Finding a good domain name can be a difficult task, especially if your future website’s topic has a lot of competition. I have spent countless hours typing in different domain names only to find that they are already taken. Not to mention, what I think is a catchy and attractive domain name might not be so catchy and attractive to the rest of the world. So, here’s a tip… don’t rack your brain! There are several tools out there on the web that generate domain names for you based on keywords you specify.

To name a few, try NameBoy, DomainsBot, or Whois Source. These are all great tools and should provide you with some good options to choose from.

Today, I was introduced by ProBlogger who was introduced by LifeHacker of a new tool which is extremely powerful and fun! You’ve got to give this a try!

Bust a Name – Be sure to tell me what you think.

The image toolbar in IE6 is a tool that allows the user to save a picture, print a picture, email a picture, or open the “My Pictures” folder. This toolbar was meant to be a useful tool but it can often be an annoyance for the web designer. Here are a couple ways to disable this toolbar.

The first way is to add this line of code in the head section of your page:

<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">

The second way is specific to each img element. You can add the galleryimg attribute to any img element:

<img src="mypicture.gif" galleryimg="no" />

This weekend I learned how to create a pop art portrait using Adobe Fireworks. I am surprised because I am not artistic at all but I think it came out pretty well. The tutorial caused me to use tools that I don’t normally use when designing. I never realized how powerful the pen tool is especially for tracing and outlining objects. I used to use the eraser tool to crop objects out of a picture but from now on I will stick to the pen… big time saver! Thank you www.family-portrait-artists.com for expanding my knowledge.

My first pop art portrait: