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Universal Print Driver for all HP printers and MFDs

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Thursday, March 4, 2010 by Kaushik Software

Have you lost your HP printer’s driver disks? Did you get a new HP printer but don’t have the drivers? Well, don’t bother searching because the HP Universal Print Driver is all you need.

The HP Universal Print Driver is the single driver that gives users instant access to a range of HP print devices without downloading separate drivers. The HP Universal Print Driver works well with a broad range of networked and direct-connected HP LaserJet and Edgeline print devices using PCL 5, PCL 6 or postscript emulation.

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The HP Universal Print Driver offers optional Dynamic mode, in addition to Traditional mode, to enhance mobile printing. Dynamic mode locates network printers where you are, or you can enter a printer name or address and print anywhere on your network. It's great when you're on the road or want to print to a new device. Traditional mode is just like a traditional driver. Both modes can be used on the same PC to allow you to print what you want no matter where you are.

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Quitetube: watch youtube videos without distractions

If you're tired of the noisiness and clogginess of Youtube pages and the like, then this little gem is the perfect answer. With a simple click on the bookmarklet the video is transfered to a blank page and you can enjoy the content without distractions. This also increases the loading time. Awesome!

PS: You will notice that some videos are protected against embedding on other sites.

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quietube: Video without the distractions

To watch web videos without the comments and crap, just drag the button below to your browser's bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace.

You can then make short URLs too, to send the quietube version to your friends. Easy as.


We support YouTube, BBC iPlayer, Viddler, and Vimeo, with more to come...

Here's an example.
Here's a quick tutorial.

Updates on Twitter.

quietube

Drag this button to your toolbar (Don't click it!)

or use this Greasemonkey Script - with thanks to Andrew Harrison



Built by STML | Advert ↓

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How to Design for Your Worst Client: You

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How to Design for Your Worst Client: You.

The struggle within

As depicted in the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the duality of human nature has been a fascinating subject throughout history. Duality is the exploration of good and evil, or in this article, the inner conflict of the creative person. As a designer this struggle within is something that can be a very powerful tool, if you can learn to control it.

Rule #1: Final destination

Rule #2: Create order

Rule #3: Content is king

Rule #4: Stop comparing

Rule #5: Inspiration perspiration

Rule #6: Bulletproof Brand

Rule #7: Perfection is infinite

Rule #8: The right one

Rule #9: You are not a creative genius

Rule #10: Use The Force

Go design it

Francisco Inchauste is a web and interaction designer whose work you can find over at his online presence – Finch. By day, he works as a UX specialist for Universal Mind. He’s written for O’Reilly’s InsideRIA about User Experience and RIA’s. Connect with him on Twitter.

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5 Ways to Guarantee Your Failure as a Web Professional

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This article is geared towards anyone looking to implode under the crushing weight of unsustainable business practices, unreasonable client expectations, long hours for little pay, and a general sense of bewilderment as you ponder what went wrong. While that may not be you today, you may identify with one or more of these afflictions. Are you already recalling your worst client and the headaches they have caused? Here are some of the ways that you can hurt yourself as a web professional.

1. Be a Jack of all trades

2. Take on every project that comes along

3. Don’t have a business strategy

4. Neglect your existing clients

5. Don’t invest your revenue into your growth

Fred Bliss is a slightly over-seasoned bleeding edge web-evangelist. He is a married father of 3 boys. He has been working for the past year on Isotope eCommerce (a hybrid solution built in with TYPOlight CMS/ Framework) as lead developer, and one third of Winans Creative.  Connect with him via Twitter: @fbliss and LinkedIn.

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“Kinderen stoeien te weinig” Helemaal mee eens!

