Call them pipes, teqlos, dapps, modules, mashups or whatever else but fact is that recently we have seen a good number of new services that allow developers and users to build mini-apps and mashups that mix and re-mix data. Here we run through 5 applications that allow you to mix, rip and mash your data, looking at the data input, output, REST support, suggested use, and required skill level:
Tingelets is a new service for web designers and developers. It provides a set of helpful bookmarklets to add a tinge of color to tags, CSS classes or ids on the site you are currently visiting, giving you the possibility to compare web layouts in a large number of different browsers on the fly. If you’re creating websites, check it out, it’s free!
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Wordpress and theme upgrades generally mean one thing to designers & developers — major adaptation headaches. Here is the simple way to futureproof your CSS mods and avoid those upgrade headaches forever.
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BusinessCards MX – program for quick and easy design business cards.
This program will help to design and print a professional business card. The interface of the program has been designed in such a way that even a beginning user will not have problems with using the program.
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Happy Cog’s Jon Aldinger, Mark Huot, and Dan Mall have published an image replacement method to remove some of the limitations of the standard HTML image object while supporting standards-based design concepts.
Using unobtrusive JavaScript, progressive enhancement, and Flash, swfIR (pronounced “swiffer”) lets designers include high-quality, scalable artwork in user-resizable web layouts—and even add styles to the images.

Dog Public is a great resource for dog lovers around the united states. Find information about different breeds, talk with other owners in the community forum and find great dog parks.
Check it out… http://dogpublic.com/
Unlike other systems out there, JonDesign’s SmoothGallery is designed from the ground up to be standard compliant: You can feed it from any document, using custom css selectors.
And even better, this solutions is very lightweight: The javascript file is only 16kb.

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