More Google Chrome Tips

Google Chrome has an "omnibar" which is really cool because you can just type your search term where the web address is usually located. However, the google search automatically changes depending on your IP address and the country where you reside.

Here's a simple fix if you want Chrome to always search in English:

Go to the options menu and under default search engine, click "manage."

After you click "manage," click "add." Then, type the following info.

Use name: Google

Keyword: Google

URL: http://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Next, click "make default."

That's it you're finished. =)

One of my only complaints about Google Chrome is the lack of the ability to export bookmarks. Well, the next update has fixed this. Thank goodness. However, this is not available to normal users. It's listed as a developer release. Here's what you have to do:

1. http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/.

Run the file and choose "developer" instead of user. Close the program and the next time you open Chrome it should update automatically. The developer Chrome releases updates sooner and more often than the general user Chrome.

My Top 10 Films of 2008

I'm kind of a movie buff, which means I've seen a lot of movies and I can remember the actors, directors, and lines from the scripts.  I probably watch 1 or 2 films a week.  

We're almost at the end of 2008.  Are you happy?  

Here are my favorite films so far from this year:

1.  Up the Yangtze (documentary)

2.  Wall-E (animation)

3.  Bigger, Stronger, Faster. (documentary)

4.  Planet B-Boy (documentary)

5.  Iron Man (action)

6.  Dark Knight (action)

7.  The Counterfeiters (drama)  

8.  Man on Wire (documentary)

9.  Mongol (drama)

10.  Tropic Thunder (comedy)

Have you seen any of these films?   If you want to find more information about any of these movies, just go to www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Database).   

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Obama! Obama! Obama!

Now that Obama has won the election.

Here are some facts about him:

Obama is left-handed. (Yay! Me too.)

Obama had to quit smoking if he wanted to run for president. This was a demand from his wife.

Obama lived in Indonesia during his childhood.

Obama's mother had a Ph.D and worked in microfinance. From 1988-1992, Obama's mother helped build the microfinance program in Indonesia. Today, Indonesia is No. 1 in the world in terms of savers with 31 milion members.

Obama refused to use public funds (tax payer money) for the election. McCain accepted them.

Obama was opposed to the Iraq war from the beginning.

Obama likes to play basketball.

Obama was a professor of law at the University of Chicago from 1992-2004. He was invited to become a full-time professor, but he declined.

Education:

Obama graduated Columbia University with a B.A in political science.

He later attended Harvard Law School. Obama was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. This is a legal journal published by you-know-which university. He graduated Magna Cum Laude. Michelle Obama also graduated from Harvard Law School, but they did not meet in school. Both Barack and Michelle borrowed a lot of money to attend Harvard. Barack Obama wrote two successful books and used the money to pay off their student loan debt.

Tax Policy:

The first thing my friends ask me is: "Aren't you concerned about paying more taxes if Obama is elected?" No. I'm not.

Obama's tax cuts:

1. 10% of mortgage interest up to $800

2. No more income tax for senior citizens making less than $50,000 per year.

3. No more taxation of unemployment insurance.

4. $4,000 of college expenses will be tax deductible.

5. Companies will be refunded $3,000 for each new worker hired.

6. Allow penalty free withdrawals from IRAs and 401ks of up to 15% of retirement accounts.

Tax Increases:

1. Capital gains tax of 20% for people earning over $200,000 a year.

2. Estate tax of 45% for estates worth over $3.5 million.

3. He will impose windfall profits taxes on oil and gas firms.

4. Publicly traded financial partnerships will have to pay corporate tax.

5. No itemized deductions for households making over $200,000 a year.

How will this affect me? In no way whatsoever. I do not earn $200,000 a year. I doubt my parents will leave me over $3.5 million in their estate. I'm not a college student or a senior citizen. With his proposed tax cuts for senior citizens, I'm beginning to understand why he won Florida. =)

Personally, I like McCain but I can't stand Palin.

I voted for this party. I like their credo: small government, lower taxes, more freedom.

Google Chrome Tip

Here's a cool tip. Instead of organizing your bookmarks on your computer, you can use Google Bookmarks. This saves time if your computer has a virus and you forgot to back up your bookmarks folder.

I really dislike Internet Explorer. Active X is a piece of crap.

ActiveX controls are also granted a much higher level of control over Windows than Java applets, making them both more powerful and dangerous. Malware, such as computer viruses and spyware, is often distributed as ActiveX controls in webpages.

Why use something inferior and more dangerous?

I'll celebrate when every web site in the world works with other browsers like Firefox or Chrome.

Here's an interesting article from The Korea Times. Micro$oft seems to have a firm grip in Korea.

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