Written by ScottW on Sep 24th, 2007 | Filed under:
Online Web Apps
Ever come across a phrase or a web page that was in a different language and didn’t have a clue what was being said? Well, this neat feature hosted courtesy of AltaVista will help translate from many different languages into English plus translate back so you can communicate with the person in their language as well. This comes in handy on several message boards where there are many frequent visitors from other countries.
Give it a try to see how well it works at: http://world.altavista.com/
Written by ScottW on Sep 18th, 2007 | Filed under:
Linux
Saw where a friend of mine had posted a wallpaper he liked so I figured I’d do the same with one I found at Gnome-Look.org that I found to be really soothing as a backdrop on my Ubuntu desktop.
You can find more at Gnome-Look.org or Ubuntu-Art.org and I’ll tell you one thing….it sure beats that windows flag hands down! 
Written by ScottW on Sep 18th, 2007 | Filed under:
Online Web Apps
A lot of folks know about SMF (Simple Machine Forums) but did you know about the Tips & Tricks to make them even better? SMF just rocks right out of the box but with some tweaking here and there, it’ll just blow you away!
To start, SMF is one of the easiest, most secure forum software available on the planet. Of course the added feature of it being free is a nice perk too. There’s thousands of skins or themes if you will, plenty of Mods to personalize things and add features. The list just goes on.
Well, with Tips & Tricks you can make things even better. They’re listed alphabetically so it’s easy to find what you’re looking for. Give it a try to spice up that forum you have going!
Written by ScottW on Sep 16th, 2007 | Filed under:
Online Web Apps
Found this great page for looking up colors and their respective codes for those web applications we all use from time to time. Real nifty for that budding webmaster in all of us!
It’s called the 4096 Color Wheel and it’s easy to use. Just hover your mouse’s cursor over the wheel somewhere and the color will be displayed below with these three perspectives:
- Web-Safe
- Web-Smart
- Unsafe
Hover over the square to change saturation (left to right) and value (bottom to top) of the last hue.
Use the keyboard to rotate hue:
j rotates slowly counterclockwise,
k rotates quickly clockwise, and
l rotates slowly clockwise.
Jump to a primary or secondary color: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, or yellow. The enter key will also add the current color to the pick list.
Just what we need for those quicky checks for color codes, shades and blends for our sites.
