http://www.axelsegebrecht.com Cameraman, Media Designer and Traveller Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's right, I'm running a little competition to help me improve my new website which is in beta throughout December. It's simple: Take a good look around the new version of the site, register using "betareview" as the invitation code and post your comments on the competition thread. - Beta: http://beta.axelsegebrecht.com/ - ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/competitions/chance-to-win-a-years-free-hosting/ It's nearly done and it will be ready by the next weekend! The new site is going to tie things together a lot better and make it easier to find the information you are looking for. Also, there'll be more regular blog posts and updates on what's happening, along with ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/design/websites/new-website-coming-soon/ This is the excellent, if not moving, TV ad for Hovis bread currently airing in the UK. It shows a young lad running through history after picking up a load of fresh Hovis bread from the baker. Call it a "historical commercial" why don't you (not). Direct Link: Hovis 'Go on ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/marketing/advertising/hovis-go-on-lad-tv-commercial/ The original "Lead a Mueller Life" TV commercial using a remixed version of Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No...I've Got Life". It's currently being re-used in the Muller (sic) Shropshire campaign. Direct Link: Lead a Muller Life video Title: "Lead a Muller Life" Agency: TBWA\LONDON Production Company: Weilands Advertiser: Müller Product Name: Yogurt Date of First Publication: 12/2004 Market: United ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/marketing/advertising/lead-a-muller-life-tv-ad-video/ I'm trying out the wonderful buzz-word friendly world of Grid hosting (aka Cloud Computing) thanks to Flexiscale.com. What better way to test it than with my own website, stressing the 512MB of RAM and the single virtual CPU core. Flexiscale.com operate a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) billing model where you can set ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/reviews/grid-hosting-by-flexiscale/ With the new Facebook come fresh concerns for its users privacy, as the commercial aspect becomes more prominent than simply being a cool social networking platform for the concerning internet user. Once the unique and beloved feature of Facebook, applications are becoming a major nuisance for many friends, even more so ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/how-to/remove-applications-from-facebook/ Sonny Malhotra is a photographer in working in several areas of photography. He is based in London (England), and has worked for years covering gigs, shooting ads, producing editorial portraits and reportage as well as producing high quality event, corporate and product images. Not only do I count Sonny as one ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/friends/sonny-malhotra-photographer/ Google's new open source Internet browser "Chrome" most definitely beats everything else out there in terms of standards compliance (thanks to Webkit), usability and speed. However, as a friend (StarGate) just pointed out - the EULA (terms of use) makes you want to run for the hills quickly! As djlosh at ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/internet/google-chrome-browser/ trying out Google's new Chrome browser... it's well good! :-D http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/twitter/trying-out-googles-new-chrome/ A client just asked me how to easily export and save her emails. After a bit of Googling and trying to guide her through the normal "copy profile info to external hard drive" bit, I found something a heck of a lot easier. A little add-on to Thunderbird which allows ... http://www.axelsegebrecht.com/computing/backup-thunderbird-emails/