You might say that Paul Ford has labeled himself as a serious collector. He has over a million labels, in fact – mostly from West Coast agricultural products – and was eventually forced to build a 5,500-square-foot building behind his Salem, Oregon home to house them all.
“I’ve always loved to save and collect things,” Ford said. “I’m big into Route 66 memorabilia, for instance.”
Labels, however, are his first love. Unfortunately, the currently blighted economy has soured that relationship somewhat.
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While F-Spot and digiKam are among the most popular photo management applications, they are not the only fish in the sea. In fact, if you need a lightweight tool that can help you to manage and tweak your photos with a minimum of effort, Fotoxx can do the job just fine. Fotoxx’s interface looks deceptively spartan: the main window sports a single menu and a toolbar that contains buttons for frequently used functions. But behind the simple interface hide quite a few powerful features like support for the RAW format (this feature requires the UFRaw package installed on your system), an easy-to-use panorama stitching function, and the ability to create HDR photos.
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Scribus is the leading open source solution for desktop publishing (DTP); it supports professional features like press-ready color separations and PDF output, as well as every media file type under the sun. With Scribus you can design high-end documents with a separate workflow for authors, photographers, and graphic designers in an office environment, but it is easy enough for single-user work, too. The latest release, 1.3.5, just hit the Internet, and packs a suite of new features. If you have never taken Scribus for a test drive, now is the time.
You can download Scribus installers for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows from the project’s Web site. Version 1.3.5 boasts major improvements in OS X compatibility, for the first time integrating completely with the native windowing and menu systems, which should encourage many Mac owners who found earlier releases not quite “Mac-like” enough to blend in.
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Have you browsed through our site recently, only to discover missing images and PDF links? Then, you’ve learned only part of what a hacker can do to a WordPress site if that site has not been updated and backups have been violated. We learned the hard way that the push is on to hack as many WordPress sites as possible. But, we’ve also learned some smart ways to avoid this possibility again.
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Ever tire of laying out a sheet of address labels in OpenOffice.org or Word templates when you’re in a hurry? Karl Fogel’s LabelNation may be able to help. It is a small free software tool that whips out printer-ready label layouts from the command line. All you do is put the addresses in a plain text file and run LabelNation; the output is a standard PostScript file. And it’s not just fast; as a command-line tool it is easily integrated into scripts or other automated workflows.
Of course, If you interested in a dedicated label software program for linux, we highly recommend gLabels and read our howto…
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Do you need weatherproof labels for your camping trip? How about for use on that canteen or water bottle or even on your beach gear or your bath, food or other outdoor products? With Worldlabel’s weatherproof labels, you can use your laser or inkjet printer to make these labels yourself.
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Free book label templates for your kids, and you can personalize the labels with their names. Both Openoffice.org and MS Word templates available. Use our WL-150 (shipping labels size) to print. Please note: templates are for your personal use only, they cannot be used in part or whole for any commercial uses.
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Colour is an important aspect of any design, and the choice of colour is crucial to put across the right message, and stand out from the crowd. Here’s an overview of some of the basics of using colours together, and a rundown of some of the terms used in the world of colour.
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Free book label templates for your kids, and you can personalize the labels with their names. Both Openoffice.org and MS Word templates available. Use our WL-150 (shipping labels size) to print. Please note, templates are for your personal use only, they cannot be used in part or whole for any commercial uses.
For more Book Label designs for kids visit collection two
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By now, you’ve probably discovered how delightful the Firefox Web browser is to use while surfing or working on the Internet. One of its best features is that it’s easily customizable by using add-ons to add extra functionality. Here are 10 favorites that make getting things done a little easier, more efficient, and fun.
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