10 High resolution relaxing wallpapers for your desktop
Jan 31, 2009 Noticias
Are you looking for beautiful high resolution wallpapers for your desktop? Take a look at this collection of my preferred relaxing wallpapers from InterfaceLift.com
InterfaceLift.com is a great resource to find high resolutions wallpapers, themes and icons.
1. The Salt Desert “Salar The Uyun” in Bolivia
By Joel Antunes
Description: “This is a beautiful picture taken by NIR, a good friend of mine. I made some edits on it to make it perfect. It looks like is a lake but isn’t!”
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2. All That Is Left
Description: “All that is left of the mighty Hamelin Bay jetty.”
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3. First of May
By panemoy
Description: “One of my favorite photos, game of shadows and light. Vojvodina, Serbia…”
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4. Panoptic
By NaOH
Description: “I took this before rushing off to school one morning. I almost (almost!) skipped class to keep shooting, but I got what I was looking for so I suppose there wasn’t any point. Nikon D300 and AF-S 18-200 VR.”
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5. Smooth Evening
By Joel Antunes
Description: “This was taken after sunset. The blue cool color after the sunset was amazing and the clouds were moving quite fast, time to get a shot! I composed, breaking the rules! I targeted this “pier” which i guess is used by the fisherman at night.”
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6. Durdle Door, Jurassic Icon, Dorset
By Joel Antunes
Description: “This is my favorite landscape at the moment, and I’m exclusively sharing it with you, Enjoy.”
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7. Anse Source d’Agent
By Amecke
Description: “Seychelles.”
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8. Auckland Harbour Bridge
By Chris Gin
Description: “Auckland Harbour Bridge at night.”
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9. Chicago Skyline
By benisntfunny
Description: “The Chicago Skyline from North Avenue Beach.”
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10. El Capitan
By matt mosher
Description: “Words really can’t describe. You just have to go there.”
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Panzanella
Jan 31, 2009 Noticias
Marija from Palachinka is the host of this edition of Weekend Herb Blogging and after the recent string of hot temperatures I’ve sought relief in that refreshing and cooling vegetable - Cucumber
Before I go any further I must draw your attention to an error in the email address for Marija - if you have sent your entries please make sure you have sent them to the correct address which is - palachinkablog AT gmail DOT com.
With the excessive heat of the last week, it’s true to say that I certainly haven’t felt like cooking, let alone cooking (almost) anything. At times I thought I was the object being cooked.
For as bad as it was, we luckily didn’t endure 20+ hour blackouts, but my thoughts are currently with South Australians who are still suffering with high temperatures and don’t look like getting that much relief until next Sunday!
So, with all this heat, staying cool is your prime motivator and that leads me back to cucumber. Its major component is water, which makes it so refreshing but helpfully it also contains some useful nutrients such as Vitamin A and C, Folate and Potassium.
The dish I’ve made is that peasant salad Panzanella - made with stale bread, which in this weather seems to be all bread. Some versions are more simpler than others but at their heart you’ll find, rich ripe tomatoes and fresh basil along with good olive oil and vinegar. To give me that cooling crunch, cucumber becomes a welcome addition.
Panzanella
stale bread, ripped into pieces (I used ciabatta)
baby roma tomatoes, halved (use whatever is in season and ripe)
1 lebanese cucumber, halved and cut into bite sized pieces
½ small red salad onion, sliced finely
fresh basil leaves
extra virgin olive oil
balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar or even verjuice
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Place the ripped bread in a large mixing bowl. Drop in the halved roma tomatoes - make sure you add any tomato juice that escaped while cutting, followed by the cucumber and onion.
Using your hands is best, give it a hearty toss through, giving the tomatoes squeeze to help release a little more juice.
Sprinkle over with some of the basil leaves - leave the small leaves whole but rip the large leaves for maximum flavour.
Drizzle over with a generous glug of olive oil and a little vinegar and toss again - taste and then adjust with salt and pepper and more vinegar if needed.
The beauty of panzanella is that is can be made well ahead of time to allow the flavours to develop and the bread to absorb that combination of tomato, olive oil and vinegar.
