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I will list here my best posts of 2007. I didn't took time to list popular posts by month, so i am just posting a list of popular posts of the year 2007.

BgPatterns is the perfect tool if you are looking for a background pattern for your themes. Of course you can create stunning patterns with creativity but these kind of tools are for the ones who want a quick solution or doesn't have skills to do it from scratch.

Everyone wants to have a unique design for their blogs or websites, but all of us won't have skills necessary to make a unique design. Thankfully there are many resources on the web to help you in tweaking your design. In this post i will list tools available for generating background images for your blog design.

EffectGenerator makes it relatively easy to add different effects to your photos, and best of all you don't need to register with the site to use it. Select a template and start creating your slideshow. You can upload the photos from your computer or add by URL. Flickr search is integrated into the application.

It's a very easy to use tool with different customizable parameters like stripe color, stripes spacing, orientation, colors etc. After finishing download the background and use it on your blog. This is an amazing Web2.0 product for web designers.

PasswordChart is a simple little web-based tool that allows you to create complex passwords out of easy-to-remember phrases or words. Simply enter a phrase into the first space provided and PasswordChart generates a random chart, which number in the millions. Next, with the chart generated, simply enter in a password that you won't have any problems remembering, and a password is generated that is infinitely more secure than the one you entered. Use this new secure password everywhere and if you ever forget it, just go back to passwordchart.com

Ever wanted to turn your images or photos in to icons so you can set custom icons in your desktop or for your blog. Bradicon allows you to turn any image in to an icon quick and easily. Using the app is simple, upload an image and download the icon. The service is currently free and works well. Currently it supports Jpg, PNG and GIF formats and gives you an ICO file. The icons preserver the transparency.

Clockmaker Icon Generator is an Adobe AIR app that lets you generate cool CS3 style icons or Web 2.0 badges. The app is simple to use enter the text you want to appear in icon and select the background color, it will generate the icon automagically. Click on the Create icon to save the icon to your desktop. It generates 4 icons with variable sizes in PNG format, 128×128 px, 48×48px, 32×32px and 16×16px. If you like to use it as Favicon for your blog you can convert this png image to Favicon.

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