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  • Save Your Digital Life!

    August 3, 2011 // davisde // Safety & Security Tags: avatar, backup, cloud, digital, download, facebook, flickr, friends, gmail, google, hotmail, life, live, microsoft, photos, picture, restore, rss, save, twitter 8 Responses

    Don’t wait for disaster to strike your web accounts. Be prepared and back them all up using these simple tools.

    Photo Grabber:
    http://code.google.com/p/photograbber/

    Google Takeout:
    https://www.google.com/takeout

    Backup Pop3 e-mail accounts:
    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/44791/how-to-backup-your-web-based-email-account-using-thunderbird

    Twitter RSS:
    http://search.twitter.com/search.rss?q=Your_Twitter_Name

    Backupify:
    https://www.backupify.com

    View/Add more suggestions:
    http://www.tinkernut.com/groups/videotutorial-extras/forum/topic/backup-your-online-accounts

  • Cool Websites: Create Your Own Avatars

    January 22, 2009 // davisde // Cool Websites Tags: avatar, create, internet, make, online, tips, tricks No Responses

    This video shows several different options for creating your own avatars online.

    General Avatars:
    http://www.faceyourmanga.com
    http://avatars.yahoo.com
    http://www.doppelme.com
    http://www.planetcreation.co.uk/createpic

    Specialty Avatars:
    http://www.sp-studio.de
    http://www.rabbids.com/YouAsARabbid
    http://www.simpsonizeme.com
    http://www.makewee.com

  • Create Avatars and Rooms for Google’s “Lively”

    July 11, 2008 // davisde // Gaming, Video Tags: avatar, create, design, google, life 2 Responses

    For Google’s new Second Life alternative, “Lively”, this video will show you how to create Avatars and Rooms for this online game.

  • Multimedia Tip: Create Animated Images

    April 19, 2008 // davisde // Multimedia Tips, Software Tips Tags: animated, animation, avatar, design, diy, image, multimedia, web 3 Responses

    This walks you through how to create an animated GIF image file that can be used in websites, as avatar’s, as icons, etc. This example walks you through how to make an animated signature.