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Google's New Browser - Chrome 

This week I've had the opportunity to test out Google's new browser,  Chrome and I'm impressed. I'm typically reluctant to use new programs for my daily tasks, especially for something like a browser, but I have been amazed and how fast Chrome loads everything up. For now, I'm going to to use Chrome for general browsing and I'm sticking with Firefox just because I have it configured just the way I want. Want to try it out?  Download it here, it's a quick and easy installation.

One step closer to the Babelfish 

Jajah.com has launched a handheld translator in which you can speak English or Mandarin into it and it will automatically translate your message. If you would like to test the service, you can call this access number and try it: +1.718.513.2969

I called the number and from what I could tell of my fragmeneted understanding of Mandarin, it seemed to work with basic sentences translated from English. We're one step closer to the Babelfish, which is a creature introduced by Douglas Adams in the Hitchhiker's [...]

Global food crisis? What global food crisis? 

Missed connections in NY 

Last year, I encountered NYGirlofMyDreams.com via Reddit.com. A guy on a subway in New York had a moment with a girl on the subway and made a website. 48 hours later, he found her and they started dating; it was something out of a romance movie/novel/reality TV show. They got a lot of press attention for a while and then dropped off the radar.

The Globe and Mail followed up on the story today. It just didn't work out, but it's pretty incredible how he tracked her down with just a sketch posted on the [...]

HTML and CSS in Outlook 2007 

I'm posting this so that it can give a starting point for any other people searching for information on CSS support in Outlook 2007.

When formatting email newsletters, I've been designing primarily for display in Outlook 2003, but it was recently pointed out to me that the layouts were breaking in Outlook 2007. In the name of security, Outlook 2007 no longer supports some of the CSS that Outlook 2003 did. As more organizations adopt Outlook 2007, it is important to keep these in mind when sending [...]