Get unlimited bandwidth from your host for free

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NOTE: This applies only to specific hosting companies, due to the
specific setup needed and does have its drawbacks.


While setting up hosting space with a specific company I often deal
with, I noticed that they used a shared IP. (IP shared by two or more
websites/domains.) I didn't require
much space, and didn't want to be limited to a mere 3 gig of traffic
per month.

Back on track... When setting up the acct, the hosting company needs
to know the domain name so that they can direct it accordingly.
(example: 'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user1/ ,
'http://www.123.4.567.890/~user2/ etc)

At this point you can give a url that doesn't belong to you at all. As
long as the name servers don't change, that should have absolutely no
negative effects on you or your site whatsoever.

How it works is this:
The host propagates you a certain amount space on its servers, and
monitors the traffic that enters their space through the domain its
registered under. Being that the domain isn't connected to the site
at all, it registers ZERO traffic.

Zero traffic registered = can't possibly go over bandwidth
restrictions
can't possibly go over bandwidth restrictions = free unlimited
bandwidth

Now the problems with this (besides the ethical ones) is that your
host may offer X amount of mail addys with the acct
(you@y...) and these will not work, as the name isn't on their
DNS. However, some domain companies allow you to set it up
regardless. Another problem seems to be strictly cosmetic, but can be
highly problematic... Once you attach the domain you want onto the
site, each page comes up/w the ip/UN the host propagated to your
acct. Its at this point where you have to have a phenomenal 10-15
character alphanumerical or better (#, &, etc) pw, or your site will
be vulnerable to attack since the attacker already has your UN. This
only gives attackers a slight advantage as the amount of time it
would take to brute force a 10 character pw @ a rate of 1,000,000 per
second is 10 years. Add numbers and case sensitivity to that and it
becomes approx 26,980 years.

While I'm on it, I may as well add that if you use this method,
obviously you are going to be using the lowest cost hosting plan
available, which in turn will offer the least amount of space. That's
why free hosts were invented.

Free hosts suck as a general rule. Who wants a site smothered in ads?
However, if you upload all your programs, graphics and other large
files (have a backup of course) to a reliable free host and target
them accordingly from your site you have just freed up a significant
amount of space. The only setback/w this is having to keep an index
card or file around/w your pws, as you should never use the same one
twice, and want to use complicated ones.

How To Set Up Proxies In Your Browser

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This is a small Tut - try it out!
(!!!!be anonymous and make the passes last longer...!!!!!!)




In Internet Explorer
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Click "Tools", then "Internet Options", the in the "connections" Tab, click the "LAN Setup" Button in the bottom. There is a "Proxy Servers", tick the "Use a proxy....." and then enter the proxy in the bigger text box and the port (the part that comes after the ":") in the smaller text box. Hit okay, and then go to
CODE.
www.whatismyip.com
to see if the proxy is now your IP.




In OPERA
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Click "Files", then "Preferences", then "Network", then click the button "Proxy Servers", tick "HTTP", fill in with the proxy:port, click okay and that's it! Don't forget to check with
CODE.
www.whatismyip.com




In Firefox
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Tools -> Options
Then click the General Icon
Then the "Connection Settings..." button
Then click the "manually configure proxies" radio button, and enter the proxy address and port in the HTTP Proxy area.
Don't forget to check with
CODE.
www.whatismyip.com




CODE
www.proxy4free.com
www.safeproxy.org
www.megaproxy.com
www.guardster.com
www.silenter.com
www.anonymizer.com



Happy Anonymous surfing!



To be clear: if I give you 255.255.255.255:8080, that means 255.255.255.255 is the proxy and 8080 is the port
To Obtain Fresh and new proxies,u can always Google em...

Features of Web 2.0 & Web 3.0 Compared

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his one - a comparison of web 2.0 features and web 3.0 - is included below. As reported earlier, the web 3.0 article in Wikipedia was removed recently. However, this article on Service Web 3.0 remains.


Comparison of the Features of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0


Web 2.0
Web 3.0

“The document Web”
“The metadata Web”

Abundance of information
Control of information

Controversial
Even more controversial

“The social Web”
“The intelligent Web”

Static
Highly mobile, three-dimensional (3D)

The second decade, 2000-2010
The third decade, 2010-2020

Google as catalyst
Semantic Web companies as catalyst

Wisdom of the crowds
Wisdom of the expert

Mashups, fragmentation
Integration, creating new tools

Search, search, search
Why search, when you can find?

