Two Mad Geeks

Sometimes programmers forget some of Ruby’s shortcuts and tricks and instead reinvent the wheel. This post presents 21 different Ruby tricks, from those that most experienced developers already use every day to those that are more obscure. Whatever your level, a refresh may help you the next time you encounter similar scenarios.

Link: Ruby Inside

Need to give your blog or personal site a more modern look? AjaxBuddy, a free repository of Web 2.0-style site tools, is great for site owners who don’t have time to learn an entire programming language, or just need a starter block of code to get building. Grab free, easy-to-modify code for Flickr-like editing fields, quick-loading slideshows and tabbed galleries, instant graphs, date-choosing calendars, and dozens more examples. Many require replacing just a few values to get working, but even the more complex tools are great learning tools.

Link: Lifehacker

Your headline in your advertising and on your website account for 90% of your sales. Your sales can double, triple or as much as 1700% or more, just from a persuasive headline. Here’s 8 different types of headlines you can model from with examples and increase your sales.

Link: Trevor Crook

Abduzeedo has great brushes like abstract, grunge or vector brushes available for you to download.

Link: Abduzeedo