The Big List of Free File Storage Links

HotlinkFiles

free file hosting service that support hotlinking. 1000MB webspace, 8000MB bandwidth with 50MB upload.

HyperFileShare

file hosting with any file types supported, free unlimited uploads/downloads, virtually unlimited free hyper space, 250MB file size limit, public and private sharing, instant uploads/downloads, no delays, no signup required and upload progress bar.

Boxstr

10GB of file storage with 10GB bandwidth for backup, online storage or hotlinking. Anonymous uploading is available.

DaddyFile

file hosting for files up to 500 MB.

Filedrom

100MB free file hosting service.

MongoFiles

99 GB of web space for file hosting. No bandwidth limits.

Mp3Crib

allows users to upload, store, and playback mp3 files for free with additional features like custom playlists, album art, and on demand artist info and news.

Oanda.pl

file hosting and sharing service with 1000MB per file limit and unlimited space.

YottaShare

free file hosting service with 100MB per file limit.

2Send

file hosting provider with an upload size limit of 2MB. Supported file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, png, txt, doc, ppt, xls, mp3, mp4, avi, mpg, rar, zip, ace, psd, swf, fla, html.

4shared

web-based file sharing and online storage - 100MB free. Allow authorized guests to upload and manage files in your folders in accordance with your permissions. Files can be shared with anyone, including non-members, using a simple web-based link to shared files.

AxiFile

free file storage, maximum file size is 150MB, unlimited downloads, optionally password protection. You can create temporary FTP account (6 hours) for easier uploading.

Badongo

one click file hosting service. No signup required. Up to 1 GB space.

Best Sharing

files up to 125 Mb can be uploaded, no need to sign-up to. Upload file, receive a link to it and share it. Unlimited downloads and unlimited number of uploaded files.

Big-Upload

Free 25 MB file hosting and unlimited downloads.

Bigdisk

host and share files up to 200MB. No registration needed. No bandwidth limits.

BigFilez

free file hosting with maximum file size 50 MB.

Bigupload

file hosting provider with 1000 MB space. Host your file forever for free, until it is unused for 60 days. If nobody downloads your file for 60 days, it is automatically deleted.

Broomhosting Fileupload

simple free file hosting. 250 MB per file, no donwload limit.

BTInet WebStorage

Internet file storage with 10 MB free online space.

ClickonSend

free file hosting max of 100 MB per-file. With a progress bar of speed of the upload. Unlimited upload and download limit.

Dalir Networks

send and store files of up to 100MB for 20 days. Can be downloaded 100 times.

Data File Host

free file host with non-obstructing ads and no download timer. You can upload any type of file of up to 10MB with a download limit of 1GB of bandwidth/file/month. Files smaller than 1MB don't have bandwidth restriction set.

Drive Headquarters

online storage in a windows explorer style interface, very easy to use. It also offers online backup, share and free email services.

Easy Share Onlilne

25mb free file hosting.

EliteUploads

free file hosting with maximum filesize 100MB.

eSnips

Store and share anything you like. You get 1GB free storage space.

File Crocodile

file hosting and sharing service with 350MB per file limit and unlimited space. Possibility to get cash and prizes for sharing your files with people.

File Den

free file hosting, 500 MB of personal allocated storage space, 50 MB maximum file size and the ability to also upload 10 MB files without registering. Hotlinking is allowed for all registered users.

File Lodge

Free file hosting - 300MB of storage space, unlimited bandwidth, hotlinking allowed to all files, and all file types can be uploaded (music, video, image, documents etc).broken link?Comments 73

File.am

free file hosting service, 200MB max file size.

FileCargo

free unlimited file hosting, allowed any file format, maximum file size 50MB.

Filecoast

300 MB file hosting, no download limit.

Filecrunch

file hosting service with 100MB per file limit. Unlimited downloads and uploads. Auto generate BBCodes and HTML links for you.

Filefactory

free unlimited file hosting up to 300MB. You don't have to register and there is nothing to download. All files are uploaded through your browser.

FileFreaks

free file storage with 100MB per file limit.

FileHost.RO

free file hosting with 100 MB upload limit and no download limit.

FileNanny

free file and image hosting with hotlinking to your files allowed. Each registered account is allowed 500MB of storage space and 5GB of bandwidth per month. Unregistered users can upload files up to 10MB.

