Safari for PC

Thought I’d mention that Apple’s Safari web browser is now available for PC’s. I’ve been trying it out it for a few days now, and rather like it. It seems faster than IE, Firefox, and Opera as well as other gecko and IE based browsers such as Flock and Avant Browser. Well, maybe not faster than Avant Browser, but I like Safari better, regardless. However, I’ve gotten somewhat attached to Flock, due its “networking” and media oriented features. You can’t beat Flock for “social” stuff like Facebook and media stuff like YouTube and blogs and RSS. But, for web sessions when all I need is speed, Safari is becoming my browser of choice. The main drawback is that almost all Safari plug-ins work only on Mac installations and, of course, none of the Firefox plug-ins I’ve gotten accustomed to will work on Safari. I particularly miss the Google Toolbar and Web Developer Toolbar.

Chappells Website Tinkering

Did some tinkering to the Chappell Family Website in an effort to make more links more accessible (findable). So, the home page now has links to more Chappell pages on the web. And, the Chappell Photos Portal page now has more links to more photo collections and, hopefully, the links are easier to understand and follow.

It’s pretty incredible how much Chappell stuff is on the web now; and, when I have more time, there’s more to come. As it stands, one could spend hours clicking through myriad pages of Chappell items, both informative and visual. I hope everybody (speaking of family) eventually has (takes) the time to spend some time exploring the Chappells virtual world; maybe even joining in and adding to it.

Midsummer Hots

Just uploaded a couple albums of pics from last week’s California trip: July 2008 Chan’s and July 2008 Dave’s. Returned yesterday to a heat index of 112 degrees. Today was hotter. We spent most of it indoors and still felt beat down. Maybe it was more recovery from the trip than suffery from the heat. Come evening we ventured out for gourmet burgers at Five Guys and, indeed, they were pretty good. Back home Becky noticed an odd shape on the shrub by the steps; was a big moth! It was so still we wondered if it was dead or alive. Gave it a mild poke with a piece of straw and it flew off across the street. Consequently, we believe it was alive.