Just a quick update.

I’m working on some free Wordpress themes. I’ll be posting them in my gallery and various theme sites when they’re finished. If you can’t wait for those then there is a nice tutorial available on NetTuts that can help you get started creating your own themes for Wordpress.

I wanted to post a short update to my previous post.

It seems that Chrome is everything I hoped that it would be and more, just not on my PC.

Last night I was using my wife’s laptop to Google something when I noticed the link under the search bar for Chrome. On a whim, I decided to install Chrome on her laptop and give it a test run on a computer other than my own. Some of you are probably thinking, “Why didn’t he do that in the first place before writing his previous post.” And to that I say, “I don’t know.” I still stand by what I said previously. My last post detailed my first impression of Chrome. It seems now that my impression was muddied by some unknown compatibility issue with my computer.

I wish I knew what that issue was, because I’ve never seen a browser that was so agile and quick or that ran Flash so well. Once I can figure out the issue, I look forward to using Chrome a lot more often.

If anyone out there can tell me why my computer, arguably more powerful than the laptop in many ways, can’t run Chrome as well, and how to fix that, I would be most appreciative.

I was planning to make this post on the release date, but after playing around with Chrome for a bit I decided that I wasn’t going to be able to get away with a “Wow this is awesome, everything is great!” sort of post.

One thing about Google that has always gotten to me is that they release everything as a Beta. I can’t remember the last thing, if anything, they released that wasn’t branded a Beta. Gmail is still considered to be in Beta. Why not remove Beta and call it version X, or simply call it Gmail? Slapping Beta on everything seems like a way of escaping blame should problems occur, saying, “We told you it was Beta after all!” You could also look at it as them being eager to share their excitement about their cool new projects that aren’t quite finished yet.

I don’t want to come across as a Google-hater (do those even exist?); I love what they do. I use many of their products on a daily basis.

But this is about Chrome, so on to the meat: »»»

UPDATE: So I guess I should have done a web search for “Google Chrome” before making my post, because it seems you can get the browser tomorrow.

Thanks to Veronica Belmont for twittering this article about Chrome.

I won’t go into too much about it here. The guys at Cnet certainly say it better than I could, but this looks awesome. My favorite part is “the browser will be released as an open-source project.”

All I have left to say is, where can I get a my copy?

I’ve been working on a new site for almost a year now. I’ve taught myself a few content management systems in the process, so I can’t say that it hasn’t been worthwhile.

This will be the 4th version of my personal website, www.PaulDukes.com. This “4th” version is actually the 4th or 5th prototype I’ve gone through in the process of developing a new face for my work. I want to thank everyone that has helped me with this process and helped me bring my work to its current level.

The plan right now is to have the site fully live by the 1st of September. Right now everything is on track for that, and barring a natural disaster I will make this deadline. After the site goes live, officially, then I’ll be updating the front page with regular blog style entries. It will mainly be me commenting on design or developer related articles I’ve read. Maybe one day working up to writing one of those articles myself.

I know this first entry has been somewhat boring, hopefully things will only pick up from here.