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IE 8 has just released and it is FAST!

I did a side by side comparison with FF 3. I double click on FF then double click on IE 8, IE 8 already finish render the page fully while FF still no where to be seen. A few second later FF show up but still trying to load the home page.

I also use IE 8 to search for site and run into a site that do some strange thing and might even be malicious, IE 8 just close that session like nothing has happen. If it would be FF either FF will freeze or lock up my computer, that is usually happen with FF.

IE 8 also come with tone of add-ons and if I can get most of the FF add-ons in IE 8 I will be going solo with IE 8.

You can check out IE 8 here

And the add-ons are here

Internet plays a big role in US 2008 election.

By now many of you that follow US 2008 election know that Mr. Obama was elected as the first African-American US president.  This is a historic moment that we are witnessing.

What is more interesting is Mr. Obama use internet and social networking to help him spread his message and fund raising.  For example, Mr. Hughes was one of the 4 co-founder of Facebook left the company to work in Chicago on Senator Obama’s new-media campaign and manage http://my.barackobama.com, Mr. Obama’s presence on Facebook, etc.

There are so much election coverage on the internet via various web site that you can follow much of what is going without needing to watch the TV like in the old day.

You can even see the live projection of the election live on various web sites.

It is just amazing!

Back in the ’80 if I want to learn something usually will be from the book, magazine, newspaper or library but with the advance of internet, dial up then high speed internet and with the help of great search engine like AltaVista, Yahoo, Google, MSN Live and a few others probably forgotten search engine by now.

I remember I used to belong to the mailing book club and I have shelf to shelf, wall to wall and garage full of books and magazines.  I had to develop a filing system that I can go to the shelf to pull out the books or magazines that I was looking for the information that I need but now I just pull up my internet connection and visit one of the search engines and just search away!  I usually get my answer with less time than I would in compare to the day when I look through my shelf for the answer.

One side effect of this quick to gain knowledge through the internet is I learn to read quickly, learn more and expand my horizon to reach outside of physical boundary.  I start to have colleague from outside my city, state, country and pretty soon around the world.

Oh, one other thing I tend to like to read something that to the point and brief comment about a particular topic because I got spoil with quick access to information and I guess that is why blog becoming so common and popular…

A little off topic on blog, I remember someone approach me to install WordPress on our demo site to show case this newly name blog package call WordPress and wow it has just been a few years and now WordPress is just everywhere, it is a phenomenal!

I better stop now before I bore you!