http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:20:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's an easy way to see Google's cache of any web page in Firefox: 1. Create a new bookmark - I named mine "Cache" so it appears as a rather small button on my toolbar 2. For the location (url) enter the following: javascript:void(location.href='http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:'+encodeURIComponent(location.href)) Now when you're on any web page, you simply click ... http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2009/04/google-cache-bookmarklet/ Flipping Typical is a site that quickly and easily lets you preview text in all the classic fonts. Great for font matching. http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2009/01/flipping-typical/ Here are a few web-based apps worth checking out: Scrumy Scrumy is a free todo list app that is extremely simple to use... so simple in fact, that you can create a public, shareable todo list instantly without even registering any information. You simply create a new todo list by entering the ... http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2009/01/3-cool-web-apps/ Stefan over at The Daily Monster draws a monster a day, starting with an ink blot. He also has a podcast with videos of the creations being made. http://344design.typepad.com/ http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/11/inspiration-daily-monster/ "Carlos Araujo is an illustrator. He lives with his wife, and two spiders they’ve adopted as pets, in an apartment so large that sometimes they get lost in it." See more of his work at: http://www.silbachstation.com/en/ http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/10/inspiration-carlos-araujo/ Net Tools is a freeware set of host monitoring, network scanning, security, administration tools, web developer utilities and much more, all with a highly intuitive user interface. Click below to see a full list of the included tools. Net Tools 5.0 (build 70) contains a whole variety of network tools. Here ... http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/10/nettools-amazing-freeware-bundle-of-170-tools/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8xnXphxF0[/youtube] http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/10/googles-22-year-energy-plan/ This is a set of 16 experiments with particles. I'd describe most of them as sparks or galactic explosions. All images are 1440 x 900, though some of them don't use all that space. (I figured I'd leave the creative cropping up to you. ;) ) vm_zetaparticles.zip 16 images (1440 x 900) .png format 9.05mb zipped 1. ... http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/09/free-stock-16-zetaparticles/ 50 fantastic movie posters from Poland, via WellMedicated: http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/ http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/09/inspiration-50-movie-posters-from-poland/ As this site is just starting out, I'd like some opinions on something. As you can see, I've created an inspiration category for the site, and plan on adding to it on a regular basis. I don't have very many visitors yet, but value your opinions. Should I: Make frequent, 1 site ... http://www.velvetmoth.com/blog/2008/09/new-inspiration-section/