Just another Dragon Ball Z Art

February 22nd, 2007 by admin

In 2004 the Dragon Ball manga was re-released as a 34 volume collection instead of the initial release of 42 volumes. This new release named Kanzeban was bigger than the old edition, with new covers and an altered storyline. But the best part of the Kanzeban is the artwork that comes with the book. What is so special about this artwork? The fact that it is drawn by other mangaka; mangaka that have been influenced by Akira Toriyama’s work in the past.

These Fan arts were created by other Japanese Animators:

Yasuhiro Kanô - Dragon Ball Z Fan Art
By: Yasuhiro Kanô

Yoshio Sawai
By: Yoshio Sawai

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Top 5 Gmail tips and hacks

February 22nd, 2007 by admin

Gmail is one of the most used free email services today. Because of its powerful email services you can also do cool tricks to it. Gmail is powered by Google. Gmail has the key features that put it ahead of the rest. It has forwarding, spam filtering, spam blocking, able to use google search, users can create alias as well as pop3 accounts. I found some cool hacks or tricks for Gmail. Here are the top 5 lists:

# Greasemonkey repository at Google Code: Started by Mihai Parparita, a Google employee (though unaffiliated with Gmail), this Google Code repository has some of the coolest and most functional Gmail scripts for Greasemonkey, an add-on for Firefox. Scripts for adding colors to labels, saving searches and even integrating Gmail + Google Reader can all be found here.

# The Macros script: Found at that Google Code repository, I firmly believe this is *the* essential Gmail trick to end all Gmail tricks. It adds a serious dose of productivity that can make Gmail more functional than any desktop email client on the block. This script has shortcuts for label navigation, simultaneously marking as read + archiving, labeling messages on the fly and much more - all from the keyboard. Once you get this script installed, pressing ‘h’ should display a slick overlay of all available shortcuts.

# Trick your labels: Using unique characters to prefix label names brings them to the top of the alphabetized list of labels. The @ symbol, numbers and even underscores are all useful for bringing important labels out of their standard organization, and they make labels more accessible to other hacks like the Macros script.

# Join the Power Users group: The Gmail Power Users Google Group attracts many users just like you, looking for ways to extend and bend Gmail to their will. If you find yourself getting as hooked on Greasemonkey scripts as I have, this is a great place to find other people who are customizing them to their specific interests.

# Quicker Contacts: Gmail includes a built-in chat feature with a clever pop-up window for easy access to some of the contacts with whom you communicate the most, but why limit this handy functionality to the tiny chat area? Quicker Contacts is another fantastic Greasemonkey script that adds this pop-up window to every message in Gmail. One catch, however, is that you need to be using Gmail’s standard + chat mode in order for this script to work. If you don’t like chatting inside of Gmail though, the good news is that you can simply sign out of chat and collapse the panel to avoid being bothered with it.

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