Nice Canvas Background
October 29th, 2008 by valiik
I like this canvas background. I haven’t seen one like this yet. Site design goes well with it.
Source: http://www.landof1000hills.com
High Precision Gaming Mouse For Designers
October 28th, 2008 by valiik
Krait & Copperhead precision gaming mouse from Razer sure are good looking. Being a gamer mouse, these can work great for doing design work. Promising the ability for 1200 actions per second, it’s got to be great for all those high speed Photoshop and Illustrator commands :).
These are so cool, I just want one so I can show it off.
Here’s some more:
Get yours here: http://www.razerzone.com
Vintage Mechanical Style Design
October 28th, 2008 by valiik
“Wow!”, that’s what I heard myself say when this site loaded. This is an example of a website design doing it’s job. It made an impression. The site is built in Flash to look like a mechanical contraption that displays information, with a robot looking creature moving levers and all.
Awesome job! Make sure you check it out.
Source: http://funneldesigngroup.com
If You Ever Need Some Footer Ideas
October 28th, 2008 by valiik
Here is a very nice list of 25 Impressive Blog Footers.
20 Of My Favorite AJAX Tutorials
October 27th, 2008 by valiik 
Just found this list of 50 Excellent AJAX tutorials that was posted on Smashing magazine site. I went through them and picked out the 20 of the ones that I find most useful, the ones that I will be using in the near future and so here they are:
- Build an AJAX-Powered Shopping Cart
- AJAX Username Availability Checker Using MooTools 1.2
- Introduction to AJAX Calls Using jQuery and PHP
- AJAX and XML: AJAX for Chat
- Building Your First AJAX Application with PHP
- Taking AJAX Further with PHP
- jQuery/JavaScript - Customizable AJAX Pagination
- AJAX Forms with jQuery
- PHP Components: Autosuggest
- AutoCompleter Tutorial
- Using AJAX to Validate Forms
- Easy AJAX with jQuery
- Quick and Dirty AJAX (video)
- Creating an AJAX Rating Widget
- Use AJAX and PHP to Build Your Mailing List
- Continuous Pagination
- How to Load In and Animate Content with jQuery
- Slider Using PHP, AJAX, and JavaScript
- Log-in/Sign-up Screen Using AJAX Modal Pop-up Extender
- Creating an AJAX-Enabled Calendar Control
Please share with us in the comments if you know of any other good ones.
Unconventional Navigation
October 27th, 2008 by valiik
Interesting navigation on this site. No page, just an expanding menu with a cool effect as it pops open.
Source: http://www.booreiland.nl
45 Things That Make A Vintage Design Look “Vintage”
October 24th, 2008 by valiik
Looking at my blog stats last night I found out that there are a lot of searches for the keyword “Vintage design” here. Looks like vintage is in, but what makes a vintage style website design - vintage? I went searching, looking at various collection lists of vintage websites like this one and this one. Here is a list of 45 things that make a design look vintage, that I could find.
Beautiful Mess
October 24th, 2008 by valiik
Scratches, stains, smears, blots of color, it’s a big mess but when ballanced and done with by a talented designer it all just comes together and looks good.
Source: Retinart.net
10 Super Viral Marketing Ideas
October 23rd, 2008 by valiik
Viral marketing is an amazing thing. It can take a small business to places they’ve never imagined. There are various types of viral marketing campaigns, from as simple as a video on YouTube to very extensive and detailed multi-media campaigns that include online and offline elements. I just want to hit a few ideas that came to my mind while thinking about this topic.
Awesome Detailed Website Design
October 23rd, 2008 by valiik
Michael’s main website’s design is very well done. I love the gray tones, the previously commented on logo, shadow and lighting effects. What an awesome design.
