Good sites for website background patterns - background

What sites do you guys use for background patterns? The best I found so far is http://www.noupe.com/design/80-stunning-background-patterns-for-your-websites.html
http://www.noupe.com/freebie/the-big-collection-of-free-design-textures.html
Just wondering what other sources you guys use. I think this should be community wiki but I am really new and don't know how that works :(

Just stumbled upon http://www.backgroundlabs.com/

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Is there any sandbox for stackoverflow APi?

Did anyone ever met links to StackOverflow sandbox for their own API?
I have found couple of questions which were made for testing answers( https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/51812/the-api-sandbox) , but no way to test questions.
Well, it seems that there is no such thing as sandbox for stackoverlow API. Just make a test question/answer, mark them properly and then delete.
For anyone who will be asearching for sandbox. You can do as mentioned above and then delete the question. You can also make api for the answer and make similar for question (they are not that much different). The same qnswer was received at meta.
That is awesome! I reallyy hope that will work and I would be able to test. Also, probably anyone can use this answer as testing one. Any way, that's just an offer!

Does anyone know a better alternative to Google Translate API?

I already did similar search terms for this topic in this forum.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6151668/alternative-to-google-translate-api
But that post is a bit old.. Things may have changed for about a year. And I wonder does anybody know if there's any better REST-based API service that I can use out there since that post was last posted.
Thanks.
I guess Bing translator could be the substitute that u are looking for.
I was looking for alternatives as well and came across a npm package called google-translate-api-browser which does work for my small project, but I can't assure big data translations or requests not being throttled

Has anybody used AspectMap?

I have just stumbled accross the following AOP framework built on top of StructureMap and was wondering if anybody has any experience using it.
Any good, any issues?
http://www.chrissurfleet.co.uk/post/2012/06/27/AspectMap-Part-5-Aspect-Nesting-and-Prioritising.aspx
Or can you suggest any alternatives?
I use it, and like it, but then I built it! Its nice and easy to get started with, but isn't as full featured as some of the alternatives.
The nice thing is though that the code you write is generally reusable - so if you decide you want to use something else it will be easy to swap the aop provider out. Or you can easily start with something else and move onto AspectMap ;)
If you've got any questions feel free to mail me via the blog, or just ask on here

Does anyone have a SlickGrid wrapper for Haxe?

I am using the Haxe multi-platform programming tool (http://haxe.org) which, among other things, can generate JavaScript output. I would like to know if anyone has already done a "wrapper" library to interface Haxe with SlickGrid.
Doesn't look like one exists yet... sorry!
Unless someone has made one but just not shared it. Could be worth asking on the haxe mailing list / google group? You'll get a wider audience than on stack overflow.
If it looks like no one has done it, you can write your own... it's probably quite do-able. And not too hard either. I'd be happy to help you figure it out as you go... cause I might want to use it one day too :)
If you do decide to take that route I think the best option is to post on the mailing list, and we can help you out from there. There's also a document on the wiki with some instructions:
http://haxe.org/doc/js/extern_libraries
This stuff is always a bit daunting when you first get started, but don't be afraid to ask for help and hopefully you'll be up and running in no time.

When deploying a blog, is it best to use a subdomain or a subfolder (SEO Benefits)?

I know this is a common question, and there are resources on the internet about this topic, but I wanted to here from this community everyone's thoughts on subdomain vs subfolder when deploying a blog (SEO Benefits).
Thanks.
I researched this once, and based on community feedback as well as weighing in the pros and cons, I'd say go for a folder, for more info:
http://www.v7n.com/forums/seo-forum/30267-folders-versus-subdomains.html
Both will work.
Not being an expert on this, I'd say both will do the same but I prefer a folder because, depending on the server/host you're using, a subdomain might take a while to be visible to everyone.
This is based on the fact one of the hosts I use taking 2 days to guarantee visibility of a subdomain.
I'm sorry but I don't know enough to explain why this happens.
Hope it helped :)
Cheers