FilePatio

free file hosting with no registration needed. It can be used to share your files across the internet with friends, post files on websites, forums, or anywhere you can paste the code. Maximum file size 100MB.

Files upload

free file hosting with no-limited space and traffic, files up to 1Gb, upload by HTTP and FTP, files store 45 days.

FilesBox

file hosting service that offers unlimited uploads/downloads and a 20MB file limit. Allows you to store, share and transfer music, photos, videos, and more. No need to sign-up to.

FileSend

free file hosting and delivery service generally used to send files that are too large for email. They offer a generous 250MB of space to upload your files and send to your friends. Unlimited downloads.

FileSkip

free file hosting for any file type upto 250mb.

Filespider

free file upload with 15MB filesize limit. Your files will never get deleted.

Filexoom

2GB space, unlimited bandwidth, support most file types.

Free File Hosting

this free file hosting site's browser-based file upload form, you can optionally enter a file description, a download password (for password-protected downloads), your email address, and up to 1000 recipients email addresses. After uploading your file, you are given a download link and another link to optionally delete the hosted file from their server. The free hosting plan has a 150 MB filesize limit, and a maximum of 2 parallel downloads allowed. Supports download-accelerators (such as FlashGet, Speedget, Download Accelerator Plus, GetRight, and GoZilla).

Free File Hosting

free service that allows individuals to upload and share personal files with family and friends. The File Hosting service is suitable for uploading a variety of personal documents and images. The service offers 25 MB of storage for uploaded files and 1 GB of monthly bandwidth for file sharing. The service allows users to hotlink uploaded files directly from their websites, blogs or forums. Users can upload multiple files at a time which saves time.

FreeFileHost

upload and share files up to 200MB. Servers with 2gbit backbone connection.

FreeFileHost.us

file hosting service that offers unlimited uploads/downloads and a 10MB file limit.

FT.com Personal Office

Offers free file hosting: 15 Mb, packed up with other services like online calendar, task planner and email account.

Furk

file hosting with no limits. Large files will automatically compressed and splitted into volumes by the RAR.

GoUpload

free file hosting service. 100mb file limit, no download limit. No registration needed.

Happyupload

one click free file hosting. You can host and share every thing you like. No signup required. Unlimited download and upload. Maximum file size 100MB.

Host it

100mb free space for your documents, pictures, music and movies. No sign-up required.

Host My File

free file hosting, up to 20mb, unlimited bandwidth, no sign up.

Host-A

20 MB of file upload space, all file types allowed. Registration required, instant activation. Download counters, image hosting, private file setting supported.broken link?Comments 1

HostFilez

upload files of up to 150MB, no download or upload limit.broken link?Comments 2

HugeUploads

free file storage hosting, with unlimited bandwidth and 500MB per file. Unlimited downloads and uploads and no registration required. Optional password protection of files.

IfileSpace

upload and share unlimited files which can be downloaded unlimited times. Easily share photos with family and friends, access data from multiple locations, or backup important documents and files to our secure servers. Max filesize is 20MB and all file types are supported.

ImageSite Online

10 MB of online free online storage space. No software to install, all you rneed is web browser

In.solit.us

free file hosting service with no limits and unlimited disk space, account required.

KeepMyFile

ad supported file storage: 25MB max. file size, no registration needed, files will be deleted after 40 days inactivity.

Kotuha

online storage space with 128MB file size limit, no space limit, no registration needed, 90 days max expiration time.

Mail Big File

send big files quickly and easily, without clogging up your email. Maximum file size is 512 MB.

MediaFire

free file host with unlimited uploads, unlimited downloads, unlimited bandwidth, multiple simultaneous downloads and no sign up required. Up to 100MMB per file.

MegaPhile

free 500MB file hosting with unlimited bandwidth, uploads and downloads. Only individual file size is 500MB but there is no limit to the amount of files you can upload making the storage space virtually unlimited. Registered accounts gets up to 1GB file size limit.

Megaupload

file hosting with maximum file size 250 MB.

MiHD

free file and image web hosting. 2 GB file size limit.

Mofile

free online storage 1GB. Easy to share with the Pickup code.

Mom Upload

free file hosting, max 300Mb per file.

