Something I didn't know about Google Chrome

I've been using Google Chrome now for quite a while. since I originally downloaded it, Chrome has quickly found it's way to my nerdy heart...and boy have I been rewarded. Although Chrome was amazing when I started using it, there were a few faults. Firstly, there was a lack of add-on support, and secondly, I never quite knew why it sometimes used so many resources. The former was eventually included as a feature ,and I must say that with that feature in particular it beats Firefox hands down. I personally have never had issues with the latter on my desktop, however on my Netbook I am constantly aware of system performance and resources usage. I have never had a problem running Chrome on any of my PC's (that's including my Netbook), but sometimes it's nice to know how the resources are being used.

So, as I was reading about some Google Chrome shortcuts, I came across the "Shift + Esc" shortcut. If you press that, the Google Chrome Task Manager pops up. It's actually a very useful little gimmick. It tells you how much RAM, CPU and Bandwidth is being used by all your open tabs, the browser itself, and all the add-ons. This is handy if you ever need to troubleshoot some performance issues or want to squeeze as much speed out of Chrome as you possible can.

I'm also becoming increasingly fond of the F11 shortcut, which puts Chrome into full screen mode. This is nice if you want to browse without the clutter around.

Final Thought Byte : I never cease to be amazed by Google's innovation. I strongly recommend looking at their list of shortcuts because you'll never know what you'll find.

Tags : Google, Chrome, Task Manager, Firefox, Internet

Your Blog e-mail

Looky here! I got this e-mail a couple of minutes ago :

Hey Blogger - My name is David,


I have been searching the Internet for blogs that match our criteria and I wanted to invite you to become a paid blogger at Blog Distributor. (Please understand that I do not send this invitation to every blogger I come across, nor is this a guaranteed acceptance as we can't do a true review of the blog until it reaches our blog analysts').


Roughly 25% of bloggers are now being paid to write postings on their blogs, that are linked to websites. The value here is that, when a blog posting is linked to a website, that website will get higher rankings in the search engines, such as Google and Yahoo. You can write anything you think about the website, positive or negative.



Here is a link that describes how it all works in a little more detail:



https://www.blogdistributor.com/bloggers.php



Our system is set up so that bloggers can make more money with us than with any other blog-for-pay firm. In short, we are the middle man between you and the advertiser. We match the correct blogs with the correct advertisers, who pay us to do so. And then we pay you, the blogger on behalf of the advertiser. You only take the advertisements that you want and are comfortable with. In no way does this alter the owersship of your blog. You simply get paid to write postings on your blog that you choose to write. You do what you want, when you want. You decide what content to accept or decline.



To submit your blog, go to https://www.blogdistributor.com/bloggers_signup.php



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If you have more than one blog, you are more than welcome to sign those up as well. If you have any other questions, please contact me at: blogdistributor@hotmail.com. I know some people might be worried, getting some random e-mail, so please do write me if you have any questions or concerns. Also do a search for us on Yahoo or Google and look for reviews.

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To remove yourself, please click here or reply to this e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.

For any of you who got this e-mail and are looking for an answer, don't trust it. It will not be legit, and even if it is, you won't get any money. It's like doing door to door work for a glazing company where your wages are based on commission. You're better off going to Google or Yahoo directly. And anyway, if you're blogging to make money, get into proper journalism. Nobody reads this shit anyway!

Tags : Blogging

Left 4 Dead 2 : Indestructible

Tags : left 4 dead 2 games valve steam disturbed zombies FPS gaming

Left 4 Dead 2 : Psychosocial

Tags : Left 4 Dead 2, Valve, Steam, Slipknot, Psychosocial, Gameplay, Scavenge, Survivor

Game Reviews: Halo 3 ODST

I have to say when I first started the game with a couple of players I found it kinda crap. For those of you that are sitting down for the first time to play this game with a couple of friends, be prepared to be dropped into the deep end. The hints that the game drops such as "find a medical kiosk" can be rather unhelpful as it gives no lead to where the kiosk might be. But this is fair enough because if it handed that on a plate to you and everything else in the game there would be no challenge.

The graphics are no different from Halo 3 so consider this as a massive expansion pack which, by the way, isn't really worth it. Halo 3: ODST is set just after you see the massive ship jump within the vicinity of the city in the original "Halo 3" game.

