Just thought I’d put up a quick post because something cool happened today. Apple released a public beta for their browser Safari on Windows.

In fact, this post is being written on that very browser. I know you can yawn and be like, “wow, another browser … whoopty doo” but from my point of view, this is a pretty cool advancement. Now I can finally test any web development I do on a Mac even though I don’t own one anymore. Plus, any corporate website developers won’t have an excuse not to test against Firefox, IE, and Safari. It’s pretty cool actually. Plus, it just gives people who are considering switching to a Mac another opportunity to try it out.

Steve Jobs tried to say it’s faster at rendering pages or whatever but the truth is that when you’re stuck in Windows, it’s always nice when apple throws a bone thrown your way. Just installing Safari has gotten me thinking about getting a new Mac computer again which was probably their whole point.

You just have to wonder at what point you’ll basically be running Mac OS X on top of Windows.

Anyway, if you’re interested in checking it out, you can download the Safari 3 Beta here.

So I’ve just started converting an old site of mine from a lame static HTML page to a WordPress driven site. So far it’s gone surprisingly well.

I’ve never done anything with PHP before but it has been surprisingly easy to pick up. I do have to say that the WordPress Template tags are pretty useless if you’re used to programming. They don’t work on the same level you do, they’re all designed for generating HTML not generating values used to generate HTML.

Still, I’ve found much of the process interesting and it’s given me a reason to finally get back to work on mastering my CSS styles.

I have realized that this 30 day trial I have of Dreamweaver 8 won’t be enough, so I’ll most likely have to buy a copy of it. That then makes me wonder if I should spend the $200 to upgrade to the standard version or the $500 for the one that includes all the goodies like Macromedia Director and Fireworks. Right now I’m using Photoshop and creating rollover buttons and the like has been quite a pain.

Anyway, if anyone has experience with this stuff, I’d like to hear it.

Thanks.