Tumble the panzanella onto a deep serving plate and give it a little extra drizzle of balsamic and sprinkle over with a few more basil leaves.
Enjoy it as is, or with poached egg or grilled meats for a complete meal with minimum fuss.
Elegant animated weekly timeline for websites
Jan 30, 2009 Noticias
Yesterday my friend Nick asked to me some suggestion to design an original weekly timeline for a web application which he is developing. I suggested to use the following animated timeline which I implemented reusing the code of my versatile slider and now I want to share with you.
This tutorial explains how to design an elegant and animated weekly timeline, with daily annotations, you can customize and reuse quickly in your web projects. This is the result:
Take a look at the live preview and download the source code:
Download this tutorial
Live Preview
HTML structure
I reused the same structure of my versatile slider: a layer (DIV) and a simple list (UL). Create a layer which is the container of the timeline:
Add this code:
<div id=“slider-stage”>
</div>
</div>
…then add a new layer slider-button to create two buttons to move, to the left and right, the timeline contained into the div slider-stage:
Copy and paste this code into your page after the div slider-stage:
<div id=“slider-buttons”>
<a href=“#” id=“previous”>Previous</a>
<a href=“#” id=“next”>Next</a>
</div>
<a href=“#” id=“previous”>Previous</a>
<a href=“#” id=“next”>Next</a>
</div>
Now, take a look at the timeline structure. It’s exactly the same I used in my slider (for more detailed information read this post):
Each <li> element is “a day”. Copy this code into the slider-stage DIV:
<div id=“slider-stage”>
<ul id=“myList”>
<ul id=“myList”>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
<li > </li>
</ul>
</div>
Now, for each day, you have to create this structure:
I used some CSS classes and <p> tag for daily “annotations” and this is the code:
<li>
<div class=“day”>1
<span class=“day-text”>Monday</span>
</div>
<div class=“month”>February</div>
<div class=“year”>2009</div>
<p>Dinner with Sara</p>
<span class=“day-text”>Monday</span>
</div>
<div class=“month”>February</div>
<div class=“year”>2009</div>
<p>Dinner with Sara</p>
</li>
You can use PHP or another server-side language to get dinamically annotations regarding a specific date.
JavaScript Code
Now, take a look at this simple script to enable slider features I wrote in this post. I used MooTools to implement this script so, you have to add this link into the <head> tag of the page where you want to use this slider:
<script type=“text/javascript” src=“mootools.svn.js”>
</script>
</script>
Now, copy and paste this code below the previous line of code to enable scrolling features (you can also copy this file in an external Js file and import it into the page):
<script type=“text/javascript”>
window.addEvent(‘domready’, function(){
// Declaring increment vars
var totIncrement = 0;
var increment = 214;
var maxRightIncrement = increment*(-6);
// FX var
var fx = new Fx.Style(’slider-list’, ‘margin-left‘, {
duration: 1000,
transition: Fx.Transitions.Back.easeInOut,
wait: true
});
// Declaring increment vars
var totIncrement = 0;
var increment = 214;
var maxRightIncrement = increment*(-6);
// FX var
var fx = new Fx.Style(’slider-list’, ‘margin-left‘, {
duration: 1000,
transition: Fx.Transitions.Back.easeInOut,
wait: true
});
// Previous Button
$(‘previous’).addEvents({
‘click’ : function(event){
if(totIncrement<0){
totIncrement = totIncrement + increment;
fx.stop()
fx.start(totIncrement);
}
});
$(‘previous’).addEvents({
‘click’ : function(event){
if(totIncrement<0){
totIncrement = totIncrement + increment;
fx.stop()
fx.start(totIncrement);
}
});
// Next Button
$(‘next’).addEvents({
‘click’ : function(event){
if(totIncrement>maxRightIncrement){
totIncrement = totIncrement - increment;
fx.stop()
fx.start(totIncrement);
}
}
})
});
</script>
That’s all. Download the source code or take a look at the live preview. Add a comment for suggestions or other information.
