Hai mai provato a copiare-incollare un link, scoprendo poi che una parte dell’URL è andata perduta (x es. in Twitter dove c’è un limite di 140 caratteri) e il link non funziona? Se vuoi che i tuoi collegamenti diventino efficacemente corti, servizi online gratuiti e immediati ti permettono di accorciare a meno di 20 caratteri link di indefinita lunghezza. Qui di seguito ti elenco 4 siti web coi quali gratuitamente potrai accorciare tutti gli URL che vorrai:

Tinyurl.com:è il più usato per abbreviare gli URL gratuitamente. E’ facile da usare e non richiede registrazione, è possibile scaricare una toolbar per averlo sempre a portata di browser e addirittura permette di personalizzare gli url per renderli più facili da ricordare e più significativi. (accorcia a 25 caratteri)

Snurl.com: chiamato anche SnipURL permette anche agli utenti non registrati di tagliare gli URL (denominati ’snips’) ma registrandosi si ha accesso a vari strumenti di analisi tra cui il monitoraggio dei click e l’opzione di personalizzazione degli URL. Snurl offre anche una pagina con gli ’snips’ recenti creati. (accorcia a 13 caratteri)

Bitly.com: offre agli utenti due opzioni per abbreviare gli URL. È possibile abbreviarli semplicemente copiando il link e cliccando sul pulsante x accorciare col mouse, oppure è possibile registrarsi per avere un account gratuito e accesso a strumenti più potenti x es. inviare direttamente al proprio account Twitter, tener traccia dei click sugli URL accorciati, c’è una toolbar x il browser, e per Firefox esiste un plugin anteprima che mostra la destinazione delgi URL creati, più opzioni di personalizzazione. (accorcia a 14 caratteri)

Tinypic.com: consente agli utenti di caricare immagini e video, memorizzarli sul sito Tinypic, e creare gli URL abbreviati per quelle immagini. La registrazione e il login non sono necessari.

altri servizi gratuiti con cui comprimere i tuoi URL: http://ow.ly, http://budurl.com, http://poprl.com, http://idek.net, http://short.ie, http://bit.ly, http://cli.gs, http://is.gd, http://kl.am, http://tr.im.

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Per alcuni può non essere semplicissimo installare un webserver Apache, specialmente se si vuole anche subito in funzione MySQL, Php e Perl. XAMPP è una distribuzione Apache facilissima da installare, per Linux, Windows, Mac OS X e Solaris contenente principalmente MySQL, Php e Perl, e nel dettaglio:

Per i sistemi Linux (testata su SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake e Debian) contiene: Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat, Sablotron, libxml, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext, mcrypt, mhash, eAccelerator, SQLite e IMAP C-Client.

Per Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP e Vista Questa versione contiene: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System per Win32 e NetWare Systems v3.32, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, e WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.

Per Mac OS X Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, SQLite, Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, zlib, Ming, Webalizer, mod_perl, eAccelerator, phpSQLiteAdmin.

Per Solaris Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, zlib, expat, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class.

Se vuoi provare la distro visita il sito ufficiale qui:

http://www.apachefriends.org/it/xampp.html

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Assolutamente da provare questo Plugin x Worpress, che mi è stato consigliato da un carissimo amico, nel caso in cui si vuole creare una galleria di immagini a rotazione automatica integrata nei propri post o posizionabile in qualsiasi punto dei template. L’effetto visivo è veramente d’impatto e le opzioni di personalizzazione sono ben fatte. Per funzionare utilizza Smoothgallery, uno script sviluppato da JonDesign. E’ ottimizzato per Wordpress 2.7.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Eccovi in regalo una lista ‘evergreen’ di dieci programmi di Microsoft totalmente free,
liberamente scaricabili, senza nessun limite d’uso:

1. Microsoft ZoomIt – permette di utilizzare il mouse come una penna per prendere appunti e/o zoomare determinate aree dello schermo.
ZoomIt ti permette anche di scrivere e disegnare in vari colori sullo schermo del tuo pc.

