Brandon Frohs

A day late, but that gave me the chance to test out Google Chrome for myself. At first glance, it doesn’t look like much, but Google has always had a way of doing that. To start off with, the entire interface is different from any other browser. It doesn’t even have the normal title bar. They basically (literally actually) started from scratch when they created this application. Google definitely just made the browser wars more interesting.

Going against their normal routine, they made Chrome open source. I’m not complaining at all, but it surprised the hell out of me. If that’s not enough, they’re encouraging others (Mozilla for example) to use Chrome’s code to make their browser better. So even if you’re not going to use Chrome, you will still benefit from it’s release.

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Something I’ve never been able to understand is why people get upset if a blogger or website displays a picture from their website or article along with a link to their article/website. I mean, isn’t that what the web is all about? Personally, I would be ecstatic if someone wrote an article on one of my websites or blog posts. I wouldn’t care what image they used from my site, so long as they provided a link to my site. What can I say, I love free advertising.

The reason this has been on my mind lately is because I’ve gone to several news websites and noticed copyright notices left and right. They even want to charge if you use the article regardless of where you use it. My first thought was ‘Oh, they don’t want people copying the article for their own use.’ Well, I was right and wrong. Not only do they not want people copying the entire article, but they don’t want people to use even a snippet without paying for it. If you’re really that desperate to make a  little money, why not try unobtrusive advertising? Get people to pay to advertise in one of the side columns. You’ll begin pulling in money in no time, especially if you have a commonly used website.

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Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was absolutely stunning. If you had a chance to catch any part of it, you understand where I’m coming from. I was unable to watch it during the broadcast, but thanks to Google, I was able to find some pictures from the performance.

Along with the pictures, I was able to find a few videos of the performance even though the majority of the ’2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony’ videos aren’t related to the opening ceremony at all. It’s a tragedy really. But either way, I’d like to thank Google for monopolizing the web once again. Seriously, how were they allowed to purchase YouTube? Well, I guess it’s no worse than Adobe purchasing Macromedia. Okay, I take that back. Adobe buying Macromedia did something positive for me. Who doesn’t love the ability to import PSD files into Flash?

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