4 AWESOME online photo editors manipulators

Depending on your daily needs , you may not want to spend 600$ for a Photoshop distribution , so here is where I , or this list comes handy. A lot of my friends asked me to show them a online editor that comes any closer to Photoshop. Well I'll show them , and you , even 4 of them. Although some of them are a little slow , they still do their job.

1. Aviary. This one , is almost the perfect Photoshop alternative. It has almost the same interface , its fast , easy to use , intuitive , and you will always want to return to it , or even better , you will want your friends to return to it too!

Web : http://www.aviary.com

2. FotoFlexer. This one , is not really a photoshop alternative , and it might look a bit hard at first sight , but it is a really great tool. You can login from several photo sharing services such as Flickr , Facebook , Picasa , and more. Once done , you can start having fun , with decorations , animations , text , auto fix , red eye reduction , and a lot more.

Web : http://fotoflexer.com/

3. BeFunky . Another beautiful tool , with a very minimalistic interface , but don't worry , the minimalistic interface doesn't mean it has to offer minimalistic features too. It has cool effects, animations , stamps , and much more with almost one click apply . You can also share your pictures , and/or download it to your computer after done editing. Or why not? You can create your own picture from scratch.

Web: http://www.befunky.com/

And finally the 4th candidate

4. Pixlr . Imagine pixlr as a lightweight alternative of photoshop , it has layers , text effects , and of course , its a whole tool to create your own image , cut , copy , layers , and much more. While I was using this tool I found absolutely no drawbacks , and it saves the picture almost instantly to your PC , its like it edits it directly on your hard disk. It's really awesome , worth trying out.

Although the picture is from a FireFox plugin , which is the same awesome as the online editor itself , they look both the same.

Web : http://pixlr.com

Fedora 15 , a distribution that is up to date!

Lately Fedora , and Ubuntu have been the only 2 distributions that were active , besides Backtrack , which is a copy of both with a lot of hacking tools , which I will not describe here , but if you really really want to see them you can go to backtrack.org , and see for yourself. So anyways , back to subject , Fedora 15 has been released , FINALLY! All of their main plugins , and applications such as Nautilus , gedit , and more have been updated for the new GNOME 3 to take advantage of the new GTK 3 toolkit! Although they removed the MINIMIZE , and MAXIMIZE button , there are other settings to do that , but GNOME never looked better.

Not to mention that the powerful FIREFOX 4 has been included , they fixed some network errors , and added tons of cool new features!

Here is a direct download link , since its free , however I recommend you to visit their web page : http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

Firefox 4 , the power unleashed x 2

Firefox 4 , is one of the best internet browsers , if not the best ... and thus knowing its limitations and what it can do its good for you. A news page article said that "Nvidia and Firefox 4 announced 3D HTML5 videos on Youtube , available exclusively in Firefox." "Starting with Firefox 4, WebM videos encoded with 3D data will be displayed in high-quality stereoscopic 3D using NVIDIA 3D Vision hardware. 3D hardware has moved from movie theaters and into people’s homes through TVs, laptop and desktop machines. 3D video games are in wide use today. And consumer hardware that’s capable of capturing 3D photos and videos is starting to come onto the market. In fact, there are several thousand 3D videos available today on YouTube. And starting today YouTube will transcode and play these videos into the open WebM format with 3D for use with their HTML5 player. This feature is currently only available in Firefox 4. It’s our hope that other browsers will follow and add support for 3D HTML5 video as well." source "blog.mozilla.org"

So now you know with what powerful application you are surfing the internet daily , and this is not the end. Each Firefox update is getting better and better , but it will require better and better PC too.

Audio alerts on your blog , or audio welcome messages!

Ever wanted your blog to say HI to newcomers? I mean literary say Hi! Or even speak to them on your voice , or on a predefined Text to Speech voice! There might be other uses of this little utility , if no other , then perhaps you can use it on your facebook or myspace profile.

So hop over to http://audiopal.com , and have some fun!

TagXedo , free online STUNNING Tag Clouds generator.

Since we have an emphasis on the word FREE we will never stop sharing FREE stuff. This is one of those FREE stuff that you will really enjoy. Do you have a blog? A website? Perhaps a forum? You saw on many people's website boring tag clouds ... and you want something different? Here is your chance to prove the people your website stands out the crowd , and has something special!

