Saturday Link Round-Up 11
I actually had a lot more to post than just this, but after trying for a while (and obviously failing) I decided to only post what’d I’d already finished. Enjoy :)
Food
Cashew Gateau With Coffee Cardamom Mousse – For the cake I used pastry rings to cut out 4 rounds into the cake and split those minis in half. I used one half at the bottom of each ring, topped them with a simple coffee and cardamom mousse, (you might have extra mousse in which case I recommend you divide it into glasses and eat as is.
Chicken Supreme – Some of the recipes leave me with a big question mark, wondering who would really make them, but others sound like timeless classics. Like this chicken dish that I made. I changed up a few things, but what I ended up with was a delicious dinner that I would make over and over again. And when a recipe stands the test of time, you know you’ve found a winner!
Cookbook of the Month Recipe – Toasted Cheese Sandwiches – Ever since, I have been trying to find a grilled cheese that was that good. I haven’t succeeded yet. But this one came pretty close!! Grilled cheese sandwiches have been one of my cravings through this pregnancy. At the beginning, I think I ate one every day!! So when I came across this recipe, I knew I wanted to try it. I was hoping it would taste like that one in Bayeux, but no luck there. But I did find a recipe that I’ll definitely make again – especially through the rest of my pregnancy!!
Cure for Bacon Withdrawal: More Bacon – From the very first time I saw Michael Smith make this Potato Bacon Cheddar Tart I knew that I had to try it myself but for some reason it didn’t happen right away. The recipe stayed on my brain though, (Dad’s too) and every now and then we’d mention that Potato Bacon Tart we’d seen and inevitably how we should really make it soon.
Chocolate chip and almond cookies – These cookies, on the other hand, surprised me in a good way. I have always seen pecans or walnuts in choc chip cookies, but never almonds. That’s why I wanted to give this a try. The recipe makes a ton of cookies – which was good, since I intended to share them with a large group of people – and the combo chocolate/almonds really works.
Sewing
Fabric Beach Balls – I was inspired to make these colorful, fabric balls because they remind me of the the type of toy that children had in generations past. A perfect timeless, handmade gift, these multicolored balls will inspire hours of fun!
help! what sewing machine should i buy? a guest post by not martha – I have an old, old, old sewing machine and would like to get something that I’d use more without worrying about needles breaking, etc., just for some of the random house/craft projects and with the idea that someday I may make some clothes for the kids. (Just what they want — I know how much I hated my homemade clothes as a kid, but alas.) Any advice? –Sharon M.
Freebies
36 Font Resources You Should Have in Your Bookmarks – When you’re designing a new web template, logo, or software application, One of the hardest thing is looking for that perfect font. A good font can really make or break a great concept. You can never have enough fonts at your disposal and the more choices you have,Here i’ve listed sites where you can download Quality fonts for free and also some nice Font Compilation Posts From other website and blogs, Here we go…
Worn and Torn Edges – A while back I had posted a pack of worn edges on my portfolio site for people to download and use in their designs. Lately, I have noticed that some of them are showing up in designs featured on CSS galleries. Seeing this made me think that they might actually be useful. So, in an effort to make them available to more people, I am posting them here on DesignReviver.
10 Handwritten fonts you can’t miss – This is a list of my preferred Handwritten fonts I often use in my design projects. I included a link to download each font apart and some suggest about how you can use them.
Windows Explorer Replacement Explorer++ – Windows Explorer Replacement Explorer++ tries to become what Notepad++ already has become, a fast efficient feature rich alternative to Windows Explorer. The portable and lightweight software program introduces several new features and a new layout that make working with folders and files more comfortable. It’s not a full blown Total Commander like suite though.
50+ pieces of Grosgrain Ribbon – Freebie – Every so often, I have found a need for ribbon when designing. Sure I could make some ribbon in photoshop.. but I have about 10 drawers full of ribbon that never used.. back when I used to make hair bows for my daughter.
Eye Defender Reminds You To Take Breaks – It is not very healthy to work for hours starring on a computer monitor without taking breaks. Eye Defender was designed to prevent the Computer Vision Syndrome which can have all kinds of ill effects on the human body including eyestrain, blurred vision, delayed focusing, headaches, back and neck aches, dry and burning eyes, light sensitivity, distorted color vision, forehead heaviness, and sore eyes.
Firefox
How to Block Distracting Animated Favicons – If you’ve spent any time stumbling around the net, you’ve run across a site using an irritating animated favicon—a moving icon that shows up in the address bar, the site’s tab, and even the bookmarks toolbar in Firefox.
Give some color to Firefox with the addon AnyColor – The default Firefox look is shall we say… not very colorful. sure you can install some themes to fix this but what if the only thing you want is to change the color of Firefox itself? this is where AnyColor comes in. you can select from several presets or make your own look using custom colors, headers and footers.
Strata Human Theme Modernizes Firefox in Ubuntu – One of Firefox 3’s notable improvements was shipping with themes that matched the native operating system. In Ubuntu, that meant tiny, vaguely cartoonish orange arrows, which, while color-coordinated, was a disappointment to some.
CSS3 support in Firefox 3.1 – A first Alpha of Mozilla’s new browser is due for release shortly (probably tomorrow). Firefox 3 saw a lot of work go into speed, stability and the interface, but was slightly disappointing for front-end developers and saw CSS implementation overtaken by Safari and Opera.
Build Better Pages With Firebug – Ask web developers to name their desert island Firefox extensions (ignoring for now the improbability of having a laptop while stranded), and they’re bound to put Firebug at or near the top of their lists.
Web Design
23 Beautiful Examples of Web Site Archives – When it comes to beautiful web design, one of the most overlooked elements of a web site is the site’s archive listings. As a result, I really appreciate a well-designed archive listing when I come across one, and have gathered together some of the best examples I’ve seen for this article.