Google’s PageRank algorithm
Ontologies, semantic systems

Lawlessness, anarchic
Rules, standards, protocols - order

Print and digital - unfiltered
Digital, dynamic - filtered

The Different Features of Web 2.0 Design Styles

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The use of computers and Internet belongs to the most ingenious discoveries of the 20th century. The world became smaller as people from across the continents are connected with a single touch of a button. Trade, industry and commerce are revolutionized as transactions become easier and much faster. The Internet has also made the exchange of goods more economical for traders and businessmen. Private individuals have also been benefited by this technological breakthrough. The use of Internet in homes also became a necessity, facilitating communication between individuals in every corner of the world.

Accordingly, the use of websites has been an important tool to facilitate such transactions. Advertising has been the key to the growth of businesses. Through the Internet, more people are reached by business advertisements. With this, it is necessary that websites can be created faster and less complicated.

In making a website, one has to have in mind a good lay-out without sacrificing content. The design utilized in the website should complement and even emphasize the intended message. Website design tools that are simple, yet effective, should come in hand. In line with this, web 2.0 design styles provide an answer to the need for more efficient and reliable website creation. This is one of the most advance tools in website design style today. The website design templates provided by web 2.0 design styles offers numerous facilities to help in the lay-out of websites.

There are several features web 2.0 design styles can offer. First and foremost is its simplicity, help icons are provided to help website creators in using the different templates. Even an amateur can create the most visually-attracting website that can capture the interest of web users. One of the widely popular bloging software provider WordPress also provides some cool default templates to the users, these wordpress templates can be easily editable by any non-tech savvy person.

Another feature of the templates in web 2.0 design styles is easy navigation. It persuades the creator to use easy tools to help the viewers navigate throughout the website easily. Through this, the user can readily access important sections of the website. Web 2.0 design styles also encourage the creator of the website to use fewer columns. With this feature, the website becomes more visible and clear. It helps convey the message of the website more effectively.

To put emphasis on certain important features of the website, the following are provided by web 2.0 design styles.

Logo-making is improved. Larger and bolder logos can be created to promote the website better. Labels can also be done to emphasize promotions and other features of the website. Segmenting is also provided by templates in web 2.0 design styles. This web page design tool offers different colors with varying shades that help separate different sections of the website. Web 2.0 design styles also features changing of color gradient, adding shadows and reflections. Lastly, the size of the fonts can be increased to further emphasize key phrases and messages.

Website 2.0 design styles are indeed an important progress in website-making. One needs not to be an expert in computer to create websites that will cater to his business or personal needs. Visually attractive and competent websites can now be done by almost everyone. The web designing world has never been this efficient.

Create a Realistic Grass Typography in Photoshop

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Part 1—The Background
This tutorial is made up of three parts—the background, the text, and some final extra effects. So first of all we're going to make a background. To do this we create a new document in Photoshop. I made mine 1920 x 1200 because I want this image to sit on my laptop background. We start by drawing a Radial Gradient with the Gradient Tool (G) going from a light yellow-green (#adbf41) to a mid-range green (#328a26).

Step 2
Now for this image we want to create a really textured background, faintly resembling paper. So the first thing we need is a paper texture!Grab some paper textures, use a one first, desaturate it (Ctrl+Shift+U) and stretch it over the top to fit the canvas.

Step 3
Now we set the layer to Overlay and 70% Opacity to blend the texture with our nice green background.

Step 4
Now to get a really distressed look, I then copied this layer, spun it around 180' and set it to 20%.Then I brought in a few more layers of paper texture (using different textures) and set them all to faint overlays, one on top of the other.This was partly for the extra distress, but also because I realized that the textures looked a bit grainy and not small and sharp. So by combining extra textures and then fading it all back, I can get a nicer, sharper overall look.By layering multiple grungy paper effects we can create more depth to the background texture.

Step 5
Now I duplicated the original background gradient, placed the duplicate layer above all the textu res and set it to 40% Opacity.This tones back the texture so it's not quite so grungy!

Step 6
Now we create a new layer over the top and using a large, soft, black brush, add some black to the edges. It's worth toning back the opacity to about 30% and Overlay. You can then duplicate the layer and run a heavy Gaussian Blur over it (set to about 32px). That way the edges really soften out.


Part 2—Grass Text
Okay.We're now ready to make the text part.Download an image of grass with high quality.Let's see what I've found. :P After downloading copy the image on to your canvas.

Step 8
Next we need some type. So select a font you want to cut out with. I chose Impact, which is fat and condensed type. I thought it looked nice and grand. And I've written the text "YNM CREATIONS", My company name. Anyways, so just set your text out in white and set it to Overlay and like 50% Opacity. This layer won't actually show in the end, it's just a guide layer.

Step 9
OK, so here's the text on top of the grass we got earlier. Now a bit of planning! To make text out of grass, it's not going to be enough just to stencil out the grass. Rather we need it to look all rough, with bits of grass sticking out the edges. To do that, we're going to use the letter shapes as a rough guide and then trace roughly around them and periodically jut out to trace around blades of grass. I'll warn you now, it's very tiresome!

Step 10
OK, so here we are tracing. You should use the Pen Tool (P) and frankly, if you're not handy with it before you start, you will be by the end! Notice how in the parts where my path juts out, it sort of follows individual blades of grass. That way when you have the final cut-out they will look like pieces of grass sticking out.

Step 11
When you've finished your path, it's best to save it in the Paths Palette. You can do this by switching to that palette and then clicking the little down arrow and choosing Save Path. That way if you need the path again later, you can grab it. Anyhow, double-click the path to get the selection and go back to your grass layer. Duplicate the grass layer so you still have more grass for the other letters, then invert your selection (Ctrl+Shift+I) and cut away the excess grass. In the screen shot I've faded back the duplicate grass layer so you can see the cut out "Y" part.

Step 12
OK, so here we have our "Y" on the final background. As you can see, it looks only slightly better than if we'd just used the letter to stencil out the grass without bothering to trace. But that's OK, what it needs is a bit more depth. After all, if that letter was really sitting there, we should see some shadow and sides to it.First of all though, we'll add some layer styling to give it a bit more of a three dimensional look. The styles are shown below.

Step 13
we'll add some layer styling to give it a bit more of a three dimensional look. The styles are shown below.

Step 14
So this was all just experimental, and it kinda looks OK, but obviously has a long way to go. Now we'll add some shadow. For that we'll use Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life. The idea is to make a three dimensional look. So Ctrl-click the grass layer and then in a new layer below, fill it with black. Then press the down arrow once and the right arrow once and fill it again, then repeat over and over until you get an effect like that shown. I think that was about 12 steps of filling.

Step 15
Now we run a Filter > Blur > Motion Blur on our shadow with a 45' angle and a distance of about 30. Then set the text to a low opacity of about 50%. You should have something that looks like the screen shot below.

Step 16
Now move the shadow layer down and to the right and magic happens! All of a sudden it looks like the letter is casting a shadow. Pretty neat!

Step 17
Now I duplicated this layer three times. Each time I erased a bit of it away so that as the shadow is closer to the text it gets darker. I set these layers to Multiply.

Step 18
So this text is looking pretty cool, but for that extra bit of depth we should add some bits of grass in the background/shadow area. Rather than cutting out more grass, we can just use this current letter transformed about so that it's not obvious that we're hacking it together.
So as you can see below I created a few pieces of grass. They are just cut up bits of our main letter.

 Step 19
Now by moving those pieces into the shadow areas, we can make it look like there is grass sticking out and it's a real 3D object made from grass!Because these new grass bits are in shadow, you might want to use the Burn Tool (O) to darken them appropriately.

Step 20
Yipee, one letter down ... eleven to go! :D

Step 21
Finally, the whole word! The only extra thing I did here was to move the letters apart a little. Each letter is in its own Layer Group which makes moving it around much easier.

Part 3—The Final Makeover!
Now nice as it's looking, our text is a little lonely and monotonous. So in this last section we'll add a few more elements to the design. Note we don't want to overdo it, though, because I want this to be a desktop background. So first up, let's add some extra text. Here I've placed our vision. I love this vision, personally. The text is in a variation of 'JI Hidden Vines' which looks classy. Using multiple fonts from the same family (heavy, light, etc) is a good, safe bet for keeping your type looking coherent. So here I've set the quote to Overlay and 50%, then duplicated the text and set it to Screen and 50%. Then I've added quotation marks in the
same font, but made them extra large and a bright shade of green. Finally, the source of t he quote is in splattered letters and centered vertically. And, of course, the whole quote has been measured out so it's exactly the length of the main text.

Step 23
Next we'll add a bit of a highlight to the scene. To do this, create a new layer above all the rest, and using the Gradient Tool (G), draw a gradient of white -> transparent towards the top left. Then set this layer to Soft Light and 50%. This will turn it into a nice subtle bit of lighting.

Step 24
We can add some eye-catching elements to offset all the green.Here I used a brilliant blue butterfly and a little red ladybug.
(As you can see, the lady bug looks a bit weird actually because I did a quick 'n dirty job of cutting it out. But that's OK because it's gonna be tiny so you won't be able to see the details anyway. So paste them in and then shrink them down and place them appropriately. It's best if they aren't close together, because that way they'll balance each other. I added a drop shadow to each. With the ladybug it's a very close shadow because he's small and walking on the grass. With the butterfly, I set the distance to about 10px because he's hovering in the air and therefore the shadow lands a little ways away. )

And there we have it, one neat little composition featuring text made out of grass! :) (Click here for the full-size version)


More Photoshop Typo Coming Soon!