I heard Chrome OS months ago and wasn’t really convinced that a web browser can replace the entire operating system. I couldn’t even imagine how to browse files and sync info from my gadget via USB to the OS, which is a web browser.
Today Google had a small scale event to preview the Chrome OS. Check out these videos and decide yourself if such OS is a good replacement (or an alternative at least..) to your usual infested OS—no, not this OS.
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The three webmail giants have been (and are still) competing for years, aiming to be the best free web email provider. The goal was pretty much clear: attract more users, let them receive and send tons of emails. The more emails flowing in and out of their mailbox, the more their ads are displayed… and hence the revenue kicks in.
The latest move (or probably a leap) by Yahoo Mail to an ads-free email environment puzzled me. Yahoo Mail has billions of active email users who don’t even need to worry about space limit. Yahoo Mail is offered free with no space limit and now with no ads. Hmm… So where does the revenue come from? Will ads revenue from search, news, and other Yahoo services good enough to cover operational costs?
Regardless of how Yahoo and the other two internet giants are performing in this difficult financial situation, the fact that they keep the innovation and improvement wheels running on is still of our best interest. After all, it’s the end consumer like us who benefit most.
The banner above is taken from my Yahoo Mail. It says:
Free
Better
Faster
Yahoo! Mail: Now Ads-Free
FYI: The ads mentioned above refer to graphical and flash-animated advertisement banners that you usually see when browsing and reading your email. My recent outgoing email still include footer promotional message from Yahoo to promote its own email service. Yet, Washington Post reported that the footer one liner ads has gone. Is it possibly only for US Yahoo Mail? Hmm…
Well, at least I won’t see huge banners promoting random stuff from food to lawnmower to partner matching service… which is obviously a good thing!
Remember my previous blog post about my new web hosting service? I’m migrating to a new hosting service because the one that I had earlier was substandard. Well, knowing its extremely affordable annual price plan, I should have been mindful of its inferiority. It was a good lesson to learn though…
Behind the name ChrisPra.com
Cutting the story short, I migrated to a new web hosting service and it offered free domain name. There I went to grab chrispra.com as a shorter way to reach chrisprasojo.com
This thought arise when I realize my new friends called my Chris Prasago, Chris Prosaja, Chris Prasajo, and a series of anagrammatized Prasojo.
Believe me, no matter how you look at it, ChrisPra.com is just better.
Both .com name link to this blog at this moment. I’ll use ChrisPra.com for portfolio and other general stuff and use ChrisPrasojo.com for blog (Hello there my friends!).
Fresher wooden layout
As you can see here, my blog sports a new layout which looks similar to my previous layout. Yup, you get it right… I keep the dark wooden wall from my previous blog and photoshopped it a little further to darken the surface and its edges.
This theme isn’t built from scratch, but rather, built on a free WordPress theme with major tweaks which is heavily adapted to my taste.
Dark. Earthy. Woody.
There goes the name of this theme: Kayuku, which literally means “My Wood”.
Do you see what I don’t?
I personally pick a series of font type that comes default in Mac but not in Windows with a reason. Um… Do you think I’m a Mac fanboy who’s trying to widen the gap between Mac and Windows users? Mocking “I’m a Mac, You’re a PC. Haha!” phrase? Nope.
It’s my intention to educate and spread good stuff to everyone, like you, regardless of what kind of computer you’re using. Take a look at the screenshot below (click to enlarge) and compare how this blog suppose to be and how it looks on your screen.
See the difference? Good.
I’m planning to publish a new page for readers to download good stuff. The first thing in that download page is likely to be a set of font types you can install to your computer. Go grab it when it’s available so you can see prettier websites.
I shall get back to work now and clear my piled-up tasks. Thanks for dropping by! Do let me know if there’s any issue on the layout, plugin, RSS feed, or in any other area. Have a good day!
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am looking for a new web hosting service to keep my files and host this blog. My current web hosting service provider isn’t up to the standard.
Well, who can expect much from an extremely cheap web hosting service?
I think these months are the right time to make a move to a better web hosting service which is still under Budget Web Hosting category. I found Web Hosting Buzz after googling for a while and compared a dozen of web hosting services out there. I narrowed down my choices with several criteria such as price, reliability, and technical support. There were still a few in my list until I decided the final one because of this unique reason: Carbon Neutral Hosting.
So… yeah, i have decided to take that. 
I’ll post the announcement when I get my new web hosting+domain. Hehe…
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