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16 Of The Best Pinterest Applications

Amit Chowdhry — Sun, 27 May 2012 16:32:49 +0000

Pinterest, the pinboard-style social photo sharing website that allows users to create theme-based image collections like hobbies, interests, etc. is one of the fastest growing social services in the world. Below is a list of 16 of the best Pinterest related web applications, mobile applications, and browser extensions.

Gallery+ For Pinterest (iPhone/iPad)

Gallery+ For Pinterest is an iPhone and iPad application that is a slide show function. You can add or upload photos on your boards with the app. You can also see up-to-date posts in each board and check each category. You can use search for pins, like the posts, repin posts, etc.

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Kuzimo For Pinterest (iPhone)

Kuzimo for Pinterest is an app that lets you manipulate a photo from your camera and pin it directly to Pinterest. There is a harmony effect that will pull the main colors from the photo so you can easily create a color inspiration image and share it on Pinterest.

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Peppy For Pinterest App (iPhone/iPad)

Peppy lets you sign up for Pinterest with an invite. You can upload a photo pin from your iPad or iPhone. You can sign in to the app with Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest. There is a built-in browser, pin adding functionality, board creation, repin abilities, etc.

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Pinerly

Pinerly is a Pinterest friendly dashboard. You can follow pinners, unfollow pinners, check out popular pins, schedule pins, and check out pin stats.

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PinReach

PinReach is a Pinterest influence and analytics service. PinReach lets you build tools to help you understand Pinterest activity, measure impact, and monitor success.

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Pinspiration (Windows Phone)

Pinspiration is a Pinterest application for Windows Phone. Pinspiration is a way to browse and post on your Windows Phone. You do not need an account to browse, search, share, and get Live Tile updates from Pinterest to your Windows Phone. The free version of the app has ads and the Pinners You Follow list is throttled.

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Pinstamatic

Pinstamatic is a website that lets you add locations, music, quotes, calendar dates, Twitter profile links, stick notes, and websites to Pinterest.

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Pinterest Creative Board

The Pinterest Creative Board is a Pinterest hack and splice tool for creating your own cool Pinterest boards.

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Pinterest E-Mail Signature

Wisestamp.com has created a plugin that lets you add a Pinterest button to your e-mail signature.

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Pinteresting! Browser For Pinterest (iPhone)

Pinteresting! is an iPhone app that gets a live feed of the most popular pins and it allows you to pin items easily in one easy click. There are gift ideas, power users to follow, and pinning by your interest category features built into the app.

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Pinzy (Google Chrome)

Pinzy is a Google Chrome plugin that lets you view enlarged, full versions of the images found on Pinterest.com by hovering over them.

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ShareAsImage

ShareAsImage.com (formerly known as Pin A Quote) lets you highlight text anywhere on the web and easily convert it into an image. After you have created the quote image you can share the image on Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter.

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Snapito!

Snapito! is a website where you can take a screenshot of any website and pin it on Pinterest using the dropdown menu on the right of the Snap! button. You can select either “Pin to Pinterest” or “Pin Full Page.”

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SpinPicks (Android)

SpinPicks is a new application that brings a highly addictive one-click discovery from visual platforms like Pinterest, Instagram, Twitpic, Flickr, etc. When spinning from Pinterest categories, SpinPicks filters the pins to help reduce the number of improperly attributed images.

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WiseStamp (Google Chrome)

The Pinterest Email App is a Google Chrome extension that lets you customize your signature with a Pinterest link.

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Woobox Pinterest Tab

Woobox is a Pinterest tab for Facebook Pages. You can show your Pinterest boards and pins as a tab on your Facebook Page. You can require users to like your Facebook page before viewing your Pinterest tab. You can show all of your boards and pins styled just like they are on Pinterest. Users can view your boards and pins directly on your Facebook page or click to visit Pinterest to repin, like, comment, etc. You can get complete stats for page views, visits, etc.

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45+ jQuery Calendar Plugins and Tutorials

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:10:55 +0000

A lot of our jQuery tutorial and plugin lists have been popular lately, but one Pulse2 reader asked us if we could put together a list of useful jQuery calendar plugins and tutorials. jQuery calendars can come in handy when designing admin panels and reservation systems. There are tons of other nifty projects you can create with the help of jQuery calendars. Below is a list of over 45 jQuery calendar plugins and tutorials.