Mooload

file hosting with 500MB / file limit. Files will be kept for a minimum of 30 days.

MST Dump

free file hosting for ebay, online auctions, classifieds, message boards, blogs, live journals, and online photo albums. You can easily upload, categorize, add titles and delete images as needed with free registration. Max storage: 500 MB, maximim file size: 500 MB, bandwith: 5 GB.

Multiply

20 song uploads per month, total 30 mb video, 150 photos per month, unlimited free online storage space.

MyDataBus

free 5GB of online storage space with maximum filesize 500MB. Allows you to share, transfer and store files. Webhosting for myspace is free too.

myFileStash

free image hosting and online file storage. You get 25 MB of free file storage and 2,000 MB of monthly data transfer for all sorts of file types. You can upload images, documents, flash files and much more. Just signup for a free account and start uploading.

MZBT

free file hosting for .torrent .rar .zip .jpg .gif and .txt files. 

Nakido

file hosting with 90 days file-life and unlimited filesize. A program has to be downloaded.

No File Limit

Direct Linking To Files - Multiple File Uploads - Each File Up To 250MB - 100% Free No Registrationfree file hosting with possibility to link directly to files. Each file up to 250MB and no registration needed.

Orbitfiles

get 1000MB of free space to save important files such as Documents, Movies, MP3, Presentations and many more, access them from any computer at any location, even from your cellphone or PDA and share them with friends and colleagues.

OsyShare

free file hosting service that host any types of files, that dont exceed 700 Mb size. Very simple and doesn't require registration or additional software installed. Files are deleted after 30 days of inactivity.

PakSpace

provide 200 MB per file free hosting with unlimited downloads and uploads.

PeerFactor Send

file hosting service with unlimited number of files, 5GB max. file size, and unlimited time storage if there is a download during the last 7 days.

Putfile

free file hosting service with unlimited uploads and 25MB per file limit.

PutStuff

easy free file hosting. Up to 100mb per file. Files will be automatically removed 30 days after the last download.

Quick Files

free file hosting service with maximum filesize limit 10MB and optional pasword protection.

QuickFileUpload

unlimited space and traffic for file hosting. 500 MB limit with no registration or waiting times. Unlimited upload/download slots.

RapidUpload

file hosting, 300 MB per file limit. No download limits. After 30 day of inactiviry the files are deleted.

Ripway

30 MB of online storage space for personal use for free.

Savefile

Free online file storage service supporting filetypes txt, jpg, gif, bmp, png, swf, arj, zip, ace, exe, txt, nfo, doc, mp3, wav, xls, psd, pdf. Hotlink not allowed. No signup. Max. filesize 60MB.

Send2Store

Store, send, share, build and manage collections of potentially large files of any type without the need to install or download any client application. The limitations of free version are: max. size of one file 5MB, max. total free online storage space is 100MB, max. 5 new files stored per 24 hours, max. 50 downloads per file, stored files are deleted after 3 months.

SendSpace

free file storage of files up to 300 MB, download bandwidth limit of 100GB, upload progress bar - you can know how fast you are going and how long is left.

ShareBigFile

host files up to 500 MB absolutely free, it gets deleted after 30 days of inactivity.

Sigmirror

free file and image host where you'll get: 5gb of space (max file size 10mb) and 7gb of bandwidth. Hotlinking allowed on all files and no image watermarks.

SnapDrive

free file hosting where anonymous uploading is limited to 20 MB per file and registered users get 2 GB of storage and can upload files of up to 100 MB.

The File Host

allows to upload up to 1GB once you sign up for an account. But if you don’t want to sign up for a account you can still upload up to 500MB no questions asked.

TornadoDrive

free online storage with 50MB filesize limit. Maximum file lifetime is 30 days after uploading or the last download.

UK File Host

file hosting service with maximum file size 250MB (500MB when you register).

Up-File

free file hosting service. Here you can upload videos, audio, images, software and another documents, to the internet for free. Maximum file size is 1 GB (1024 MB).

Safe-Sex Information for Poster Assignment

...An Apple's Corner
has a really good, informative post on what is standing in the way of young Vietnamese couples wearing condoms. Really worth a read.


