#WDNDL For 8/6/2009 – Freebies, Inspirations & jQuery Stuff!

Thursday is here! Its been another crazy week here! Today we have a ton of great links going out to all sorts of Freebies, Design Inspirations and jQuery/CSS/AJAX Stuff! Enjoy the links! Thanks everyone for all the love and support, I appreciate you all! Now Get your Daily Nerdy Web Development/Design Links!!

• FancyPlayer – jQuery Fancybox and Flowplayer Integration Tutorial | WebGurus Design Blog
  Interesting jQuery Fancybox and Flowplayer Integration Tutorial
  (tags: tutorial lightbox howto player javascript modal samples jquery webdevelopment video)
• 25 Examples of Mega Menus in Web Design
  Awesome Menus in Web Design!
  (tags: design usability menus !pm:webdev ui webdesign interface inspiration trends menu javascript ecommerce showcase navigation css ux 20+ web2 dropdown ia web)
• Outlaw Design Blog » What if Websites Were People…
  Amazingly Hilarious hahaha – This is spot on!!
  (tags: design people webdesign weird inspiration websites example)
• 30 Fresh and Inspirational Portfolios With A Twist | Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
  Portfolios with a Twist! NICE
  (tags: design webdesign web inspiration css gallery creativity portfolio articles freelance smashing bestof portfolios smashingmagazine ajax diseño portafolios flash awesome)
• Best of the Web- July – Nettuts+
  Freaking AWESOME Stuff from July!!!
  (tags: web tips javascript php best tuts)
• CodeIgniter From Scratch: Day 3. Sending Emails – Nettuts+
  Great CodeIgniter tutorial – Sending emails
  (tags: tutorial webdev tutorials programming php dev)
• How to Create a Dark Emotional Photo Manipulation – Psdtuts+
  Very nice photo manipulation
  (tags: design inspiration tutorials photoshop art check photography photoshoptutorials tutorial dark psd effects photomanipulation effect manipulation)
• How to Create an Original Pin-Up Girl in Photoshop – Psdtuts+
  very nice illustration tutorial
  (tags: design photoshoptutorials drawing tutorials photoshop adobe illustration)
• Theo Aartsma Interview – Psdtuts+
  very nice designer interview!
  (tags: inspiration ping.fm photo typographic)
• 85 Free High Quality Silhouette Sets | Graphics
  SILHOUETTES! These will come in handy, theres tons of them!
  (tags: design webdesign inspiration collection download illustrator photoshop resources tools)
• Colorburned | Guest Article: 20 Insanely Cool Manga Fonts
  SWEET! Manga Fonts!
  (tags: design resources tutorial download fonts)
• Beautiful Photo Manipulation by Lilla Marton | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Very nice photo manipulations!
  (tags: inspiration photoshop fotografia)
• Awesome Strange Creatures by Imaginism Studios | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  Freaking awesome strange creatures!!
  (tags: design abduzeedo inspiration blog inspiracao excellent)
• 5 Image/Font Replacement Techniques For Custom Font Embedding – Codefusion Lab
  Useful replacement techniques for custom font embedding!
  (tags: article javascript image webdesign)
• The Luxury Brand Effect: Should BMW Sell Ketchup? – TIME
  Interesting read on Luxury brand effects
  (tags: design science price ping.fm branding 2009 ux brand time psychology)
• 50 Beautiful Vintage Posters | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials
  tons of vintage posters!!
  (tags: design inspiration photoshop inspiracion graphicdesign graphics gallery cool art illustration history retro photo advertising showcase graphic photos bookmarks list)
• 51 Best BlackBerry Apps
  Nice collection of BlackBerry Apps
• Standing Out: How to Give Your Clients Extra | FreelanceFolder
  Give your clients extra, freelancers!
  (tags: design tips freelance work freelancing toread)
• To-Do Lists: 12 Online Tools for Organizing Your Tasks
  Get organized! Try these out
  (tags: tips tools designer management)
• 40 Beautiful Examples of Minimalism in Web Design
  Great examples of Minimalist Design
  (tags: design webdesign web gallery web-design reference web2.0 website minimalist templates typography)
• HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment
  This is ridiculously awesome.
  (tags: design twitter web inspiration development visualization processing)
• Weekly top quality Photoshop tutorials #44 | Design your way
  Tons of awesome Photoshop tutorials from the week
  (tags: tutorial photoshop)
• Coding Horror: The Paper Data Storage Option
  Awesome read – Paper data storage!