AJAX Booking Calendar Pro – $6

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Calendar – A Javascript class for Mootools

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Calendar System

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ClockPick

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CuteTime

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Date / Time Picker

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Date Picker

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Date Range Picker using jQuery UI 1.7 and jQuery UI CSS Framework

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Easy PHP Calendar 7

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Event Calendar

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EvenTouch Calendar – $8

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FullCalendar

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glDatePicker

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iCal-like calendar

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JavaScript Calendar Component

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jCalendar

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jMonthCalendar

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jQuery.calendarPicker

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jQuery Calendar date picker plug-in

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jQuery Calendar Widget Plugin

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jQuery Date Range Picker – $5

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jQuery Date Input

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jQuery Datepicker

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jQuery Event Calendar Plugin

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jQuery Frontier Calendar

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jQuery Full Calendar Plugin

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jQuery Time Picker – $5

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jQuery TimelineXML – $8

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jQuery UI Datepicker

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Jquery Week Calendar

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JSCalendar – The New Coolest DHTML Calendar

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MagiCalendar – $3

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Multiday Calendar Datepicker JQuery Plugin

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oCalendar – jQuery Event Calendar Plugin – $10

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PHP Event Calendar – $12

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Plans

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Sexy jQuery Multiday Calendar Datepicker Plugin – jCal

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Simple Calendar Widget

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Simple Events Calendar JS – $5

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Simple JQuery Date Picker

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Tigra JavaScript Calendar

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timeago a jQuery plugin

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Timeframe

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Timeline Calendar – $5

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Unobtrusive Date-Picker Widget Update

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VCalendar

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wdCalendar

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Week Calendar

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YUI Library: Calendar Control

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30+ jQuery Vertical Menu Tutorials and Plugins

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:54:10 +0000

When designing a menu with jQuery, you may want to consider making it vertical since horizontal menus are way too common. Websites that are pull of pages and articles can benefit from vertical menus because it makes the website easier to navigate. Below is a list of over 30 jQuery vertical menu tutorials.

Arrow Side Menu

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Bullet List Accordion Menu

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Clean and Attractive jQuery Vertical Menu Tutorial

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Collapsing Site Navigation with jQuery

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Create a multilevel Dropdown menu with CSS and improve it via jQuery

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Create a Vertical Scrolling Menu with CSS and jQuery

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Dropdown, iPod Drilldown, and Flyout styles with ARIA Support and ThemeRoller Ready

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Float Menu – $6

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Floating menu jQuery&CSS

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Glossy Accordion Menu

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Green jQuery Vertical Menu

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HoverAccordion

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jQuery (mb)Menu 2.7

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jQuery & CSS Example – Dropdown Menu

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jQuery Multi Level CSS Menu #1

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jQuery plugin: Accordion

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jQuery plugin: Treeview

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jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu (WordPress Plugin)

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jQuery Vertical Mega Menu Plugin

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jQuery Vertical Menu

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jQuery Vertical Menus

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jQuery Vertical Scroll Menu

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Lightweight Javascript Accordion Menu

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Mega Menu Complete Set – $4

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MenuExtender – Vertical

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Menumatic Mootools

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Sliding Jquery Menu

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Sliding Tabs – $8

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Superfish

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Urban Gray Accordion Menu

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UvumiTools Dropdown Menu

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Vertical Flyout JavaScript Menu

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Vertical Scroll Menu with jQuery Tutorial

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Vertical Sliding Menu with Jquery

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40+ Beautiful Twitter Bootstrap Example Websites

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:53:10 +0000

Twitter Bootstrap is a front-end toolkit to rapidly build web applications. It is a framework that uses some of the latest browser techniques to provide you with stylish typography, navigation, buttons, tables, etc. Twitter created the grid system toolkit known as “Bootstrap” and made it open-source on Github. Below is over 40 of the most beautiful websites made with Twitter Bootstrap.

The 404 Error

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Amnet Broadband

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Art Sumo

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Badass Bootstrap Themes

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BeautifulDays

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Bookmarkly

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BreakingNews.com

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Brew Shuffle

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Bundlr

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Catapult

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Christian Kienle

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ClickDesk

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DialShield

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Dwelo

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Eduflix

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Face à Face

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FaceCoverz

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Get Hybrid

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GoSquared

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Help Scout

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Honest Code

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The Hub Cycle Shop

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Insurance Zebra

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Leon’s Service Centre

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Localyte

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LogoBro

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MAKE Kits

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Monstro

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Newsola

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oBaz

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Opa

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OnTime

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Permission

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Raveld

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SERPs.com

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SiteFaceOff

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Songtrust

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TonkaLabs

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Totalwireframe

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TrackThisFor.me

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Twitter Bootstrap Button Generator

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Villa Saraswati

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Weirdo Cards

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WrapBootstrap

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Zenbilling

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Note: I found several of these from Built With Bootstrap so hats off to them.

