Firefox 3.5.1 Available

The Firefox 3.5.1 update is available today. It fixes stability issues, some security problems, and long load times on Windows. Yay!

Phone Fixed

Let me give credit where credit is due. Qwest finally did came out and fixed my phone yesterday about 4pm. It seems only one wire in the pair was working. One wire at the main switch box had broken off.

What was truly amazing was my DSL started working on Friday night and kept working until the phone was fixed. Pretty amazing.

Living without an Internet Connection - Thanks Qwest

Just wanted to complain a bit. Thursday at 3:30pm, my phone line went dead for no apparent reason. It wasn't a very hot day. No thunderstorms, no rain. One minute I had a Net connection and a dial tone, the next nothing. That's where the FUN begins.

So I call Qwest to see what is up. Some genius there decided to install an "automated" problem reporting system. Tip to Qwest higher ups, when your phone and Internet goes down, the last thing you want to do is interact with a machine.

So I answered all the machines questions and all it would say is my problem would be resolved by Saturday at 7:00pm. Not being very comforted by the Cylon, later that night I called and got a human. He tested the line and noted it rings and goes to my voicemail, but could not tell if the problem was at my house or not. He had me unplug all my devices and wait a few minutes to see if that cleared the problem. A good try, but it didn't work. So today I have been running around trying to figure out the best place to get some Net.

Later in the day I remembered, Qwest offers free Wifi at some Starbucks around town. Sure enough, I went the the Barnes and Noble in Westminster, entered in some information, and voila!!! Free internet access! And I don't have to buy coffee to use it!

So thanks for the free Wifi! And fix my phone please. :)

Silly Chrome OS Posts

Ok, now its getting annoying. I keep seeing all sorts of new Chrome OS posts and articles pretending to provide new information on the new OS. Instead, it they are usually just another opinion piece stating how "Chrome will destroy Microsoft". Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves? Maybe we should wait for a public Alpha for Beta version of the OS before predicting the demise of Windows. I too am intrigued, but it would be nice to have a little more info on the subject.

JQuery Tutorials

I found a few JQuery tutorials I wanted to post about before the 4th of July break, but just didn't have time to write a post. So here they are:

• Search Text Highlighting with JQuery
• Multiple File Upload with JQuery
• JQuery Ajax Tutorial

I have also posted them to my Tutorials Page

Behold the Future of the Computing - Google Chrome OS

Well I suppose I might as well jump on the bandwagon. Google has announced an Operating System focused on its Chrome browser. The core of the operating system will be based on Linux. The design is supposed to lightweight with a focus on security and ease of use. Netbooks will be the initial target platform.

This is the future of the computing, not just operating systems. More and more applications are gonna get pushed to the Net. You will access your applications through the browser and store your data on the cloud. The idea of boxed software will go the way of the buggy whip.

Google certainly has deep enough pockets to take on Microsoft. The question is, can they come up with a product compelling enough to stop folks from paying the Microsoft tax. Windows 7 is gonna be huge, but will it be the last operating system from Microsoft that matters?

Understanding Closures

Found this article on Understanding Closures on webreference.com. Based on my experience, the more closure examples you can look at, the better.