Tabs Have Never Been Easier !

The famous duo Alex 'Pit' La Rosa and Fabio Fidanza, the brain behind the Stripe Generator (find out more here), and introduced the TARTAN movement (find out more here) :D has done it again !


The newest addition is the Tabs Generator ! Boy, how their tag-line hit the bullseye ! Tabs Have Never Been Easier !


Although the interface is not as AMAZING as the previous stripe generator and tartan maker. The feel of easiness still there. And that is all we need ;)

Every time you change some of the value, there'll be a Refresh button to generate the new tab ;) This is good, as we don't have to wait everytime we change a value, then the picture will load again. We can just set the whole value, and hit Refresh ;) Well, maybe a minor change here and there, and Refresh again :D

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Overall this is very nice tool, if you happen to need a tab fast :D There's not much can be done on tabs i think, but it will be nicer if we can have more style for the tabs (something like Button Boost done quite well), and maybe a nice gallery to show off too like in Tartan Maker ;)

How to Enlarge Vector Picture Easily Without Losing Quality

Sometimes when you're working with photoshop, and find a nice vector image which is free, and you already had the whole idea of what to design with all the materials, you had a problem!

Usually it's one problem, the vector image that is free is not big enough in terms of resolution (this happens a lot for the free one :P). And you're not in a mood to search another big one, or don't have enough time to do so.

That's one problem i always run into :P Since i can't do much on making my own vector. So, after knowing a little trick on photoshop, i tought i will share it will you :D


It's my first Screencast too :P I hope you all enjoy the photoshop tutorial ;)

Source Image	Cropped Image	Photoshop Source (.zip)

Write Your Name in Arabic

[Update 2007-10-09] The link to Efendi in Arabic is back again ;) Thanks Reem :D

A little while ago i posted about My Name in Arabic.

The site have gone through a lot of changes. Reem had a long break on providing the service for free. Then Reem decided to take a small fee in exchange for the service, which make sense for me, since Reem provided your name with a nice font with a beautiful frame, and even provided it with a .pdf .doc and .jpg :)

But now Reem is announcing that My Name in Arabic is free of charge again ;)

And the site is really is Undergoing Changes. Previously the Archive have many many names, including my own (dead link now), which is now disappear. Efendi in Arabic is up again now ^^.

I recall there are quite many of western name have been done back then, so you can always find it first. But right now, it's like going back to zero again. And am still not sure if Reem still working about this.

Meanwhile, Nomadturk left a comment, pointing out to a nice Arabic Name Generator ;) Thanks for the hint Nomadturk :)

Arabic-o-matic will the job for you, all you hafta do is enter your name, and voila ! The arabic version of your name will be prompted just as you type ;)

While the result are not in the arabic letter at all, which mean you cannot copy paste the result, but still this is quite handy if you need a free arabic name ;)

There are some notes about this though

This gadget may be used to write your name in Arabic letters, but be careful... Arabic has only three vowels, a, i and u. That's why the "i", "y" and "e" keys here just trigger the same Arabic letter. So do "u", "o" and "w".

Such contraptions cannot work very well, first because you need to know a lot of things about the sounds of the Arabic letters to cast your name into Arabic letters the right way, and second because the font is not very good.

So Reem's My Name in Arabic provides more accurate result, since Reem knows real well on how the sounds of your name is, and write it precisely on arabic letter.

You can see my name in arabic which Reem did for me إفندي (note that i can copy paste it ^^)

I think those of you who can understand Arabic will definitely choose Reem's My Name in Arabic version ;)

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So, if you really need it fast and free arabic name generator, then Arabic-o-matic will do just fine while you wait for Reem to do your name ;)

[Recap] September 2007

September 2007 Recap is here ^^ a little bit late :P but then again, this should be good for those of you who may have missed one or two posts here at zlythern ;)

1. Art

Beethoven's Hair, Sept 19

On March 26th, 1827 Ludwig Van Beethoven died in Vienna. The day after, a twelve year old boy cut a lock of his hair as a souvenir. 167 years later the hair was sold at an auction in London. From hand to hand, from country to country, and from century to century. This is the story of that journey.

2. Comic

The War of the Worlds, Sept 24

The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells, is an early science fiction novella which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films and a television series based on the story.

3. DIY (Do-It-Yourself)

Cut and Glue a Toypaper Yourself, Sept 21

It all started when John McGhee create a monster on one rainy Sunday in 2006. And the name is Humbles. Humbles was a lonely Love Monster, he is a very sociable and happy character, and likes being on desks, coffee tables or inside refrigerators - anywhere where he can say hello.

Howtoons is FUNtastic !, Sept 7

DIY projects have never been this fun ! They provide the idea behind, list all the materials, guide you on how to DIY, and all of this was presented in a comic strip, thanks to professional DC Comics artist Nick Dragotta ;)

4. eBook

More eBooks From Professor Solomon, Sept 17

Have you finished reading The Book of King Solomon i introduced to you ?

If you do, then Professor Solomon have another 2 ! Yes ! TWO ! For you ;)

The Book of King Solomon, Sept 10

Solomon addressed the two women. "This is a difficult case," he said. "We have no witnesses—no evidence as to which of you is the mother—no way to ascertain which of you is telling the truth and which is not. So we must seek a compromise, rather than justice. A settlement. Do you follow me?"
They nodded uncertainly.
"Captain," said Solomon, "divide this living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other."

5. Freeware

Grow a World from Network Traffic, Sept 26

Packet Garden captures information about how you use the internet and uses this stored information to grow a private world you can later explore.

Strip Annoying >>>> with emailSTRIPPER, Sept 3

emailStripper is a free program for cleaning the "Strip Annoying >>>>" and other formatting characters out of your emails. It will restore "forwarded" or "replied" emails back to their original state so they're easier to read.

6. HTML

HTML Playground, Sept 5

HTML Playground is a nice way to present a reference ! It is an (X)HTML and CSS reference by example ;) A perfect companion for learning the YAML (X)HTML/CSS Framework ;)

7. Personal

Smiley Turns 25, Happy Birthday !, Sept 18

"I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-)," wrote Fahlman. "Read it sideways."

Who would've thought that it began with some "joke marker" ? ;)

Happy Programmer Day, Sept 14

Programmer Day is the 256th day of every year, September 13th or the 12th on leap years.
If we’re celebrating the 256th day, why does the logo have 1111 1111 (255) instead of 1 0000 0000 ? What are programmers if not detail oriented?

8. Quiz

WEB 2.0 Design Quiz, Sept 11

Take a minute to complete our new special Web 2.0 quiz and figure out how smart you are on this issue. We have composed this quiz with the help of the world’s best Web 2.0 experts - although they most likely have no idea they were involved. Even so the results are believable. After you take this test you will receive a special code with the results on an icon that you can place on your website so that every visitor can see how aware of the Web 2.0 issues you are.

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That is all folks, September 2007 recap ^^

Hope you do all enjoy the posts ;) Have a bright Monday ^^