45+ Awesome Actionscript 3.0 Tutorials

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:41:38 +0000

ActionScript is an object-oriented language that was originally developed by Macromedia and is now owned by Adobe Systems. It is a dialect of ECMAScript, which means that it is a superset of the syntax of JavaScript. ActionScript is currently used for the development of websites and software that is targeted for the Adobe Flash Player. ActionScript 3.0 is the programming language for the Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR runtime environments. To get a better understanding of some of the applications that you can build with knowledge of ActionScript 3.0, I have listed some tutorials below.

A Wonderwall-Like Effect, with Traer AS3

AS3 Shuffle Grid Class

AS3 Webcam Motion Tracking

3D Menu on a Cube with Perspective

3D Texture Mapping with ‘drawTriangles’ in Flash CS4 and AS3

AS3: ByteArray – Saving an image

Basic Flash AS3 -tutorial

Building Flash Video Player

Circle Collisions

ColorPicker Component in Flash CS3

Cool particle effects in Flash

Contour Map Plotter and 3D Function Grapher in Flash Combined

Controlling the Timeline with ActionScript 3

Cool Particle Effects In Flash

Create a 3D Sliding Puzzle Game in Flex with ActionScript 3.0 and Away3D

Create a 3D Image Reflection in AS3 and Flash CS4

Create a poll and chart component in Flash CS3

Creating a 3D Tunnel Effect in Flash

Creating Gradients in Flash

Custom Classes for Playing Cards in ActionScript 3

Customizing Flash Context Menu Using AS3

The CylindricalGallery Class

Dragging in 3D – The Right Way

Driven 3D Billboard

Event bubbling

Expanding the Flash AS3 Videoplayer

Flash AS3: PDF attachment with email

Flash CS3 Particle Effect Tutorial

Flash CS3 Tutorial – Fractals in AS3

Flash Mouse Trailer with Stars

Flower Twist Particle Effect and the Methods Behind It

How to Set Perspective Projection of Display Objects

Image Accordion Effect in AS3 Flash CS4

Implement the basic Flash CS3 drag-and-drop technique

Infinite Gallery / Menu

Lorenz Attractor in Bubble Form – AS3 Flash CS4 Visual Effect

Magnifying Glass Effect in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3

Making Lip-Syncing Simple

Modern Preloader with ActionScript 3

MP3 Player

Realistic 3D Snowfall Effect in ActionScript 3 and Flash

Rotation Movie Text presentation

Shaky Flash Menu with ActionScript 3

Traer AS3, the Mandatory Cloth Simulation

Trendy Custom Cursor Using the Action Script 3

Tween Tricks in ActionScript 3 and Flash CS3

Using the Tween class in Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3

Vertical 3D Carousel with ActionScript 3

130+ Awesome Email Newsletter Templates

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:23:35 +0000

If you want to market your products or services online, one of the best ways to do so is sending e-mail newsletters. E-mail newsletters also come in handy if you already have a big customer base and you just want to keep them updated. Having a template always comes in handy when getting started with e-mail marketing. This is why we have created a gallery of over 130 e-mail newsletter templates below:

ABC Presents

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About Hotel

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Acrylic

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Airmail

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Aliens

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Amazing Sea

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Architecture

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Army

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Arrows

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Autosport

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Baby Dream

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Bars

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Beach Holiday

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Bio

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Blueprint

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Blue Collar

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Bordeaux Wine

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Boutique

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Brace

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Breaking News

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Caries

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Chemical

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Christmas

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Classic

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Clouds

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Clouds

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Color Direct

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Colored Lines

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Cool

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Cool Shop

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Cosmetics Shop

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Cottonrag

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Cruise

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Day and Night

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Design House

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Diamond Watch

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East

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Easter Love

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Eco

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Ecology

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Elegant

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Envelope

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Evaluation

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Express Delivery

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Fabric

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Fashion Stule Beauty

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Football

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Free Coupons

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Free Newsletter Template

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Free Software

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Geometric

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Global

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Gold Autumn

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Grapevine

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Green Leaf

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Green Peace

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Gridworks

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Grunge

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Hanting Fun

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Happy Easter

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Harbour Coat

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Helvetica

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Holidays Soon

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i-House

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Impact

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In The Army Now

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Industrial

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Jungle

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Lighthouse

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Live Help Online

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Longboat

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Love

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Man Reading Newspaper

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Minimal Grey

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Minimalist

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Misty Meadow

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Mobile Ringtones

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Mobile Shop

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Modern

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Music

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Music Forever

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Mute

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My Stock Gallery

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Nature

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Natural

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Neon Glow

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Old Ornament

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Orange E-Mail

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Outdoorsy

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Painted Line

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Party Invitation

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Pets Market

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PC Servis

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Pharaoh of Egypt

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Pinkish Brown

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Point In

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Porsche Design

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Presentation

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Real Estate

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Realistic Film

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Realtors News

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Rectangles

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Remind Me

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Retro Stripes

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RGB

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Sample

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Secret Note

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Soccer

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Smiles For You

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Snowboarding

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Spa Treatments

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Spring

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St. Valentines

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Star News

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Steelblue Notes

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Students

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Superfresh

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Tech

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Textile

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Traveller

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Two Color

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Typographic

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Venturesome Angler

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Vitamin

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Wanted

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Whirlwind

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Wild Kids

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Winter

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World Market

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World Travel Channel

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Worn

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X-Brown

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X-Freight

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180+ Retro and Vintage Wallpapers

