Ok, so last night I was able to boot up my Gateway netbook into Chrome OS and here is what I found. This guide will help you get set up in under 15 minutes. There are 6 steps to do this and if you are very eager to get Chrome os on your computer to play with, then this is a great tutorial to experiment with.
I am sure you are all aware of the current “buzz” coming from Google. The new Chrome OS is just about ready and the anticipation is building. Basically Google has been working up a very new way of using the computer and running applications you use every day. The idea is that now a days the average user uses the computer to get online. They basically click the power button and wait in anticipation to double click their browser and open it. Google says that why need all this extra fluff if 90% of the time, you are just looking to get online. Take a look at this video for a good overview.
I have a download link to get Chrome OS at the end of this article.
I came across something really interesting the other day. It is a bookshelf, an equation bookshelf, and it is beautiful. Not only is it beautiful, but how you use it is even cooler. Unfortunately it is only a concept, but I would totally buy one, maybe 3.
If the Titanic and Jurassic park, shared a script, …this would be the storyline. All the quotes were pulled from IMDB mashed up to create a new movie. 2 disaster movies, now one.
——-Opening scene to shot of the Titanic, People On Deck———–
Jack: (holding the ship steering wheel) Where to, Miss?
OK. So, i’m really liking the JQuery UI set. What is it exactly? “jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.”
Let me tell you it is beautiful. You first need the JQuery Core. You can download and customize a dynamic zip file just to your specific needs. I downloaded the whole package and threw it up on my server so I could build what ever I wanted.
One of my favorite UI items are the dialog box, date picker, and progress bar.
Sassy. OK. How hard is it to implement? Not very. You just declare a couple functions and set a couple variables and bam! you have a dialog.
I will post some pictures within the next couple days to showcase some work I have done using the JQuery Core framework.
Bottom line - if you really want to snazz up a project, with little coding, but a powerful framework, JQuery is a big recommendation. Has anyone else done anything with JQuery? I would love to see your work.
