Free wordpress themes – one of the biggest resource of Wordpress Themes.

Wordpress Themes – Free WordPress themes are added on a regular basis and available for you to use.

TemplatesBox – Get unlimited access to templates to create the highest quality website design. Save time and start building with a template today.

Free CSS Templates – Find hundreds of free CSS based design templates to start your website designs. All are quick to download in zip format.

Template Monster – Here you find a variety of design templates. There are flash, dynamic flash, PHP-Nuke, SWiSH animated, logo and many more ready to download.

Art for the Web – Not only can you download free website design templates including Wordpress and backgrounds but many design resources as well.

Free Layouts – If you are new to web-design these free layouts are just what you need to get started.

Free Templates Online – Professional-looking free templates are easy to customize and there are many to choose.

Interspire – Get free downloads of website templates for your websites, newsletters, logos and more.

Joyful Heart Designs – If you have a personal website to design then Joyful Heart Designs is the place to find designs with a text link or logo provided. These are not to be altered.

ThemesBase – This site has high quality templates for PHP-Fusion, e107, XOOPS, PHPNuke and a variety more.

TemplateNavigator – There are few free CSS based design template sites with as many designs as this site. Use the free template search to find what you want with ease.

DotcomWebDesign – Many free downloadable templates are available. They do come with a link to the site that you cannot remove.

Effex-Media – Search through this web designer’s dream of templates by categories making it quick and easy to find the perfect template.

Entheos – For those designers that use Dreamweaver, the templates are here along with CSS styles, fonts and more. It includes a systematic how to guide to building.

Dezinehub – Choose from money-saving templates to over a hundred free web templates to design your own or other’s websites.

Free-Flash-Template – Choose from web templates, intros and other special options. If you do not know flash it is ok, just add the text and you are ready to go.

Free Photoshop Browser Templates – Get free and clear looking Photoshop templates to show off your photography.

FreeWebsiteTemplates.com – No reciprocal link required with any of the many free website templates here.

Layouts4Free – There are thousands of free and premium layouts for websites, business cards and logos ready to use.

OpenSourceTemplates.org – Choose from the best free CSS and XHTML designs picked by the OpenSource community.

OpenSourceWebDesign – Download free templates and upload your own for others.

Painted Pixels – Fantastic free designs are here for personal websites available with a link back to their site.

Ricky’s Web Templates – There are many free templates here free use with a link back to them at the bottom of each page.

Snakeye Dreamweaver Web Templates – Download these templates free, customize them and edit at your will.

Steve’s Free Website Templates – Free templates with a required link back to this website.

Template Perfection – There are multiple templates in HTML, Flash intros and many more for your use.

Template Workz – Find free templates for Newsletters, logos and websites to download

Flickr Wallpapers Pool – Find a multitude of various beautiful and unique wallpapers to download from Flickr Wallpapers Pool.

InterfaceLIFT – Seek out free high-resolution widescreen wallpapers at InterfaceLIFT. Search them by a plethora of options such as artist, date, resolution, mobile devices and more.

Socksoff.co.uk – If you are looking to give your desktop some love, this is the place to do it. There is a marvelous display of free wallpapers for you to enjoy.

WallpaperStock – Search out your favorite wallpapers from sexy girls, hot rods, scenery and much more all available to download.

PixiegirlPresents – Cartoons, abstract, animals, the unique and more are here at another one of the best wallpaper websites.

VladStudio – Find wallpapers for your desktop, widescreen, iphone, dual monitors and more. Search out some fantastic graphic presentations here at this site.

DualScreenWallpapers – You find your favorite wallpapers by size, favorites or the simply offbeat. Take yourself away to another world in some of these scenic graphics.

Mandolux – Search for wallpaper for your left, middle or right monitor in many sizes to fit your needs.

FantasyartDesign – The free wallpaper found here is sorted in many categories to make searching easy. Find fantasy, science fiction, nature, abstract and more.

DevianArt – Wallpapers from traditional, digital, flash and many more available for your download.

DesktopNexus – An array of colors awaits you in this wallpaper website. Find anything from abstract, nature, technology, people and many more.

