From Russia, With Blocks

This has got to be one of the coolest things EVER. IWANT.

PS: I love Japan.

So google finally announced their browser. You really gotta check this out; I’m sure it’ll be revolutionary in some aspect (open source, memory management, other architecture, etc.).

But what’s really of interest— to the artist in me at least—the geek in me is afk, shitting himself over the wonderful possibilities as well as the horrible implications for internet monopoly—is Scott McCloud’s beautiful & super informative comicbook describing what Chrome is & how it functions. McCloud captures the images of various coders and designers, and use them to explain Chrome’s features to users and dispense tech-talk to the developers. And man… If you’ve read McCloud’s other books, you know that McCloud has a wonderful grasp on the medium of comics, and can explain just about anything through a few, lines & a word bubble.

The part below perfectly illustrated what I perceive to be one of the most frequented and most frustrating part of a browser: the URL bar.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAA indeed!

In the new version of firefox, the “awesome bar” tries to give suggestions when you type into the box. But a lot of the times, these results just end up cluttering the short box and makes things even more difficult. In fact, while creating this post, I typed “hagure” into the URL bar and instead of taking me to hagure-metaru.net, I got a link for http://hagure-metaru.net/wordpress/wp-admin/press-this.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fblogoscoped.com%2Fgoogle-chrome%2F&t=Google%20on%20Google%20Chrome%20-%20comic%20book&s=&v=2

That is not helpful at all. I look at the first part of the URL, then my eyes glaze over at the trailing gobbledygook, and I feel like the programmer in the last panel. Here’s hopin’ Google comes through.

*sigh*

Here’s to the Google Monopoly… a reluctant cheer. May you guard my (and the rest of the world’s) data/life with wisdom, courage and justice.

seeing double

hey hey hey

I’m…
…a UCSD student
…a Mennonite
…a Pieces
…hella funny
…missing The Bay

I can’t live without music

I link to a lot of music. If you’re a content owner and want a song taken down, contact me and I will obey in fear of the almighty “lawsuit”.

I can’t seem to ever work on this site…

I’m in love with a girl I can’t have…

…I’ve never told her.

…I probably never will.

…I’m over it….. and I found someone better!

I’m an art major who’s done surprisingly little art… but I’m getting there some artsy stuff here & there.

(on that note) I love to draw, but really suck at it I’m still learning! =D

I have wonderful friends!

I have the best best friends!

I go to the Japanese Language table each week (its mystery meat!), Fridays @ 5p @ Cafe Ventanas

I should be doing work right now…

My favorite super hero as a kid wasn’t アンパンマン (o’o'o)… it was カレーパンマン　｛’~’ ｝

I really should be doing work now…

I love web design <3

Terry McCall’s b-day’s on the 25th (a great month for people who like fun)…
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