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Buy a logo, domain or even business concept!

2009-06-15T13:53:00.000+02:00

Why bother think, when someone else can? Buy the lot at
http://incspring.com

Cheap laptop stands made of cardboard

2009-06-12T17:08:00.000+02:00

Laptopstand like iCurve (or Elevator as it is now called) are great. But you might wanna go cheaper. Like MacGuyer you can use paper and cardboard: http://www.cardboardlaptopstand.co.uk/

But why pay, when you can create it yourself!? Laptop cardboard tutorial

Or even from a clothhanger.

Find inspiration from other websites

2009-05-25T18:49:00.001+02:00

Need a button for your website? A breadcrumb menu? Out of inspiration? Look at http://patterntap.com/ The site gathers sreenshots from several sites and makes it fast and easy to get inspired (or copy..;) Here is an example for "Audio".

New Statoil logo reminds me a bit of Organdonasjon

2009-05-16T10:52:00.000+02:00

Not that much, but a bit. Then again, a star is a star I assume... :) (not really ready to comment on the new logo. Not decided what I think of it yet. What do you think?

How EMI does viral on Youtube

2009-05-13T21:00:00.000+02:00

Found a great track today by Roll Deep "The Avenue" while listening to Last.fm. Found it on Youtube. The video has been uploaded by someone else than EMI, namely "aleduke". Rather than asking him to remove it from Youtube, EMI says: "Embedding disabled by request". Oh the joys of the musicindustry...

Designer lamps that rock (a give light!)

2009-05-11T21:00:00.000+02:00

Having a house in Norway (or most other places for that matter), means needing light. But you dont want just any light. You want a sexy lamp to accompany that light. I present: 4 lamps I want for Christmas. (a bit early maybe, but...)

The Sticker Lamp (Tall & Tiny) by created by Italian designer Alicero Signoli.
Buy them at PA Design

The Liquid Lamp by Caina’s Design Shop. A bit pricey at US $262, but really cool

Neon Lamp
(created by yourself) thanks to design by OpenDesignClub and Instructables.com

Or the slightly more futuristic (non existing) "PC lamp" by designer Seungchan Lee

Freelance designer on a Mac? Check out this applications

2009-05-06T18:52:00.000+02:00

AppStorm has gathered a great selection of 12 apps for running a freelance business. Some are free, whilst others cost (a bit). One of my favourite sites are mentioned, namely DropBox.

I have looked into Billings before, but never really started to use it (never came past the testing stage..), but it seems promising.

One programme I found really interresting was iBiz by IGG Software. You can associate a document to the application and it tracks the time you work on it (or at least have it open). Much better than having a stop watch which one tends to forget stopping.

Kvasir has new logo too

2009-05-05T10:59:00.002+02:00

Norwegian serach engine Kvasir.no has a gotten a new logo today(and a new site that currently seems to be down..) Guess which one is the new one...?!

SkypeIn and SkypeOut on my w810i using Midp/Java

2009-05-04T09:00:00.000+02:00

As I still live in the darkages of mobiles with my w810i, I envy all iPhone users with their great selection of apps from Apples AppStore. For example having Skype (except for T-mobile users who are banned from using it...) and Windows Live Messenger on your phone. So when I found Skype having a Java programme, I was well happy! It looks great (as opposed to most Java/Midp apps...), but happiness was short lived! I figured out I can ONLY chat to other Skype users with it from my mobile (or cell phone if you like). Pretty much useless then.

Previously I have mentioned EQO mobile, which works quite well for IP ringing. But IM+ for Skype seems much better! Not only can I phone Skype users and use SkypeOut, but I can also receice Skype calls. Fantastic! Would just love if they could upgrade the Java (Midp 2.0) layout, cause thats not really fancy...

7 days trial, or get the whole for 10 US bucks. Its a deal!

Banner annonser er moro...

2009-05-03T23:27:00.005+02:00

Så denne banneren på DN i dag som jeg ikke helt skjønte: "Spar penger, Fly Norwegian", etterfulgt av "Alle fordelene med å ikke bruke flybelte". Hæ!?

Så fortsetter bannere rullingen på høyre side, type:
"Dropp fly, bruk våre konferansetelefon løsninger" (Datametrix er en ledende leverandør av IP-baserte løsninger som muliggjør sikker kommunikasjon mellom mennesker via data, tale og video.)

Kanskje ikke helt slik Norwegian så for seg annonseringen..?

Some Mac stuff: screensaver

2009-05-03T18:50:00.004+02:00

AppStorm have a good selection of osX Screensavers presented. My favourites are:

SoundStream (great when you have a party and want some visuals)

Or HAL 9000 (how more geeky can you get?!) This one is both for PC and Mac.

All free of course (!?)

Facebook is all open, or maybe you want some privacy?

2009-04-23T09:44:00.000+02:00

10 easy tips on how to get some privacy once on Facebook. Could come in handy if you are as paranoid as I am. No, wait! Cant be that bad. After all, I have a blog. Two blogs. Two websites. Twitter, eh... + + Ok. So much for privacy paranoia..

Come in! Go away! Doormatt

2009-04-22T09:36:00.000+02:00

Suck UK have made a pretty cool type doormatt. It can be bought at Jiggy.no for 259,- Norwegian Kroners.

I seem to become a bigger and bigger design nerd..

