Archive for January, 2002
Troubling Time
It’s been a troubling time for me lately, this whirlwind month of planning and transition. As I prepare to mail my applications to schools in the US, I am beset with worries of financial insufficiency, a drought of local employment prospects, parental opposition, and simple apprehension over the impending jump. The questions pile up: Will [...]
BarrowDowns Namegens
From BarrowDowns, we have LOTR Name and Origin Generators! – My Hobbit name: Moro Tussle from The Far Downs. – My Elven name: Belegcor. – My Dwarven name: Talin Bronzetears – My Orcish name: Wazukh the Nasty. And according to the ancient scrolls of the Red Book of Westmarch I was once an “Ale-drinking Shirriff.” [...]
index47-test CSS
“Use HTML tables, Luke! Leave CSS and join the Dark Side!” “No!” “You must, Luke!” “Never! I use CSS … and only CSS!” “Luke… I am your father.” “NNOOOO!!!! That’s impossibuuuuhlll!!!” (Variable-width boxes with graphical borders sure are hard to manage in CSS, I tell you. I’m holding off using tables for as long as [...]
Kaanib flame
Oh, now here’s something out of the ordinary: someone from Ang Dating Daan seems to be mad at me. (Thanks for the note, Cornelius! :) Just for the record, I’m not one of the Bereans; I just offered them a domain and hosting space. I’m not “Justyn” or “abuGian,” but I do praise God for [...]
Handoodling
A couple of drawings I doodled on my Palm today. To make these, I used Diddle, a freeware drawing app for PalmOS, and a screenshot hack to capture the drawings and convert them to GIF format on my PC. (I haven’t drawn a “furry” since college!)
Falling Teeth Dream
Early this morning, I had a vivid dream. I was talking to my niece (whom I had just talked to in real life over lunch with my folks that day), counseling her over relationship problems. I ended by giving her a quick hug (don’t know why; I’ve never hugged any of my relatives), and going [...]
Greenbelt escalator video
What is the significance, I wonder, of that mockup TV sitting beside the up-escalator in Greenbelt Mall, showing a continuously looping video of a young man walking in the opposite direction of a moving escalator, viewed from above? My first reaction upon seeing it was to look around for a camera directly over any of [...]
css-discuss
I’ve joined the CSS-Discuss mailing list. I also received a belated Christmas present: The O’reilly Definitive Guide to XHTML/HTML. Now I have a good formal reference to review, and I’m looking forward to an educational experience.
Phoons
Phooning! Makes me want to phoon too. (Link via BWG via Krisalis.) Ah. I’ve finished all my banking chores, and I was fortunate enough to catch our currency exchange rate on a strong day. Now I’m blogging from a cafe in Makati, moderating my forums on PEX. After all the dial-up trouble I’ve been having [...]
Madrigal History Tour
I’m currently listening to The King’s Singers Madrigal History Tour. What a delightful little collection! The French and English madrigals are especially exquisite, and these guys sing Janequin’s La Guerre even better than the Janequin Ensemble themselves. Their La, la, la, la, je ne l’ose dire is also a pleasant listen, even at only 42 [...]