2. Windows Live Writer – fantastico WYSIWYG blog editor per Windows compatibile con le più popolari piattaforme di blog incluse: Wordpress, Blogger, TypePad e LiveJournal.

3. WebCam TimerShot – consente di scattare foto a determinati intervalli di tempo da una webcam collegata al computer e salvarli in una cartella prescelta. Ottimo se si vuole un semplice e affidabile sistema di sorveglianza.

4. Microsoft Time Zone Utility – Funziona come una piccola icona nella barra delle applicazioni e consente di guardare la data e l’ora di fino a 5 città di tutto il mondo contemporaneamente.

5. Microsoft SyncToy v1.4 - Aiuta a copiare e spostare file in cartelle o directory mantenendo in sincronia le modifiche.

6. Windows Media Encoder 9 Series – - un versatile screen capture e screencasting software da Microsoft. Windows Media Encoder può convertire audio o video registrati in formato Windows Media per la distribuzione sul web.

7. Windows Defender – (AntiSpyware gratuito) Questo programma è in grado di rilevare e rimuovere gli spyware dal tuo computer. E’ molto simile a Lavasoft Ad-aware e a Zonelabs.

8. Microsoft Photo Story 3 – Un ottimo software per la creazione di presentazioni video delle tue foto digitali con musica e titoli.

9. Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 – come VMWare Questo software ti permette di eseguire più sistemi operativi sullo stesso computer contemporaneamente. Ad esempio, si può lavorare su Linux, DOS, Windows XP o anche Windows 98 all’interno di Vista.

10. Microsoft Calculator Plus – calcolatrice include tutte le funzioni matematiche standard offerti in Microsoft Calculator e in più converte tra diverse unità di misura per l’area, temperatura, volume e anche in valuta.

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Free Photoshop-compatible Plugins

lista dei plugin descritti:

Pixel Bender
Richard Rosenman Filters
Flaming Pear Freebies
Photoshop Fun 3
Stereogram Lab Filter
FilterForge Freepacks
Mezzoforce Plugins
Medhi Plugins
Xero Plugins & Xero XL Plugins
Martin Koch Plugins
Thedigitalartshop.com Plugins
AmphiSoft Filters & Photo Tinter
Photoshop-Scripts.com Filters
Mosaic & Illumination Fix Toolkit
L&K Filters
Little Ink Pot Free Plugins
Econym Plugins
Cybia’s Works Plugins
Namesuppressed Design
GraphicXtras Gothic Plugin
Luce
DC Filters
Ulead Free Plugins
EyeCandy4000 BevelBoss & MotionTrial and Splat! Edges
Almathera Plugins
AutoFX Mosaic
AutoFX Dreamy Photo
Filter Meister
DragonFly’s Plugins
VDL Adrenaline Plugins
The Yellownail Collection
Pobelly’s Plugins
2D HyperClouds
Mura’s Filters
Mark’s Page Curl & Remove White
Primus
Axion Lens Flare32 and Glow32
AlienSkin Xenofex 1.0
Fantastic Machines Tile Tools
Filter Formula Example Filters
Vicanek Plugins
Pog’s Plugins
Easyfilter Plugins
ChromAcute
Red Paw Media Free Plugins
4N6site Plugins
FoksMarx recolorLE
8bf Plugin Filters
Rudolf’s Black and White Works
Aphtophoto
Wire Pilot
Magic Enhancer Lite & Outliner
SmartCurve
Fotomatic Plugins & Final Impact Vivida
True-Pro-Converter
Simpel Filters
Photo-Plugins
Gradient Remover & Vignetting Remover
Multiple Exposure & BW Conversion
Fiddaman Plugins
virtualPhotographer
Reindeergraphics.com Plugins
ChannelMixer
Flo’s UnDistort filter
Polaroid Dust & Scratch Removal Utility
Sharpen filter
Colleen’s Photoshop Fun Pack
AIM DeepSpace & Photoshop Plugins
Metrix
Red Prince Flips ‘n Rolls, Noise Generator, Whitewash & Pixie Dust
BorderMania Pro and PhotoSwizzle
3D Shadow
WebClipper & PhotoHTML
Gregory Paret’s Plugins
Extensis PhotoBevel
Extensis PhotoText
Background Maniac Filters
Redfield Freeware Plugins
Birgits Chaos
Tessela Plugins
Filter Farm
Deep Paint 2
Fantastic Machines’ Paint Engine 1.1 OLD BETA
Wacom Pen Tools
AmphiSoft POV Sphere Mosaic
Adobe’s Google 3D Warehouse Plugin
Normal Map Generation Filter & PhotoShop DXT Compression Plugin
Rasterizer Plug
CALLISTO
Epson Print Plugin
FlickrShop Automation Plugin
Superrune Plugins
Telegraphics Plugins
GML Matting
Panorama Tools Plug-ins (16-bit)
Proxel EXIF Tool
SF Maskerade LE
Disable VM Buffering Plugin for Photoshop
FilterFoundry
FilterFormula
XLProfiler
AutoCrop
xMeta
Digimarc Watermark Plugin
Type Chameleon
Vischeck
Pro Canvas & WallPampered
Panorama Tools
The Photoshop 7.0 Scripting plugin
XDepth
Telegraphics Plugins
Microsoft HD Photo Plugin
Genuine Fractals Reader Plugin
JNG Format Plugin
Olympus RAW-Plug-in 2.0
Photoshop DDS Plugin
CartaPGM
FITS Liberator
JPEG2000 File Format Plugin
Dempsey’s Olympus RAW File Import Plugin
j2k and SuperPNG
UnWired or WBMP file format plugin
The ECW v2.0 file format plugin
The PRINT Image Matching Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop

