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Chrome Latest Stats - Global/US/UK
September 12th, 2008
Hi folks,
As many of you requested, here are updated browser usage stats. We’ve broken the stats down into Global, US and UK figures. These stats are based on a total sample for the period of over 450 million page views globally. All daily stats are based on the relevant GMT 24 hour periods.
Statcounter - 10 Sept.
IE - 66.2%
Firefox - 24.3%
Safari - 2.62%
*Chrome - 1.05%
*The Chrome browser was launched late in the day GMT time on Sept 2nd so the first full day of tracking for Chrome is Sept 3rd.
http://blog.statcounter.com/
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Friday, 12 September 2008
Conversation on Fate
During our Nov/Dec,1999 American holiday we travelled between LA and Las Vegas,
Little did we know that it would be the building we were standing on that in less than 2 years would break. It still sends chills down my spine when I see that video.
- when the plane we boarded was gathering speed down the runway and just about to lift ...the engines suddenly shut down and returned to the berth?. Apparently a light came on in the cockpit and wouldn't turn off, we spent 3 hours waiting for a replacement plane.
- Two weeks later when we were in NY the tourist bus we were on broke down on the Brooklyn Bridge and the driver 'coasted' the bus down off the bridge, it was night,cold and wet.It's ok said the driver, we'll just get another bus out ...it will only take an hour. Nup, we spied a subway station and caught the train back to out hotel.
- A couple of days later we were on top of the WTC and my son asked me if I was going to go on the helicopter ride around Manhattan.I was keen but he not so ..while he was chatting he was taking a video of the surrounding buildings and just at the end of the video you can hear this conversation including my answer to his question.
Little did we know that it would be the building we were standing on that in less than 2 years would break. It still sends chills down my spine when I see that video.
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Rememberance of the September 11 Attack.
In December, 1999 my 15yo son, Mike and I were on the observation deck of the World Trade Centre (On Sept 11,2001 it was the second tower to be hit and the first to fall.)and my son jokingly dared me to walk to the edge and look down the 100+ floors(I sometimes suffer from vertigo.) To get to the Obsevation deck you caught the lift to the 100th? floor and then another lift to the 108th floor.I have a photo of Mike sitting in the window alcove on the first landing , the windows were very distinctive.
On the day it happened, I was heading off to bed and decided to catch the 11pm news.9am New York is 11pm Sydney time, There was a news flash and a picture of the Tower in flames was flashed onto the screen I called out to my son to tell him to come and see the plane in the tower and we watched the news unfolding..saw another plane in the distance coming closer and then veer into the second tower. The one with the observation deck. We stayed up all night and watched the tragedy unfold. Mike was deeply affected by this as the WTC was the highlight of our New York holiday, he would tell his mates about how long it took to go up in the lift,the great view over New York. It just amazed us on how little time it took for the Tower to collapse.
In December, 1999 my 15yo son, Mike and I were on the observation deck of the World Trade Centre (On Sept 11,2001 it was the second tower to be hit and the first to fall.)and my son jokingly dared me to walk to the edge and look down the 100+ floors(I sometimes suffer from vertigo.) To get to the Obsevation deck you caught the lift to the 100th? floor and then another lift to the 108th floor.I have a photo of Mike sitting in the window alcove on the first landing , the windows were very distinctive.
On the day it happened, I was heading off to bed and decided to catch the 11pm news.9am New York is 11pm Sydney time, There was a news flash and a picture of the Tower in flames was flashed onto the screen I called out to my son to tell him to come and see the plane in the tower and we watched the news unfolding..saw another plane in the distance coming closer and then veer into the second tower. The one with the observation deck. We stayed up all night and watched the tragedy unfold. Mike was deeply affected by this as the WTC was the highlight of our New York holiday, he would tell his mates about how long it took to go up in the lift,the great view over New York. It just amazed us on how little time it took for the Tower to collapse.
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