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Well this may not be good!

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Just checked out the recent update from NOAA on Hurricane Ike. You can find it www.nhc.noaa.gov. Another good source is www.wunderground.com. Anyway, the five day forecast is out and it looks like this:

That red arrow you see to the bottom right of Lake Okeechobee points to my house. Not to make it all about me, but…
Fortunately, five days is a long way out. They are predicting it to weaken some in the next 24-48 hrs. Which would be good because a Cat 4 would probably be worth leaving town for.
The path can likely change a lot in that time. Especially given that the models show three different paths. Unfortunately, they all end up at the same place. If it still holds true by Saturday, you can bet I will be filling up the gas cans for the generator and getting t the window a/c unit ready.

Nothing to panic over, but certainly worth watching.

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Google Chrome

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google Chrome

Yep, trying this out. I looked at Google Docs what seems like two years ago and decided against it. Much as I like having new stuff-especially free new stuff, the editor just seemed to be too stripped down. Reminded me too much of WordPad. Very few people I knew were using gmail, so sharing docs was not going to happen. The big functionality was a non-issue for me.

When I first looked at Chrome, I thought the same thing. Too basic. But I have now monkeyed around on it for about an hour and I kind of like it. I am even experimenting with Google Docs again. In fact, this very post is on Google docs and should post directly to Wordpress.

Things I like so far about Chrome:

1. Being able to pull a tab into its own window. Kind of cool and useful for me.

2. The app launcher. We do our website through ACS Extend. That was my first app shortcut. It worked well. It certainly looks different without the address bar etc at the top. Extend now really does look like an application. The thing I don’t like is that in this mode, there is no “back” button. I use that button a lot.

3. By being somewhat “stripped down” I gain about 3/4″ of real estate at the top. On the Fox News Home Page I get six more lines of headlines from the center section just by gaining all that space at the top back. Less scrolling up and down. Good.

At this time, it doesn’t look like you can turn off the pop-up blocker or allow pop-ups from certain sites. This seems odd as web based apps use pop-ups. I am sure someone will correct me on this.

Other than that, it is kind of cool. It is new. And free. Which is good.

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