Milt Reynolds: Thinking Out Loud

How to Find, Download, and Credit Images that are Free and Legal I manage several internet blogs and I try to post at least one new article weekly. When I'm feeling inspired I can write several and schedule them for automatic posting. Thus, I am often looking for free, and legal, images to add to my articles. This instructable will show you my method of finding appropriate images, preparing them for uploading, and most importantly, how to give credit to whom credit is due. Language? All of my instructions and examples are based on using a computer with Windows XP as the operating system, Google Chrome as the internet browser, and several specific software programs. I'll give a link to each program as I describe the steps, HOWEVER... all the instructions can apply to any other operating system and browser , as well as many other software programs. Translate all my terms and examples into whatever language/system/platform/program is best for you! Step 1: Write your ar...

HTML/CSS Publisher? HTML/CSS Publisher? I'm a geek. I'm not certifiable, I don't make money at it, I couldn't hack into my mother's Facebook page no matter how many FBI agents were after me. But I am a geek , at least in spirit. I know this because I just finished a week-long project that could have probably been accomplished by a non-geek in about 2.5 hours. Why did it take me so long? Because I didn't use Microsoft Publisher. I didn't use Microsoft Word. I didn't even use OpenOffice. I used HTML and CSS . In hopes that I connect heart-to-heart with other wanna-be geeks , here's my story: Project Goal: Create a 72-page, pocket-sized field book, with formatted pages that include graphics. Easy, right? Fire up any standard word processing or desktop publisher, spend an hour and a half entering content, and perhaps another half hour to format and tweak page sizes and sections, another 30 minutes to print and staple together, and t...