#WDNDL For 5/20/2009 – CSS, WordPress, and Type Edition!

Happy Wednesday!! Todays links are HUGE. We have some great WordPress Themes, CSS Tricks, and inspirational Typography in the list, also a ton of great and inspirational Designer Interviews. Great list of Freebies as well! Hope you enjoy it and pass it to a friend! Thanks everyone for all the love and support, I appreciate you all! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

Web Development/Designer Resources, Inspirations and Entertainment!!

• Free Texture Tuesday: Grunge Music | BittBox
  Awesome Grungy Music texture!
• 25 Rich Athletes Who Went Broke | Business Pundit
  This is just an interesting read for entrepreneurs
  (tags: sports money)
• BA-K-47: America's No. 1 bacon-based assault rifle | Daily Dish | Los Angeles Times
  lol. gun made of bacon.
  (tags: bacon)
• 20 Ways to Share a Great Blog Post
  Great ways to share a blog post!
• How to Build a Star Ratings jQuery Plugin | Switch on the Code
  Cool Star Rating jQuery Plugin Tutorial!
  (tags: tutorial jquery plugin plugins tutoriales)
• Totally Awesome Joker Collection | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Nice Joker Collection of Illustrations!
  (tags: download)
• How To Improve Your Branding With Your Content | How-To | Smashing Magazine
  excellent read – improve branding with content
  (tags: webdesign inspiration marketing branding)
• Make Your Design Work Look Awesome with a Product Mockup – Psdtuts+
  Awesome product mockup tutorial
  (tags: design templates presentation mockup graphics tutorial)
• A List Apart: Articles: The Elegance of Imperfection
  Great read – Elegance of imperfection
  (tags: design webdesign toread)
• 15 Boldly Colored Business Cards | Web Design Ledger
  Great Business Cards – Very Bold!
  (tags: design business graphic card)
• Confidence in Your Personal Brand | Personal Branding Blog – Dan Schawbel
  Be Confident in your brand!
• Flickr: The Japanese Manhole Covers Pool
  Very creative manhole covers!!
• Design a Stylish Mail Icon in Photoshop – Tutorial9
  Awesome Mail Icon Photoshop tutorial!
  (tags: design inspiration tutorial photoshop icon tutoriales)
• Styling your Lists: 20+ Brilliant How to’s and Best Practices | DevSnippets
  GREAT resource for best practices of List Items
  (tags: webdesign tutorials tools lists tutoriales)
• 40 (NEW) High-quality and Free Icon Sets | Noupe
  SWEET Icon sets!
  (tags: design webdesign collection icons inspiration resources)
• 50 Best Sites To Get Design Inspiration | Dzine Blog
  Awesome sites for Design Inspiration!!
  (tags: inspiration inspiracion)
• I love Typography (iLT), devoted to fonts, typefaces and all things typographical
  Awesome typography stuff here!
  (tags: design web2.0 typography resource resources)
• The 21 Most Popular Blogs for Web Designers Jake Rocheleau Blog
  Very popular web design blogs
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration resource)
• Free Set of Glossy Icons – Volume 1 | Minervity
  Awesome Glossy Icons!
• Styleneat: CSS Organizer | Sharebrain »
  cool CSS Style organizer!
• Computer Arts – Land your dream job
  Great Read – Land your dream job – interview
• Branding for web professionals: An introduction / Brian Cray's Blog
  Great read for Branding if you are a web professional!
  (tags: web marketing branding brand corporate)
• 3 Beautiful CSS Effects With Tutorials And Source Files By Dragon Labs
  Stunning CSS Effects!!
  (tags: text design jquery)
• Our Favorite Typefaces of 2008 | Typeface Reviews | Typographica
  Solid typefaces of 2008!
  (tags: best 2008 inspiration webdesign design)
• WordPress › Blog » WordPress 2.8 Beta 1
  Start testing WP 2.8!
• 10 SEO Rules for Designers
  Great rules for Designers in SEO