11 brilliant burgeoning design blogs – One of the trends that has seen an upsurge recently is Design Blogging. And after looking around at some of these brand new additions to the design forum we here at Arbenting put together a list of the newer design related blogs that we think deserve more subscribers.
50+ Articles to Make You a Better Web Designer – This post is a collection of some of the best articles that I’ve come across on various topics related to web design. These are excellent, insightful, thought-provoking articles that may be able to help you in your own design career. Some are new and some are a few years old, but they all have something valuable to say.
How to handle critics for the freelance designer – Designers are odd people, while their work turns them into maniacs that see every bad kerning in a newspaper, they usually have a harder time with people criticizing their work. Here is a few tips on how to handle it in a client/freelancer relationship.
7 New Sites for Designers that are Worth a Look – One of the great things about the design industry is that there is always plenty of information available and a number of great resources are at your disposal. Recently there have been a number of noteworthy site launches. Here are 7 new sites that I think you’ll appreciate.
Top Ten Web Typography Sins – While many designers have been quick to embrace web standards, it’s surprising how often the basic standards of typography are neglected. Here are ten deadly sins to avoid in your web typography:
Inspiration
51 Stunning Movie and TV Posters – I have wanted to be a graphic designer since I got my first clipart program and dot matrix printer back in the day. I knew after I printed my first real “garage sale” flyer that this is what I wanted to do. As I grew older, the one thing that always caught my design eye was creative movie posters and box covers. IM not talking about the crappy movie posters that just shows faces of the big name celebs in a flick, but the really creative ones.
27 Gorgeous Birdies in Design – To those of you who know me well, it’s no secret I’m obsessed with all the cute little birdies that seem to be popping up in everyone’s designs lately. They’re everywhere – on t-shirts, on websites, in logos and they’re even taking the form of stuffed toys. I thought I’d share some of my favourites so far.
confetti cakes: podcast and recipe! – when it comes to cakes, few design them as well as elisa strauss, creator of confetti cakes in new york city. our summer intern christy kolar compiled a list of female entrepreneurs she wanted to interview this summer and elisa was at the very top of the list. so last week we jumped on the subway and headed over to confetti cakes‘ studio on the upper west side of manhattan.
Logo Design Inspiration: 54 Creative Logos Hand-picked From Logopond – once again dzineblog presents you the logo design inspiration series, this time i’ve selected the logo’s from logopond, as you know logopond is one of the greatest source for logo inspiration
Web Design Ideas – 12 Ways To Improve Your Websites Design – There are lots of ways to improve your sites web design but sometimes you need help thinking of new ideas. So we have collected a list of creative ideas to help you come up with ideas for your designs.
12 Remarkable Book Covers – They Will Make You Grab the Book. – As a child, I remember very well, I often used to go to bookstores just to have a look at the interesting covers of the books. An expressive cover page does not let the reader forget a book. Attractive book covers play an important part in making a person choose a book, while wandering in a bookstore looking for an interesting book.
Interior Design
New on the market in DC – A home came on the market last week in Washington, DC. Built in 1927, the real estate listing describes it as ‘Spanish Eclectic’. It is on 1.1 acres, which is unusual in DC, and the price tag reflects the prime nature of the land and the location: $7.5 million.
Interiors : Photo gallery by Grey Crawford – Grey Crawford, photographer who has worked with many high profile magazines and has produced 14 books such as Modern Glamour : The Art of Unexpected Style, Creating the Not So Big House, Home by Design : Insipration for Transforming House Into Home. This is some his portfolio.
Kwinter & Company – Brendan Kwinter-Schwartz’s interior design firm in New York is all about creating sophisticated and warm spaces with little touches of glam here and there to spice things up. She clearly loves lucite, animal prints, velvet and mirrors. All I can say about that is YEAH BABY!!!
Code
5 Useful Coding Solutions For Designers and Developers – Often creative and truly remarkable design solutions remain unknown because we, designers, simply overlook them. Being busy with our own projects, we sometimes try to grasp the intuition behind (probably) complex and cluttered code of other designers to understand how they manage to implement particular design ideas. In fact, by just observing the code of other developers we can learn a lot from them; we can find interesting ideas and improve the quality of our work.
25 Awesome tutorials for web designers – This is a collection of the best tutorials for web designers I found this month browsing some websites I like. It also includes some of my post :) Take a look!
ASCII Character to HTML Converter – Do you ever find it hard to remember the HTML for the little ASCII characters you’re supposed to use so your code validates when designing a website or while making your next post in your favorite blogging program? If you don’t have them all stored in your memory by now, I may have a little tool that will help you.
CSS Revolution – Use Condition Rules WITHIN Styles – Undoubtedly you will have found many a situation where different web-browsers require different style statements. Conditional-CSS addresses this by letting you add Internet Explorer style conditions inline with your CSS statements.
Specifics on CSS Specificity – The best way to explain it is to start with an example of where specificity gets confusing and perhaps doesn’t behave like you would expect. Then we’ll take a closer look at how to calculate the actual specificity value to determine which selector takes precedence.
Wordpress
WordPress: Show latest comment(s) for each post on main page – Normally, we will put a recent comment widget on the sidebar of our blog. That widget will show all recent comments taken from all posts. But now, we want to do something different. We want to show the recent comment(s) for each of our post on the main page.
Disqus launches improved Wordpress plugin, now SEO-friendly – Disqus offers web publishers the ability to spruce up their comments sections with advanced features including threaded comments, avatars, and ratings. Perhaps the most significant advantage Disqus offers over the default Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad or Moveable Type comments features is the fact that users can sign up for one Disqus account and leave comments on thousands of blogs and web sites.
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