Also worth reading is the Visual Culture section of the National Library of Medicine site

A bit wierd, but full of informative info is Sexuality Education's Safer Sex area. They also have a very informative downloadable PDF file "Safer Sex" that might help you with wording and vocabulary.

The BBC has a good article on "Safe sex: Why isn't the message getting through?"

One strategy that has proven quite effective is enabling and supporting sex workers to practice safe sex. In some countries like Thailand this has led to a large drop in the incidence of new HIV infection. There is a free, online book called "Making Sex Work Safe" which covers a number of ways in which to empower sex workers to refuse to work in situations where safe sex is not practiced. You can download the complete PDF of the book here.

The issue of whether or not to promote abstinence (not having sex at all) as a safe sex practice has been argued back and forth. Here's an interesting article of the statistical outcome: Princeton Researcher Finds ‘Safer Sex’ Message Alters Behavior Longer Than ‘Abstinence’

Listen to an interesting roundtable discussion on NPR radio about successful Safe Sex Messages. You need Real Audio or Windows Media to listen to this.

Here is the summary of a Lancet article that could give us some insight as to what messages are most effective when promoting safe sex:

Factors that shape young people's sexual behaviour: a systematic review

Summary
Background

Since nearly half of new HIV infections worldwide occur among young people aged 15–24 years, changing sexual behaviour in this group will be crucial in tackling the pandemic. Qualitative research is starting to reveal how social and cultural forces shape young people's sexual behaviour and can help explain why information campaigns and condom distribution programmes alone are often not enough to change it. We undertook a systematic review to identify key themes emerging from such research, to help inform policymakers developing sexual health programmes, and guide future research.

Methods

We reviewed 268 qualitative studies of young people's sexual behaviour published between 1990 and 2004. We developed a method of comparative thematic analysis in which we coded each document according to themes they contained. We then identified relations between codes, grouping them accordingly into broader overall themes. Documents were classified as either primary or secondary depending on their quality and whether they contained empirical data. From the 5452 reports identified, we selected 246 journal articles and 22 books for analysis.

Findings

Seven key themes emerged: young people assess potential sexual partners as “clean” or “unclean”; sexual partners have an important influence on behaviour in general; condoms are stigmatising and associated with lack of trust; gender stereotypes are crucial in determining social expectations and, in turn, behaviour; there are penalties and rewards for sex from society; reputations and social displays of sexual activity or inactivity are important; and social expectations hamper communication about sex. The themes do not seem to be exclusive to any particular country or cultural background, and all themes were present, in varying degrees, in all countries assessed.

Interpretation

This study summarises key qualitative findings that help in understanding young people's sexual behaviour and why they might have unsafe sex; policymakers must take these into account when designing HIV programmes. Considerable overlap exists between current studies, which indicates the need to broaden the scope of future work.

Finally, take a look at The Pleasure Project site. After a lot of research, it has become obvious that safe sex messages that promote pleasure and sex along with safe sex messages are far more effective. The Pleasure Project Site promotes and links to campaigns that mix the two.

They presented about their experiences of training health workers in Cambodia and there is a powerpoint presentation of their talk

Examples of Digital Collage - Self Portraits

Here are some links to examples of digital collage, or montages that are self portraits:

http://images.etsy.com/all_images/c/c36/1a4/il_fullxfull.8823955.jpg

http://graphics.ink19.com/columns/transparancy/self.jpeg

http://mfnd.org/agony.jpg

I also found a great series of essays on modern art:
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/modernism.html

Using Script in typography

Script fonts and italics don't work all uppercase - each capital letter is designed specially to start a word, or a sentence. Used all in a row, the word becomes unreadable. For this reason, typographic layouts using scripts need to be done with more care, using the typeform to it's full potential. The other thing to do is consider combining with a plainer font for the non-important linking words

Motion Graphics

Here are some pretty amazing motion graphics sites. Some of them focus on flash as their medium, like Bitey Castle and NewGrounds.

For amazing use of typography in motion in flash, the the award-winning: Words At Play

Others have used more video-based www.transistorstudios.com

Is Graffitti Art?

Galerie Quynh is having an interesting opening on Saturday, 21st of July, from 6 - 8 PM. Please feel free to come and bring your friends. The gallery address is 25 bis Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 1, HCMC.