The aim of the game is to regroup with your squad using the various clues that you find along the way, which put together the storyline piece by piece. Going into the "Fire Fight" mode that has been so badly over rated, there's a definite let down in programming and internet connections. What I mean by this is that in Halo 3 if anyone in the game disappears, the game carries on and a new player is nominated host. In ODST, this isn't the case. If a player drops out, the game ends completely, losing any points you may have gained. Going into the Multi player mode, there's no real difference, other than the fact that Bungie are so kind to give you every single Halo 3 multi player map, even the ones from the mythic map pack, on a single disc...So for those of you who went out and spent your money on Halo 3: ODST, Bungie AND Microsoft have pretty much just laughed at you.

Final Thought Byte : Final thoughts huh...? My final thoughts on Halo 3: ODST are that it is a good idea, it gives you a better insight into ANOTHER life inside the halo story...Ultimately, those of you that don't like ODST, or NOW don't like ODST (lol), do not trade in the game as the "Halo Reach Beta" is due, and we all know that NO ONE wants to miss that. Hopefully Halo Reach will NOT, repeat NOT, be anything like the previous games.

Tags : Game, Halo 3, ODST, Review

1. You know what gets my goat?

Bloody Gold for cash adverts!

It really pisses me off when some overly tanned blonde bimbo appears on my TV screen and shouts "GIVE US GOLD AND GET MONEY". I wouldn't mind so much if it was just a simple advert telling us their services, but they do the whole Ocean Finance trick of employing some retard to say "Like oh my god! I got £4000 for an ounce of shitty fools gold! Like awesome!". The fact that it's always, and I really do mean always, badly dubbed is like putting hydrochloric acid in our collective wounds. And! And! We pay for a bloody TV license, so we should be allowed to say no to these stupidly ridiculous adverts. Bastards...

And anyway, who is stupid enough to actually send off a load of gold in a plastic bag marked "Cash 4 gold"? With the postal strikes in the last couple of weeks of pay, do you really think a postman would pass up the opportunity of nicking some gold? It's not like people who send off their gold will have the sense, or the money, to use recorded post. So once you send it off you'll be lucky if you get anything. And if you do, it will only be around 2p anyway. These companies are just glorified pawn shops who are too cheap to actually buy a shop...

Final Rave : So, the next time you see these adverts, please do me a favour. Call up these bastards, ask for a bag to be sent for you. Then wait for a couple of days until you receive the little plastic bag, which is probably not biodegradable and has the tendency to kill small seals, and put a letter in it saying "STOP SCROUNGING FROM OUR ALREADY DAMAGED ECONOMY YOU PRICKS!". Thank you and goodnight!

Tags : Gold, Postal Strike, Bastards

Google Wave - Preview

We finally got our Preview invites to Google Wave, and to be honest, we aren't that impressed... yet.

We said before that we really liked the concept of Google Wave and that it had the possibility of becoming huge. The idea is that people communicate through one medium, which is highly customisable and flexes to your every needs. Waves are essentially strings of communication in the google sphere, where two people can add and remove people to any particular wave. This wave can be used for any purpose and can be augmented with a plethora of extensions and gadgets.

In this pure form, Google Wave sounds awesome. In practice though, Google have gone a bit too far with the Wave ideology. The interface is nice, but for some reasons you manage your invites, settings and profile through waves themselves. There is no "core" to Google Wave, nothing which you can differentiate as your preferences. This feels really alien and most people won't get it. Contact management also feels clunky. The current invite system lets you invite 20 people to Google Wave, but once they get invited the flawed integration with Google Contacts means that your contacts list will often screw up...simply put.

The use of www.appstore.com as the centre for google extensions feels a bit...odd. You would think that Google would integrate it directly, maybe make a special extensions page within Google Wave itself. The ideas of robots are cool too, they are effectively pieces of code that you can add to a wave for a certain function, such as translation. Unfortunately, you have to add these robots directly to your contacts list, instead of a separate list for robots and extensions.

A lack of email integration at the moment means that people can't use it full time. Once it becomes "backwards compatible" with e-mail, people and companies can start using Google Wave as a new communication tool. A lot of problems have to be sorted out before Google can say it's finished and some ways I feel that they have opened up the Preview way too early. I can understand that they want us to give feedback and build the future of Google Wave with us, but the hype was so high that people were expecting something close to being polished. People were expecting to help make tweaks, as opposed to suggesting massive changes to the whole system.

Final Thought Byte : In essence, Google Wave is a nice idea, but it's badly implemented so far. There is a complete lack of manageability. I can understand that Google is trying to explore and exploit the Wave ideology, but there is a limit to how far you go. We will keep a very close eye on Google Wave and keep everyone updated.

Tags : Google, Wave, E-mail