  (tags: design website internet webdev development reference webdesign)
• Mastering “Bevel and Emboss” – From Beginner to Pro | Minervity
  Great tips for mastering something that can so easily go tacky
  (tags: tutorial 3d photoshop)
• Hivelogic – Top 10 Programming Fonts
  Awesome fonts for programming 🙂
  (tags: design development code programming typography)
• 10 Ways to Originally Impress Your Clients | Minervity
  Funny ways to impress your clients lol
• Illustration and Art by Ezequiel Matteo | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Stunning Art!! pops off the screen!
• Eight Useful AJAX scripts – aComment.net
  Great AJAX Scripts!!
  (tags: webdesign tutorials programming ajax php)
• Designer Interview: How Blogging Can Help Your Business – The Creative Lab
  Great read – some awesome bloggers featured
• Very Cool Blue Tees | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Awesome blue tees!
• Create a Five-color Magazine Cover using a Spot Metallic – Psdtuts+
  Awesome tip for designing a cover using spot metallic!
  (tags: masking design photoshop print magazine indesign)
• I Want Your Creative Business Logo For Branding Series | Logo, Identity, Brand Design Served up by ImJustCreative
  Submit your creative business logo!
  (tags: design ping.fm professional business logo logos promotion)
• They need YOU. Great brands personalize. | GR8BR&: Holistic Branding
  Awesome brand personlization
• 50 Influential Designers & Developers to Follow on Twitter | Graphic Leftovers Blog
  Some great people to follow on twitter!
  (tags: twitter designers developers)
• Paypal's Transaction Fee Sneakiness – SitePoint Forums
  Paypal being sneaky? Join the discussion!
• Use jQuery to "turn off the lights" while watching videos
  simple and useful jquery tip
  (tags: inspiration tutorial tips css javascript jquery video dark)
• Logo Trends 2009: Should we follow Logo Designing trends? | Graphic Design Blog
  Trendy 2009 Logos – should we follow their direction?
• 10 More Places to Find Absolutely Free Vector Graphics | Design Links | Tutorial Blog
  Great places for freebies!
  (tags: design wallpaper vectors graphics vector adobe)
• 40 Stunning and Creative Web Sites | Inspiration | PelFusion.com
  Very creative web designs!!
• 25+ CSS Galleries to Promote your Work | Admix Web
  Great CSS Galleries
  (tags: design webdesign webdev css)
• 30 Untypical WordPress Sites
  Awesome sites for inspiration – WordPress
  (tags: wordpress inspiration webdesign design themes css web)
• Top 20 Motivation Hacks – An Overview | Zen Habits
  awesome ways to get motivated
  (tags: motivation productivity lifehacks gtd inspiration tips howto goals)
• 50 Excellent Circular Logos | Webdesigner Depot
  Freaking sweet Circle Logo Collection
  (tags: logo inspiration design logos branding showcase reference icons)
• Git – Fast Version Control System
  Cool and Simple Version Control!
  (tags: git versioncontrol programming development software tools opensource svn)
• 30 HTML Best Practices for Beginners – Nettuts+
  Great HTML tips for beginners
  (tags: practices html beginners tutorials best)
• Creating an Advanced Password Recovery Utility – Nettuts+
  Great look at advanced password recovery tools
• jQuery vs MooTools: Choosing Between Two Great JavaScript Frameworks
  Awesome site dedicated to pitting jquery vs. MooTools – Lots of documentation
  (tags: jquery mootools programming development reference)
• tiltshiftmaker.com – Transform your photos into tilt-shift style miniatures
  Cool Tilt shift photo creator
  (tags: photography tiltshift photos photoshop tool web2.0)
• GoodBarry – eCommerce CMS with CRM, Email Marketing and Analytics
  Interesting new eCommerce service
  (tags: cms ecommerce tools business webdesign software crm web)