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Google Chrome

Some of you may have heard about this over the weekend, but Google leaked an announcement of its new, open source web browser, dubbed Google Chrome.  I say “leaked” because it appears they (snail) mailed some press materials that showed up a day early.  The announcement was meant for today, not yesterday.  As such, there’s little to nothing online from the Internet giant.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html was sent a Scott McCloud illustrated comic book talking about the new Chrome web browser.  Scott McCloud is awesome, if you’ve never heard of him.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html is Google’s “oops” post.

http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ is a Google book with scanned pages of the comic book. It’s a great read, and the web browser is explained in a way that is entertaining as well as informative, all without being technical.

http://www.google.com/chrome is the URL at which (presumably) we’ll be able to download Chrome for Windows when it’s released.  Apple and Linux versions are in the works.

http://ejohn.org/blog/google-chrome-process-manager/ is John Resig (creator of Javascript library jQuery)’s take on what Chrome can mean for web developers in particular.

It’ll be interesting to see how Mozilla, Microsoft, Apple, Opera and others respond to this.  What do you think?  Is the browser market too cluttered?  Is there room for improvement?  Would you consider switching browsers?

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Happy Birthday, Cari!

Sorry this is late! I hope you had a great day. Though, I guess your day was filled with Adam and Dutch, so… do the best you can.

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Fan Created Dark Knight Sequel Movie Poster | /Film

Fan Created Dark Knight Sequel Movie Poster | /Film

It seems that the fan-base, or at least the two fans who made the above poster, think that the next villian to get a dark over-haul is The Riddler.  Unfortunately, we might not ever find out.  From a podcast that I listen to, I’ve found that, with Christopher Nolan, there is no guarantee.  There wasn’t even a certainty that they’d make a sequel.

I like the idea of a dark Riddler.  But, can a villian who deals with puzzles and riddles whilst committing his crimes come away dark enough without seeming like a cheap Saw rip-off?  The Joker was dark, but he was comical.  Can a Riddler be comical enough without seeming like a cheap Joker rip-off?

I feel like Catwoman and the Penguin have been done.  However, I felt the same way about the Joker, and I was way wrong, so maybe there is room to rehash old villians.  With a brilliant filmmaker like Nolan, I have no problem believing that he could take even old, tired villians and make them fresh and entertaining.

A look at the Batman Villians Wikipedia page turns up more than seven references to “insane” as well as an extensive list of villians that we have yet to see on screen.  I like the ideas of Bane, Clayface, Deadshot, Hush, The Mad Hatter, Maxie Zeus, and, of course, Calculator.  He wears a calculator as part of his suit.  Who wouldn’t love that?

Who do YOU want to see in the (possibly never coming) next Batman movie directed by Christopher Nolan starring Christian Bale?