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Print a Free and Effective Flash Bounce Card [Printables]

You don't have to search for very long to find a variety of printable bounce cards online, but most of them look cheap. Use this printable template to put together a free, effective, and good-looking bounce card.

NatGeo Downloader 2.0 Grabs Over 5,000 Wallpaper-Worthy Photos [Updates]

Windows: National Geographic's web site has some stunning photography, and a lot of it makes for good rotating desktop backgrounds.

Simple Scan Makes Linux Scanning Beginner-Friendly [Downloads]

Linux: The default image scanning app on most Linux desktops, XSane, has many, many buttons and sliders. When all you want to do is make a PDF from text, or scan a picture, Simple Scan is there for you.

Web Resizer Shrinks Your Photos to Bandwidth-Friendly Sizes [Image Editing]

Photos still look great for web-viewing even when they're at resolutions well below the optimal size for printing. Resize and resample your images down to a more reasonable size at Web Resizer.Photo by docentjoyce.

Google Adds Flickr, Picasa Photos to Street View [Google Maps]

Google actually began incorporating geo-tagged photos into Street View last year, but they've now added a new photo-viewing interface for users moving through a Street View tour of well-captured areas. That allows you to peek at places that weren't accessible by Google's camera-topped cars, and also provides more angles on any area you're looking at.

Prevent Squiggly TV Images in Photographs [Photography Tip]

Ever notice how older-model televisions and monitors have that scanning-in-progress look in video and photographs? That's because your lens is literally capturing the set in the middle of a screen refresh. You can avoid that effect with some camera adjustment.Photo by dailyinvention.

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