Image Effects

Pixel Bender

The Pixel Bender plugin for Photoshop CS4 lets you develop filter effects with the help of a simple C-like language. The language is GPU-accelerated, so the filters run very fast. A dozen effects are already delivered. Pixel Bender is also supported by Adobe After Effects CS4 and Flash Player 10. Pixel Bender appears like a new and greatly enhanced version of Adobe Filter Factory, but the filters are stored as text files and there is no possibility to create plugins as with FilterFactory. For more PixelBender filters see here.

Richard Rosenman Filters

… include many freeware plugins. 3D Sphere Generator generates a 3D sphere, Color Bar Generator creates calibration bars, Scanlines creates simulate a monitor, Grid Generator creates custom b/w grids and Grain Generator produces varying types of grain on your image. Tiler makes an image tileable, Pixelate applies a pixel effect, Halftone creates dot patterns, Diffuse produces noise diffusion effects, Lens Distortion Corrector performs lens corrections, Spherical Map Correctorproduces texture map correction for spherical texture mapping and Diffuse Glow creates what its name suggests. Pinch adds a pinch effect, the Squarify plugin produces squared distortions and Evaluate can perform more than 50 image processing operations. The Portable PixMap Importer/Exporter filter imports and exports PPM, PGM and PBM images in binary and text format. The Superformula plugin draws a wide variety of geometric shapes, Smart De-Interlacer performs various de-interlacing procedures, Vignette Corrector removes vignettes, Pinocchio is a fun tool lets you prolong the nose of people and Color Replacer performs selective color replacements. Pixel Quantification filter calculates the sum of a selected number of pixels above a level threshold. The Channel Modifier plugin manipulates color channels in different ways and the Variable Invertion plugin inverts the color channels of an image.

Flaming Pear Freebies

… consists of dozens of plugins. The Rule 30 plugin produces an abstract gray pattern, Veins transforms the image into color lines that look like blood veins, the three “Gray from” plugins produce B/W images and Pixel Trash tries to imitate the computer graphics of the early 80s. The Circle to Square plugin transforms circular objects in an image into squares. The Zombie plugin gives your images a touch of horror. It works best with portraits that show eyes and teeth. Most plugins apply the effect without showing a dialog except a few plugins.