There has been a tremendous debate in the last 50 years on whether graffiti (writing on walls) is an art form or not.For an interesting essay on the subject, read Daniel Tucker's "Graffiti: Art and Crime" for a history of graffiti and an overview of the subject.

Time Magazine Online has an interesting survey of opinions about this also. Read GRAFFITI: IS IT ART OR VANDALISM? You can also register your vote on the subject and express your opinion on the debate here also.

You can also watch a short video clip of "taggers" (graffiti artists) painting a commission for Time Magazine here.

Some really nice examples of objective criticism

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van's blog has two posts that explore art, photography, even drawing, and identifying elements and principles of design. These are excellent because they are real world examples.

Go take a look! Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van

Design Competitions - Do you dare?

There are a number of different poster design competitions taking place at the moment.

1. The 2007 Boston Film Festival organizers are running a competition for a poster for their festival: http://bostonfilmfestival.org/poster.shtml

2. Pandora Blog and Global Giving have gotten together to run a poster contest. The closing date for the competition is August 24 - pretty soon! But hey, you don't lose anything by entering! http://www.votigo.com/pandora/

Some Nice Posts

I'd just like to call your attention to some of the interesting posts being made by some of your fellow students.

Shinmegami no tsuki
Offers a really nice technique for getting that strange, subtly evil look (a la Grudge, or The Ring) out of a normal photograph. From what I can tell, the more "amateurish" the photograph is to begin with, the better.

Nguyen Ai Nhi
Takes a look at semiotics the Honda logo and why it works for the bike company.

Won-Gi
Takes a look at the brain as a user interface, and also gives us a critique on a piece of own work - an ad for boxing equipment... Do the combination of images mean the same thing to you? Go take a look and leave your opinion of what you think the collage means!

K. Mai
Found a tutorial that is a nice colour blending exercise - and gives nice subtle realistic colour.

8ctopuS
Has given a very good explanation about the "golden ratio" - a mathematical formula that attempted to quantify what "beauty" was and how to reproduce it.

Cat ^-^
Takes a look at the Sony Vaio logo and deconstructs it simply and effectively.

Boong
Has created a set of stylish flowing icons for the imaginary photographer client. Go and see if you think the meaning of each icon would survive if the words were not there.

Ruby Wind
Offers us a look at Adine Kinberg - a rather elegant script font. What kind of applications do you think might be good for a font of this kind?

Dark Moon
Has found a really nice blog template - and has also spent some time looking at the Prudential Logo. Do you agree on what makes it an effective symbol for an insurance company? Do you think that, perhaps, the cultural associations (A greek God) might be good or bad for an Asian market?

Malobolobala
Shows a design for a Dance Club flier? What strategies might be used for informing a viewer that certain bits of information might be more important than others? How do you cope with having to show a lot of information without overwhelming your audience?

Also, the goodbye card - here's a link to a neat way to make it snow, in flash. Kirupa.com does it with action script and provides an easy to follow tutorial. Not only is the snow random, but it's darker and lighter depending on distance. Finally, you can change the direction of the wind by moving your mouse!!!!
Kirupa.com

Lili
Has taken a single fancy script type letter and turned it into a logo. What kind of clients might suit this kind of formal, elegant logo? What kind of products might be sold well using this elegant approach.

Casting Shadows in Photoshop

One of the most easy and effective ways to make something in photoshop look real and tangible is to cause it to cast a shadow. But drop-shadows very often look artificial and are over-used.

Here's a great tutorial on making complex and convincing shadows in PhotoShop

http://tinyurl.com/ysz9f3

Creating a Seamless and Endless Moving Background in Flash

Very often, you want to create a flash that looks like something or someone is moving, walking, or driving against a background that changes (like a dolly shot in a film). In flash this is done by providing a wide, short background that loops - but it's hard to get it to look perfect.

This tutorial which uses a little bit of easy actionscript creates a PERFECT scrolling background. This effect can be used for other things too - like the changing background of a short film, or an abstract piece.

http://www.pixelhivedesign.com/tutorials/Endless+Scrolling+Background/

Zoom & Blur Effects in Flash

When a camera zooms in on a scene, very often for a few moments, the image, as the zoom is happening, is not crisp, especially if the zoom is a very fast one.

