Friday, December 28, 2012

Taco Bell sets the bar high

Taco Bell is my favorite fast food restaurant. I tried the new Grillers, and was impressed by all three. These three Grillers are appetizer themed, 99 cent deliciousness. All three were simple to eat, and were just ingredients put into a tortilla shell and cooked. The first thing you will notice is how big they are for the price. Two of these would probably fill an average person up, and less than a dollar each, these are a great option. I will review each in my order of preference.

Spicy Buffalo Chicken, Beefy Nacho, and Loaded Potato Grillers.

  • Beefy Nacho Griller - My favorite option was based on Nachos. This was ground beef, melted nacho cheese, and those crunchy red strips that Taco Bell uses in lots of menu items. The thing that made me like this the best was the lack of sour cream. I don't like sour cream. The rest was just nachos in a shell, but the crunchy strips made it better.
  • Loaded Potato Griller - This was the second best in my opinion. This one has small potato pieces, bacon, melted nacho cheese, and sour cream. If this didn't have sour cream, it would have been my favorite, and from now on I will order it without sour cream. Bacon and potatoes are two of my favorite foods, so this one was incredible. Taco Bell makes great food with potatoes  and this one is not different. Bacon.
  • Spicy Buffalo Chicken Griller - This was last on my list, but still a great option. This one has grilled chicken, "lava" sauce, and sour cream. The lava sauce was good, but not as spicy as I was expecting. The sour cream made this drop to the bottom of my list, and the one I had was heavy on the sour cream. However, it was still a little hot and the lava sauce had great flavor.
Conclusion: Buy all three of these and a Baja Blast. It's a great meal with three incredible items, and will only set you back $5. Taco Bell had a great idea with pairing appetizer items into a soft shell, and these Grillers are a great fit for my taste buds. Taco Bell claims that they are limited time only, but I hope they're lying.


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Useful Chrome Extensions

Extensions can make your browser more productive, appealing, easier to use, or more distracting. There are thousands of extensions for Chrome, but I've compiled what I think are the most useful extensions. I have my extensions all allowed in incognito, which is another Chrome feature that I use often.

What my extensions page looks like.
  • Adblock-This is my most recommended anything for a browser--ever. This extensions blocks all ads on almost any website. No annoying pop-up ads on a website, no more Youtube video ads before watching your video, and no more ads on the side of my blog! This extension makes your life so much better. One tip is to right click the Adblock button to hide the button, that way it doesn't clutter up your browser interface. 
  • My Chrome Theme-This extensions lets you build your own theme for Chrome, and it is completely customized to your liking!
  • Reddit Enhancement Suite-This is great if you use Reddit, but if you don't, then this is useless. This extension lets you use keyboard shortcuts on Reddit, and makes your Reddit experience more customized. Using this extension, you can upvote and downvote quicker than ever!
  • Google Search by Image-I replaced Tineye with this extensions. Tineye and Google's Search by Image are reverse image searches. You right click on the image you'd like to search, then hit "Search Google with this image", and Google scours the web looking for more instances of that image. You can use this to find higher resolution versions of that image, or find out more info about that picture. You can also view images that Google considers similar to the original image, using their complicated algorithms. From my experience, this feature works surprisingly well.

This is my Chrome theme, with the Golden Gate Bridge as the background.