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Flag icons are pretty (like fam-fam-fam icon set). But flag represents a country, not a language. Isn't it obvious? No, it's obviously not! While I surfed the web yesterday I found several websites that use flags for language choice. Here are a few reasons why you'll never want to do that.

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Handycons is a free, hand drawn social media icon set that contains 12 icons. Package contains icons for del.icio.us, Digg, Mixx, DesignBump, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Developer Zone, DesignFloat, Technorati, Twitter and RSS feed & Email icon, of course. All icons are available in four sizes: 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 and 48x48 pixels.

I made it using ArtRage and my Wacom Intuo 3 ;)

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Note: This post has disappeared for a couple  of days. I blame Windows Live Writer for this. Sorry!

The contest I posted last week is over and I am happy to announce the winners! Four winners are: Dave White, Dejan, Ramesh Soni and Kris. Congratulations! Each one of you will get 250 business cards from UPrinting.com.

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Validation is a very important aspect in web forms development and should be planned carefully. Well designed validation can favorably affect the user experience and can speed up the filling of forms. Poor validation can make considerable damage to the system and user experience. Not having any kind of validation is out of the question.

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Note: This contest is closed.

Thanks to Gino from Uprinitng.com (and YoutheDesigner.com) you have the opportunity to win free business cards. UPrinitng.com will give away 1000 free business cards to four of my readers (which is 250 cards for each reader). To participate, simple leave a comment about what you would use the cards for if you win. And if you win, you will be able to choose any of their stocks, including the eco-friendly cover stock (13 pt. Cover Uncoated - Recycled) or the the 14 pt. family in Matte, AQ, or UV at any custom size available such as square cards, odd sizes like 3×3 and 2×2.

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