The 30 second elevator pitch on HTML 4.01 (vs XHTML)

Every so often I run into someone who has drunk the XHTML koolaid. Fora long time I didn't really know what to say to them about it; whileI have strong opinions about this, my usual discussion of this isfairly long and somewhat tedious, and thus not quite the thing to dropinto conversation to convince people. What I needed was not a longreasoned argument against XHTML (complete with a careful inventory of its practical problems ) and in favour of, say, HTML 4.01


Monopoly Game Board Design (Illustrator/Vector Artwork)

While I was attending Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, a few brother seminarians and I had a long run of Monopoly tournaments, and we became quite adept at the game. Of course, my winning strategy was to always give up any and all properties to get Boardwalk and Park Place, buy a hotel, and hope someone hit the hotel before I went bankrupt...

I created this vector file (below) in Illustrator after many hours of path-tracing original Monopoly board art, my own hand-drawn designs,

Seminopoly

Decline in Church Architecture and Art

These images speak for themselves, but I will offer a few asides to help explain why I was saddened after visiting the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago a few months ago.

Tabernacle - Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago

What... the... I think they might reserve the Body of Christ somewhere in that mess.


Druplicon - Stark (image for theme)

Below is the full-size image mockup I made for webchick to highlight the awesomeness of Drupal's (relatively) new stark theme, as seen in Drupal 7. You can download Stark for Drupal 6 as well, but it will be a nice way to quickly expose the underpinnings of Drupal's core HTML output.

Stark - Druplicon in Overcoat

(click on the image to view a larger copy)

I'll be working on at least one CSS-only theme for Drupal 7 over the next couple of months, and will hopefully


iPad 用後感

由於弟弟的公司有一部 iPad 入了手,所以有機會在家把玩一下這部新一代「電腦」。

用後的感覺是螢幕顯示亮麗,所以看戲、看文字、看網頁的感覺都很不錯,清晰銳利。機的效能很好,使用感覺很暢順,而且電量充足。可以說,


史上最恐怖既試相機文 Sony DSC TX-7

當收到email,PR話邀請我,借部相機試玩,然後寫篇感想,第一個感覺係:「玩相機定玩鳩我呀?」

大哥,我根本low tech到冇相機,平時你地見到既相,全部用iphone影的。

Ok,做人要突破固有框框,寫囉,不過預咗你地會笑到我面黃。
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吉百利「巧之煉克力師」

很久以前在網誌介紹過吉百利的 猩猩王扮Phil Collions打鼓 廣告,然後又有由兩位小朋友演出的 「戚眉戚眼」 MTV,兩者都是吉百利巧克力的網上短片搞作Glass and a Half Full Productions的作品,一律以娛樂性先行,賣產品次要。

最近,吉百利又有新搞作,


其實是科幻 – 機器人:由機器邁向超越人類心智之路

誠如 《機器人:由機器邁向超越人類心智之路》 序言裏張系國先生所言,本書最精彩的部份是後半部,作者運用現有的科學,不斷推想未來,由人類與機器人、cyborg、社會發展、宇宙人、超級心智、量子力學、時光旅行、宇宙詮釋


月滿,灣仔

( 原刊 AV Magazine 16-04-2010 )

人生音像城

月滿,灣仔

很喜歡岸西的《月滿軒尼詩》,繼《神經俠侶》之後,另一部由「灣仔」擔任主角的電影。

《月》中的灣仔是人情味洋溢的地方,樓上家電倉少東與廚具舖西施的戀情,


音樂+波鞋?真係有得諗! Nike Music Shoes

雖然我的最愛還是adidas original,但Nike+ 跑鞋依然是我的跑步良伴,因為Nike + iPod再幫我計算埋跑程里數卡路里,實在絕到無倫。

就好比少林功夫+足球係「有得諗」一樣,將音樂加入跑步這元素,然後設計出這既有軟件又有硬件的產品,

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