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Archive for May, 2007

May 28, 2007

Geeky Support Comedy

I found a delightful video-clip yesterday thanks to TechEBlog with some computer geek humor. Seems like the clips may be a couple years old, nevertheless it gave me a good laugh. There is apparently a whole series on YouTube of “Nick Burns Your Company’s Computer Guy” if you are interested.

May 27, 2007

Picture(s) of The Week: 21

May month has raced by, filled with lots of fun and learning. Color Cage – I have passed this construction cage several times and appreicated the strong colors that surrounded it. The below picture is a quick shot of the bicylce stands close to the University. The building in the picture below is an old [...]

May 27, 2007

Online DesktopTwo

DesktopTwo is another good online desktop solution, if you are considering cutting down on your stationary desktop use. Personally I have enjoyed using YourMinis (Your Minis Your Online Desktop) for the past five months. Although YourMinis offers more of a widget type interface for each application, DesktopTwo is a more tradtitional style desktop. In addition [...]

May 20, 2007

Picture(s) of The Week: 20

17th of May was another great festivity and celebration of Norway’s Constitution and National Day. The first picture is the same location as POTW 14, a view towards the Stavanger City bridge. One of the activities that I was able to capture on the 17th was some skydivers, that landed among the crowd that gather [...]

May 20, 2007

Intelligent Ads for Your Videos

ScanScout is a new service that searches and analyzes the content of your user-submitted video. When the content is analyzed it determine which ads would be relevant to display for each of the displayed scenarios in your video. According to TechCrunch ScanScout has some of the same concepts as what Google video is experimenting with. [...]

May 20, 2007

Chroma – Doubtful VLC Competitor

Chroma Player is a new movie player for the Mac, by MiraiLabs, that some say will be competition for Video Lan Client, VLC. Although I am biased when it comes to VLC, I do not believe that Chroma can be a serious competitor for VLC. Chroma’s main disadvantage; you have to pay for it. VLC [...]