With 1888 videos and counting, VideoLectures.net seems to be an ideal collection of online video lectures. You must be warned that an amount of videos might be in foreign languages, and you will probably have to register to take advantage … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2007
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Creating PS Tutorial Magic
In my opinion the Photoshop tutorial “market” is oversaturated. Since there are so many, too many tutorials, I find it hard to find really good and useful tutorials. Eventually I don’t bother looking for tutorials at all, thats why I … Continue reading
WordPress Plugins: Getting Started
After upgrading to WordPress 2.1 I did check out some plugin alternatives, before blindly activating or upgrading my existing plugins. Today I came across Top 30 WordPress Plugins in Blogosphere, where the plugins are ranked and explained. So if you … Continue reading
CS3: Flashy Creative License Launch
Adobe just released their Creative Suite 3 production line dubbed cunningly Creative License. And before even looking under the hood, I was swept away by their flash eyecandy on their Creative License homepage. The upgrade prices are actually more pleasant … Continue reading
Giving Away Your Password
One Man’s Blog wrote a post on Monday titled: How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords. This document gives an interesting insight on how we humans follow a number of patterns upon choosing passwords. I must admit some of my weaker … Continue reading
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Painful WordPress 2.1 Upgrade
So I finally put off an hour to upgrade to WordPress 2.1. That hour quickly turned into almost three hours, when wp-cache, although “deactivated”, caused havoc to my new installation of WordPress 2.1. After uploading all the files, I was … Continue reading
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Picture(s) of The Week: 12
The sights and smell of spring is slowly making its way into the Stavanger air. I was privileged to be able to capture an image of an Oil Rig on Monday afternoon. From what I gathered this Oil Rig may … Continue reading
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Unbl0ck Restricted Sites
Update: Site is down (permanently?). There are other proxy solutions E.g. nyud.net: http://stepheno.net.nyud.net/. Just a quick link post to Unbl0ck.com that allows you to unblock / access locally blocked sites. At my previous employer you could not access certain sites … Continue reading
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Avid3D 2.1 Should Be Beta?
I’m afraid to say this, but after using Avid 3D seriously this past week, the impression I am left with is that this application should still be in Beta mode. (Official Avid 3D pages: Norway or US/international (Directory Listing Denied … Continue reading
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Official CS 3 Launch Soon…
Adobe is officially launching Adobe Creative Suite 3 on Tuesday in New York, and CS 3 will ship later this spring. However the bundles seem to have changed since CS 2, with a new range of applications. From what I … Continue reading
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Apple 1984 Behind the Scenes
The below clip is behind the scenes of Apple’s famous Super Bowl commercial from 1984. If you have not seen the original “Apple vs. Big Brother” commercial, you can see it here on YouTube. Personally I like the concept of … Continue reading
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Camera Shooting More Than Pictures
During the weekend there was some equipment stolen at vicinity all too close to home. In reaction to the crime there has been some discussion about improving security measures. Trailing the net today I read You Call That Security? featuring … Continue reading