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The Capital Grille (Chicago) June 26, 2007

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Today is a sad, sad day. For over 12 years, I was convinced that the Chicago Chop House served the best steak known to human tastebuds. I have tried Ruth’s, Morton’s and just about every big name place I could think of and nothing trumped the Chop House. Until today. I had the filet at The Capital Grille in Chicago about 10 hours ago and I am still “high” from the experience. The Sauteed Mushrooms were also incredibly good. Now, I always thought that mushrooms were mushrooms — a mere distraction. A colleague claimed the mushrooms at TCG are “so good that they make mushrooms at other places look like fungus.” Bold statement…but true. So, from now on, when I get into my carnivore mode and want the perfect steak, I will head to TCG instead of the Chop House.

Geni.com - Family Tree Mapping Website June 22, 2007

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A friend (Aun) introduced me to Geni (www.geni.com) a few months ago. I didn’t really think much of it at the time but now that I am playing around with it, Geni is a great site! It is everything that MyFamily.com and Ancestry.com weren’t. Geni is a web 2.0 site. It is fast/responsive, incredibly easy to use and free. At first glance, Geni’s interface (like Google’s) seems simple but the more you explore, the more you discover. If you have ever thought about using a website to stay in touch with your family, you have to try Geni.

Safari Browser - Now on Windows June 11, 2007

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I installed Safari’s beta version today and noticed a few things immediately: 1) Fonts seem significantly smoother (similar to “ClearType”) and “rounder” compared to IE and FireFox and 2) Pages do seem to be loading faster in Safari than they do in both IE and FireFox.

Ever since IE 4 was released, I have been a die hard IE fan. Regardless of any security holes, crashes or any other shortcomings, I simply liked IE. No amount of evidence, geek advice or nagging was sufficient to make me move from IE to anything else. Unfortunately, IE 7 has been a huge disappointment.

In search of a new browser, I moved to FireFox because I liked using the various extensions that it has. I am now primarily a FireFox user and will use IE only if necessary. In fact, I am wondering why I didn’t give in to FireFox earlier.

Now that Safari is out, I will see how it goes. Let me know what you think of Safari. I am not particularly happy with it on my Mac because a lot of pages (especially those with text input fields) simply don’t work right with it. Perhaps now that it is available for the Windows platform, it will gain the widespread acceptance that is required to motivate providers to make their web content Safari-friendly. For now, I will give Safari a try for a few days.