Brainstorms and Raves - Latest Complete Posts 2008-04-10T21:19:48Z Shirley Kaiser http://brainstormsandraves.com/ An almost daily weblog about the web, design, development, standards, typography, music, and anything else. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns and WebsiteTips.com. brainstormsandraves.com,2000-12-07:brainstorms Movable Type Copyright (c) 2000-2008, Shirley Kaiser 30 Free Website Icons, Blog Icons, Symbol Icons 2008-04-10T21:19:48Z 2008-04-10T21:19:48Z-08:00 tag:brainstormsandraves.com,2000-12-07:brainstorms.20080410141948 2008-04-10T21:19:48Z Looking for free blog icons or website icons? I created 30 free icons for anyone needing small pixel icons: 15 16x16 icons and 15 matching 10x10 icons. Download them all or by each size via the ZIP files within today's post. (391 words, 6 links, 1 image) Shirley Kaiser http://skdesigns.com/ Graphics Looking for free blog icons or website icons? I created 30 free icons for anyone needing small pixel icons: 15 16x16 icons and 15 matching 10x10 icons. Download them all or by each size via the ZIP files within today's post.

About These Website Icons, Blog Icons 30 Free Website Icons, Blog Icons, Pixel Icons - screenshot

Here's some information about these icons:

Sizes: 16 x 16 px, 10 x 10 px

Background: transparent

Format: gif (transparent gif)

Outer border-color: dark brown, coffee shade

These are pixel icons, so there are no jagged edges regardless of the background color used. HOWEVER, I created them with white and light-colored backgrounds in mind. They have a dark brown, coffee shade border that looks best with white and light-colored backgrounds.

Included in this icon set:

  • Home icon
  • Email icon
  • Comments icon
  • Audio icon
  • Links icon
  • Folder icon
  • Document icon
  • Document with text lines icon
  • Printer icon
  • RSS feed icon
  • Pen icon
  • Tag icon
  • Checkmark icon
  • Heart icon
  • Calendar icon

See below for licensing, usage terms.

15 16x16 Free Blog / Website Icons

Only the 16x16 size icons:
Download the 15 16x16 free blog/website icons (4.14KB ZIP file).

15 10x10 Free Blog / Website Icons

Only the 10x10 size icons:
Download the 15 10x10 free blog/website icons (5.32KB ZIP file).

30 Total 16x16 and 10x10 Free Blog / Website Icons

All 30 icons in one download:
Download the 30 free blog/website icons (7.06KB ZIP file).

Usage, Terms, Licensing

You have a license to use these graphic icons for commercial or personal use with some exceptions (see zip file for details).

You may not sell these icons individually or in whole, pass them off as your own, redistribute them in part or in whole, or use with anything illegal.

You may not sell, lease, sublicense, or otherwise assign any rights, duties or obligations under this agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity.

If you'd like to link to them, please link to this post and NOT to the .zip files.

Thanks, and enjoy!

More on Website Icons, Blog Icons

Although this is the first free icon set I've offered here, it won't be the last. So stay tuned for more in the days ahead. Also:

]]> 9 Free Adobe Illustrator CS3 Brushes and Symbols 2008-04-05T23:50:28Z 2008-04-05T23:50:28Z-08:00 tag:brainstormsandraves.com,2000-12-07:brainstorms.20080405165028 2008-04-05T23:50:28Z Looking for free Illustrator brushes or symbols? I created 9 free Adobe Illustrator symbols and brushes for anyone who needs rounded triangles or alert symbols, warning symbols. These free brushes and symbols are all fully editable within Adobe Illustrator, so you can change the colors, sizes, and customize them as needed. In addition, I've included resources to many more Illustrator brushes, symbols, tutorials, and resources. (566 words, 12 links, 2 images) Shirley Kaiser http://skdesigns.com/ Graphics Looking for free Illustrator brushes or symbols? I created 9 free Adobe Illustrator symbols and brushes for anyone who needs rounded triangles or alert symbols, warning symbols. These free brushes and symbols are all fully editable within Adobe Illustrator, so you can change the colors, sizes, and customize them as needed. In addition, I've included resources to many more Illustrator brushes, symbols, tutorials, and resources.

4 Free Illustrator Symbols - Rounded Triangle Symbols and Alert Symbols, Warning Symbols

This Illustrator symbol library includes 4 symbols total, 2 of which have 'Web 2.0' style mirrored glass table reflections. As I mentioned above, you can edit the colors, the sizes, and fully customize them to your needs within Illustrator. Illustrator CS3 Symbols - Alert or Warning Symbols, Rounded Triangle Symbols

  • Basic black rounded triangle symbol
  • Basic black rounded triangle symbol with Web 2.0 style mirrored glass table reflection
  • Alert symbol or warning symbol (gradient yellow triangle, black '!' exclamation point)
  • Alert symbol or warning symbol above with Web 2.0 style mirrored glass table reflection

Note - I don't know if they'll work or not for earlier versions of Illustrator. I created them in Illustrator CS3. If anyone uses earlier versions and confirms that they work, please let me know and I'll confirm that here! Thanks.

Download the 4 free Illustrator CS3 symbols - rounded triangle symbols, alert symbols (77.0KB ZIP file).

5 Free Illustrator Brushes - Rounded Triangle Symbol Brushes and Alert Symbols, Warning Symbol Brushes

Just for fun I also created them as Illustrator art brushes. These don't include the gradients used in the Illustrator symbols above - these Illustrator brushes use all solid colors.

Included in this free Illustrator brush library: Illustrator CS3 Brushes - Alert symbol brushes, rounded triangle brushes

  • Basic black rounded triangle brush
  • Basic black rounded triangle brush with Web 2.0 style mirrored glass table reflection
  • Alert symbol or warning symbol brush (yellow triangle, black '!' exclamation point)
  • Alert symbol or warning symbol brush above with Web 2.0 style mirrored glass table reflection
  • Alert symbol or warning symbol brush with transparent '!' exclamation point

Adobe Illustrator CS3 These brushes are also editable, customizable in Illustrator. An easy way is to open your document in Illustrator, open the brushes library (SKDesigns Alert Rounded Triangle Brushes), select a brush, and just drag and drop it into a new layer within your Illustrator document. In your Layers Panel you'll then see the brush layers.

Download the 5 free Illustrator CS3 brushes - rounded triangle brushes, alert brushes (77.01KB ZIP file).

Usage, Terms, Licensing

The Illustrator brushes and symbols within the zip files at this blog post are all free for personal or commercial use. Please don't redistribute them from your site - link to this post. More details in the .zip files.

If you'd like to link to them, please link to this post and NOT to the .zip files: 9 Free Adobe Illustrator CS3 Brushes and Symbols.

Thanks, and enjoy!

More on Adobe Illustrator

I'll be adding much more on Adobe Illustrator here in the days ahead. So stay tuned! In the meantime, this blog has lots of graphics posts on Adobe Photoshop and other graphics.

See also my WebsiteTips.com's Web Resources section on Adobe Illustrator (tutorials, brushes, symbols, more) where there's plenty to keep you busy:

Looking for free Photoshop brushes? Check out WebsiteTips.com's Adobe Photoshop Brushes section.

]]> Respecting Copyrights Online, Part 2 2008-03-12T19:04:09Z 2008-03-12T19:04:09Z-08:00 tag:brainstormsandraves.com,2000-12-07:brainstorms.20080312120409 2008-03-12T19:04:09Z In my previous post I stated that I had 'no current plans' to divulge the person behind my copyright infringement example. Although this person removed the content, images, and HTML that he took without permission from my websitetips.com site (only after I took drastic measures), he continues to add new content to his weblog that is copyrighted from other websites. Today's post is a follow-up to my previous post, Respecting Copyrights Online. (1200 words, 22 links) Shirley Kaiser http://skdesigns.com/ Content In my previous post I stated that I had “no current plans” to divulge the person behind my copyright infringement example. Although this person removed the content, images, and HTML that he took without permission from my websitetips.com site (only after I took drastic measures), he continues to add new content to his weblog that is copyrighted from other websites. Today's post is a follow-up to my previous post, Respecting Copyrights Online.

Addendum Monday evening, April 28, 2008: Since the copyrighted materials are now removed from his website, I've gone ahead and removed the person's name and website references from this post. The original point was to bring attention to the fact that copyright infringement is a problem that we can indeed do something about and that we have every right to protect our copyrighted materials.

In terms of educational purposes and copyrights: while sharing information with students is great, I also feel it's the responsibility of the teacher to teach students how to share information responsibly and properly by taking notice of and respecting copyrights, by quoting sources properly, and by only sharing permitted materials in ways the copyright owner allows - whether offline or online.

Like many of us learned in school, it's often OK to quote a paragraph or two and credit the source. Quoting more than that typically requires permission from the copyright owner.

On the other hand, if you take an entire copyrighted article from a website, remove all the copyright information and author information, do not quote or credit your source, and post it on a public website, it could indeed look like you've broken copyright laws and are actually trying to pass it off as your own work. Whether or not your actual intention was to rip off someone else's material or to innocently share materials with students as part of a college course, don't be surprised if the copyright owner calls the whistle on you! It's adding salt to the wound when you also “hotlink” to all the images on the copyright owner's server and steal bandwidth, too.

So, as I mentioned above, sharing information is fantastic - I have several websites devoted to that, including this blog. Sharing information responsibly and properly, crediting sources, and respecting copyright laws are part of the deal, too.

For more information about copyrights, see my Website Tips' site section: The Legal Side of Web Sites: Copyright Information.

While I refuse to directly link to this person's website, below is a list of the posts with their corresponding live source URLs. This information is as of 10:40 AM 3/12/2008, PDT. (Update April 28, 2008, evening: the listing below has the person's name and text URLs removed, as explained above. The original copyright owner source links remain.)

Graphics Resources
Graphics Resources, post dated March 11, 2008
Original Source: Graphics, via Lee's Summit R7 School District website. Copyright information at bottom of page: “Copyright Notice: No portion of this page may be copied without permission of the web page author. Contact IT Webmaster. 2007”
Web Cams
WebCams, post dated March 11, 2008
Original Source: Web Cams, via Lee's Summit R7 School District website. Copyright information at bottom of page: “Copyright Notice: No portion of this page may be copied without permission of the web page author. Contact IT Webmaster. 2007”
Tables in Adobe GoLive 9
Tables in Adobe Golive 9, post dated March 8, 2008
Original Source: Adobe GoLive 9.0 Help - To create a new empty table, via Adobe.com LiveDocs. Copyright information at bottom of page: “© 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe® GoLive® 9 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh.” Adobe's copyright information page specifically does not allow using their content, markup, images, and related materials at other websites, and doing so is copyright infringement.
Building Your First Web Page
Building Your First Web Page, post dated February 7, 2008
Original Source: Lesson 2: Building your first web page, via how-to-build-websites.com. Copyright information at bottom of page: Copyright © 2004 - 2008 Stefan Mischook www.killersites.com
Giz Explains: Why We're Psyched for Silverthorne
Giz Explains: Why We're Psyched for Silverthorne, post dated February 7, 2008
Original Source: Giz Explains: Why We're Psyched for Silverthorne, via Gizmodo. Content is copyright Gawker Media. While they DO allow syndicated feeds at other websites, there are specific Terms of Use requirements, including attributing Gizmodo, linking to their site, using their logo button, etc., none of which is followed at the website in question.
10 Tips on designing a fast loading web sites
10 Tips on designing a fast loading web sites, post dated February 1, 2008
Original Source: 10 Tips on designing a fast loading web site, via Entheosweb.com. Copyright information at bottom of page: Copyright © 2004-2008 www.entheosweb.com - Entheos. All Rights Reserved.
Troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications
Troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications, post dated October 2, 2007
Original Source: Windows Sysinternals, via Microsoft TechNet. Copyright at bottom of page: © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Link to Microsoft Terms of Use and Copyright information.
Three high-level keys to affiliate marketing success
Three high-level keys to affiliate marketing success, post dated October 1, 2007
Original Source: Three high-level keys to affiliate marketing success, by Ola Edvardsson, via affiliatetips.com. Affiliatetips.com copyright information: “All content provided by AffiliateTips.com is copy written and any use, without express written consent of AffiliateTips.com, is a violation of applicable copyright and or trademark laws.”
AOL for Mac Is Finally Here
AOL for Mac Is Finally Here, post dated September 30, 2007
Original Source: AOL for Mac Is Finally Here, dated September 28, 2007, 7:31 PM PDT, by Kristen Nicole, via Mashable! Copyright at bottom of page: © 2006-2008 Mashable!
20+ Tools For Working With Flash
20+ Tools For Working With Flash, post dated September 30, 2007
Original Source: 20+ Tools For Working With Flash, dated September 28, 2007, 7:31 PM PDT, by Sean P. Aune, via Mashable! Copyright at bottom of page: © 2006-2008 Mashable!
Website Layouts-Columns and Grids
Website Layouts-Columns and Grids, post dated May 13, 2005
Original Source: Columns & Grids, dated May 13, 2005, by Dave Shea, mezzoblue.com. Copyright at bottom of page: © Copyright 2001 - 2008, Dave Shea, all rights reserved.

So, What Now?

I sent the above list to the webhost's legal counsel, and I've notified a couple of the above website owners. Maybe they don't mind him using their content, but maybe they DO mind. I leave that up to them.

At any rate, I'm bringing this public to make others aware that you ought to check to make sure your copyrighted content is not being posted at other websites without your permission. Note that the person's site above also hotlinks to the images on the original source servers, so he's stealing bandwidth from all these sites, too.

Update Monday evening, April 28, 2008: As noted in the Addendum above, the copyrighted materials have been removed from the website in question. Therefore I've gone ahead and removed references to his name and the website URLs from this post.

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