  (tags: blog programming humor interesting text encoding data design no_tag paper a backup storage archive toread 2009)
• Speeding up Google Analytics load times with a jQuery plugin | Geekology
  Interesting read – Speeding up Google Analytics load times
  (tags: tutorial reference javascript resource google)
• Latest Google Chrome Beta Is “30 Percent Faster,” Supports HTML5, And Is Prettier Too
  Cool info on the new Google Chrome Beta
• 50 Gorgeous Flash Websites You Definitely Should See | Graphic and Web Design Blog – Inspiration, Resources and Tools
  AWESOME Flash Websites you need to see
  (tags: example gallery design resources website webdesign)
• 30 Top Programmers To Follow On Twitter | Web Design Tutorials | Creating a Website | Learn Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver
  Fantastic list of Top Programmers on Twitter to follow – Completely honored to be listed there
  (tags: twitter programming programmers)
• Chrome’s New Feature: Click The UI Designer To Close The Window
  LOL Crazy Chrome UI Designer
  (tags: fun ui browser chrome)
• Create The Fanciest Dropdown Menu You Ever Saw | Web Design Tutorials | Creating a Website | Learn Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver
  Very fancy Dropdown Menu Tutorial
  (tags: dropdown tutorial howto navigation menus)
• 21 Yellow Websites | GreatCreativeLinks.com
  Some awesome Yellow Websites for Inspiration!
  (tags: design webdesign web inspiration showcase)
• Bite Size Audio Recorder « Bit Rebels
  wow, thats a small audio recorder
  (tags: color health tweecious)
• 5 Essential Google Cheat Sheets Which Surely Will Come in Handy | Css Reflex – Design Blog | Web Design | Inspiration and Resources for Designers
  Great google cheatsheets!!
  (tags: design tutorial cheatsheets article resources google search blog)
• jQuery lightBox plugin
  The very simple, but useful Lightbox plugin for jQuery
  (tags: design webdesign resources development photos ajax web2.0 programming library photography images plugins javascript)
• 30 essential Mac time-saving shortcuts | News | TechRadar UK
  Very useful Mac Time-Saving Shortcuts
  (tags: productivity tutorial article lifehacks shortcut macosx tools tips tutorials mac guide howto)
• The Brads – a comic about web design » The Brads – Time
  LOL clients love to talk up your time, funny comic
  (tags: comics)
• The Brads – a comic about web design » The Brads – Diggbar
  LOL Funny diggbar comic
  (tags: web flickr comic twitter funny humor facebook humour comics digg)
• Getting Comical with Brad Colbow
  Awesome interview with the hilarious Brad Colbow
• 11 Ways to Get Inspired – See What Best Designers Do | Mogdesign
  Great guide to getting inspired – for Designers
  (tags: design webdesign designer designers inspiration tips)
• Designers'Couch: 26 Brilliant Social Ad Campaigns
  Awesome Social Ad Campaigns!!
  (tags: list marketing social creative advertising campaign)
• Amazing Collection of Origami Made out of Dollar Bills | blueblots.com
  Freaking awesome Origami!!
  (tags: inspiration cool origami artwork)
• 18 Stunning Typography Illustrations | Web Design Tutorials | Creating a Website | Learn Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver
  Stunning typography Illustrations
  (tags: design inspiration typography 3d typographic type)
• 5 Amazing Methods to Find Similar Websites Based On Your Preferences | Inspired Magazine
  Awesome ways to find similar websites based on Preferences
  (tags: design magazine interesting reference webdesign inspiration search collection tips resources)
• Items You Can Get Great Deals On in a Recession – Shopping – Lifehacker
  take advantage of the recession you cheapo!
  (tags: shopping recession)
• 50 Stunning & Inspirational Stop Motion Videos | Spyre Studios
  These are awesome Stop motion vidoes!!
  (tags: inspiration art photography via:mento.info ideas video creative)
• Colors on The Web: Color Theory for Designers | Design Reviver
  Interesting read on Color Theory for Designer
• 10 Tips for Writing Better jQuery Code
  GREAT Tips for writing better code with jQuery
  (tags: tutorial webdev tips webdevelopment webdesign web javascript programming)
• Category Templates « WordPress Codex
  Great resource for doing anything on WordPress with Categories
  (tags: design tutorial wp template webdesign reference templates themes wordpress blogging development tutorials)
• Real World Illustrator: Learn to make Illustrator go FASTER
  Good tips for making Illustrator go FASTER!
  (tags: tips optimize howto improve illustrator productivity fast tweak vector speed toread)
• xkcd – A Webcomic – Supported Features
  LOL Good way to start off the morning, Silly Linux
  (tags: art fun funny dev humor geek comic linux comics humour video)
• links for 2009-08-04 | AndySowards.com :: Professional Web Design, Development, Programming, Hacks, Downloads, Math and being a Web 2.0 Hipster?
  The Top 100 Web Sites of 2009 – Reviews by PC Magazine Best sites of 2009! (tags: design web resources
  (tags: ping.fm nerdy daily web development and design links)