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[BOAB]

It's a helpful website, but I can't find my bookmark! Someone on this board posted a link to a website that had an Embroidery Thread count estimating tool... Anyone recall where I might find this?

thanks,
David

[MSeuffert]

Hey Mike, thanks for posting about pandora. I just tried it and love it!

Marlene :-)

[ideaguy]

Me too Marlene...I've beem listening every day since...IDEAGUY

MSeuffert said:

Hey Mike, thanks for posting about pandora. I just tried it and love it!

Marlene :-)

[pswillner]

ideaguy said:

Me too Marlene...I've beem listening every day since...IDEAGUY

OK, now I don't feel so bad about admitting it, me too.....errr three. :) Turned a few friends on to it and they really enjoy it also, a great find indeed.
Pete

[Schlep]

[LEFT said:

epromo[/LEFT];97836]When I do any computer work I go to

www.pandora.com

This web site lets you make your own radio stations to play the type of music you like, I then minimize it so I can work on the computer.

LMAO No Canadians allowed! Licensing agreements

[wadayaneed]

I use this when our foreign clients give us dimensions in metric:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

http://www.clipart.com for clipart
https://extremetracking.com/ for web site stats
http://www.xnet.co.z...xign/color.html a really cool PMS chart with conversion equivalents for RGB and Hex!
Some free fonts here: http://www.eknp.com/...d.php?f=revenue
http://www.identifont.com/ font identifier
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ another one

And for entertainment purposes
http://www.exit977.org/

Maybe we should organize the links in this thread into a categorized list with headings:
ART TOOLS RESEARCH FUN OTHER?

[impr]

A great website for free photos and backgrounds: http://www.sxc.hu/
They have 350,000 photos on a searchable data base. They also have a premium website with over a million photo & illustrations starting at $1.00 each. http://www.stockxpert.com/

We do a lot of graphic designs for print publications and websites so this is especially helpfull for us.

A great tool which is a free download is Faststone Capture. It a screen shot tool that has a lot of great features which I use it a lot. http://www.snapfiles...e/fsscreen.html

They website SnapFiles http://www.snapfiles.com/ has a large selection of software downloads with a lot of expert reviews.

[impr]

Free site with 350,000 photos & illustrations http://www.sxc.hu/

site with one million low cost photos & illustrations http://www.stockxpert.com/

site with large listing and reviews for software downloads. http://www.snapfiles.com/

[amplady]

found zamzar.com for file conversions

[amplady]

wadayaneed said:

Maybe we should organize the links in this thread into a categorized list with headings:
ART TOOLS RESEARCH FUN OTHER?

Terrific idea

[wadayaneed]

free search:
http://www.searchstar.com/

[epromo]

www.irfanview.com

Opens many different file types

Mike

[pswillner]

epromo said:

www.irfanview.com

Opens many different file types

Mike

Didn't even think about this, it's a great program that I've used for years. I'll vouch for this one.
Pete

[PRINTALL]

Wow....great stuff here guys.....Thanks to all who posted!

Pete

[wadayaneed]

O.K.
Here's the first crack at a categorized list of the sites submitted in this thread. Sorry if I missed any.

ART

http://www.markzware.com/pub2id/(Conversion) (Microsoft Publisher to Adobe InDesign)
http://www.logotypes101.com ( logos )
http://www.webchantier.com/ ( logos )
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com ( logos )
http://www.24hourartwork.com/ ( artwork service )
http://www.affinityexpress.com/ ( another one )
http://www.irodin.co...color_chart.htm ( color chart )
http://www.xnet.co.z...xign/color.html ( another one )
http://www.whatthefont.com ( font identifier )
http://www.pdfonline.com ( converts PDF files into other formats )
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )
http://www.sxc.hu/ ( photos and backgrounds )
http://www.stockxpert.com/ ( another one )
http://www.snapfiles..../fsscreen.html ( screen capture )

EMBROIDERY
http://www.robison-a....com/color.html ( thread colors )
http://www.volant-tech.com/ ( digitizing service )
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )

TOOLS
http://www.logmein.com ( remote PC control )
http://www.gotomypc.com ( another one )
http://www.distribut.../suppliercheck/
http://www.box.net ( large file exchange )
http://www.yousendit.com ( another one )
http://jingproject.com ( captures and shares images )
http://www.statcounter.com ( web stats )
https://extremetracking.com/ ( another one )
http://trackthepack.com ( google map package tracking )
http://tinyurl.com/ ( Make long URLs usable )
http://www.ud.net/thread/ ( conversion )
http://www.snapfiles.com/ ( software downlaods and reviews )
http://zamzar.com ( for file conversions )
http://www.searchstar.com/ ( product search )
http://www.irfanview.com ( file opener )

OTHER
http://www.sendoutcards.com ( send greeting cards )
http://www.pandora.com ( personal "radio" stations )
http://www.tropicalglen.com/ ( "radio" staions by year )
http://www.musicovery.com/ ( "radio" staions by mood )
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ( entertainment )
http://lifehacker.com/ ( Tech tricks, tips and downloads )
http://www.regionalassociation.org ( regional assoiciation information )

Hope this helps.

[epromo]

You may want to list this in embroidery and art.
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )

[wadayaneed]

epromo said:

You may want to list this in embroidery and art.
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )

Done.

[LOGO emPower]

Thanks T.R. for creating a working List that can be simply added to.

[ideaguy]

Heck TR...that was quite nice of you to take the time to do this...IDEAGUY

wadayaneed said:

O.K.
Here's the first crack at a catagorized list of the sites submitted in this thread. Sorry if I missed any.

ART
http://www.brandsoftheworld.com ( logos )
http://www.24hourartwork.com/ ( artwork service )
http://www.affinityexpress.com/ ( another one )
http://www.irodin.co...color_chart.htm ( color chart )
http://www.xnet.co.z...xign/color.html ( another one )
http://www.whatthefont.com ( font identifier )
http://www.pdfonline.com ( converts PDF files into other formats )
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )
http://www.sxc.hu/ ( photos and backgrounds )
http://www.stockxpert.com/ ( another one )
http://www.snapfiles..../fsscreen.html ( screen capture )

EMBROIDERY
http://www.robison-a....com/color.html ( thread colors )
http://www.volant-tech.com/ ( digitizing service )
http://www.coatsedv.com ( view DST files )

TOOLS
http://www.logmein.com ( remote PC control )
http://www.gotomypc.com ( another one )
http://www.distribut.../suppliercheck/
http://www.box.net ( large file exchange )
http://www.yousendit.com ( another one )
http://jingproject.com ( captures and shares images )
http://www.statcounter.com ( web stats )
https://extremetracking.com/ ( another one )
http://trackthepack.com ( google map package tracking )
http://tinyurl.com/ ( Make long URLs usable )
http://www.ud.net/thread/ ( conversion )
http://www.snapfiles.com/ ( software downlaods and reviews )
http://zamzar.com ( for file conversions )
http://www.searchstar.com/ ( product search )
http://www.irfanview.com ( file opener )

OTHER
http://www.sendoutcards.com ( send greeting cards )
http://www.pandora.com ( personal "radio" stations )
http://www.tropicalglen.com/ ( "radio" staions by year )
http://www.musicovery.com/ ( "radio" staions by mood )
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ ( entertainment )
http://lifehacker.com/ ( Tech tricks, tips and downloads )
http://www.regionalassociation.org ( regional assoiciation information )

Hope this helps.

[wadayaneed]

No sweat, just copied and pasted.