chaka chaka

barely a week into the month (well, two weeks after payday) and i’ve been stressed up to my eyeballs. and y’know i’ve recently discovered what a joy retail therapy can be. as evident by the unworn items of clothing i’ve got at home. hey, but there are plenty more i do wear, so stuff it.

shopping sites are evil and pwetty. and i got my skirt delivered to the office today. azlina eyed me with much amusement today as i skipped into the pantry.

my new skirt from velvet ribbon. am gonna wear it tomorrow. muahaha.

have sent my brother to cod with oh, popsicles! this cute chica with cute bajus. and i guess i’m indebted to send him to work for the rest of the week.

which i think is well worth my effort and teensy weensy petrol expenditure.

and then of course i was itching for a new dress. and this ladybird dress from quadruple queen caught me eye.

this should also be on its way to the office straight into the arms of its loving new parent. moi moi moi! not you.

photos in the post are all property of their respective site owners, borrowed a bit nia.

• zara trf mr happy tee
• red micro mini shorts from marshmallow
• yellow NotFrumpy gladiator sandals

trying to brief an illustrator via email and i didn’t know what this action was called. so we video’d it and sent it along with the written directive. fist-pump? reverse punch? celebratory elbow? fool-making manoeuvre?

the description for delirium of the endless’ two mismatched eyes is given as: one emerald green, the other vein blue.

but the silver flecks have been known to reside in either eye.

so is it a continuity error, or just characteristic of the youngest endless?

:)

so despite loving the new google browser, i’m suffering not being able to rate/review sites on stumbleupon (the toolbar is only available for ie and firefox).

thankfully there’s a bookmarklet for toolbarless stumbleupon - bookmarklets for surviving without the toolbar for you to drag into your bookmarks folder.

phew.

• black esprit wifebeater
• black esprit skinny jeans
• red vincci flats
• black starry suspenders

of course google would come out with a browser and another step closer to world domination (if they haven’t already). being the try-hard wannabe trendy kid that i am, i already have google chrome installed on both home and work pcs.

the first thing you notice is of course google’s trademark clutter-free interface. they’ve also flipped the tabs upwards which is supposed to be a big deal, but i’m having some trouble getting used to it.

since it’s google, you’ expect the uber innovations to jump out anytime and change your life. it isn’t mind-blowing or revolutionary, but it is pretty sweet.

any new tab you open has a grid reminiscent of opera’s displaying your most visited websites. mine so far have been google, bloglines, facebook and youtube. so much for productivity at work, eh?

other things i liked: the magical invisible status bar (which only appears when you hover over links)

the download window (window being a slightly misleading term since it appears within the browser)

chrome won my heart when i found out it caters to my multiple split personalities. The Stalker loves incognito window, which lets you to surf without leaving nasty little crumbs of browser history, search history and cookies. downloads and bookmarks are still logged though, so spare a thought before you save that furry porn, you sicko.

The Geek loves the built-in task manager that lets you view the active processes (in chrome only la ok, don’t expect the browser to take over your pc) and what it’s holding up: memory, cpu and network resources. one article says to click on title bar to call it up, but i’m absolutely bat-like when it comes to finding stuff that’s right in front of my face so i use SHIFT+ESC to call it up instead.

here are some facts and figures i did not make up.

graph from zdnet

scriptnode has subjected chrome to a battering of 6 different benchmark tests which i’m not going to replicate here cos i’m not big enough a geek. all you need to know is that chrome came out harder, better, faster, stronger.

the ever prevalent google humour can be found even in browser commands. *hint hint*

about:blank
about:cache (mapped to view-cache:)
about:dns
about:histograms
about:objects
about:memory
about:plugins
about:stats
about:version
about:network
about:ipc
about:internets

what i would like is for chrome to support my favourite add-ons: Read it Later, StumbleUpon, DownloadHelper, FireFTP, Foxmarks, Delicious and Adblock. remember, kiddies, this is still in BETA and there might be some massive security flaws, so don’t fucking click any damn thing you see.

so download it and try it. or don’t. i’m just going to drag the tabs in and out of my window.

(no chrome for mac yet. booooooo.)

[update: get a portable version of chrome here.]

• white mng basic tank
• black bubble halter dress
• yellow tie-up sandals (pressie from baby hk trip)

a guest debut of ‘song selectors’ salahwrong.

appearances by bunga & chaseylain & co, goldtronic & dudesweet djs (airflown from bangkok).

date: 10th september 2008
time: 10pm onwards
venue: cloth & clef
30 jalan changkat bukit bintang

The ultimate collection of Google tips

1. The best way to begin searching harder with Google is by clicking the Advanced Search link.

2. This lets you search for exact phrases, “all these words”, or one of the specified keywords by entering search terms into the appropriate box.

3. You can also define how many results you want on the page, what language and what file type you’re looking for, all with menus.

4. Advanced Search lets you type in a Top Level Domain (like .co.uk) in the “Search within site of domain” box to restrict results.

5. And you can click the “Date, usage rights, numeric range and more” link to access more advanced features.

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