Internet EXPOSED

Appeal-Democrat ran an article on it in Wednesday’s paper today, on page C6. If you have Windows Vista or XP, you can download the Google Chrome browser. The Macintosh and Linux version will be rolling out shortly. We just tested it on our Windows Vista computers and it’s blazing fast, much faster than the other browsers out there. The comic explaining Chrome here, explains how it is improved in terms to security, speed, protection against malware and phishing, and why it is free.

In a nutshell: Chrome’s structure changed to a “sandbox” format which is a departure from the old school of thought in which functions should be interlinked into a thread. In this thread function, one function begins then completes its function and passes on to the next one. However, if one function gets stuck and loops on itself (like javascript which is practically everywhere), it can prevent the browser from going on and you see it constantly loading.  This sandbox format helps load pages quickly by skipping parts that stall. The sandbox format also protects you from phishing and malware by preventing access to the other functions on your browser and computer, keeping it all inside Chrome. All you have to do is close the tab of that web page and it is gone forever without having ever touched your hard drive or your e-mails.

Go on, try it out.

Steve Nelson has been blogging about his experiences at Beijing, China during his time working for NBC. Read his blog here.

Herb Barber is blogging about his journey to get fit so that he can donate a kideny to his daughter, Teniya.  Read his blog here.

We now have Census online, released by the U.S. Census Bureau, in the Database Central section!

Did you know that ten counties gained more than 200,000 residents from 2000 to 2007?

Ever click on a link that you thought was Work Safe, only to find it’s So Very Not Work Safe? Your face turned red and you hoped none of your co-workers saw your screen.

Happened to me too — one time too many. Here’s a FireFox Plugin that will tell you if the link you’re thinking about clicking on, is Safe For Work (SFW) or Not Safe For Work (NSFW): Worksafer! Get it here.

What it does is it gives you a rating information from the bottom-right corner of your browser when you hover over a text link. The information comes from a database of user-submitted rating on web sites.

Surf the Web fearlessly!

Foreclosures for this area, is online now!

TCN properties are getting their first staff blogger next week. “Don’t Shoot the Editor!”
Appeal-Democrat is accepting submissions for graduates now.

Pass on the word!

Thanks to Devin, Melany and Hana’s typist skills, we now have a Food Facility Inspection Report database. It is live now.

Plumas Lake Life will get the same database on their site.

We also now have Traffic information. Through a connection with Sigalert, highways with cameras now display information for traffic conditions. Currently, it displays information for major cities such as Sacramento and Chico. Yuba City and Marysville areas will be coming soon.

All Northern Freedom sites now have a Pet page under the Community drop-down navigation menu.

The list of animals available for adoption is done locally through shelters that have registered their shelters through Petfinder.

Today Colusa Sun-Herald, Orland Press-Register and Corning Observer re-launched with new designs after Willows Journal and Appeal-Democrat had their re-launches earlier this month and February.

Databases are being built at this time and should go up very soon.

1) Food inspection reports.

2) Foreclosures in the area.

How are you liking the re-design?

Brian shot some great photos of Feather Falls and offered them for a gallery. It wasn’t an assignment so we appreaciate him sharing the photos online. Check them out here

We just launched a new web site called www.plumaslakelife.com. It is a hyper local web site for the Plumas Lake. We partnered up with Gary Bradford who moderated the current Plumas Lake web site he joins us a plumaslakelife.com editor. We will have a Plumas Lake forum discussing topics from politics, yard sales to activities in the area, reader submitted photo gallery that is all content supported by the monthly publication Plumas Lake Life.

Also, on Friday www.advarsitysports.com launched. It is the source for all local high school sports. You will see photos, scores, videos, team standings and player stats. Also, the community can send in their own photos and videos.

Check them out at www.plumaslakelife.com and www.advarsitysports.com

Take a look and let us know what you think!