BlogSpirit reaches 100 Blogs!

Wow! We’ve actually hit 100 blogs on Node Six BlogSpirit! There’s something we’re working that was supposed to be ready by the time we reached 100 blogs, but then I didn’t expect it to be so soon.

Anyhow, we’re still working and we’ll be releasing it soon. Kudos to all the people tirelessly working to make it a success.

Design Kingdom goes live

Some might have seen the Design Kingdom demo, and tried it out, but it still needed some work. To do an early launch, we’ve revised layouts and content a little bit, to allow for people to use the site in the meantime. So without further ado, I give you the Design Kingdom!

If you are a designer, feel free to check it out!

PS, the rate at which Design Kingdom is updated might flood BlogSpirit, but please bear with us.

BHH (Blogger’s Happy Hour)

Went late for another BHH yesterday. Was awesome as usual, except I apparently missed out on major intarekcho discussions. I know other bloggers are better than me at recapping, so I’ll let them do it. Go Antipop!

And still on blogging, we’re at 97 bloggers on BlogSpirit! Yeah!

Rogue King

I’ve started a personal blog to talk about non-Node Six issues, stuff I’m passionate about. It’s called The Rogue King. See it here.

Go Daddy’s new look.

We use Go Daddy almost daily for domain registrations, and a few days back I noticed it was taking ages to load throughout the entire domain purchase process. Turns out they were updating their website.

Honestly, I don’t like the new look. It’s a little unbalanced (black is too heavy on one side) and yeah, the graphics are heavy. Not too sure how this will affect the domain shopping experience for some of us.

Plus everytime they do this, it’s harder to find your way around. We’ll see how it goes, might end up getting used to it (again).

Yesterday, Google launched a massive salvo in the ongoing Browser Wars, when it released a public beta version of its much anticipated browser, Chrome.

For those in the tech-world, it was simply a matter of time before the internet search and advertising giant threw down the gauntlet (again) in Microsoft’s face.

Riddled with bloatware, bugs and security flaws, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been slowly, but steadily losing the fight for dominance in the web browser battles.

Statistics vary ( see here, here and here ), but the general consensus is, Internet Explorer is on its way out. The smaller but more powerful and more relatively secure Mozilla Firefox has long been a contender for first place, and has been steadily gaining ground.

Until Google unveiled Chrome. From all the buzz surrounding it, it may fast become the browser of choice, first among technophiles, then later, the masses.

An online comic, apparently leaked from the Google team, explains the technology behind Chrome in a fairly enlightening way. So much so that I learnt a whole lot about browser structure and processes from it. Be warned, fairly geek language.

Fueled by the comic, and the buzz, I downloaded Chrome for a first look.

The Million Dollar Question: Would it become my browser of choice?

The Simple Answer: Yes. From what I’ve seen so far, a resounding yes. But not just yet.
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