Author Archives: Alvin Trusty

Chrome

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Today, Google released their first web browser without much fanfare.  It’s called Chrome and it’s all new code.  It’s very light.  The download is only 475k.  That is correct.  A full-blow browser that is less than one half megabyte. I … Continue reading →

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Delicious/Flickr

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Here are links to my Delicious and Flickr accounts. http://delicious.com/atrusty http://www.flickr.com/photos/proftrusty

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Goodbye Eudora, Hello Gmail

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

In 1995 I started using Eudora as my main email program. Before that I used PINE on a terminal client. All of my email from 1989 to 1995 fit on one floppy, so a text based terminal program was fine. … Continue reading →

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Cedar Point

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

With my brother’s family in town, we decided to brave the lines at Cedar Point.  The picture above demonstrates how advanced our communications have become.  I stood under the Cork Screw and waited for my wife to call me from … Continue reading →

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$200 TC Tablet

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Alvin Trusty

Yesterday, TechCrunch proposed a challenge to build a web tablet for $200.  The initial product specs are pretty simple.   The device needs to run Firefox and Skype.  The screen needs to be some sort of iPhone-like touch screen.  There must … Continue reading →

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