Dummy Image Generator

Quick way to render Dummy Images for Projects

Sometimes you need a placeholder image for testing functionality or for as a template to build around. Dummy Image Generator is a great place to create a basic placeholder image.

Basic Concept

The URL generates the image. Which makes it easy to create images. You simply pass through the dimensions of the image and any color or text that you want to be displayed.

https://dummyimage.com/

Five Samples

Here are a few links to practical Dummy Images

• Facebook Ad Size - perfect size for Facebook ads.
• Google Display Ad Size - Considering advertising on the Google Display Network? Use this as a starting point.
• 16:9 format for a standard Website - Good for displaying an image perfectly in any platform.
• Nice Slack image size - ideal size for Slack.
• Album Art size - quickly create an album art placeholder. Perfect when your sick of the default album art.

memegenerator.net

Easily Create Popular MEME

Meme are captioned photos that are intended to be funny. Usually two lines of text with a reaction image in the background.

Over the past few years, there has been a few photos that have become standard designs for memes.

One of the best places to quickly create a meme is memegenerator.net, they have all the popular meme images. You have the option of uploading your own photo.

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You can search the memegenerator.net database of creations done in the past.

Sample MEMEs

Here are some sample images created using the meme generator.net:

Photofunia

Add some cool effects to your photos

Photofunia is a really cool site to add some effects to any picture. If you want to add a bit of creativity to your otherwise boring photos.

Sketch, Pencil Drawing, and Watercolor are great effects to add to ordinary photos. They are great for social media profile photos. With photofun.com you can make it look awesome.

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There are 568 effects that you can apply! Wow! That lots of cools ways to spice up a photo or message. You don't always need a photo too, there are plenty of designs where text is the key graphic element.

New designs are added every week! Check out the blog for updates. Download the iOS app to use pictures you take with your camera.

Sample Designs

Here is just a small sample of some of the cool things you can do with PhotoFun. Since the website is 100% free, I would highly encourage you to head over to photofunia.com and check out some cool designs.

hotsheet.com

Great site to find the best places on the internet.

HotSheet.com is what Yahoo.com use to be - a resource to the best sites on the internet. It's a great place to go to find sites in just about any category.

Websites are nicely grouped into various categories such as News and Sports, Entertainment, finance, home life and more. It's a good way to expand your Internet Horizon. The nice thing is that the list is small and practical so you won't be inundated with lots of links.

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Certificate Magic

Fast way to create Certificates

Certificate Magic is a quick way to create an Online Certificate. Simply select from several popular design choices and then add your text.

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You can use it to create Certificate of Appreciation or Accomplishments for taking your training.

It's also a fun way to lighten the mood - Give a Certificate to someone who just microwaved some popcorn to smell up the entire office. Not working from home today - congratulate them on showing up in the office!

Certificate Magic is a fun way to create Certificates - and it's free!

Check out these Examples

Internet Speed Test

How fast is your Internet Connection? Google can let you know.

Google has a cool built in Internet Speed Test. Simple go to Google.com and search for Internet Speed Test.

Google's Internet Speed Test

The complete test is actually run by the Measurement Lab (M-Lab). They are a partnership between New America's Open Technology Institute, Google Open Source Research, Princeton University's PlanetLab and other partners.

Speed Limit 700 Mbps

The speed test max out at 700 Mbps, so if you have a really fast bandwidth, your test results will not be accurate. Google Fiber has speeds of 700 Mbps. 1 GB Ethernet, OC-48 Carrier, and 10 GB Ethernet are all faster than 700 Mbps.

Wireless Bandwidth 802.11ac and 802.11ad are faster than 700 Mbps but if you don't have the external bandwidth to handle it, you won't see the difference. These are great if you have home cloud storage.

IFTTT Weather Information

Create your own IFTTT to track your town weather

Have you checked out IFTTT yet? It's a cool service that allows communication between Internet services.

From the IFTTT Website:

IFTTT Sample Results

I setup the following rule on August 25, 2016:

This was configured check the temp in Framingham, Massachusetts at 3 pm every day and put the data on Google Sheets.

From that Data, I was able to get the following information:

Average Temperature in Framingham was 58.76 degrees.

Weather Chart

I was also able to create this Weather graph to see how the temp changed throughout the year in Framingham.

Click on image for a larger version.

Setup your IFTTT Chart

On this New Years Eve Weekend, set up your own chart and have it run every day. You don't have to worry about it running. Then next winter you can open up the data and Google and look at the data.

Text-Magic

Text-Magic is a great Text Graphic tool generator

Text-Magic is a cool website resource to generate cool looking graphics from your text. The website has a lot of different ways customize your design which helps make your design unique. Best yet - It's a free tool!

There are 56 different fonts available - including a large selection of winter styles.

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Sample Generated Graphics

More Example Graphic

Check out the examples on their site to see the full capabilities of their tool.

EverytimeZone.com

Great site to track time around the world

Dealing with multiple time zones can be complicated. When is it morning in London? When is a good time to call Hawaii?

Fortunately there is a good resource to make it easy - EveryTimeZone.com. There slogan is simple: "Never warp your brain with time zone math again."

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When you load up the site you are shown a chart of current time around the world. It's a great timezone layout that's pretty easy to understand. You can drag the time to see different times on the chart.

Check out the site and definitely bookmark it if you do frequent international communications.

Pattern8

Great collection of Seamless Patterns!

If your looking for good selection of patterns, check out the Pattern8.com site. There are lots of free seamless patterns to select from. These would make great computer backgrounds.

From John Rawsterne, the founder of Pattern8.com:

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What's nice is that you can select a color that you want and then pick a pattern in that color. So if your background looks best in green, you can find all the green patterns that may work for your design. Since these are seamless, there's no limit to the size you need.

John's Been Busy...

John Rawsterne hasn't been active for a while, no new blog post since July 19, 2013, and the last twitter post was May 23, 2016. Who know's how long these sites will stay around. I understand that it's a side project so you update only when you have time to.

I think it's certainly worth checking out to get some design ideas for seamless background. The Santa Hats patterns are great!