HDRcreme is a great HDRi (High Dinamic Range Imaging) photo gallery website that allows users to share HDR photos, get a start on the subject and/or share knowledge with other users. The website can also be seen has a great image hosting service. There’s also a voting and commenting system available. Because HDRi is a yet-to-be-popular subject I want to list some of the websites that for sure you’ll get you interested on this subject.

If you know any additional resource that may useful for other users, please let me know by commenting on this post.

Additional Resources:

- Chromasia (exceptional HDR photo gallery)
- John Miles Gallery
- Vanilla Days (about 150 HDR photos)
- HDR Japan (fantastic HDR photo site about Japan)
- HDR Tutorial (using Photomatix)
- Several HDRi tutorials
- HDR on Flickr (a bit of everything, quality speaking)

Wigitize is yet another mini-app developed by Confabio (video conference) authors. To use this service you only need to insert your blog/website URL, wait for the magic to happen, copy the generate code and paste it on your blog. The look and feel of your widget can be pulled from the service itself or entirely created by you (CSS). I know there are several services alike but normally this services don’t allow personalization or the ads placed on the widget don’t go along with users idea of fair use of ads. Wigitize is different! Oh and by the way… here’s the API.

Additional Information:
- To:Points (authors) Blog
- Alexa Ranking: 11.131.895
- Del.icio.us index: 304

KnickerPicker is a unique e-commerce lingerie website that chose a very interesting approach to sales. A good bet imho! The site allows you to choose your favorite lingerie by making use of a simple yet precious help from three “real” models that change lingerie in front of you and at your command. For the ladies, it’s a great way to see how lingerie fits on a certain body configuration. For husbands… well… it’s a great way to use Internet for what it was made for (according to some voices) without jeopardizing your physical integrity when you get caught doing it. Believe me, you will get caught!

Happy fittings.

Cleepr is a search engine entirely dedicated to music videoclips. Developed by Régis Gaidot, Cleepr goes beyond the cute à-la-Web2.0 name and presents several characteristics that makes him a true finding. Fast, simple and straight forward to what it matters most: videoclips. Results are relevant, the presentation format is very comfortable to the user and overall, Cleepr really delivers! The service makes use of YouTube, Veho or DailyMotion for delivering the best results you can expect.

Happy searching.

Additional Information:
- Cleepr Blog
- iPhone version of Cleepr

Despair, Inc., the company that gave us the Demotivators®, the highly (de)motivating posters that makes some of us laugh since the end of 98 (last century), now offers an online generator for this precious gems. This is probably around for some time but I must confess I’ve never seen before. The Parody Motivator Generator allows you to create your very own demotivational posters in a few minutes.

Upload your image, insert the desired text, set the colors and alignments and you’re ready to go. The poster is just a fair resolution 750×600px image but still a great excuse to take you to Despair, Inc. website.

Motivate yourself!

Additional Information:
- All the known and official Demotivators®

Bodocus (best online documentaries) is a website where you can find a few hundred video documentaries about a diverse list of subjects. Bodocus works like an docuvideo aggregator, searching the web, or in this case repositories like Google Video, to fetch all the documentaries available. Image quality is, most times, bellow average but nevertheless still a very useful resource.

Videos cover several areas, f.y.i.: Anthropology, Biographies, Business, Environment, Politics, Health, History, Society, Mystery, Religion, Science, Technology and a special category named “Foreign” dedicated to videos in other languages than English. Though recent, Bodocus gathers already more than 650 documentaries. I’m sure you’ll find something interesting.

Additional Information:
- Bodocus Blog
- Alexa Ranking: 451.529
- Compete Ranking: 333.610
- Del.icio.us index: 601

MeBeam is a free service that allows you to get your hands on all the advantages of video conference. The service stronger point is, imho, the simple, clean and fast delivery of what we look for on the every day video conference: easy communication. All you have to do is to turn your webcam and microphone on, choose a name for your video conference room and… well, that’s it! The invitation process is accomplished by sending the conference room URL to your friends or colleagues. Security’s not the strong point here. Easy and fast every day need communication is!
Happy conferencing.

Additional Information:
- Mebeam Blog
- Alexa Ranking:96.835
- Compete Ranking: 191.626
- Del.icio.us index: 322

Hyplet seems to be committed in giving a new breath to online signatures. This free service allows you to create small blocks that represent your online personality and where you can place such info as your IM address, you blog or website, e-mail address, del.icio.us account link and so many other options. If you have an account somewhere an you wish to share it with the world, Hyplet is your thing.

The configuration process couldn’t be simpler. Choose the block dimension and general appearance, edit some quick aspects, insert all the data you need and you’re ready to go. After this, all you need to do is to spread the love by inserting your Hyplet on your e-mail messages, social network profiles, etc.

You don’t need to register yourself to get your hands on the applet/widget configuration but you’ll need a login to get full use of the service.

Happy branding.

Additional Information:
- Demonstration Video
- Alexa Ranking: 248.062
- Del.icio.us index: 38

Invitr is self-described as the only feature that Flickr still lacks so it can achieve perfection. Invitr allows you to specify one (or more) private pictures to be shown to as many/little people as you want. Think of an extension of the Public, Friends, Family and Private status. All you have to do is login into your Flickr account and allow the Invitr connection. After that, simply select the photos you’d wish to share and fill out the email address field. Set the expiry date and the person you specified will receive an email with a unique link to view the selected photos.

Just don’t forget that though URL sent to each e-mail address is a unique URL there’s no guarantee that the same address won’t be distributed by the email recipient, transforming a private photo in a…public one.

Happy sharing.

Additional Information:
- Alexa Ranking: 1.047.662
- Del.icio.us index: 89

Web World published a list of some of the best Flash works founded by it’s author during 2007. This list, though short and clearly focused on a very specific kind of Flash art, is an excellent quality sample and, I hope, an inspiration for some of you readers.

While you’re at it, take a few minutes and let yourself discover Web World. Though low on the number of posts is more than worthwhile.

[versão PT]