Photoshop Fun 3

… consists of 4 plugins that apply pixel snow, mirror, shadow and warping effects. You need an Adobe ID, which can be requested for free, to download them.

Stereogram Lab Filter

… allows you to generate hidden image stereograms. These autostereograms consist of a repeating pattern and only show their hidden content if you focus your eyes behind the image plane.

FilterForge Freepacks

FilterForge will be offering so called Freepacks, which are are free Photoshop plugins based on the Filter Forge technology. Freepack 1 is a set of seven metal textures and effects. Freepack 2 contains seven photo effects, e.g. for adding sunny styles, grunge looks, color tints, age the image and more. Freepack 3 offers seven frame effects, e.g. a painted wooden frame or a vignette.The effects are fully adjustable and support seamless tiling.

Mezzoforce Plugins

Mezooforce offers a few Lite versions of its commercials plugins which are limited to processing only images up to 1000 x 1000 pixel in size. In order to download them, you need to subscribe to a discussion group. The Ice 2.0 Lite plugin creates ice-like structures. Version 1.03 of the same plugin is also offered for download and does not have any size limitation. Mezzoforce MetallEaser 2 LITE adds a metallic effect to images. The Snow plugin produces snow effects and has no size limitations.

Medhi Plugins

… contain 26 free Photoshop-compatible plugins that were created with Filter Meister. The plugin effects range from color effects, photo correction, transparency manipulation, distortion to grain and fractals. Version 2 of the Seamless Border plugin and the Flat Median plugin just became available. Additionally all Mehdi plugins were updated for Windows Vista compatibility.

Xero Plugins & Xero XL Plugins

… consist of 4 collections of up to 9 freeware plugins plus a new XL collection of five plugins. The effect range varies from color effects, art effects, grain effects to noise removal and image enhancement. It is a bit hard to get used to the pink dialog of these plugins, but otherwise they look quite useful. There are also five extra plugins for star, paint, snowflake, sparkle and tinted monochrome effects.

Martin Koch Plugins

… contain three freeware plugins that produce line art and dithering effects. The Line plugin applies a 1-bit black and white horizontal or vertical line screen, Random Dither randomly dithers an image to 1-bit black and white line art and the Dither plugin uses a special dither effect that looks better than standard dithering algorithms. Finally, there is a fourth plugin that costs $10 and deletes stray dots in a line art image. The plugins only work on 8bit images.

Thedigitalartshop.com Plugins

Among various commercial plugins Thedigitalartshop.com also offers three free plugins. GREYSCALER is a kind of channel mixer for converting images to black and white. It also offers brightness and contrast sliders. IMAGE ENCODER encrypts and decrypts your images with a 24 bit key. IRIDESCENT applies a color-shift effect to your images.

AmphiSoft Filters & Photo Tinter

The Photo Tinter plugin allows extracting tone maps from existing black and white images and applying them to new images and is meant as an alternative to Photoshop’s Curves filter. The AmphiSoft Filters contains both free and shareware Photoshop-compatible plugins. Included are free light versions of “Convolution shaman” and “Sorting shaman” (basic functions like blur, sharpen, edge detection and sharpening and despeckle with many extra options for image enhancement) which can be upgraded to full versions by registering. “Thread master” (cross-shaped smudge effect) and “Out of the noise (noise & diffuse effects) are free, too. The new and free Simplifier filter provides a wide range of color\shape simplification operations, resulting in “painterly” artistic effects. The shareware plugins of this package are called “Metalwork II” (metallic effects), “ArtiFactor” and “Kinetics lab” (for creating organic textures by simulating chemical reactions).

Photoshop-Scripts.com Filters

… offers several effect plugins, which are basically freeware and only available in Spanish language.To get access to them you need to contact the author, whose English is probably not the best. The plugins are called Watercolor, B&W, drawing, Dream, Threshold, Tone Effect, Splash, High-Key, Dynamic Color, Convolution Draw, Graduated Filter and Center Spot.

Mosaic & Illumination Fix Toolkit

… apply mosaic effects to images and let you fix unevenly lit photos.

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