Travelogue : The Kerala-Bangalore drive and the minor accident
Wanted to go to Bangalore for some work and thought, why not drive up there ? The only problem I could see was the lack of a willing friend from my place so I called an old friend Sandeep, he was excited from the time I told him the news. So, here is the plan we thought of, First I reach Kannur and then head for Bangalore after picking him up.
Alanallur - Perinthalmanna - Kozhikode (Calicut) - Kannur - Irriti - Viraranjendrepet - Hunsur - Mysore - Mandya - Bangalore (Calculated : 410KM)
I started at 1:00 in the morning from Alanallur and reached Kannur by 4:15 AM. I picked him up and then my smart friend tells me the road through Viraranjendrepet was closed months back, Great! So we headed to Irriti, the road was bad from Kannur to Irriti and but was better after that for 1 hour, then to manadavadi. Its a scenic view but as it was around 5 am, it was still dark so we could not enjoy much. The funny part was I was still not feeling sleepy, considering the fact that I hadn’t slept the day before. Though the mountain road was fun to drive without any traffic. We stopped Manadavadi for a cup of tea at 6.30am, and the guy tells me usually the small vehicles avoid this way at night as wild elephants do roam there at the time. Hmm, lucky us.
Goodness of Firefox and Sweetness of Safari : The Chrome
Google released a new browser called Chrome, few hours ago. Now, many of you might say its a browser created by Google to create a monopoly. But its also created to break the monopoly. As of now, around 50% of the world internet population uses Internet Explorer, be it 6 or 7, hence Microsoft. Its a good thing if a new browser helps in lowering the number of IE6 users.
I don’t have any kind of have a grudge against Microsoft, but being a designer, I would really like if I can just test my designs on a single browser, finish the testing and be happy about it rather than try fixing something for hours which actually is not needed and is not actually the design error but the stupid browser’s fault.
So, Yay! Chrome !
About Chrome
Keeping it simple,
- Chrome is a fast browser that is a mix of Mozilla (Features) and Safari (Apple Webkit).
- It has different process for different tabs, i.e if a web page has to crash it will crash the tab, not the whole window.
- One of the best part is the browser task manager with which you can see/delete the processes current running on tabs and the memory they’re taking.
- There is a incognito feature (like in Camino), with which you can browse without the browser tracking you web pages and storing password etc.
- Many of the Firefox Controls are included like Ctrl + Click, Ctrl + J, etc.
So please, Lets all welcome the “Chrome” with a Open heart.