I have been using Chrome over Firefox for about a year now simply because it is faster. But, evidently my opinion isn’t good enough for Google. They had to do some ‘real’ tests to prove that Chrome is faster. Hence the video below;
May 5, 2010
May 3, 2010
Bob Ross
My sister, Jeanie Hoppal, is one heck of an artist. One of her many talents is painting. She even teaches the Bob Ross style of painting. You might know of Bob Ross via his long time running show on PBS, you know, he was that curly headed dude that was always saying “and now let’s make a happy tree…” Unfortunately, Bob passed on before the home computer really caught on. But if he were still alive, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ‘painted’ using the PC and using GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). GIMP is free, and so are the many tutorials.
I might have to try to emulate the results in the above tutorial. But I do not expect similar results for unlike my sister, I have no talent.
January 13, 2010
By Chance
Have you ever made a decision on the flip of a coin? Well, if not, maybe you do not believe in taking a chance every once in awhile. But if you are the sort that will wake and ask yourself, “Hmm, should I wear the red shirt or the blue one?” and can not make up your mind (caffeine hasn’t kicked in yet), then sometimes you will let fate/chance make the decision for you by flipping a coin. If that is you, then I have a treat for ya. Random.org has a virtual coin flipper to solve your dilemma. Of course I like to use the $50 US coin, but you can choose from just about any coin in the world. Heck, you can even toss multiple coins at the same time!
Give it a try, what will you have for lunch today?
Pizza or another salad?
October 8, 2009
Security Essentials
Microsoft has gotten into the online security biz with Security Essentials (SE). SE is a combined anti-virus and anti-spyware program that is free. It works on XP and Vista. SE is new enough that I have not heard of any reports of how well it works yet, but I am guessing that it will be as good as Free AVG which is what I used in the past. It took me about 20 minutes to install it on a Vista machine. That time frame also included the time to uninstall AVG which is a good recommendation (anti-virus programs seem to conflict with each other).
August 24, 2009
July 31, 2009
A breath of fresh air …
Don’t know if you folks remember the national news back when the Democrats were getting together for the national convention (DNC) in Denver? There was some flaq over how the Democrats were promoting ‘green credits’ and one of the examples they were promoting was a wind turbine that didn’t ever work? Supposedly the turbine was fixed by the actual DNC convention time.
Well, this is that turbine, getting fixed. Not again, for it has never produced its intended amount of electricity. Come to find out, the generator that hooks directly to those huge propeler wings was the wrong one. They kept on trying nickel and dime repairs until all hope ran out and finally deemed just to replace it with the right generator.
This ‘repair’ has been going on for over a year!
(btw, the picture on the news link above is mine too) 
