem that attractive, but once you try your first
search you’ll find a neatly done flash interface with photo previews, sorted by
origin.

• yotophoto.com

The interface is better looking than picfindr’s, but lacks the convenience of a flash interface.

• vecteezy.com

HUGE index of free vector files from the best designers in the world.

• brusheezy.com

From the same guys of vecteezy. Index with daily updates of photoshop brushes.

Pixel patterns

Pixel patterns are in fashion (yes, again), but wait! Not as in annoying animated gif that clutter your page background. They have come back in the form of pixel rich textures varying from clean to Victorian flowers.

• kollermedia.at
• squidfingers.com
• k10k.net

Logotypes

You’re working on project and suddenly your client tells you that you have to add several partner logos and all that you’ve got is a Business card to take the logo from.
Frustrating uh?
Well, at least until this 2 little babies came into my life. These 2 sites host vector based company logos from all around the world. So no more unexpected and unpayed hours of logo vectorization. All you need is a bit luck and the logo you need will be in their database.

• brandsoftheworld.com

I can’t say how many times this site has saved my neck with its vector logos. God save this site.

• logotypes.ru

Fonts

Now you weren’t that lucky to find that logo on www.brandsoftheworld.com and you still need it in vectors, but you can’t recognize which font it is using. (Or you are simply wondering what fonts certain corporation or ad campaign has…)

• myfonts.com

If the logo is not using avantgarde or arial, you’ve got 2 options. Use your skills as Fontographer guru or use the whathefont tool from myfonts.com: it works great! You input the URL from the desired logo or upload the scanned image. Using OCR (optical character recognition), it gives you the font the logo is using or, if not, you’ve got several similar options. This’ going to save you hours of search or the worse, having to vectorize the font… (it gives me the creeps!)

• fontshop.com

Wanting to do a web2.0 style logo, but not sure where to start? Not even sure what makes a logo look like web 2.0? Let this article guide you through some of the current style in logos, the fonts they use and the way they sort the logos by appearance.
More about what fonts famous sites logos.

• modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk

Compare fonts on screen.

• typetester.maratz.com

Now you are going to need some fonts for that logo. You can find a wide range of hi-quality free fonts on these sites. You can even find clones of commercial logos for free!

• dafont.com
• typenow.net
• smashingmagazine.com

Icons

Icons are the way to spice things up on a design. Fortunately there are lots of very talented designers that are willing to share with us their tiny masterpieces.

• iconbase.com

My personal favourite repository of free icons.

• iconfinder.net

Finally someone got the idea. It was hard to look up icon by icon to see which set had the icon I needed.

• famfamfam.com

These little icons (especially the silk one) are almost the standard for many blogs and websites; you will amazed at how many mini icons the set has. For almost every web software.

• ndesign-studio.com

Another valuable set of mini icons.
More icon resources:

• sweetie.sublink.ca
• converticon.com
• iconfactory.com
• tango.freedesktop.org
• maxpower.ca
• websiteicons.net

Color

One of the big secrets that makes a design look great is its color scheme. You could do a great layout but if it lacks contracts and balance, it’s condemned to oblivion.

• iosart.com

I’ll present this little marvel first. Colozilla is a Firefox extension that allows you to pick colors from your browser. Saving you the hassle of taking screenshots and pick the color in photoshop.

• kuler.adobe.com

Several premade color schemes. And superb color wheel tool. You won’t believe how inspirational and useful this could be. And how this will be a excellent opportunity to try your newly added colorzilla tool

• colorschemes.org

Canonical (Huge) List of Online Color Resources for Designers

• wellstyled.com
• gmazzocato.altervista.org
• colorblender.com

Educational Material

All you need is a little discipline and patience, and you can surely achieve great results in no time. There are loads of stuff for you to learn, I am just presenting the tip of the iceberg.

• webdesignfromscratch.com

More than a tutorial, this’ a DIY (Do It Yourself) Guide to WEB 2.0 Style. It’s constantly updated. I personally love this site. The guide tells you step by step what makes a design looks web 2.0 and how to achieve it.

• w3schools.com

This is a must for any web-designer developer. Tons, I mean, TONS of free on-line courses offered in an intuitive way.
More Education Resources.

• developer.yahoo.com
• good-tutorials.com
• totaltutorial.com
• kirupa.com
• cameronolthuis.com
• tutorialized.com
• dailyblogtips.com
• stud.cmd.hro.nl
• webpagesthatsuck.com

Inspiration

Don’t Panic! Inspiration is not only for Davinich’s or Michelangelo’s. You just need the muses to visit you. And here are some pretty gorgeous ones. Remember, you don’t need to reinvent the wheel every time you start a design. Just the right source of inspiration study of what makes it look, good implementation and viola: a lovely design.