MyDeskCitiy – A rainbow of colors is available at this wallpaper site.

Veer – Find uniquely styled wallpapers to suit your fancy.

WallpaperSytes.org – There are wallpapers of landmarks, science, plants, animals, body, art, science and more at this download site for wallpaper.

Digital Blasphemy – High-quality images look fabulous on any desktop.

Neon Sight Japan – If you are looking for eye-catching colors they are here.

RealityDreamShip – A rainbow of colors is found at another of the best wallpaper websites.

Hebus.com – Find mythological creatures, fantasy wallpaper and more at Hebus.

PimpMyDesk – This popular wallpaper site is revamping to add even more options for you to pimp out your desktop.

Klowner’s Wallpapers – Find designs from bubbles, abstract, holidays and more through this website.

Quality Wallpapers – Here you find anime, dual monitor and more in high quality designs.

Looroll – At Looroll you find wallpapers in 3D, abstract, anime and many others.

Wallpaper Joe – Find the latest wallpaper design releases.

GypySpaceMuffin – Find wallpapers for your desktop out of the norm of most wallpaper sites.

Aeiko.net – Put nature’s design on your desktop.

MoodFlow – Let dreams come to life.

Shadowness – Distinct styles from one of the best wallpaper websites is available fro download.

Mapa.co.kr – Everything you can want in a wallpaper site with digital, 3D, nature, games, people, movies, anime, sports and so much more to download.

This is where widgets can be incredibly useful and so necessary. I find that, in moderation and using the right ones, widgets can be a valuable asset to you and the blogging community alike. I particularly love using the widgets that allow me to meet and stay connected with my audience. Still, there are widgets out there for every taste, and bloggers have an ample varietyof widgets  to choose from in the blogosphere.

My favorite widgets are listed below, but you can look around for widgets and you’ll be sure to find so many of them out there that your head will spin.

Yes. I am a Twitter addict. I spend a great deal of time posting on Twitter, letting people know what I’m doing and giving them insight into my exciting (or not-so-exciting) life. For those of you oblivious to the marvel that is Twitter, it is essentially a way of people letting each other know what they’re up to through status updates done either online or through your mobile phone. It can get pretty addictive if you’re really into the social networking aspect of the Internet like I am. Now, Twitter has created a widget that lets Twitters share their updates with blog visitors. The site will give you a code designed for your blog or profile, be it for Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Typepad, or any other site that you would want it for. Now, not only can I share my Twits with my Twitter friends, but I can share them with the rest of the world.

By far one of the most functional and useful widgets I’ve come across, the Bitty Browser widget will simply blog your mind. The Bitty Browser is exactly what you think it is: a mini-browser embedded into your site. It can be used as a way of sharing your favorite websites, podcasts or files to your blog readers, or it can just be incorporated into your site as a way of letting your readers search for content without ever leaving your website. It keeps your readership where they belong — on your page — and it adds an interesting, useful and, yes, I’ll say it, adorable  widget to your page.

When we need storage for our large media files, many times we go to an online media storage site like Box.Net. We’re not always able to share those files with everyone we’d like to share with, however. That’s where the box.net widget comes in. This simple, slick widget allows box.net users to share their online media files with the rest of the world. It’s very simple, there’s not much to it, but if sharing media is something that you want to do with your blog, this is the best way to do it. It’s also very easy to sign up for and very easy to add to your page.

Skype is another one of those applications that has become almost indispensable, especially for business owners. Which is why this widget will be especially useful for those of you with either business blogs or personal blogs that mention business matters. The Skype widget lets people from all over the world see if you’re online and allows them to communicate with you through the Skype application. It’s incredibly user-friendly and the buttons add some flair and color to your site.

Widgets are a fun, useful way of increasing traffic to your blog website, but more importantly, they can also connect you to your readership in ways that other Internet tools can’t. Take a little while to look into widgets and see what they can do for you.

