One of my products made Today’s Best on Zazzle! Yea! Here it is:

Cosmopolitan
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NikiNicole

Get this custom magnet at Zazzle

Don’t worry, I’ll have more drink recipes coming soon!

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Yea! I finally have a decent layout up and it is all valid! There will definitely be more tweeks and additions (the footer still looks a little sad), but my blog has moved from embarrassing to acceptable.

Here are some sites that helped me get here:

The End Of Magic Blog’s Semi-Transparent Div article helped me get a transparent div that even Internet Explorer liked!

htmllite.com helped me write out my rollover images for my navigation with their Rollover Tutorial. Tip: To make it valid code, make sure not to use capitals (change onMouseOver to onmouseover)

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Recently Adobe introduced Photoshop Express, a free online version of photoshop where anyone can create an account and edit their pictures. You can only edit your own pictures if you create an account, but it is free so why not. If you just want to check it out, there is an option to test drive the feature. But not only can’t you use your own images in test drive, but you can’t save either.

After you choose to take a test drive, click on ‘My Pictures’ to choose a photo to play with. Just double click it and you will be able to edit it. It’s really easy to get started, just click something on the sidebar on your left, play with the options that appear on top of the picture, then click the green check mark to modify your photo. You can also choose the orange undo arrow to undo changes or the red ‘x’ to cancel changes. After taking a quick look you will see that Photoshop Express is no replacement for the full Photoshop version, but it seems like it will be great for non-designers to quickly edit their pictures without any technical training needed. It seems perfect for MySpacers to add artsy effects to their self-portraits and for Moms to do simple photo retouching to family pictures.

But back to the test drive. Here is a runthrough of the features and what you can do with them:

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