© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
In the absence of free and proper vector based graphical material on the internet. Vectorportal.com now exists to provide a portal for finding vector graphics. There are several categories of vector graphics and most of the art is in the … Continue reading
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TechCrunch wrote this morning about the New “Social” Dictionary a Web 2.0 service dubbed: Word Source. Among its features you can listen to a pronunciation, tag words, rate words and play games. This approach is rather different from Visualizing your … Continue reading
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As rumored Apple aired an iPhone teaser at the Oscars last night. The so-called teaser can’t exactly be called a real ad, they have basically with an ounce of legal and copyright paperwork, whipped together a mixture of celebrity actors … Continue reading
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I have always been fascinated by ASCII Art since my first days using a UNIX terminal. Spending hours making faces out of the character only console. One of the top bookmarks at Del.icio.us today was Glass Giant’s ASCII Art. During … Continue reading
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This weeks picture provides some free advertising in my attempt to take some creative pictures. Saturday morning I was walking by the same location where my POTW 03 was taken, and spotted this formation of cars. The car model is … Continue reading
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In December I wrote Study Effectively with Noise and Stu.dicio.us. However compared to actual studying for a quiz, test or exam it might not help you all that much. Quizlet on the other hand seems like a good cramming solution, … Continue reading
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For the past year friends of mine have subtly been hinting that I join the social-networking site Facebook. Earlier perceiving it as a myspace etc. clone, I resisted for months. But lately I have been receiving more invitations and on … Continue reading
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Canon launches a new consumer mini-HD-camcorder: Powershot TX1. Following their Powershot line from the digital still-cameras this camera features 7.1 megapixel for still shots and 720p HD footage. The HD capabilities are still very mediocre, comparable to that of Panasonics (My mention: … Continue reading
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I have previously been rather pro iTMS (iTunes Music Store), and I believe in paying where fees are due, for various material, be it movies or music etc.. Currently I am residing in Norway, and I know many of my … Continue reading
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Your next dictionary of choice? VisuWords – Visualizing words in a visual online graphical dictionary. Linking words together finding similar meaning, or suitable verbs or nouns that are connected to the word you chose to lookup. VisuWords uses an open … Continue reading
Stumbled upon this old “unreleased” GetAMac ad at YouTube while waiting for new official ads. It was apparently published on YouTube five months ago, so not really news. But I felt that it was an amusing little skit worth mentioning. … Continue reading
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After my post “Starting to Use Photoshop Brushes?†I was reminded of other features I have barely touched for years. Displacement Maps is another feature that I often forget and I know many others seldomly use. This tutorial gives a … Continue reading