Here’s this week of links that are FTW.
Design

50 Awesome but Weird Photoshop Brushes: I have a lot of these installed, but will I use them? Probably not, but its cool to have them just in case.
20 Incredible Photoshop Image Manipulation Techniques: These are some epic tutorials to make some pretty slick scenes.
A Guide to Using [...]

I was on a template site and I saw an ad for turnkey websites, you know, the out of the box running websites that are already setup for you. As if they are pulling in people with no background onto the web and give them a site. And it occurred to me that one day [...]

We’re starting a new series of posts, called FTW (For The Win) Friday. What we’re going to do is have five links for five categories. I hope you find assistance, beauty, help, and laughs from each of these links.
Design

Why Your “Neat” Ideas Usually Suck: I wish they wrote this post several months ago when we [...]

Today I was assigned a task to formalize a logo concept submitted by a client, no redesign, just take this image (about 200px by 50px in size) to be used as a logo. It had textured words that had a outer glow on a black background and a lens flare in the back. And on [...]

There’s a saying in Vietnamese that [translated] goes “Don’t build the fence after the cows have ran away.” And today I really appreciate being semi-prepared. In the middle of the day I receive a text that apparently the blog template was overwritten by SOMEONE in an attempt to upgrade wordpress. At first I didn’t think [...]

So, I just made a terrible mistake. I logged into the blog to write some posts and right at the top of the dashboard it said to upgrade to 2.7.1.
First off, thank you Wordpress for making the upgrade automatically buttons. They make life easier.
Secondly, Wordpress, why is their an update ALL THE TIME?
Thirdly, I really [...]

When you live at the office as much as we do, there are times when the need to defend yourself may arise, whether it be from a pushy boss or a lacking subordinate. In such situations you need to be ready and armed with the best. Lets take a look at the finest in NERF [...]

Happy Valentines Day (or singles appreciation day) from all of us at Border7! Please don’t get your significant other a 3 ton stone heart, I know, you meant well. Its the thought that counts, but really, where are we going to put it? The dinos already refuse to help, I asked…

Another way to prove your product is worthy buying is through testimonials. Having quotes from actual users makes the item seem that more desireable. Adding pictures of the item in use by your customers is also bonus. Why do you think testimonials are the majority of Infomercials? They have a special selling power. Its social [...]