Elder god needs work
Tue, Feb 23 2010 11:11
| Gaming, Miscellaneous, Design
Sometimes it's the little things that make you smile. In my perusal of one of my many web design resources I discovered our favorite bad boy of dreams needs a job.
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Sport Bike Night anew
Tue, Feb 23 2010 08:48
| Motos
Mike Summers is back on track (above: Mike on the left, with son Shaun on the right) with Sport Bike Night. After a long hiatus, he had the first Sport Bike Night at the Sacramento Hard Rock in Sacramento on Feb. 22. It was a good show…mostly talking tech stuff -- a snore for the squids I'm sure -- but good info for yours truley. I got some tire questions answered and the mystery of why my TechSpec tank grips never stuck right last year was solved (bad batch of adhesive). Again, it was a night for the moto geeks.
Of course, since the Sacramento Hard Rock is closing at the end of March 2010 -- which is a good thing given the crappy service I got last night for such overpriced food and beverage -- SBN is moving to Hot Italian as a venue next. Personally, I can't imagine a more suitable place.
Browser wars anew
Well crap, I hate to say it, but the browser wars may begin anew soon. I lived through the Netscape vs. IE wars and let me tell you it wasn't fun for users or developers.
Enter Google Chrome, Google's new web browser. I'd tried the first Windows and Mac betas of Google Chrome and I was underwhelmed. That said, I tried the new beta 2 of the Mac version and it's really pretty slick – in particular it's extensions system. I don't think in the short term it'll threaten Internet Explorer or Safari, since both of those are really bundled browser with their respective OS' (i.e., they're default browsers for most non-technical people), but FireFox and Opera have reason to worry. Opera seems to be creatively developing it's amazing Unite feature, so it's hardly stagnant, but it needs to grow its install base and Google's a monster.
I cringe and smile, because as a web user it's always a thrill to see news browsers enter the fray, however, as a web designer it makes my job that much harder. I'll wait until the first non-beta is released to see how it really impacts the browser market.
::FreeFrog out::
Enter Google Chrome, Google's new web browser. I'd tried the first Windows and Mac betas of Google Chrome and I was underwhelmed. That said, I tried the new beta 2 of the Mac version and it's really pretty slick – in particular it's extensions system. I don't think in the short term it'll threaten Internet Explorer or Safari, since both of those are really bundled browser with their respective OS' (i.e., they're default browsers for most non-technical people), but FireFox and Opera have reason to worry. Opera seems to be creatively developing it's amazing Unite feature, so it's hardly stagnant, but it needs to grow its install base and Google's a monster.
I cringe and smile, because as a web user it's always a thrill to see news browsers enter the fray, however, as a web designer it makes my job that much harder. I'll wait until the first non-beta is released to see how it really impacts the browser market.
::FreeFrog out::