Google Chrome – First impressions 3 September 2008
Posted by riaanvanwyk in Technology, internet.Tags: chrome, google, REVIEW, screenshots
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Yestrday google released their own browser called Chrome. You can download it from www.google.com (link under the search box)
Goolge also have a comic to explain some of the new features of the browser at http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
The first thing I noticed was how stripped down and uncluttered the interface is. Google has also integrated the address bar with the search bar. So instead of going to a search engine site or using a search bar, you can simply type your search terms in the address bar and it will return your results in the main window. The search engine it uses for this is selectable by you and you can change it at any time.
Another nice feature is that the default homepage contains thumbnail links to your most visited websites, and your most recenlty used bookmarks are on the right hand side.
Default Homepage
You can enable the bookmark bar and add your bookmarks directly to it. You can also group it in folders. All your other bookmarks will be kept on the right hand side in a folder called “other bookmarks”.
Bookmarks bar
Like most browsers these days it also supports tabbed browsing.
On the right of the address bar is the page and settings icons. With the page icon you can open new windows or tabs etc.
Page options
You can change your default settings using the settings icon.
Settings icon
Settings
Chrome also has a nice advantage in that every tab runs in its own memory space – this means that if something in a tab crashes, only that tab will go down and not the entire browser. Chrome also has its own taskbar where you can monitor how much resources a particular tab uses.
Chrome Taskbar
On the privacy side it also has a feature –incognito mode- where you can browse a page and it will not show up in your history. It will not save any of your searches in this mode. It will also wipe the cookies once you close it. You can open an incognito window from the page options or rightclick on a link.
incognito mode
I’ve only used Chrome now for a few hours, but so far it seems like a nice alternative to the others that are out there.
Wasting time 101 18 August 2008
Posted by riaanvanwyk in internet, pictures editing.Tags: arnold schwarzenegger, conan obrien, daniel craig, edit, gollum, joker, morph, morphthing, online, pictures
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Last week after I finaly finished GTA IV I had some free time on my hands. Instead of using it in any meaningful way I did what any responsible adult would do and go and waste it!
I surfed the web and found the following site: http://www.morphthing.com . On this site there are pictures of celebraties you can mix and match to morph their faces. After a while this became a bit boring and I decided to register and upload my own images.
I quickly took this picture using my Nokia N82.
My picture
Since The Dark Knight is the flavour of the month, I got this nice picture of the Joker.
The Joker
I then morphed the two to get the following one:
Riaan as the Joker!
Before you can start morphing your uploaded pictures, the site will take you through a brief wizard getting them ready. This basically involves telling the program where the morphing points are on the picture.
Here are some of my other morphs.
Riaan-Gollum
Riaan-Conan Obrien
Riaan-Arnold Schwarzenegger
Riaan-Daniel Craig
