Flock That

There are a lot of web browsers out there.  From what I've read, Chrome is the speed king but is a little light on features.  Safari is pretty fast now too, but only on a mac.  Firefox, the fan favourite, is customizable like a mofo.  Internet Explorer is still the most used but that's because a lot of big enterprises don't let their users install anything else.  Anyway, a new-ish one that not a lot of people have heard of is Flock.  This one is geared towards the Web 2.0 users that are big on social networks and such.  I've been playing with it but because I'm mostly just a casual surfer, I don't really take advantage of all it's features.  It has some neat things but I'll let you find them out yourself.  I'm not reviewing or anything.  Flock may not be the fastest browser but its kinda fun to use.

Now What??

We tried cutting Lucas' hair again.  We didn't want to shave it all over, just the sides and a little longer on top.  Well we started and it wasn't so bad but then he started to freak out from the shaver and wouldn't let us finish.  We got most of done but it looks really bad and uneven.  He won't let us get close to him anymore with the shaver.  I guess we let it grow out a bit and take him for a real haircut somewhere.

Review

So on our last day in Edmonton, we made a quick stop on our way to the airport. We stopped off and picked up a netbook at Futureshop. As an aside, that was the worst FS I've ever been to. It was like it was every staff member's first day on the job. No one knew anything about the products or services and it took us almost an hour just to buy a netbook. Stupid. Anyway, now that I have it and have used it for a couple of weeks, here's what I think of it: it does exactly what I need it to do. I don't need it to encode video or do any 3D rendering, I don't need it for photo editing and I don't need it to help make me super-productive. I just need it to surf the internet and be as portable as possibl and it does that just fine. What I would like it to do is have a bigger screen and a bigger touchpad and have more memory and a better processor and gpu and run Snow Leopard but that's what we call a Macbook Pro.

Speaking of Snow Leopard (if you don't know what I'm talking about, you're missing out), I recently upgraded to it and it's grrrreat!! Come cool new minor features and I think I can actually see that it's faster. Good shit man, good shit

11 Days Later

It was 11 days ago that we were in Edmonton standing at Cathy and Dan's wedding. The twins, in their unbeatable cuteness, walked down the aisle and for 15 seconds stole the show. We were a little worried that they wouldn't walk but they did it and they were pretty damn good too. The rest of the wedding was a resounding success, even Celia's role as MC for the reception. I have to be honest here, I was a little worried for her. Anyway, I hear the reception after dinner was a lot of fun, but I wouldn't know because I was watching the kids for most of it in a little room. Bitter? Not at all. I'm pretty used to it now and I don't expect anything else anymore.

Hurry Up and Decide!

So I've pretty much accepted the fact that I won't be able to afford my macbook pro anytime soon so I've been playing with the idea of buying a netbook. Nothing superfancy, just something around the $300 range. All Celia wants it for is to surf the web, read/write email, and maybe store pictures on from school/work. A 10" screen sure beats a little 3" screen. Now that we're in Alberta, we figure it would be a perfect time to buy because we would save on PST, right? Right. So we decided that we would just go for it and get one. Until I started talking to my brother-in-law and realized that Windows 7 is being released next month and new netbooks will probably come with that installed instead of XP. So now, do we wait and buy it here and save 7% or do we wait and buy it with W7? Tomorrow is pretty much our last chance to get it so I have to decide pretty damn quick. Also, I'm writing this on a netbook so I can say with more confidence that it would meet my needs for now.

Day 1

Holy crap, it's hot in Edmonton. We arrived yesterday afternoon and it was already 30 celsius. I didn't really pack for this kind of weather because the forecast was for slightly cooler weather, like 23-24. Oh well, we'll survive. Anyway, all the relatives are starting to trickle in so it's been fun and will only get better. The kids have have been pretty good. So far, they've only broken one vase, spilled a couple of drinks, and they weren't too loud at 6am.