I may have pointed out that the Google Chrome browser has some issues with the ACID 2 test, but here’s something really good about it. For at least some sites (like webmail), it is super fast. Firefox 3 is a fast browser, but this is something else altogether for some types of sites. It is as close to instantaneous as you can be.
Also, so far, I’ve had no plugin’s to add (such as flash). I could goto youtube right away and watch a video without the need to install something to view flash videos. Awesome. Maybe it’s because it’s using a plugin that I’ve already installed on another browser, but nonetheless, I appreciate that.
August 1, 2008 at 9:26 am
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Installing a server on your local machine
First, I’d like to apologize to the Linux and Mac users, this post will be scewed towards Windows users. I will try to offer the alternatives, but I haven’t actually implemented them myself.
So with that out of the way, what you need to download is WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP). This is truly the simplest way to get a server on your windows machine up and running. You don’t even have to mess around configuring the php.ini file or anything like that. Just double click this installer and you’re ready to go.
Afterwards you’ll see a small icon on your taskbar. You’re basically up and running. If you click on it, you’ll get a small menu. Clicking “www Directory” will take you to the directory you should be putting your new site files. To create a new project, and have an area to store everything, just create a new folder in this “www” directory. Name it “blog”, and that’s where your index.php and other files will reside.
If you click on the wamp server in the taskbar and then choose “Localhost”, it will open your default browser and send you to a page summarizing and providing links that you’ll be using frequently. You’ll also see “blog” under the “your projects” section.
By the way, if you’re looking for a really good text editor that works with a multitude of files, search for Notepad++. It’s my personal favorite.
June 27, 2008 at 7:59 am
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I just knew they couldn’t stomach an unlimited plan. I just knew it. It is however still a pretty good data plan for Canada…
Here we have it, iPhone 3G pricing for our better mannered, gun-toting friends up north. All the plans from Rogers Wireless require that lovely, three-year contract and include visual voicemail, free evenings and weekends, and unlimited WiFi at all Rogers and Fido hotspots. The plans start at $60/month for 150 minutes of voice and just 400MB of data before topping out at $115/month for 800 minutes voice and up to 2GB of data. None of these plans offer unlimited data as previously rumored.
I only bring this up because recently I heard somebody actually say that “Yes, this is HD, but my good Monster cables are downstairs and I should hook them up.” Here’s the real deal. There is no, let me repeat, NO benefit to using Monster (or any other “high end” brand) cables. Engadget reported that users couldn’t “see the monster difference” when the cables were compared to a coat hanger. Here’s the link for Audiophiles can’t tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers.
May 29, 2007 at 12:01 pm
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This is just one of those things I run across that I just don’t know what to do with.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland’s conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies.
Ewa Sowinska, government-appointed children rights watchdog, told a local magazine published on Monday she was concerned the popular BBC children’s show promoted homosexuality.
She said she would ask psychologists to advise if this was the case.In comments reminiscent of criticism by the late U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell, she was quoted as saying: “I noticed (Tinky Winky) has a lady’s purse, but I didn’t realize he’s a boy.”
“At first I thought the purse would be a burden for this Teletubby… Later I learned that this may have a homosexual undertone.”
on your taskbar. You’re basically up and running. If you click on it, you’ll get a small menu. Clicking “www Directory” will take you to the directory you should be putting your new site files. To create a new project, and have an area to store everything, just create a new folder in this “www” directory. Name it “blog”, and that’s where your index.php and other files will reside.