Get Firefox 3.5
Posted July 3, 2009
If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you should get Firefox 3.5. Not much has changed on the outside (a few tweaks) but the browser seems snappier. When Safari 4 came out I was really blown away by the speed. This version didn’t blow me away like that but it is definitely faster and snappier. Javascript performance is definitely faster. What is my default browser? Firefox for sure. I was trying to use Safari but there is one thing that makes me use Firefox. It is not the plugins because I could live without the plugins. It’s the keyboard shortcuts that I can do between tabs. If I have three tabs open and I want to switch to tab three, I can press Ctrl+3 (Command + 3 on the Mac). Believe it or not, that is the one key thing that keeps me on Firefox. Chrome on the PC has the same feature. This is of course a personal choice but to me, keyboard shortcuts is the way to go. Maybe one day I’ll do a post on the type of keyboard shortcuts and tools I use to increase my productivity. If you are a heavy mouse user, you’re going too slow. 🙂 Of course, there are some thing that only a mouse can reach but that’s because they haven’t created the keyboard shortcut for it.
Scammers… they are out there
Posted July 1, 2009
Scammers are everywhere on the net. Of course, you hear stories about people being sent rocks on eBay instead of that expensive camera you already paid with, but that’s not the only way scammers try to get you. Let me preface this story by saying that I didn’t get scammed but the attempt was there. The reason why I’m sharing the story is that at a certain point, it was so obvious, and even comical that a scam was going on. I just hope that nobody would be so naive to fall for these tricks. I didn’t say stupid because there are some who just don’t know and are truly naive.
Don’t let this happen to your phone….
Posted June 29, 2009
The phone still worked after he picked it up but we’ll see if it continues to work. He definitely voided his warranty. 🙂
The world’s biggest alarm clock
Posted June 28, 2009
I’m not that heavy of a sleeper to need something like this.
Mimo Mini USB Monitor
Posted June 25, 2009
Part of the reason why I blog about certain items is so I can look back on what caught my eye. Most of the gadgets I put on here are items that I will never get or never afford to get. Ther are certain gadgets that I would definitely consider getting. Of course, the recent one being the Palm Pre, but another one that has come out is the Mimo mini USB monitor. I just love these kind of thing. Imagine being able to put all your chat windows, maybe music in another monitor while you do some work or if you have a tv tuner, to be able to put the TV on a small monitor while you do stuff or vice versa. This thing is pretty cool and I can see this being more common in the future. Think Geek already sold them out but we’ll see how many of these show up in the future.
Muvi micro DV Camcorder… things are getting way too small.
Posted June 24, 2009
I realize that there are small cameras and secret spy camera that are smaller than this thing but this is a consumer DV cam. Things are getting way small. I believe most of our smart phones we carry these days are probably faster than my 386 30 Mhz computer back in the day. I don’t really have any desire to get this thing but I thought it was interesting. Maybe one day I’m going to post my entire hockey because I had this clipped on my jersey the entire game. Of course, I’ll have to bleep out the audio a bit (not from our team of course, the other team).
Coronado wedding
Posted June 13, 2009
Shot a wedding yesterday. Beautiful venue and even better bride and groom. Here’s a shot of the venue. Had a great time. It didn’t help my cold one bit, but good times. The wedding was at the Island Club located in Coronado, CA on the naval base.
My next monitor…. not…. but I wouldn’t mind.
Posted June 4, 2009
This might be a little too much monitor for me. Actually, my neck might hurt if I had this monitor. I would have to have a desk that is pretty deep so I could put this pretty far back. Estimated street price: $7,999