Here is a nice easy tutorial for how to achieve this realistic filmic effect in flash.

http://www.flashfridge.com/tutorial.asp?ID=37

Semester 2 - 2007

Dear Students of Electronic Imaging and Design,

Welcome to a new session of this course. Hopefully you will find it a good learning experience, as well as exciting and fun, too.

To start things off on a silly note, here are two of my current favourite television commercials. Both concepts are a examples of great lateral thinking.

ZuZu Condoms (stop it before it happens to you!)


Horror Genre Milk Television Ad

A New Find: Tutorial Blog & Widgetbox

I just stumbled across a very nice blog called Tutorial Blog.

Not only does it have lots of tutorials for photoshop, illustrator, typography, etc., but it also has some great links to things like a gallery of 30 great site designs - for inspiration, and a whole bunch of links to free font sites.

What's even better is that, in the process of installing the "Tutorial Blog" widget onto my blog, I found out that you can easily turn your blog into a Blogger widget so that others can have your recent posts, in a little widget box, on their site too.

The site is called WidgetBox. It can turn your blog instantly into something called a Bliget!

So - here's mine:

Send your New Blog Posts by Email to Your fans

Want to offer your visitors a way to subscribe to your blog so when you post something new, it automatically gets sent to them by email?

1. Go to FeedBlitz
2. On the right, under Feedblitz Widgets, click "Add to Blogger"
3. Fill out the fields, and you will be taken to your Blogger Account
4. Then just follow the prompts - (log in if you have to) and select the blog you want the Feedblitz Widget to appear on.
5. Once installed, you can move the element around so it appears wherever you'd like on your blog page.

:-) I'll subscribe!

Want to know how many people visit your site?

Are you interested to know how may people visit your site? You can add a little counter to the bottom of your blog page and easily see how many people are visiting you and where they come from.

1. Go to Hit Counter
2. Set up an account and choose the style of counter you want (I prefer "stealth mode" myself!) & click okay.
3. Don't forget to store your account username and password, or you won't be able to find out what your stats are :-
4. Copy and paste the code in the box below.
5. Go into blogger, and click Template> Page Elements
6. Click Add a Page Element where you would like the counter to go (I chose in the footer area)
7. Choose HTML/Javascript as the new element.
8. You don't need to use a title, just paste the code from the counter site into the bottom box (the big one) and click okay.
8. Now view your blog! See? It's there!

Turning a Bitmap image into Vector for flash

Sitepoint offers an excellent tutorial for turning a bitmap image into a vector file that is scaleable and importable into flash.

The steps are easy to understand, and it gives you a very good overview of how to reduce vector points to keep the file small while giving you a stylish, edgy look to the photograph.

Have a go at it HERE

Japanese Colour Schemes

Different cultures have different concepts of colour and what goes well together. The Japanese name their colours after things in nature that have those colours. Kimonos very rarely contain colours not seen in nature, except for metalics.

Watashi to Tokyo has a great article on Japanese colour schemes and colour chips that are traditional.

From another Japanese website comes the "mother of all colour charts". It's called the Colour Scheme Encyclopedia and contains all sorts of colour charts sorted by everything from the most appropriate colour schemes for government offices!!!

Having Trouble Picking Colour Combos?

If you feel you can't trust your colour sense, there's a handy little online tool called "Colour Scheme Chooser".

It allows you to pick from all the standard colour schemes: complimentary, split, analogous, triadic, etc.

Even if you are good with colour. This can help give you some new ideas!

A Few of My Favourite Fonts

All designers have favorite fonts.Somehttp://www2.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif of mine happen to be free, too. :-)

Take a look at one of my favorite font foundries who supply some of their nicest fonts for free. . The site is, unfortunately in Italian - but don't let that put you off - you know a sexy font when you see one and they say that the language of love is universal!

This is one of my very favorites in the collection. It's casual, modern, clean but not too formal.

Check out some other designers' favourite fonts at

This is the new 2007 COSC2284 - Electronic Imaging & Design Blog

If you are turning into a typography addict, but have been frustrated by the fact that your favourite font does have Vietnamese diacritics (dau), then you should take a look at Diacritics. At the moment, they only have Romanian and Czech members, so I bet they would love to meet someone from Vietnam who would be interested in developing a wider rage of diacritics