I can't believe I read it all...

I've been slacking on my RSS feed reading lately.

With all the stress of school, work, relationship, and hobbies, I've been finding less and less time to actually just sit and read my RSS feeds. Today, however, I had an assignment due that I'd already finished at home, so while the rest of my class was frantically making changes and printing their project, I was relaxing on the inter-tubes...

I must say, I've been missing out on some quality blogs and comics the past couple of weeks... I'm happy to have caught up, but today I mourn the loss of Cigarro & Cerveja.

If you've read it, I'm sure you feel my pain. If you've never heard of it, I invite you to take some time to go through the massive archives... I assure you it is worth your time.

Though I'm saddened that there will be no more updates, it is no match for how many smiles and laughs the comic has provided me over the years.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have...

Picasa 3

I've been a long time fan of Picasa, so I downloaded Picasa 3 about a week ago and I've been rather impressed with it.

There are tuns of new features that are great for anyone who wants a free alternative to Photoshop. Clearly, this is not a product designed for the cheapskate Photoshop user... It's not a replacement for tools you already know how to use in Photoshop; however, if you're one of those people who needs to crop, rotate, or otherwise tweak your photos, Picasa 3 is for you!

My favorite new feature is the replacement for Microsoft's Windows Photo Gallery... It allows you to quickly preview images and make minor tweaks without loading the full version of Picasa... Not that Picasa takes a long time to load, but this slim application is practically instant.

If you don't have it... get it!

What are the limitations of the internet?

This question was posed in class today... I was really tempted to raise my hand and state "The internet is a series of tubes"...

:sigh:

KABOOM!!!

It's the end of the world and Google's logo makes me smile.



Enjoy.

Firefox vs Chrome

Ok, so after extensive use of Chrome over the past week, I've decided that, although I love Chrome, it's not quite ready for use.

That is unless you're OK with never going to pages that show YouTube videos... Yeah... last I checked, Google owned YouTube, but Chrome doesn't seem to like the YouTube player... or any Flash based players for that matter. And heaven forbid you try to access a page with several YouTube videos on it. MySpace pages bring Chrome to a screeching halt!

The good news is that this is the first release, and I'm sure that the Google Team is working out the kinks. I'm looking forward to the next release, but until then, I'm going to stick with Firefox... Man, Firefox feels bulky now....

Firefox Forever?

Ok, so I'm a huge Firefox fan. In the beginning, it was hard to convince me that Firefox was a good idea. This was because I know well that the majority of folks out there are using IE. As a web developer, I see the importance of making sure the majority of people are able to view my content properly. Well, one day, someone tried to convince me to get Firefox and I figured, what the hell, it couldn't hurt. Well, I was hooked. I've got several favorite extensions and I love tabbed browsing. Well, the newer versions of IE have most of those things... but I'm still a big fan of Firefox. I mean, come on, it's won so much of the market share, there has to be a reason. It's just better on so many levels.

Today, I'm here to tell you that Firefox is no longer my default browser. I know. I'm shocked too.

As all of you loyal readers know, I'm a Google fan-boy. I am to Google as this guy is to Mac. I use Google to stay in touch with the world and keep myself organized.

Still, when I read that Google had come out with its own browser, I was skeptical. Why would Google develop a browser when there was already an amazing powerhouse (Firefox) available.

Well, skepticism aside, I was curious... I downloaded my copy of Chrome minutes after reading about it. And the fact that it took me MINUTES says something... (I downloaded every other Google application that I've ever used within seconds)

So, what's the result?

Fast. It's so fast. I didn't know the internet could move so fast!
And as for my extensions I have to download and install and configure on every computer I use with Firefox... Those features are standard. And they work well...

This is just the first release, and it's already holding its own against Firefox... I'm excited to see what the future holds for this exciting new browser.

GET IT!

Mosquito Bite

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a mosquito problem at a nudest colony?