Safari 4 is Awesome!

Jun 13
2009
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Earlier this week, Safari 4 was released to the public and it was out of Beta. Good, the Beta version kinda sucked, it killed my MSN Messenger requiring me to remove it and reinstall Safari 3.

With that in the back of my hazy mind, I decided to give the new Safari 4 a shot. I was not disappointed. It is much faster than any other browser out there. It is twice as fast as OmniWeb on the javascript benchmark test, four times faster than FireFox and eight times faster than my old standard, Camino. All versions were updated before running the test.

Here are the Javascript Benchmark results:

Camino 1.6.7: 797ms
FireFox 3.0.10: 429ms
Omni at 215ms
Opera at 415ms.
Safari 4: 94ms

It is the only browser I tested that passed the Acid3 test with a 100/100 which is pretty cool.

Camino 1.6.7: 53/100
FireFox 3.0.10: 71/100
Safari 4: 100/100

I am very impressed with it and would recommend it to anyone looking for a new web browser. After trying it out, it was easy to break my addiction to Camino.

aaron

Javascript Benchmark Test

Acid3 Test

Written by Aaron Hollman in: Computers & Internet | Tags: ,

Themes, themes, themes

Jun 11
2009
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I have been checking out the vast array of themes available for Wordpress and I am impressed. I have so many options that I am not sure which I am going to use. For a while, I will be trying different themes until I find the one that works for me.

aaron

Written by Aaron Hollman in: General Information | Tags:

iPhoto ‘09 Project

Jun 11
2009
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It has befallen upon me to scan and touch up all the old pictures and slides of my wife’s grandparents. Thankfully, I have iPhoto ‘09 which makes things really easy. Granted, its not Adobe Photoshop (insert appropriate copyright information where applicable), but it does do a really good job of touching up and restoring the images. Here is an example:

Original photo showing scratches and defects

Original photo showing scratches and defects

The same photo after touching up in iPhoto '09

The same photo after touching up in iPhoto '09

Touching up pictures in iPhoto ‘09 is new to me, but Apple seems to have made it very easy for anyone to use. There may be more examples for me to post since I have a plethora of photos and slides to scan yet. This will take me a long time to finish.

aaron

Written by Aaron Hollman in: Hobbies | Tags: , ,

First Post

Jun 11
2009
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Hello and welcome!

Forgive the hastiness of this post, future posts will be much cleaner.

After being absent for a while, aaronhollman.com is back. I decided to go with a Wordpress site for now because it is the simplest solution. At some point in the future, I may design my own site from scratch.

There will be many changes to come yet all of which I hope will be good. For now, stay with me as I will be posting stuff that interests me.

aaron

Written by Aaron Hollman in: General Information |
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