about 1 week ago - 3 comments
Not sure why one of my former students sent this to me. She said she thought of me when she saw it. So random. Related posts:Red Umbrella Day We watched a video on Video: Man vs. Cat Video: Discovery Channel’s I Love the World Video: SNL Obama Clinton skit
about 3 months ago - No comments
Google just announced they’re giving away Google Voice invites to students. If you’re a student, visit google.com/voice/students and enter an email address that ends in .edu. Your Google Voice invite will arrive in your inbox within 24 hours. Keep in mind that only one invite will be be sent per email address and Google Voice
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Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have so-called “country codes” written in Arabic scripts. The move is the first step to allow web addresses in many scripts including Chinese, Thai and Tamil.
about 5 months ago - No comments
OOOh, anyone who knows me (or who is a google contact of mine) will know that I’m a prolific Google Reader user. Look what I found today! The Google ReaderAdvantage™ program is simple. You get one point for each item you read. The more you read, the more you get. Then you can trade in
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Thanks to Hsin for the link. Related posts:Blue Scholars “Joe Metro” TV show preference During dinner, I watched Joe Millionaire for Go speedracer
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A study published today has found that Children born in rural China are three to six times more likely to die before they turn 5 than those in the cities, a study found, highlighting the wide gulf in healthcare provision for the rich and poor in China. Related posts:Beautiful China China Rush On “Lucky” Wedding
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
For my friend Cindy, who’s always making fun of the way I say the name of one of my favorite notebooks. Related posts:Get to know me, through email? Friday night recap Tonight was
about 5 months ago - 5 comments
Google has announced that they’ve stopped censoring their search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, that allows uncensored search in simplified Chinese. They’ve also created this new web page, which will be updated regularly each day, so that everyone can see which Google services
about 5 months ago - 5 comments
For those who don’t know, Chatroulette is a website that pairs random strangers for web cam-based conversations. Kinda creepy, IMHO, but the following video is HILARIOUS! Beware the swears. Related posts:Creepy Lady Following Your Mouse Mr. Woo – The soccer player I love my computer Improv Everywhere: Guerrilla Handbell Strikeforce I love this iceberg
about 5 months ago - 2 comments
Shanghai prepares for Expo 2010 Related posts:Photos: Pudong Airport’s new terminal Nas to Perform in Shanghai Calculate your Shanghai taxi fare online Barbie Shanghai Olympics Photos
about 1 year ago
I’m using chrome right now… it’s pretty fast… i found one thing that really bugs me so far:
you can’t choose to ALLOW pop-ups yet… you’d have to manually drag it up to show the pop-ups… which sometimes defeat the point of a pop-up (meebo? any type of browser embedded IM?)
hi jen
about 1 year ago
After looking at the extensive (long) comic version of the Chrome introduction and tutorials, i think the way that it handles typical popups is good, tying them to the same tab-session. I too use Meebo, and agree that there needs to be some option to allow pop-ups to pop-OUT and serve as slave satellites to that tab-session. Did you promptly send a bug report to Google using Chrome’s bug report tool? I highly recommend it while development is still fresh on their minds and team budgets.
about 1 year ago
I found a way to disable the popup blocker by using what they call a “startup switch.” Startup switches are parameters you can use when you launch the program to customize its behavior.
To use a startup switch, create a new Chrome shortcut on your desktop or edit an existing shortcut. Right-click it and choose Properties. In the Target field, add the switch in question immediately following the path to chrome.exe. For example, your target to disable the popup blocker should look like:
“C:\Documents and Settings\jen\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” -disable-popup-blocking
You can check out list of “startup switches” for more. Hope this helps.
about 1 year ago
No support for Flash yet, so it won’t take over the world just yet. However, if you look at the design, they are building it like an operating system, where the main application spawns processes and manages the stack/space for each page.
Microsoft should watch carefully, as Google’s idea is the browser will become the replacement for the personal computer, which will become just a dumb terminal, with no need for Windows.
about 1 year ago
thanks Jen. I’m sure Chrome will get much more advanced very quickly, while still maintaining the simplicity and fast interface that we all enjoy.
about 1 year ago
I hesitate to use even upgraded versions of Chrome, since my last experience using it (first version) left my computer compromised; have they fixed the security issues beyond all doubt?