Create your own RSS feed readers easy

2009-04-21T21:15:00.002+02:00

Like many other I wanted to have RSS feeds on my website, in this case my Twitter feed on my blog. Not having the normal Blogger template, I wasnt able to use the Blogger feed widget. So I had to look elsewhere. Finally I found an article listing up a bunch of different, easy to use RSS feedcreators that dont need programming skills. Robin Good wrote them. After reviewing most of them I concluded that FeedSweep and SpringWidgets where the easiest to use. Both are free btw. Though the SpringWidget has nice scrolling, it doesnt really integrate well visually (I find) with the rest of my site, so I ended up with FeedSweep. It has a great easy to use editor, with loads of options, such as border colors, font size, etc.

I only have sometimes some trouble saving the feedreaders. I guess you cant get it all..

Anyways, good luck!

Create a Retro Photo and Background

2009-04-21T16:37:00.001+02:00

A great Photoshop tutorial I got via Rune Grothaug

http://www.denisdesigns.com/
It shows how to create a old looking photo. Goody

A BIG YES... and a small no music

2009-04-21T11:00:00.002+02:00

Just found this Band: A BIG YES... and a small no Quirky, almost ska-ish, indie pop? Yeah, that categorisation works for me!

Fonts, fonts, Type.

2009-04-20T22:42:00.000+02:00

Looking for new fonts? Go to http://typeneu.com/

Quite unusual website layout too. But kind of works

Why are all these icons for free!?

2009-04-19T09:00:00.000+02:00

They all look great: http://iconpot.com/ is my honey pot!

Free photos for all to use!

2009-04-18T18:16:00.000+02:00

The Morguefile free photo reference archive provides the public and creative community with a repository of FREE raw photo materials. Oh happy days for us creatives!

I am a nerd: more cool Lego robots

2009-04-17T23:04:00.001+02:00

Just found this fantastic Lego robot on Flickr:

SAFS Heart

by someone called Gambort. He/She has a album called Mecca filled with cool Lego robots. I love the Internet!

N-Light-Ns new album is out (or Son Of Light if you like..)

2009-04-15T19:03:00.000+02:00

Still not used to the new artist name Son Of Light. Like the old one better. Either way, finally he has new music out which you can listen to at MySpace. Think Son and Pop is pretty cool

Free music is good! When from Del The Funky Homosapien its better!

2009-04-14T18:50:00.002+02:00

Back in 1991 Del tha Funkee Homosapien got famous with the hit "Mistadobalina". He hasnt really been away, eventhough I almost only heard about him through Gorillaz. Anyways, point is he is giving away his latest album Funk Man (the stimulus package) for free. You only have to sign up for his newsletter (which you can sign off from any time). Loads of other music there too for free. Sweet.

New user interface for the PC or Mac: BumpTop

2009-04-07T16:11:00.002+02:00

Just got a Beta invite and installed BumpTop on my PC. Its really fun! Suprisingly not slow either. Doubt this will be the future for user interface, but great new thinking. And might be good on handhelds?

AHHH!!! Catastrophic failure!

2009-04-07T10:37:00.002+02:00

Never had this error message before:

Tried to send the file via Bluetooth again. And worked. I guess Windows 7 is completely smooth yet..

Spam is fun! (sometimes

2009-03-28T17:12:00.000+01:00

Sometimes spam is fun, as the one I got today proves:

IT IS NOT A SPAM, but if you received that message second and plus time JUST CLICK DELETE button and have a nice day. Don't feel bad, please understand original Scarlett's family very desperate to shut down that humiliating antichristian "actress" clones line career development. Hello dear Ladies and Gentlemen! I would like inform you that Scarlett Johansson ?actress? actually is a clone from original person Scarlett Galabekian last name, who has nothing with acting career, surname Galabekian, because of adoption happened in 1992. Clones was created illegally by using stolen biological material. Original person is very nice (not d**n sexy),most important - CHRISTIAN young lady! I'll tell you more,those clones (it's not only one) made in GERMANY - world leader manufacturer of humans clones, it is in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mr. Helmut Kohl home town. You can not even imaging the scale of the cloning activity. But warning! Helmut Kohl clone staff strictly controlling all their clones (at least they trying) spreading around the world, they are very accurate with that, some of them are still NAZI type disciplined and mind controlled clones, so be careful get close with clones you will be controlled as well. Original person is not happy with those movies, images, video, rumors and etc. spreading on media in that way it would be really nice if we all will try slow down that ''actress'' career development, original Scarlett will really appreciated that. Please remember that original Scarlett's family did not authorize any activity with stolen biological materials, no matter what form it was created in it was stolen and it is stolen. It all need to be delivered to authorize personals control in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Original Scarlett never was engaged, by the way! Her close friend Serge G. P.S. CONTROLLING ACTIVITY OF ANY CLONES IS US MILITARY OPERATION. Check also here: / have deleted the url/ H.R. 534, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003, was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on February 5, 2003. After discussion, it was passed on February 27 by a vote of 241-155. It now moves on to the Senate for consideration. This bill makes it unlawful for any person or entity to perform or participate in human cloning, or to ship or receive embryos produced by human cloning. The penalties are imprisonment of up to 10 years and fines of $1 million or more. These now join other nations as diverse as Norway, Australia, and many other countries, which had already added cloning for any purpose to their criminal code. And in Germany where it carries a penalty of five years imprisonment they know a thing or two about unethical science.