Google CHROME

downloaded and tried the new baby of Google.

i think it still looks shaky and sent all those beta vibes throughout.

loading was exceptionally slow for sites which loaded in a jiffy with IE 7.0
some sites have their layouts thrown about the page
In cognito is the one shiny tool that shone among its competitors, however selecting the option is can be more intuitive

personally, i do not like the prompts while i'm typing on the address bar. it feels like i'm .. tracked.. although even if they do not show it in CHROME, we all know Google probably knows more about us than our neighbours do through all the tracking of our cyber carbon footprints that we did not see.

for something more superficial, the interface is nothing to shout about. in fact it looks unattractive.

given the brief try out, verdict is that i will stick to IE before something attractive about CHROME manages to pry me from IE to readapt to a new browser. userfriendliness is extremely important in browsers, for they go a long way.

anything revolunationary?

can be improved. and knowing Google, will be improved.

comex

went to comex with bong today, since my library items are due today and i'll have to make a trip to city hall anyway. 5 floors of IT galore - imagine the temptations of whipping out the plastic and cash to buy up all the uber cool gadgets i covet! withholding temptations is not something i am good at. i succumb to pretty colours, extra specs, nifty features, useless aesthetics... which explains why this is only my second time to comex, cos i know i will definitely walk out a pauper!

this is why bong was there with me, to STOP me if i stray my hands on other things. haha. this time round, i need an external HDD. backing-up on DVDs has always been my mantra, cos DVDs hardly ever die, unless you crack them of course. but as my lappie ages, i find it safer to have a quick back-up to a HDD first. oh, maybe i will get a new lappie next comex. haha.

got this sleek Western Digital (WD) 320GB at sgd169. and i'm doing the back-up now as i type. able to run softwares from it too (i think. the booth was too noisy i couldn't hear the sales guy.)

there are many pretty colours but the 320GB only has silver. UGH




i am sure they are so going to slash the price down on sunday last day. and i'm gonna read all about the wonderful bargains (better than mine) other people will grab. but the thought of the crowdiness is sucha huge turn off!




collected my TLR camera. something got jammed up inside and the shutter failed to work on wed. i sent it to steven and he went shaking his head. "aiyo you ah, spool went missing then now shutter spoiled." i feel so lousy man. he kept reminding me to take good care of the camera, "宝来的咧". i didn't even know how the shutter got knocked (according to him it suffered a knock so therefore it got jammed). most of the time i'd rather carry my own bag even if it's motherly heavy because i think i am more cautious than bong in preventing knocks. looks like i have to be even more careful now. steven did a great job anyway.

am going to bring the camera out soon to snap snap snap!! ;)