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:49:46 +0000

Retro and vintage designs are culturally outdated styles or trends that has superficially become the norm again. The use of retro and vintage style imagery has been integrated into post-modern art including computer wallpapers. This includes designs from the 1980s or 1990s. Below is a gallery of over 180 retro and vintage wallpapers. Note: if you like this post, you might like 100+ retro and vintage logos.

1900×1200 Wallpaper

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1967

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2470152774_2c15edc5ba_o

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2nd retr0 wallpaper

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3D Typography

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60′s Style Wallpaper

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Abstraction

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Almost Retro

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Apple Seal

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Apple Wallpaper Black

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Art:vs:me

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Aurora

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Be Happy

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Big City Life

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Big City Nights

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BluDream

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Bottle Full of Happiness

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Buckle Up Boys

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Burst Of Blue

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Cause an Effect

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Chevrolet Camaro

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Chillin’

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Chowder Goes Retro

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Coming Through

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Commodore Pet

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Crazy Retro

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Dark and Joyous

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Disasterpiece

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Disco Down

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Edge Xplod

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Encore Retro Wallpaper

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Expression

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Flower Power

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For Sina

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Funk Skulls

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Go Free… Style

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Going Retro

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Golden Years

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Grandmas Vintage Room

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Grunge Retro Wallpaper

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Hi-Fi Wallpaper

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If You Go Away

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I’ll Fly

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Infinity

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IS Wallpaper

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It Always Rains On Me

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Kobe Bryant

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Kinda Retro

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Ladybug

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Let Your Music Be With You

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Life Machine

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Linear Perspective

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Live A Dream

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Living Room Legend

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Mac Retro Wallpaper

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The Maeor

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Marilyn Monroe

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May 08 Wallpaper

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Mushtopia

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Music

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Music On Air

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Musica

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Mustang

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My Demons

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Oh So Retro

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Onion Lamp

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Pink

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Pink Flower

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Pinup Girl 01

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Pinup Girl 02

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Pinup Girls

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Postcards from the past

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psp Pinup

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Power Computing

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Puma

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Punk Rush

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RADIO

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The Real Steel

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Retro

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RETRO

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Retro 12

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Retro_3

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Retro 2CV

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Retro 949

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Retro 955

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Retro Abstract

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Retro-Aged Photo

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Retro Apple

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Retro Background

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Retro C64

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Retro Caller

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Retro Cat

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Retro Car Wallpaper

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Retro City

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Retro Computers

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Retro Concepts

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Retro Errors

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Retro Especial Edition

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Retro Fit

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Retro Freak

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Retro Inside

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Retro Joystick

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Retro Lifestyle

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Retro Lines

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Retro Mac

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Retro Machina

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Retro Never Dies

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Retro Paper

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Retro Party

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Retro Plymouth

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Retro Pop Art Microphone

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Retro Profile

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Retro Radio

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Retro Rainbow III

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Retro Sailor

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Retro Sierpinski

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Retro Summer

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Retro Sunshine

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Retro Stars Background

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Retro Style Wallpaper

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Retro Vector

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Retro Voyager

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper

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Retro Wallpaper Poster

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Retro Wave Wallpaper

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Retro Wii

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Retro Wooden Wall

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Retro World

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Retro Xplod

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Retrospective

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Robin Wallpaper

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Room For One More

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Simply Retro

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The Sky Is The Limit

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Snoop Dog Ego Trippin’

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Solar Wind

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Splash Retro

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Sweet Autumn

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Sweet September

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Symmetry

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Symphonia

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Take Me Home

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Technicolored Electric Sin

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Tee Vee

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Twirl

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Unheard Melodies

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Velandia

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Vespa

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Vintage Balloon

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Wallpaper

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Wallpaper

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Wallpaper Retro

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Wallpaper Retro Style

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We Love Retro

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Where the story was told

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White As Snow

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The Wolf

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TOP 80 FUNNY SIRI RESPONSES

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:34:29 +0000

Siri (Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface) is an intelligent personal assistant. The application uses a natural language user interface, but it is not 100% accurate. Siri responses have become a meme, but Apple is currently dealing with a lawsuit over the inaccuracy of the service. Below is a gallery of over 80 of funny Siri responses: