© 2007 stephen olsen. All rights reserved.
FormatPixel gives you desktop publishing capabilities online. Although you are much more limited compared to industry standards such as InDesign, FormatPixel gives you just enough control to design newsletters, leaflets etc. Above is a screenshot of a quick layout I … Continue reading
Are you wondering what this is? FogScreen projects an image, using a standard projector onto a screen of fog created from tap water and ultra sonic rays. Lasers attached above the screen allows a touchscreen functionality as well. Although the … Continue reading
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Connectix’s old baby Virtual PC, now in the possession of oligopolist Microsoft, just turned 10 years old. I have fond memories of the first Virtual PC running Windows 98 beta on my Mac before most of my PC friends had … Continue reading
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Last week several links to the “best” 500 free fonts popped on blogs all over the net. Five hundred fonts are rather overwhelming, and I will have to point you in the direction of Choosing better fonts…, before you “overload” … Continue reading
When my Hard Disk was breathing its last breath (see: iFinally fixed my iBook) I looked for some good repair and diagnostic tools. I struggled to find something worthwhile, and thought that I could at least share something that I … Continue reading
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The below 3D desktop solution from BumpTop illustrates a rather nice interface for working in a 3D “office” desk environment. It’s what I would categorize as EyeCandy. But the solutions might not necessarily be all that positive, so much control, … Continue reading
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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
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
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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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The coming block buster 300 which hit the US theatres March 9th, is made with a range of Apple tools. Here in Norway films don’t always hit our theatres before a couple of months. Trailer in HD can be seen … Continue reading
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Just a nice littl online tool, which may just help you out when you are busy designing some graphics and need some color assistance. Sphere over at ColorJack gives you several nice features regarding choosing colors for various uses. I … 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