Tag: google

Ah, Google Maps! How Hard You Can Fail!

Carl Setzer

I spent a little time today reviewing my map timeline on Google Maps. I noticed that, one fine day a little while ago, Google (via my Samsung) mapped me traveling from Marysville, WA to Scottsdale, AZ in about 10 minutes. If my calculations are correct, that meant I traveled at 7,594 miles per hour or Mach 9.9. Now, maybe I somehow developed superpowers, but I would think I would’ve noticed. Maybe the acquisition was traumatic, like Logan/Wolverine, and I just blank out my super-powered moments. Or, perhaps, there’s some glitch in the matrix? Or, I guess, perhaps something was worked out with my phone’s GPS.

Marysville, WA to Scottsdale, AZ in 10 minutes
Marysville, WA to Scottsdale, AZ in 10 minutes

Memory Issue With Chrome

Carl Setzer

I’ve noticed that Chrome sometimes goes crazy with RAM usage. My main clue comes with Spotify getting choppy. When I shut down Chrome, though, I’ve noticed that a phantom process keeps running. Looks like a whole ‘nother Chrome browser is open (doesn’t show up when I alt+tab, but you can see it on the Task Manager). After shutting down the iteration with the largest RAM usage (the others are plug-ins/extensions), available RAM goes back to the normal zone.

 

Usage Capture

 

I like Chrome a great deal. However, I need to run Firefox in  order to deal with these continued issues. Hardly the worst thing I’ve ever dealt with, but still a source of aggravation. I really wish Google would deal with this.