AndySowards.com :: Web Development Nerdy Daily Links For 11/18/2008

Another week is off here at AndySowards.com and we would like to say Hello and welcome to all the new Subscribers, daily visitors, and twitter friends! Happy Tuesday, your nerdy techy web developer/designery Resources await! Feel free to leave some comment love or lay down some nerdy techy link enlightenment and Get Informed while doing it! Some really great inspirations, Freebies, and Info are below!

Web Developer/Designer Resources

• Lorem 2: An all-around better Lorem experience.
  Simple way to get Lorem Filler Copy. Nice Page
  (tags: design typography ipsum lorem work webdesign useful loremipsum writing tools sidenotes Resources copy language copywriting webdev reference)
• Typography resource for all things typographic | The Design Cubicle
  Giant Ultimate Collection of Typography Resources, for those typography lovers out there! Good list!
• Top 10 Tutorials for Converting PSDs to HTML/CSS
  Best Tutorials for Doing PSD/HTML yourself!
  (tags: design Tutorials webmaster adobe convert layout CSS web-design webdesign web howto photoshop guide xhtml development Resources website psd webdevelopment tutorial webdev conversion to html converting photoshop.tutorials html/css psd2html)
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  AndySowards.com :: Web Development/Design Nerdy Daily Links For 11/17/2008 – Check Out The nerdy web techy web developer/designery Resources at your disposal! Feel free to leave some comment love or lay down some nerdy techy link enlightenment and Get Informed while doing it!
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Web 2.0 News

• Google Analytics now tracking Adobe Flash content
  Google Analytics is showing Adobe Flash some love.

Contests

• 99designs » Design me the worst logo you can…
  LoL Worst design logo contest! Winner gets $150 bucks!

Programming

• Regular Expressions Cheat Sheets – NETTUTS
  Because Reg Ex is hard to remember. LoL
• Alltop – Top Java News
  So much Java you would think You were at Starbucks. Java is a language that I know very little of, but hopefully soon, when I have time, All of that will change. Java is a powerful and widespread programming language. This link has a ton of Java resources.
  (tags: development networks JAVA buzz)

Web Tools

• WhatTheFont : MyFonts
  Get an Image that you need to use the font from? But have no idea what typeface it is? Try What the Font. Just upload the image and it tries to decipher what the font type is! Nice Timesaver!
  (tags: design free search find fonts cool fuentes fontes image art web webdesign resource useful tool Resources graphic font utilities online tools reference type tipografia typography images database graphics recognition identify)

jQuery

• 5 Tips for Better jQuery Code: jQuery, Tutorial
  Write Better jQuery with these tips!
  (tags: design reference jQuery JS CSS tips list programming javascript AJAX dev tutorial code webdev development webdesign web tools)

Freebies!

• Best Graphics Design Free Icon Sets | Graphics Design Community
  Best Collection of Free Icons Sets I have EVER SEEN! Nice One!
  (tags: graphic design webdesign web graphicdesign best icons inspiration Resources stock 2.0 icon graphics free sets)
• Free Hi-Res Autumn Textures: Tree Silhouettes + Leaves | fudgegraphics | for lovers
  Nice FREE Tree and Leaves Silhouettes! Great Textures!
• Function Web Design & Development [ Blog ] » Stunning Free Character Pack: Free Illustrations for any use
  Nice Free Graphic Character Pack!
  (tags: free graphic characters)
• Freebies – Stone Textures Pack 1 | Arbenting
  Stone Textures Pack! Freebie!

Web Developer/Designer Inspiration

• Interview: Max Spencer | Abduzeedo – design inspiration & tutorials
  Awesome Designer Interview, Featuring Max Spencer!
  (tags: inspiration illustration designer graphicdesign interview design)
• Helvetica – Why is it SO Popular? | Photoshop Tutorials
  Helvetica is Everywhere!
  (tags: typography fonts type fontes design)
• Arbenting’s Best of the Week (11/09 – 11/15) | Arbenting
  Best of Last week, According to Arenting! Good Stuff!
• Braintalk with Calvin Lee « Sharebrain
  Interview with Calvin Lee!
• INSPIRATION: Maciej Rakowski | FLYLYF
  Really great art pieces from Maciej Rakowski!
• Blooper Troopers: Coolest 404 Error Pages | Brain Pickings
  Awesome 404 Error pages! Inspirational!
  (tags: inspirational webdesign design error inspiration list lists roundups page 404)
• Why it’s good to work on your own side projects – Freelance Web Design Belfast Northern Ireland Lee Munroe
  Side Projects are Awesome, Here are some great reasons on why you SHOULD partake in side projects that are your own!
  (tags: design programming webdesign inspiration business article development freelance webdev advice tips articles)
• 36 Cool Custom Error 404 Pages
  More Awesome Custom 404 Pages! .htaccess was never so popular!
  (tags: design article custom page gallery web webdesign fun 404 copy showcase inspiration error 404error usability Resources creativity bestof generator webdev list cool)
• 50 Gorgeous Navigation Menus – Part 2 | Vandelay Website Design
  Awesome Navigational Menus!
  (tags: design reference menu navigation CSS web graphics patterns webdesign inspiration art ux menus graphic development gallery ia inspiracion diseño webdev interface nav)
• Who to follow on Twitter for Social Media & SEO tips | On.eTi.me
  Follow these Social Media And SEO Mavens on Twitter!
  (tags: twitter media sem social)

Nerdy History Lesson of the day – Microsoft

• Gallery: A History of Microsoft Windows
  History is fun. History of Windows is Interesting!
  (tags: gallery windows screenshots tour computers tech technology computing photos computer os 2008 history read wired ui microsoft)