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Worstelen en Stoeien 3
Worstelen en stoeien 2

Waarom een Stoeigroep

De stoeibehoefte van kinderen is waarschijnlijk nog terug te voeren op het stukje roofdier, de krijger of de jager in onszelf. Worstelen en Stoeien 4Roofdierjongen stoeien om elkaar en zichzelf te leren kennen en te leren vertrouwen. Dat doen wij in onze steeds agressiever wordende samenleving eigenlijk veel te weinig! Maar ook voor het zelfvertrouwen van kinderen is het heel belangrijk dat ze hun krachten goed leren kennen. De meeste kinderen vinden stoeien leuk. Stoeien heeft iets ongecompliceerds, lekker dollen met elkaar. De werkelijkheid van de straat is dat stoeien vaak uitmondt in vechten, wat een uiting is van negatieve emotie (angst, onmacht, woede, bang zijn voor het onbekende, reactie enz.), terwijl stoeien juist het tegenovergestelde is (plezier, spel, samenwerken, positieve reactie enz.). Uitingsvormen van vechten, ongecontroleerd slaan, schoppen etc. zijn het tegenovergestelde van stoeien. Het stoeien is op een uitdagende en sportieve manier werken om het zelfvertrouwen te vergroten, sterker te worden en te leren je weerbaar, maar ook kwetsbaar op te stellen. Stoeien is niet alleen het gebruik van lichamelijke kracht, het betekent ook: het verbeteren van de mentale weerbaarheid, nee zeggen, grenzen stellen, jezelf de moeite waard vinden om voor op te komen. In deze cursus leer je hoe je om kunt gaan met balans en onbalans van je lichaam en geest. Hoe je moet omgaan met je lijf en je leert hoe je kunt reageren in lastige situaties. De beginnende "stoeier" ziet in het begin niet wanneer zijn partner uit balans is, hij weet ook niet hoe hij deze balans kan verstoren, omdat hij veelal de motorische vaardigheid mist. Daarom wordt aandacht besteed aan houding, stevig staan, balansverstoring en ademhaling. Er worden situaties nagespeeld en geoefend wat je zou kunnen doen, hoe je je zelf kunt bevrijden uit allerlei lastige situaties. Je leert ook technieken hoe je kunt vallen zonder je te bezeren en ervaart dat vallen niet iets is om bang voor te wezen, maar een middel kan zijn om je te verplaatsen. Ook bij een ongecontroleerde val heb je dan geleerd hoe je je lichaam kunt beschermen tegen letsel. Uiteraard speelt het zich af in een beschermde veilige omgeving en zullen de oefeningen veelal in spelvorm worden gedaan.

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Font made of plastic bag strips

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Twitario - See tweets in a diary design

Great & fun app. with a clear but playful design.

The diary tabs let you quickly scroll through years and months. This makes sensible use of Twitter's timeline and actually makes me wonder why I haven't seen this more put to use.

I like the fact that you can show any user's tweets, giving it a more personal feel when reading their posts. Even more, you can use the export to PDF function to make a nice personal gift for your friends, family members, or yourself. Great!

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Twitario – See your tweets in a diary


Twitario allows you to see your tweets, chronologically, in an elegant, ordered and plain diary. With Twitario, you can surf  your tweets page by page, month by month, or year by year.

Twitario shows the last 1000 tweets of any  user in Twitter or, the last 5000 tweets if you’re logged in via Twitter.

You can export and print your diary in PDF, see an illustrative video here.

Quickie
  • View tweets in a diary
  • View any users tweets
  • Login to view more tweets

Read more at www.twi5.com
 

Flightcheck PRO prepress application

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FlightCheck Professional preflight software is your total prepress application used to manage printing quality control for print jobs. This preflight solution provides both native file and Adobe PDF preflight checking and is backed by a preflight patent – United States Patent #5,963,641. FlightCheck preflight download is the essential preflight tool for Print Shops, Creative Designers, Prepress Departments, Customer Service Reps and Graphics Professionals within the digital print and publishing industries, helping you scan and prepare documents for commercial printing, including to preflight PDF and other document types
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Do NOT login to social network sites on public / shared Wifi

Hotspots are unsafe. Public Wifi is unsafe. Sharing wifi in your houshold is unsafe. Period.

Please wise up, people.

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Hacking Facebook: Stay off public wifi... OR ELSE!
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Q&A for power users of web applications

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nothingtoinstall.com now live!

nothingtoinstall.com is a place to get help with web applications. Want to know how to email huge files? How to delete your Facebook account? How to secretly follow someone on Twitter? How to backup Wordpress blogs, ahem, Jeff? This is the site.

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