Links

Glad you’re checking out my favourite links! Most of these are websites that I am subscribed to or think are nifty… Apart from the software links that is, those are for software installed on my MacBookiMac. There are two sets of links: “Software”, which are paid apps and “Software (free)”, which are all open source or freeware: you can actually run a computer for no charge after buying the hardware (and operating system that comes with it if you use Mac OS X)!

Enjoy!

• Blogging

  • DIYthemes Answers
    Code snippets for all of your Thesis customisation needs
  • Thesis Theme for WordPress

• Software

  • Aperture
    Photo editing and management software. Really sped up my workflow! ($199)
  • Billings
    Excellent client management and billing software (integrates with Address Book and has very nice invoice templates) ($39.99)
  • Coda
    Fantastic website management ($99)
  • EventBox
    Rolling social networks into one smooth application ($15)

• Graphics

  • BittBox
    Great collection of free textures and brushes
  • Blog.SpoonGraphics
    Design Tutorials and Free Vector Downloads
  • DryIcons
    Amazing free icons and vectors
  • Gimp-Tutorials.net
  • Meet the GIMP!
    A videopodcast about the free graphics program Gimp
  • Photoshop Disasters
  • PSDTUTS – Photoshop Tutorials and Links
    Spoonfed Photoshop Tutorials
  • Squidfingers
    Excellent graphics and patterns
  • Veerle’s blog: Veerle’s art

• Links

  • All Mankind
    Formerly known as the Richard Beeston Band – great guys, cool band!
  • Buffy Audio
  • Buffy Guide
    The complete Buffy episode guide, and more.
  • Chuck Norris Facts
  • CSS Play
    Amazing and innovative stuff for websites using CSS and XHTML
  • Dave’s Comics Feed
    An RSS feed of daily comics (includes Peanuts, PhD, User Friendly, xkcd, Dilbert, Ctrl + Alt +Del, and more)
  • Fervr
    Christian resource for young people
  • Illo Luv
    Cool illustrations/designs and where I got the smiley blobs from.
  • Pixelgirl Presents
    Awesome desktops and icons!
  • Set Game

• Blogopalooza

  • ArmenThomassian.com
    The Detached Residence
  • ChurchETHOS
    A blog that encourages thinking Christianly about the habits and customs of the Church and about our reputation with the unchurched.
  • Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
    Amazing photography and amusing life stories of Ree Drummond
  • Haiku
    A blog for my Bible related haiku
  • Kingdom Geek
    Rick Beckman — Christian, Thesis Ninja, good bloke
  • Lorissa Shepstone
    Yay, another geek chick!
  • Mactoids
    Tips for working better on a mac
  • Martijn Vreugde’s piece of the net
  • Mostly Lisa: Canada’s Sexy Geek Blog
    The mostly glamorous adventures of Lisa Bettany, a Vancouver-based media producer, blogger, model, actress, photographer, videographer, techy, Apple addict, sexy geek, singer, songwriter, and, oddly enough, a Master Linguist.
  • pelf-ism is contagious
    … you have been warned…
  • Tiplet
    Tech tips for all operating systems

• Photography

  • ‘Tis the Season
    ‘Tis the Season
  • A Walk Through Durham Township, Pennsylvania
  • Aboutpictures
  • c h r o m a s i a
    David J. Nightingale’s photoblog
  • Daily Practice
  • Digital Photography School
    Digital photography tips and product reviews
  • Epic Edits Weblog
    A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist.
  • genestho.ca :: make it happen
    genestho.ca :: make it happen
  • JoeBuddy
    Authentic photoblog flavour
  • Markus Nilsson’s daily shots
    Markus Nilsson’s daily shots photoblog
  • MUTE – Photoblog
    Mute is a photoblog
  • News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
    Digital Photography Review, Latest digital camera news, camera reviews, galleries, technology and comparisons.
  • Noushin Blog
  • The Corner Blog
    The PhotographyCorner.com blog, covering community events happening around the Corner, and important photography-related industry news.
  • these fleeting moments
    these fleeting moments
  • Uh!Log
    Views outside my Front Door
  • urban views · New York Impressions by Markus Hartel
    New York Street Photography by Markus Hartel, photographer
  • zenith9
  • [daily dose of imagery]
    A daily photoblog by Sam Javanrouh.

• Design

  • 23psi.com
    A blog on design, photography and anything that makes me sit up and take notice.
  • 456 Berea Street
    Roger Johansson is a web professional specialising in web standards, accessibility, and usability.
  • Bleikamp.com
    design, technology, and college
  • Brian Yerkes
  • Creative Curio
    Learn, discuss and explore the realm of Graphic Design.
  • CSS Tricks
  • David Airey :: Graphic Designer
    I’m a graphic and logo designer based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with a huge passion for logo design.
  • Design Adaptations
    dream. create. prosper.
  • Designers who Blog
    A Design blog for designers, writers, photographers, marketeers, etc, who blog
  • Deziner Folio
    A site dedicated to the Creative aspects of Design.
  • i love typography
  • Inspiration Bit
    Knowledge comes from inspiration – one bit at a time
  • Just Creative Design
    Graphic Design Portfolio & Blog of Jacob Cass.
  • Logo Design Love
    Because we love logo design. Seriously.
  • Pearsonified
    Best Damn Blog on the Planet
  • Positive Space
    Discussions on Design, Technology, Music & Culture.
  • Randa Clay Design
  • Smashing Magazine
    we smash you with the information that will make your life easier. really.
  • Tracey Grady Design
  • Veerle’s blog: full articles
  • Web Designer Wall

• Software (free)

  • Adium
    Instant Messaging
  • arRsync
    User interface for rsync
  • Audacity
    Sound editing
  • Blender
    3D modelling and rendering
  • Calaboration
    Nifty tool for setting up iCalGoogle Cal syncing via CalDAV.
  • Camino
    Great browser for Mac
  • Cashbox
    Simple money management
  • CoreDuoTemp
    Menu bar tool gives info on your CPU
  • Cyberduck
    FTP
  • Exif Viewer
    View EXIF data of photos (not RAW format)
  • Finch TV
    for viewing DNA sequence chromatographs
  • FireFox
    Web browser
  • Fluid
    Make applications from sites!
  • Gimp
    Powerful image editing software
  • Graphviz
    Tidy chart rendering
  • Growl
    Activity notifications
  • Handbrake
    Rip DVDs for use on your computer and mobile devices
  • IEs 4 OS X
    Install IE6 on your Mac — for debugging websites of course
  • iGTD
    Getting Things Done software – don’t forget tasks any longer
  • Inkscape
    Vector drawing
  • MacSword
    Bible on your Mac
  • MAMP
    Server software for your mac
  • MarcoPolo
    Brilliant Mac OSX location switching software
  • MucFusion
    Interface for mounting SSH & FTP servers via MacFuse
  • Onyx
    System maintenance
  • Open Source Living
    Excellent collection of Open Source Software!
  • OpenOffice.org
    Open source office suite
  • Paparazzi
    Make screenshots of whole web pages
  • Plot
    Versatile information graphing
  • PNGCrusher
    Optimise PNG file size
  • Quicksilver
    Fast access to files, applications and actions
  • Quinn
    Excellent Tetris-like game
  • Simple Movie X
    Video editing
  • Skim
    PDF reading/editing
  • Skitch
    Annotate and draw on pictures and screenshots
  • Slim Battery Monitor
    A better battery gauge
  • Smultron
    Text editor for Mac – prettiest free editor in town!
  • Things
    Task management — GTD (free in Beta)
  • Video Monkey
    Re-encode video files
  • Vienna
    Feed reader
  • VLC
    Smart video & sound player