Archive for October, 2007

Google Celebrates Halloween

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Google the mighty search engine has started its Halloween celebration by releasing a new Doodle (Customized Google Logo designed to mark the Occasion).

The new Google's 2007 Halloween Doodle is,

The collection of Google's Halloween Doodles since 1999,

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Free Blogger Templates & Layouts

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

A collection of Blogger Template resources, all are free and mostly unique. This post will be updated as new resources are found.

Winamp celebrates 10th Anniversary

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Winamp celebrating its 10th Anniversary has released the Winamp 5.5 Anniversary Edition. The 10th Anniversary Edition is packed with new features, many of which weren't present before. It has got a totally new look, album art, MP3 blog integration, multiple device support(like Apple iPods), remote access to music and videos, dynamic song recommendations and more.

Winamp 5.5 has got a Completely Redesigned Interface, the new Bento Skin that's easier to use and more powerful than ever. It includes over 20 color themes that suit nearly every mood. It has the support for the unobtrusive "Window Shade" mode.

The new features include,

  • A Redesigned Unified Interface
  • Remote Music and Video Playback and Sharing
  • Dynamic Song Recommendations in Playlist
  • Multi-channel MP3 Surround Support
  • Mass Auto-Tagger
  • Integrated Web Search
  • Fully Integrated Web browser
  • Winamp Browser Toolbar

and a lot more features are improved.
Get the Winamp 5.5 for free

Free Ruby on Rails Book

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications

Patrick Lenz's Ruby on Rails book titled "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web application" is now available for FREE Download! Only available for a Limited time!

It's true! the complete book by Partick Lenz is available for free. The book has 12 chapters and 447 pages.

Overview:

Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications is an easy-to-follow, practical and fun guide to Ruby on Rails for beginners. It covers all you need to get up and running, from installing Ruby, Rails and MySQL to building and deploying a fully featured web application.

Get your free copy of "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web application" at SitePoint.

At the time of making this post, 38 days, 13 hours, 7 minutes, 22 seconds left for this offer to expire. So hurry up!

OFFER EXPIRED! The Book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web application" is no longer available for free download.

HalfLife 2 : Episode 1

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

I finally installed HalfLife 2 : Episode 1 which I bought in October 2006.

Exactly after an year I installed it and started playing the Single Player missions in HL2 : Ep 1.

Along with HalfLife 2 : Episode 1, I got

  • HalfLife 2 : Deathmatch
  • HalfLife 2 : Lost Coast
  • HalfLife 1 : Deathmatch

I just completed the first level before posting this here. I'm planning to sit in the night and complete the game over the next week.

Vista Template – First Free Template Released

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I've released my first free template, Vista Template.

This template is released under GPL.

This template is available for download from my design firm website.

Download Vista Template | Demo Coming soon...

Welcome to Blog de Livi

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Finally! my blog is up at my hosted site. My previous blog at Blogger is no longer active and this one will contain more useful developer and designer stuff.