Seriously? WTF?! I thought with every version there is supposed to be a upgrade of some sorts. NOT DOWNGRADE!

Well I tested IE8 Beta on one of my validated sites and here are the results for a simple menu:

IE6:

IE8:

OK WTF is going on here?! Microsoft claims IE8 is for web designers and developers but can’t even render a simple menu correctly?! I don’t care if it is just a beta, IE has released 7 different versions already but still can’t get it right! Firefox and others got it right their first time! The site works correctly on IE6 which is supposed to be the crap browser!

Microsoft, I am disappointed. I know its just one site but designers and developers expect something to work with all these “upgrades!”

Ever since I got the new Macbook, I been pretty productive with it. I have to say this is a better experience than that crappy iMac I had at work a while back. The Intel Macs makes me enjoy OSX much more.

Since I go out to do work, I know take my Macbook to places and some of those places do not have Wi-Fi. I am a web designer so I need a server to test my PHP/MySQL and with no internet connection to a live server, it is hard to do so. I then came across MAMP.

MAMP is a application that creates a MySQL and Apache server right on your Mac so instead of testing your site online, you can do it directly on your Mac! The setup is super easy! Really good for you Wordpress developers!

Check it out! http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php

Seems as if I been on a shopping spree lately. New cellphone, new kicks and now new notebook! I bought a new Macbook (Black) because I will be mobile a lot now so I need to carry my work around with me. Since I am a web monkey, I need to design and develop websites to web standards on Mac and PC, this is good since I can also run Windows! I would of gotten a Macbook Pro but I wanted something small and this will not be my workhorse computer.

The Macbook is pretty sweet! I really didn’t like Macs before just because I was not used to the UI and probably the one I had in the office sucked really bad. But this one is just right! I got the latest one, with the new penryn chips, standard 250gb of hard drive space and 2GB of RAM. Here are the specs:
Apple.com Macbook Specs

Below is a video of my Macbook with VMware fusion running OSX Leopard and Windows XP:

I am still sore from Monday’s 8+ mile run.  Since the shoes I wore were pretty beat up, I decided to get new shoes!  I went out and got the Nike Shox Turbo V+.  These are one of the Nike+ shoes that connect to you iPod to show you distance you ran and calories your burned.  I like these becasue of the graffiti on the side!  They are also comfortable.

I ran the Great Aloha Run with New Balance 574s which were comfortable but then started to hurt.  I had the Nike 180+ shoes but those sucked as the air bubble in the sole broke.  Ever since those shoes broke, I have not used my Nike+ gear in about a couple months.  I am looking forward to using it again!  Below are the last stats I had, I ran way more than this, I have a lot of catching up to do!

Yesterday I ran the Great Aloha Run.  The Great Aloha Run is an 8.15 mile course that starts at Aloha Tower in downtown Honolulu and ends in Aloha Stadium near Pearl Harbor. About 17,000 people including military units from all branches participated in this run.  

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