istockdairy currently running a course where you can learn Adobe illustrator in 30 days using which you can create vector images.The course is targeted towards beginners, Each lesson will take around 20 mins to complete and you will be able to learn the basic fundamental techniques before the 30 days trial ends. Each lesson will take around 20 mins to complete and you will be able to learn the basic techniques crucial 30 days .

Head to iStockDiary to take the tutorial.

Here’s how the tutorial is organized

1st Week
Day 1: What is Illustrator
Day 2: Getting Started in Illustrator
Day 3: Drawing Basic Shapes
Day 4: Drawing with Pencil Tool
Day 5: Drawing with Pen Tool
Day 6: Weekend Break
Day 7: Weekend Break

2nd Week
Day 8: Using Brushes
Day 9: Creating Compound Paths
Day 10: Working with Color and Strokes
Day 11: Editing Objects, Layers & Groups
Day 12: Transparency & Graphic Styles
Day 13: Weekend Break
Day 14: Weekend Break

3rd Week
Day 15: Transforming & Moving Objects
Day 16: Basic Text
Day 17: Blending Shapes & Colors
Day 18: Photorealism with Gradient Mesh
Day 19: Using the Symbol Tools
Day 20: Weekend Break
Day 21: Weekend Break

Last Week
Day 22: Creating Special Effects
Day 23: Applying 3D Extrude & Bevel
Day 24: Distort using Warp Effects
Day 25: Applying Live Paint
Day 26: Masking using Clipping Path/ Opacity Mask
Day 27: Weekend Break
Day 28: Weekend Break
Day 29: Saving & Printing
Day 30: Final Project - Designing a Logo

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Yesterday I stumbled upon these images that show the performance of Windows, MAC and Linux.

Image Source : http://ralree.com/images/MacPCLinuxTruth.jpg

Image Source : http://www.kimpix.net/cache/2008/06/walle-eve-pc-mac.jpg

USB pen drives can be a great source of virus spreading from computer to computer, here are two portable antivirus solutions that are portable and can keep your portable storage media clean from viruses, trojans,worms,etc.

Mx One Antivirus - Mx One is designed to protect the devices of external storage devices like usb (pendrives), iPod., mp3, mp4, memoirs M2, SD, microSD,etc.,

Features :

• Protection against: Virus, Trojanos, Worms, etc.
• Compatible with any antivirus resident like for example: Nod32.., Kaspersky.
• Protection in realtime with System “Check and Block” which neutralizes potential threats.
• Takes less than 1MB of space.

Mx One : HomePage || Download

ClamWin Antivirus - ClamWin is a Free Stanalone Antivirus for Microsoft Windows. It provides a graphical user interface to the Clam AntiVirus engine.You can use it from your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer.

Features:

• High detection rates for viruses and spyware
• Regular virus database updates. ClamAV team regularly updates virus databases to include a new virus/variant immediately after it appears
• Standalone Virus Scanner, which means that you need to manually scan the files using ClamWin before you copy your files onto the pendrive.

The portable version of the antivirus engine is available from PortbableApps

ClamWin Portable : HomePage | Download

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.

Features :

1. backwards compatible with standard *nix networking commands (iwconfig, ifconfig, etc)
2. wired networks
3. named network profiles
4. select between static IP addresses and DHCP on a per network basis
5. store different static IPs, gateways, subnet masks, DNS server addresses per network
6. wireless networks
   1. automatically connect at boot - no user intervention required, even for encrypted networks
   2. keeps network keys in root accesible only (600) files (unencrypted, however)
   3. automatically selects between static IP addresses and DHCP on a per network basis
   4. encryption (template based)
      1. WPA 1/2
      2. WEP
      3. LEAP
      4. TTLS
      5. EAP
      6. PEAP
7. automatically connects at resume from suspend
8. displays information about the network

Download Wicd from here and
Guides on how to install wicd on Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Slackware, and Gentoo here.
For wicd Wicd FAQ click here.

If you are looking for RSS Icons for your blog, You might one find that suits your in these two collections of Hongkiat and a few other sources as well.

Collection 1 — HongKiat

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Instantizer.com lets you create a polarized image from an image uploaded from your system, and by giving a brief description of the images and the angle for the image tilt.

Here’s how can do it:

1. Head to Instantizer.com
2. Upload your image,
3. Give a brief description that should appear below the image frame.
4. enter an angle of tilt for the image.