Recently, however, I started to miss reading my books and my novels. As much as I love print copies of books, the reality is that it is so much more convenient these days to look for e-books that can fill that void. The problem is that a lot of the mainstream e-book sites charge for books, which to be honest, in this economy, is not what I’m looking to spend my money on. But I did a little research and found a list of sites that have what’s called public domain e-books. Those are free to download and enjoy, and there are many titles to choose from, no matter what the genre.

Here are a couple of the ones that I found that I was really excited about!

Gutenberg.org, home of the first online project to bring free digital books to the masses, has been around for a long time, and its library is composed of over 25,000 public domain books for you to enjoy. It includes books in almost every language, ranging from classics like Machiavelli’s The Prince to Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. It might be difficult to find more contemporary titles, but this is definitely a good place to start should you be in the mood for some literary genius. Especially useful for high school students needing to read something for class!

Manybooks.net is a wonderful resource if you’re looking for digital books for your PDA, iPhone or eBook reader. It’s pretty amazing where technology has taken us; once upon a time, cell phones were completely separate from organizers, which were an entirely separate thing from books. My, how times have changed! Now, thanks to sites like Manybooks.net, you can turn your PDA phone into a book with the push of a button or a touch of a screen. This particular site has everything from romance and non-fiction to suspense and pirate (yes, I said pirate) tales.

Now, here’s one that I was fascinated by, not so much because of the books that it carries, but because of the aim of the site itself. The free e-book site Read Easily was created specifically with the needs of the visually impaired in mind. The print of the e-books is large enough so that anyone who has problems reading the small print in regular books can enjoy the same books that we all have access to. This is a great site for the elderly especially, and there are some well-known classics in their library, books like Huckleberry Finn and A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo. I was quite intrigued by the home page which, in addition to introducing visitors to their free services, gives statistics for visual impairment worldwide and why the web site is so important.

I was very happy to find these sites and many more. Go here for a list of some more sites that might keep you reading.

The only drawback to YouTube? Its limited useability. Upload, watch, link or embed — those are the only four choices for YouTube videos. Or are they? I have scrambled and scrambled all through the web looking for some cool applications and tools that can maximize my YouTube experience and I’ve found a few excellent ones that I’d love to share with you.

Video Downloader is my favorite YouTube tool because it integrates right into my Mozilla Firefox web browser. Video Downloader allows you to download videos onto your computer so you can do whatever you want with them, whether it’s watching them on your own time without having to go to YouTube and search for them again, or extracting audio for various other uses, whatever your need is, Video Downloader helps you get it all done. The Firefox extension gives you immediate access to it by providing icons to add to your browser and its user-friendly interface makes it a breeze to use.

Have you ever seen a video on YouTube and wished that you could watch it at any time, from any device? You don’t have to wish anymore; this application, TubeSock, makes it possible for you to do so. TubeSock allows you to rip videos from YouTube and format them so that you can play them on your iPod, or your PSP, or your Mac. There are some particularly awesome things about this application that I love. For one, it’s supported on both Mac OS and Windows XP. It can also download videos from other video sites, not just YouTube. My favorite thing about TubeSock though is that if you’re like me and you only have an audio-only portable device, TubeSock will rip the audio for you and convert it to an audio file. Very cool application, indeed. And so easy to use!

Splicd is a neat little website that is pretty self-explanatory. For those of you that are easily annoyed by extremely long YouTube videos that only have a snippet of useful information that you want to share with friends and family, Splicd gives you the opportunity to take that little snippet and create a link for that specific spot on the video, so you can send friends that link instead of having them agonize over an extremely long video clip. When you go to the Splicd website, you paste the link to the video in question, then you plug in the start time and the end time of the clip you want to extract from the video. When you hit the submit button, it gives you a Splicd link to share. It also shows the video that you’re sending so you can make sure it’s the right clip. It’s pretty easy to use, very fast and very convenient, I have found, especially for educational videos.

What kind of cyberworld would it be if we couldn’t have a WordPress plugin to help us improve our blogs? TubePress comes to the rescue with a plugin that creates beautiful and crisp video galleries for your WordPress blog. It is simple to use and integrates nicely with WordPress. I really love it because video can add so much variety to a blog, and TubePress makes it so easy to achieve that. I love anything that can enhance my WordPress experience; WP is one of the most user-friendly blog hosting sites on the Internet, and plugins like this make it so much more fun to use! No longer do I have to go through posting videos on my blog the old way. TubePress makes it easy and fun to add videos to my site.