Stock Picks and Trade Ideas - Tetra Tech and Ciena
Jan 30, 2009 Noticias
Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge )
TTEK - Contrary to expectations, the stock ruled strong and also moved closer to the resistance level of 24. Investors may remain invested with a stop-loss at 22.21 (on closing basis) as the stock appears to have the potential to breakout the target zone of 24. So far the technical chart is still showing buy signal with stock trading above 20 day and 50 day moving averages with MACD on top of signal line and K line on top of D line.
Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge )
CIEN - Shares of Ciena Corporations have been taking a hit on Wednesday’s trading session after a Credit Suisse analyst downgraded the stock to an “underperform” from “neutral.”Not quite sure if they are correct with this analyses, because the company is making a lot of improvements in its organization and the infrastructure spending is not so bad at all, however it’s a fact there is some clear evidences of slowing in network spending but is not a dramatical slowing like many have predicted. On 6th of January Barclays Capital Equal made exactly the reversal upgrading the stock to an “Overweight” from “Equal Weight”. Who is right ? Well, I would prefer follow Barclays advise because over the recent times that have outperformance the market with good bets everytime they recommends small caps.!!! I continue to have a favorable longer-term view of the company and I believe the stock should provide steady, above-market returns over the long run. Technically the stock is trading in a short-uptrend channel. Channel support and resistance have been tested successfully on numerous occasions, making this particular uptrend channel very valid from a technical perspective. At the moment, CIEN is trading near the bottom of the channel, but not close enough to channel support to warrant an upside movement in this market environment. I do not recommend a position at the moment, but will watch price action carefully for moves to uptrend channel support or resistance.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s all Folks. See you tomorrow !!!
That’s all Folks. See you tomorrow !!!
AC
Pick your new mobile phone
Jan 30, 2009 Noticias
If you’re looking for the perfect place to purchase your new phone, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve the pleasure to introduce you a famous place online where you can save a lot of bucks in any purchase, its name is Mobile Phone Store. Choose from leading brand-name mobile phone products, such as Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola to find the GSM phone you prefer. There are various offers not just on mobile phones but also mobile broadband connection and plenty other deals. Check out the phones there and shop for great deals! Mobile Phone Store is a leading affiliate of the official 3 Store.
Post-Commit Web Hooks for Google Code Project Hosting
Jan 29, 2009 Noticias
To help get you started, we’ve created an example application that performs various tests that are useful for managing documentation. You can find the source code in the contenthooks open source project.
Yahoo results beat the street but the future looks dim
Jan 29, 2009 Noticias
Yahoo’s shareholders have suffered serious damages in its portfolio, since it was announced the end of the offer from Microsoft. Since then, the company has lost more than 50% of its value trading now around 12 per share. Despite having rejected the Microsoft offer the company is now also affected by the recession which is causing serious problems in the publicity business, adding to the effect caused by the strong rival Google. Last night, the company reported the results that surpassed analyst estimates. The company posted a net loss of $303 million thanks to the costs of layoffs and office closings and a drop in the valuation of its overseas properties, Yahoo said profit per share before those special items was 17 cents a share, up from 13 cents a share a year ago and considerably higher than the 12 cents Wall Street had forecast. For all of 2008, Yahoo earned $424 million, or 29 cents per share, on revenue of $7.2 billion. That compared with income of $660 million, or 47 cents per share, on revenue of $7 billion in 2007. For the current year the company is bracing for more bumps along the way. In its first-quarter forecast, management predicted the company’s revenue may drop by as much as 16 percent from the same time last year. In a change from the company’s past practices, Yahoo refrained from looking beyond March because the economy is so fragile. Investors will be now looking for the prospects and plans of the new CEO Carol Bartz, to determine what to do with its shares. The scenario is not bright for the company bracing for another disappointing performance in 2009, but Carol Bartz needs time to learn what Yahoo needs to do, so let her work.
Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge )
From a technical perspective, the stock reversed strongly to move to my short-term resistance at 12.10. The short-term outlook for Yahoo appears positive. The stock could touch an upside target of 13.57 in the medium term. The near-term outlook stays cautious till the stock closes conclusively above 12.10. Existing holders could remain invested with a stop loss at 11.82.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s all Folks. See you tomorrow !!!
