I am stepping a little off-track from my regular tech, video, web 2.0 and social-networking news. I have not had much time to find that many interesting stories, and so I will take opportunity to profile/point out two bands on … Continue reading
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Picture(s) of The Week: 09
Yet another week has flown by, packed with a practice multi-camera studio production. This first picture is a statue close to the bus stop by the old “Televerket” building in town. I didn’t have time to write down the portrayed … Continue reading
Nissan Qashqai Skateboard Ad
In my POTW 08 post I was wondering about the reasons for those Nissan cars lined up. I bumped into one of the drivers on Sunday and he told me that it was a launching campaign, mainly for car dealers, … Continue reading
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Picture(s) of The Week: 08
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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Quizlet More Effective Cramming?
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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Facebook Peer Pressure
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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Visualizing your Dictionary
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
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Tried Photoshop Displacement Maps?
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
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Picture(s) of The Week: 07
Reduced post activity this previous week due to involvement in a production, and this weeks pictures are just a small taste of exploring converging lines. Although I have used this technique for a while, glancing at Digital Photography School inspired … Continue reading
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Bubbl.us Online Mapping
I have always been slightly intrigued regarding mind mapping. And there are a bunch of different software solutions out there. Personally I have often just used the good old paper method. But just recently an idea organization solution in the form of … Continue reading
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Picture(s) of The Week: 06
We have been treated with more good weather in Stavanger, and some lovely sunsets followed, as the one below. Following my wooden staircase picture in the previous POTW set I was inspired to photograph this metallic stairways construction. (This coming … Continue reading
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iTheater – Frontrow Alternative
I am still stuck on an older iMac where Frontrow is not yet part of the package, so my eyes have been open for alternative media-centers that handle the job just as well or even better than Apple’s Frontrow. And … Continue reading