graphics

Make your iGoogle homepage look less Googley with new video game themes

by GeekMom on March 30, 2009

Even though I’m annoyed by the suspicious pervasiveness of Google in my life, I still use iGoogle as my homepage. One of the things I enjoy about it is that I can customize it with themes. Until now, the typical iGoogle theme has consisted of a big header and a coordinating color scheme for modules [...]

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Got a case of the “Mondays?” Here’s a fun avatar creator to try.

by GeekMom on March 30, 2008

Nothing cures a case of the “Mondays” like doing something thoroughly unproductive for half an hour, right? Here’s an idea… I love playing with avatar creators, because I’m no good at drawing, and I’m too cheap to hire someone to make me a custom caricature. Now that WordPress has built-in gravatar support, you might be [...]

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A neat little graphics tool: Stripe Generator

by GeekMom on March 12, 2008

Well, despite the late winter blizzards we’ve been having here in the midwestern US, spring is officially just a week away! You know what that means: spring cleaning! Do you need to freshen up your online home a bit? Is your background stale? Want to make your badges and banners a little more 2.0? Here’s [...]

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