Published April 1, 2009
in Google.
Today, as the world is probably fooling around on 1st Apr, YouTube is also joining the crowd by introducing a new TouTube page layout - Upside-Down. When the flip=1 parameter is appended into URL of any YouTube clip, the video player as well as most of the text in the page will be flipped.
These are some suggestions given by YouTube, for you to enjoy a new video viewing experience.
- Turn your monitor upside-down
- Our internal tests have shown that modern computer monitors give a higher quality picture when put upside down—just like it’s best to rotate your mattress every six months. You might find that YouTube videos look better this way.
- Tilt your head to the side
- Imagine you have water in your ear and need to get it out. Tilt your head towards one shoulder and watch the video
- Move to Australia
- As you probably know, everything in Australia is upside-down, so moving to Australia may provide you with a more natural YouTube viewing experience. (Note: If you live Down Under and the page is still upside-down for you, then we recommended moving to the northern hemisphere.)
In the recent few days, the tech world is excessively bombarded with 1 word – Chrome. At this moment, it’s quite unlikely for anyone not to have stumbled upon this word, unless you were not online during the past 3 days.
Just in case you are reading this post without any idea on what I am talking about, Google has already released a very early version of its web browser – named Google Chrome. We are now living with one more potentially-promising choice of web browser. On the downside, it’s only supporting Windows XP and Vista at this moment.
Google Chrome is built on AppleWebKit foundation, the same engine currently used in Safari web browser.
This is the about:memory (type about:memory into Address Bar) page. The most interesting feature in Google Chrome, which is yet to be found in any other popular web browser, is its handling of each new tab as a new process.
Think of it in this analogy:
In other browsers (including but not limited to Firefox, IE and Opera), all passengers (tabs) are loaded into the same vehicle (process). So in the event of accident, all passengers in the vehicle will be affected.
On the other hand, Google Chrome uses a new vehicle (process) for each passenger (tab). So, even if a vehicle is crashed, only the passenger in this vehicle will be affected, while all other vehicles and passengers are safe and sound. Continue reading ‘My Experience with Google Chrome Web Browser 0.2′
This picture was taken on 16th June with my Sony Ericsson P1i. It was the day when the Google Cheese Search Appliance (GSA) arrived at my office. I’ve been keeping this picture for weeks, and not planning to hao lian 好恋, until I’m “inspired” by Jason Lioh’s latest post. hahaha
After been using Google web search for so long, this is the very first time, my colleagues and I have a chance to see, touch, test and molest the set of Google search hardware, software and algorithm designed specifically for enterprise use. This is a loan unit we got from Ingram Micro to on search integration with our flagship product.
Learn from Jason. Allow me to hao lian 好恋, can or not? haha
Published May 16, 2008
in Google.
Yesterday (15th May), Google search appliances have finally made its official debut in Malaysia. The launch was organized by the sole distributor of GSA in Malaysia – Ingram Micro, at Sime Darby Convention Centre. I was there for this half-day event.
What this means is that, any organization in Malaysia which has always been saying “make it like Google la!” can now opt for a search engine which behaves like Google for his/her organization. At a price of course.
The yellow box shown above is Google Search Appliance, while the blue box is Google Mini. My friend Wai Pei says the yellow box looks like a piece of cheese! Continue reading ‘Google Search Appliances Launched in Malaysia’
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