This week I have been in theatre mode. First seeing one musical Chess performed by St. Svithun VGS students, early during the week. Secondly helping out with another musical “Jeg Er” (translated “I Am”) Wednesday until Friday evening. Since I … Continue reading
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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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
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
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
Got Milk, Get The Glass?
This Flash based board game: Get The Glass, caught my attention. A nice combination of some cute cartoon characters and 3D special effects. It seems to be a continuation of the Got milk? campaign I first heard of a couple … Continue reading
Picture(s) of The Week: 11
We had two days of sun earlier in the week, and I was hoping to spend some time outside during the weekend. Not so, the grey clouds crept back on campus. This below picture is taken early Thursday morning, and … Continue reading
© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
Mindomo Online Mapping
Mindomo is another mind-mapping software, although similar to Bubbl.us Online Mapping which I mentioned last month, Mindomo is more advanced. The downside of this being it is not as simple and straightforward as Bubbl.us. Mindomo lets you add notes to … Continue reading
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Picture(s) of The Week: 10
The below picture I captured at an overly abnormal dutch angle. It is actually a picture of the Atlantic Hotel in Stavanger. I later tried rotating both the above picture and the below to respectivly their correct or incorrect alignment, … Continue reading