• fuzzyfuture.com

50+5 source for inspiration smashed into one post.

• logopond.com

Identity inspiration.

• smashingmagazine.com

These are going to make your life easier indeed. They save you a lot work by smashing humongous amounts of info. In this case, inspiration material.
More inspiration:

• flickr.com
• cssbeauty.com
• cssinsert.com
• webcreme.com
• webdesigngalleries.wordpress.com
• dynamicdrive.com
• styleboost.com

Tools

• karmatics.com

This Firefox extension is a must. It shows you how the webpage is created block by block. It shows the source code of the element from page.

• lipsum.com

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Have you ever seen this dummy text? Sure you have. It comes in handy when you have to “simulate” text because it give you a more natural feeling than the “text text text text”or “Link 1 Link 2 Link 3”.

• activecollab.com

A Basecamp clone, but opensourse. Project management tools to deal with your client, files, milestones, etc.

• tester.jonasjohn.de

CSS and HTML validators, SEO tools, Social services, Web proxies, Network tools, Text tools, Image tools in one site.

• lab.rails2u.com/bgmaker/

Online background image generator.

• cssdev.com

Tweak your CSS. Backgrounds,Borders, Lists Fonts to make it shine.

• miniajax.com

More than 50 ajax and dhmtl downloadable scripts.

• Browsershots.org

Don’t suffer bad surprises again. Like, “dude that layout is totally scrambled in IE 6!”. Been there? With this online tool you will get a screenshoot of several browsers in less than 30 minutes.

Blogs and forums

Design Blogs and forums are fantastic (as this one intends to become)! They give inspiration, freebies, how to’s, tutorials and, the best of all, the opportunity to meet other designers and be part of the community.

• deviantart.com

To know it is to love it. In my opinion, the best and the biggest design community out there.

• sitepoint.com/

Valuable design forum with many helpful people willing to share their knowledge.

• bittbox.com

One of my favorite design blogs. Constantly updated, useful articles, many design freebies and what’s more important the site that inspired my to finally launch this site. Thank you.
More Sites:

• ndesign-studio.com
• smashingmagazine.com
• earsonified.com
• designerstalk.com/forums

CSS

Don’t feel guilty if you still use tabled designs. CSS are here to stay and it’s no more an option. I know it’s pretty scary when you’ve been all your life using tables to jump to CSS – it’s a whole parallel universe. And all those compatibility problems and WYSWG. But fear no more, there are step by step’s and resources. You will be doing your CSS designs quicker that setting a row span.

• smashingmagazine.com/category/css

This is the category from the CSS Smashing Magazine (yes, listed again on this post); probably the biggest selection on CSS material on the web.

• oswd.org

No time to design yourself? Give it a try this site more 2000 Free CSS design.
Would you prefer CSS sand boxes better? Those sites offer ready made Blank CSS layouts for you to download and fill with your designs.

• blog.html.it/layoutgala
• blankcss.com
• layouts.ironmyers.com

• highdots.com/css-tab-designer

This is a free software to create more than 60 Tab navegation menus in CSS.
More CSS Resorses

• quazen.com/Computers/Programming/How-To-Create-a-Tableless-Layout-with-Dropdown-Menus.24213/1
• developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/
• cssfly.net

Money

Business going slow? Or maybe you think you deserve more for your work. Well, Freelancing is a great option. You just need to go to the right places to offer you job.
Before you start, some tips and tricks for pricing a project.

• sitepoint.com/article/web-work-should-charge
• webdesign.about.com/cs/salaries/a/aa022403a
• blueflavor.com/blog/tips_tricks/pricing_a_project
• getcashboard.com

Now you can offer your work.

• sitepoint.com/marketplace

This is my personal favorite. It’s got many well-paid design contests in different categories from logos to complete website. And places to sell your website templates. Everything in clean and excellent design interface that really facilitates the process.

• forums.digitalpoint.com

My close second favorite. It lacks some interface functionalities Sitepoint has, but it’s also an excellent choice to offer your designs.

• book.airgid.com

Web Designer’s Success Guide Free Ebook is the definitive guide to starting your own freelance.
More sites to offer your work:

• NamePros.com
• Talkfreelance.com
• V7N .com
• elance.com
• guru.com

Productivity

Even if you consider meals as an interruption, considering to buy Shower Shock Caffeinated Soap you need to eat, take a shower, s l e e p!, make love with your girlfriend (or boyfriend) and stretch to be productive.

• webdesignfromscratch.com/ten-productivity-tips.cfm
• health24.com/dietnfood/DietDocs_articles/15-1871,27044.asp
• baptistonline.org/health/healthieryou/health/ergonomics.asp