GMail is the among the most popular web email clients. If you are like me, you would like the…
Read full postGIMP is a free and open-source image editing tool. With a large community of open-source admirers, it is no secret that GIMP is growing in popularity at an astonishing rate. GIMP is bundled by default on many Linux distros. With sufficient plugins, brushes and scripts, GIMP can become very powerful.
Of course, you need to know how to use GIMP well. The power of GIMP leads to…
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Bookmarklets are bookmarks containing snippets of JavaScript code. They can be used to accomplish specific tasks. Web developers can quicken several common operations by using bookmarklets. Best of all, bookmarklets do not slow down your web browser like extensions do. For example, some of these bookmarklets together can effectively substitute the Web Developer Firefox addon (if you crave for them in other browsers).
To save these…
Read full postPhotoshop is the most popular graphics editing program. Produced by Adobe, the latest version is CS3. With hundreds of plugins, brushes and gradient packs, Photoshop is increasing in utility every day.
Though weighing in at a hefty price (over $600), Photoshop is powerful even in a vanilla install. However, as in any other application, its true essence lies in installing useful addons to enhance the functionality.…
Read full postWordPress is the most popular blogging software right now, and will continue to be so for some time, thanks to the open-source community. The mass exodus of users from Movable Type began when MT’s makers decided to make it paid and restrictive in nature. Since then, WordPress users have not had to look back.
However, being open-source usually presents some strange problems, which are typical to…
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