That’s all Folks. See you tomorrow !!!
AC
Business Thank You Cards
Jan 29, 2009 Noticias
Good morning Folks !!! Any one of us likes to receive e-cards when we commemorate some special occasion, or just to thank someone for a special favor. Ecards transmit most of our sentiments to the other person; this new kind of communication reflects the personality, style, feelings, and humor of the sender. The same don’t happen to you? I think so!!! If you are looking for an easy way to keep in touch customers then consider sending Business Thank You Cards. There are lots of great choices when it comes to Business Thank You Cards. GalleryCollection.com is one of my favorite places. They are the leading publishers of premium quality personalized Christmas cards and business holiday cards in the United States. This site has wide collection of ecards for congratulations, business, love, birthday, and much more. I have also noticed that GalleryCollection.com has done some charity works by donating thousand thank you cards to “Operations Gratitude” and Barrack Obama signed them at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, DC the day before the inauguration. Get online and check out all the choices for Business Thank You Cards. You’ll have a great time picking which ecards to send! Check GalleryCollection.com to find out more information.
Trade Ideas for Wednesday - CVH and CIEN
Jan 27, 2009 Noticias
Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge )
Looking at the daily chart of Concentry Health Care, it looks like the near-term outlook is bullish and a close above 15.68 would confirm this view. On the contrary, a close below 13.69 would have bearish implications and would push the stock to the 12.50-13 range. Some Indicators are really giving Bullish indications with MACD on top of 0 and K line on top of D line. However with ROC now showing stock has been slightly overbought, do expect some profit taking and a pull back to 13.69 might occour soon. Shareholders may remain invested with a stop-loss at 13.69. Let’s keep an eye on it.
Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com ( click to enlarge )
Ciena “CIEN ” - According to the daily technical chart above, the stock has been trading above both 50 day moving average since last week, a bullish sign. Postive MACD also indicates that the stock is a buy. In addition the KD lines is also showing the stock is still on positive swing. A move past 8.13 would be a strong indicator of a further uptrend in the stock. Honestly speaking, I believe the stock should provide steady, above-market returns over the long run. Let’s keep an eye on it.
Disclaimer : Trading stocks involves risk, this information should not be viewed as trading recommendations.The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples.
That’s all Folks. See you tomorrow !!!
AC
10 Stunning Mac software websites
Jan 27, 2009 Noticias
This week my friend Greg from Submit CSS proposes a new list of beauty websites for your inspiration. If you love the clean design of Apple website take a look at this collection of 10 stunning Mac software websites.
1. Checkout App (http://www.checkoutapp.com/)
Checkout is a powerful, easy to use point of sale system for the Mac. You can use Checkout to take orders, make sales, print invoices and accept payments.
2. Versions (http://www.versionsapp.com/)
Versions prides itself as being the first easy to use Mac OS X Subversion client
3. Billings App (http://www.billingsapp.com/)
Billings is an application for the mac which allows “professional time billing for anyone.”
4. Pixelmator (http://www.pixelmator.com/)
Pixelmator is a beautifully designed, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X which claims to have everything you need to create, edit and enhance your images.
5. Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/)
The Delicious Library Application allows you to catalog your books, movies, music, software, toys, tools, electronics, & video games.
6. Realmac Software (http://www.realmacsoftware.com/)
Realmac Software was founded in 2002 and remains focused on developing exceptionally useful and easy to use software for Mac OS X.
7. Silverback (http://silverbackapp.com/)
Silverback has “spontaneous, unobtrusive usability testing software for designers and developers.”
8. Css Edit (http://www.macrabbit.com/cssedit/)
With Css Edit, you can design beautiful, innovative and fast-loading web sites… with a beautiful, innovative and fast app.
9. Panic’s Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda/)
Panic’s Coda prides itself on being a “one window development” app. You can do numerous web development tasks all in this one application.
10. Cultured Code (http://culturedcode.com/)
Cultured Code is a software company who has released such products as Things, Things for iPhone, and Xyle Scope.
