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TMO Quick Tip - Putting Your Mac in the Halloween Mood
by , 7:30 AM EST, October 30th, 2006
Not everything about your Mac needs to be business or iPod related - Sometimes it's about using your computer to get into the the holiday spirit. Speaking of spirit, it's almost Halloween, so here are a couple of Web sites you can visit to help get your Mac into the trick 'o treating mood on the cheap.
Iconfactory The Iconfactory is a great Web site for custom icons, and you can always find a long list of holiday-relating choices. Since it's nearly the witching hour, here are a few options to choose from. You can also find links to Halloween Desktop pictures and a special Halloween Black Cat QuickPix icon. The Iconfactory has tons of free professional quality icons available for your personal use.
 A few of Iconfactory's Halloween icons. |
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RavensBlight After you finish decking out your Desktop, why not deck out you desk? The Toyshop at RavensBlight includes a devilishly wonderful collection of free haunted paper toys you can build yourself. Choose from Deluxe Coffin Boxes, a zombie mask, a mechanical bat, a dancing skeleton marionette, a hidden cemetery, and more. Each toy comes in Adobe PDF format and includes instructions and full-color cutouts.
 What could be better than your own haunted cemetery? |
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If you have your own favorite Web site to help get your Mac or workplace into the Halloween mood, feel free to share it in the comments.
if you have ideas for Mac related tips that you think other TMO readers might find helpful.
Observer Comments
Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:11 am Subject: For kids of all ages...
You can create your own scary Halloween story and print it and send it to your friends here: http://halloween.realelibrary.com. The software is free and it's great for kids learning to read and write.
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