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Daily Puzzles, Illusions, and Brain Teasers at SmartKit

smartkitSmartkit is a great place test your wits and brain skills. They post puzzles, illusions, riddles, brain teasers and more almost everyday. Go check it out.

Make Games with GameMaker

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Have you thought about making a game but don’t have the programming skills to do so. You can make games without writing a single line of code with Game Maker. It offers many many tutorials on how to get started. Hey, you can even publish and sell your games when you are done.  Go to yoyogames.com to check it out.


View and Manage All Your Custom Fonts with The Font Thing

the_font_thingThe Font Thing is a nice, free, way to browse and manage your fonts.  You can:

  • Browse installed and uninstalled fonts
  • Browse sample text
  • View font information
  • Install and uninstall fonts
  • Rename font files
  • Group fonts into collections
  • View multiple fonts at one time for easy comparison
  • and much more

Check out The Font Thing

Animate Stick Figures Quick and Easy – Pivot Stickfigure Animator

stickfigure_wavingDid you every want to create stickfigure animations but didn’t have the programing know how? Well Pivot Stickfigure Animator, by Peter Bone, allows to you quickly and easily make stick figure animations.

  • save as animated gif to display on the web
  • set animation size and speed
  • create your own stick figures with included visual editor

Try it out:
Get it from the creator’s website
Get it from SnapFiles

Manage WordPress Pages with Plugins

wp_pi_my_page_orderWordPress pages can be used for static content and will usually show up in the site navigation menu. Here are two plugins to manage what pages show up in the menu and in what order they will be in.

My page order -  plugin allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface.  Get it now.wp_page_link_manager

Page link manager – allows you to select which pages will show up in the site navigation menu.  Get it now.

Note:  Page link manager does not work with WordPress version 2.7