Pictures speak a thousand words, they say. Especially in this age where more and more people are taking pictures and sharing them online, it’s only normal that people will want to spice their pictures up.

Of course, some will prefer using professional editing tools, not everyone like to use such complicated software. The good news is that there is an online solution that lets you add basic effects and designs to your photos – Picnik.

Picnik is completely free, and does not require you to download any software for you to to be able to use it. Simply upload your pictures, and apply the corresponding effects or designs you want. What’s more, with Picnik’s integration into sites like Facebook, MySpace and Flickr, its easier to share your edited pictures with everyone.

This is good news particularly for Mac Users. Gabtastik is a standalone desktop program that enables you to run your Facebook chat without firing up your browser. It also works on many different popular online chat services. Gabtastik is really fun-tastic. aside from its compatibility with Facebook, it also works well with Google Talk and Meebo. This in turn make sit accessible to many of the major chatting services like Yahoo Messenger, AIM and MSN Messenger. Whats also great about the cutesy little application is that you can turn and adjust the interface’s opacity so as to blend well with the desktop background. Great option when you’re not using it and you have lots of windows opened.