Archive for January, 2007

Free Glass Style RSS/Feed Icons

I wanted to make my own RSS/Feed icon, so I did, and I made some (213 to be exact) for YOU as well. I made these icons for the benefit of anyone and everyone. Download and use/modify them as you wish, with 1 exception: You may NOT post these source files on your own site [...]

Should Digg really take all the blame for the “Digg Effect?”

Yes, Digg produces the majority of the traffic resulting from a front page Digg story, but is Digg the only reason servers bite the dust when a story is popular on Digg? Or are Digg Leechers helping out?

When a story makes it to the front page of Digg, the result is a feeding frenzy of [...]

If you’re not reading comments, You’re missing out on a potential wealth of information.

Comment Jewels: Where the Real help is at.

In the world of social media sites, and the blogosphere, I’m sure you’ve read your fair share of very helpful stories. There are tons of helpful blog posts, tutorials, and stories out there, but if you don’t read the comments posted at the bottom of these posts, you [...]

Google finds Digg stories Faster than Digg

Finding your old stories with Digg’s Search vs. Google. Guess who wins?

Some of you already know this, but if you don’t it will save you a lot of time. Digg’s Search Could use some improvements, I try looking up old stories I’ve Dugg, and end up using Google instead, almost every time. I use [...]

Fading Corners using a Background Gradient

This is a very simple way to achieve the “fading corner” look with 2 small background images, the trick is setting it up right in your graphics editor.

There are only 2 images used in this example. A background gradient (repeated-x), and a background image for the top of the content container. The background image [...]