Using these and many other applications, widgets and plugins will enhance your YouTube experience in spades and help you make the most out of the most popular video site on the planet.

Box.net – This free online file storage gives you 1GB of storage with no ads. Add more space for a minimal fee as you need it.

Yuntaa – This file storage in Beta mode is giving free accounts with 1GB free (that stay free even later) with the option to add more storage space for an additional fee.

BlogBackupOnline – Little to no effort is needed to back up, restore or export any blog. It is free until the Beta version is up with 50mb available.

Egnyte – Receive 1 GB of secure storage to back up your computer to use in the event of a crash free.

gDisk – Now you can turn your GMail into a portable hard drive. The requirements are a Mac with OS X 10.3+ and a Google GMail account.

MyOtherDrive – 5GB of free storage online are available free. You have the option of uploading files in bulk up to 2GB at a time. Great for large storage upload needs.

Steekr – Store your music, photos, videos and more with 1GB free.

Driveway – Upload multiple files up to 500 MB per file. Get 2GB of free storage with the ease of managing files folders and tracking downloads from anywhere.

DropSend – This free online file storage has some limitations with the free account of 250 MB of online storage and 5 sends per month. The maximum size and download limitations apply as well.

FileFactory – Get 300 MB of free online file storage without registering. There is unlimited file downloading each month.

JustUpIt – You do not have to register for this free storage online. The max size of files is 100MB.

Localhostr.com – Now you can get free online storage where you can upload a file that is no greater than 50MB. Access files anywhere you are online.

MailBigFile – There is no registration required for this service and you can send up to a 100MB file to a recipient.

Sharebee – This free online file storage has a max file size of 100MB and uses advertising to support its free service.

Software for Editing Images

GIMP – Use this GNU image manipulation program to retouch photos, image composition and authoring of images. Mulit-languages are available.

Picasa – This free software download from Google help organize and locate your photos. Once you find them edit and add effects easily.

Illustration Software

Inkscape – This is an Open Source vector graphics editor. It has capabilities closely related to Illustrator including XML editing. Create shapes, paths, text, markers, gradients, patterns and more.

SmoothDraw NX – This freehand drawing tool is a limited free version of SmoothDraw. Get smooth strokes every time and smooth out the mouse input as well.

Authoring Tools

Project Dogwaffle Free – This freeware design software developed in VB is for creating animation and working in paint.
 

Animation Software

TouchArt Sampler – Get interactive 2D and 3D animations in this tool to perfect the art of live visuals. Edit visuals in real-time and gain control of lighting, textures, motion and more.

Synfig.org – This vector-based 2D animation program allows you to produce a feature-film quality video. It offers spatial, high dynamic range images and much more.

3D Modeling & CAD Software

LOOXIS Faceworx – This is a freeware used to create 3D head out of 2D photos. You need experience in placing reference points and marking contours to use this correctly. Save final 3D portrait as an OBJ format.

Bryce – Now you can create photo-realistic 3D landscapes with this freeware. Control the look and feel of every aspect of your creation from the lighting, sunset, sunrise and overall ambiance.
 

Flash Designing Software

Flash Slideshow Maker – Now you can create animated photo slide shows. Use it to transform digital photos into Macromedia Flash File Format SWF.

Sothink SWF Cather for IE – This IE extension allows you to save flash-based games, cards, movies and more with the click of a button.
 

Other Useful Freeware Design Software

Digital Image Tool – This software help you to batch process images quickly. It features options to resize, rotate, scale, crop, watermark and much more.

JR Screen Ruler – This small adjustable screen ruler measures the distance on your screen in centimeters, inches, pixels and picas. It adjusts to fit any screen.

Quick HTML Color Picker – When doing any kind of design color is of the essence. This freeware design software helps you with just that. This windows-based software allows you to choose any color from your screen, preview it, and get the color in both RGB and HTML format. This makes it easy to get perfect color every time.