physical graffiti - April 24th, 2006

Google has released an online calendar application, 'gCal'. It is creating a lot of buzz. I have tried it out and i like it. Unfortunately, it does not work in Safari, my browser of choice, these days.

The first question is , why use gCal?

One reason is that i use both macs and PCs, and I have not found a really good iCal compatible calendar app on my PC. Also , having the calendar live online means that i can find it and EDIT it wherever i am. It has some other nice features as well, which you can read about.

The second question is, do i need to switch browsers again?

So i downloaded camino, which is like the love-child of firefox and safari: mozilla based, but built specifically for mac. It is really fast. and it has some nice options like 'play animated gifs only once'. You might not notice this , but if you go to a website that has some stupid advertising looping over and over, it uses up a HUGE amount of CPU.

So for now Camino is king.

Joe's band , The Amygdaloids, had a concert to celebrate Torfi and me finally graduating. It was a blast. Thanks to the band and to everyone who came out!