Heard of it? No? Well, neither did I. Today when I started my Internet Explorer 7 and went to Google’s Search Engine to search for some “research material” and there it was. Google Chrome - the latest browser from Google. And because I cannot help myself, I decided to have to try at the new browser. I mean, it is from Google for god’s sake. It should at least be usable.
For those who would like to have a go at the browser, please go to Google Chrome Site. I am not too sure the exact size of the download but it should be relatively small as compared to Internet Explorer. Perhaps about the same size as the minimal Firefox browser. Anyway, it downloaded fast on my Internet connection, so I guess most of you guys should be okay. Installation was fine, no problems encountered. And I started my first look at the new browser.
What caught my eye was that it is very minimalistic. If you look at Internet Explorer or Firefox, you will be greeted at the tgop with several menu bars which takes up real estate on your browser. This leaves you with less space for the actually browser. But not Chrome. If you have a small screen, then you will really love Chrome. It comes with just a tab and a address bar/navigation for you to key in the URL. Simple. If you are using a slower system, you will also appreciate the fast loading, startup and rendering of Chrome. Feels a lot like Opera when you doing your surfing. Actually not bad. I always enjoyed a fast browser.
Well, I will update you guys on this after I played with it for a while. This is just a quick preview. So after, I didn’t encounter any problems with any site. Rendering webpages seems fine (and fast) for most part. However, one wonders why it is called Chrome when there is no chrome? But I think this question is best left to the wise men to figure it out.
Isn’t life just great. And now it happens in Singapore as well. What am I talking about? Well, I am talking about the Singapore Beer Festival. What else do you think I am talking about? Life is nothing without beer. And if you have a festival which celebrates great tasting beer, then surely you have to agree with me that life is great.
If you have no idea what is the Singapore Beer Festival all about, then allow me to enlighten you. It is 3 days pf great food, great entertainment and most importantly sampling the world’s greatest and finest beers. There will be a showcase of 290 of the world’s best beers and I was told that the will be some very rare beers available as well. For that alone, it’s an opportunity not to be missed. For entertainment, I believe ASH is coming to town for the festival and they will be performing. And at the festival itself, you will find stand-up comedians, shows, live band, golf and perhaps even dancing and stuff. Yup, what is a festival without any dancing? Of course, if you are looking at a beer festival, I am quite certain that dancing is not recommended. You don’t want drunk people dancing. Some might even fall and hurt or kill themselves. And dancing drunks with short skirts and a beer belly at beer festivals might attract insults from other men, and their boyfriends might start fighting. We won’t want that to happen in Singapore. We “got” morals here and people who will die when they dance and fall or when they fight for their womens’ honour. Don’t play play.
The event will be held at Fort Canning Park from 2nd of October to 5th of October. And if you buy your ticket early, you have to pay S$95 per person or S$128 for 2. This includes drinks and vouchers worth S$100. I am not sure what the voucher is for, but I am guessing it should be used to redeem more beers or food? Who knows? Who cares? To purchase tickets, you will need to visit Sistic.
For more information, please visit Singapore Beer Festival website: Singapore Beer Festival 2008. It is a good time to get drunk unless you are driving.