Cool eh? Well visit http://www.tagxedo.com for more examples , and to create your own stunning tag cloud today!

Create your own WordPress themes ... ONLINE!

If I wouldn't see it with my own eyes , I wouldn't believe it. Yes , now you can create WordPress themes without any prior HTML coding , all you need is to fire up http://www.lubith.com , and soon you will "lub it" You can add images , re-size containers , tables , and mostly everything that a pro could do by hand coding. When you finished your artwork , you can download it in a clean .zip file or just press "e-mail it to me". COOL!

Features : User friendly interface , let's you re-size elements , add , modify fonts , colors , styles , and much more. http://www.lubith.com

New blogger features.

As I am a devoted Blogger on Google's platform called "Blogger" , I noticed a brand new feature that might or might not be at any use , but surely some people will find it useful. The new feature I am talking about , is the ability to link each post to another page. This thingy is right after the Title:

Did not really understood the Enclosure link thingy , but it surely looks promising , and Thumbs up for Blogger platform that always brings us new features and remains the NUMBER ONE FREE blogging platform in the world.

The truth about WordPress

Wordpress is one awesome blogging platform , with literary thousands of themes you can choose from , thousands of cool plugins , each with its separate function , however there is one little problem with WordPress. Its really slow. I have took a little time to analyze the problem , deactivated a few "processor" hungry plug-ins and stuff , but it still was loading pretty slow. It's not that deadly though , everyone can support it , however I found other blogs much more faster then WordPress. For example , I have an account on wordpress.com , and one on blogger.com , the Blogger platform loads up to 60% faster even filled with Google adds , while the Wordpress it took quite a while , on a plain empty blog (literary empty).

Blogger vs. Wordpress -> Which is better for me?

So if you are planning to blog , especially on free platforms , I suggest , and recommend you to choose blogger , its way faster , more stable , but less options and addons. It's your choice.

How to Get the perfect Free hosting for you

Look for free web hosting companies that have a data center. That way you can make sure it won't go offline any soon.

In this little "tutorial" I'll talk to you about how to get the perfect type of webhosting for you. First of all , there is no such thing as "unlimited webhosting" unless its a really really big company , such as Google , Youtube , Yahoo , and some others.Some internet providers are also letting users have a web space , however those spaces have limited functionality , such as no domain hosting , no php , or no mysql , and such. When you are looking for a hosting , and you need a specified plugin to be installed on it , simply make a new text document ... insert this into it : <? phpinfo(); ?> , and save it as info.php , then upload it to the desired webhosting , and read through carefully , as it contains all the information you need about the specified server. Whenever you are looking for a free hosting , look first for any kind of rating and review of it , as users are the most accurate source that can lead you to the best. Of course some hostings false some of those reviews to gain visitors , I assume you can figure out yourself which is the fake and which is not.

Some hosting "companies" are nothing else , then real fake companies , that are actually hosted on a users pc , and his only purpose is to make money via banners. When he does not achieve his goals , or he does achieve his goal , he simply shuts down the server , cancels the domain payment , and everything will be gone , as well your software / database , and everything else. So be careful .

For example , I don't really trust domain names with a lot of numbers and weird name. Like 000webhost.com , at first I was scared , but I took my time to try out their "awesome features" , and ended up with a forum that was offline for 50% of its time due to MySQL connection problems , and of course , support is not answered ... as usual on most of any other free services.

When you are looking for a free webhosting company , dig deep into google , their forums , ask your friends , or other people that might have tried out that service , or even try out yourself with a simple copy of wordpress or a forum , and wait for a couple of weeks to see the changes , uptime , etc.

How to bypass surveys on locked sites

Cpa Content Locked.

If you want to pass by a survey on a valid web page , here is a quick solution you can do. First if open your hosts file , which is located in C:\Program Files\System32\Drivers\Etc , and add the following at the bottom of the file :

127.0.0.1        cpalead.com

This will block the popular survey site called cpalead.com , and therefore you are free to view sites that are locked via cpalead.com with a survey.

Follow this link: http://www.dreamon.tk/2011/05/how-to-change-hosts-file-in-vista.html to change your hosts file in Vista/ Windows 7