I have always been fascinated with the Titanic story. Something humbling about it how we should always remember never to put too much faith in technology and that rushing a project could prove disastrous.
The exhibition is currently being done at San Francisco’s Metreon on the fourth floor until January 7th, 2007. Continue reading Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Review
For Andrea’s Birthday, this was my dinner selection. This was our first time at Fifth Floor Restaurant, which is located inside Hotel Palomar in San Francisco, CA on the (what else) fifth floor. This is an upscale French restaurant with superb service and splendid ambiance. The staff was very courteous, attentive, and sensitive to our dietary requirements. Continue reading Fifth Floor Restaurant Review
So before the Lionel Richie concert, we decided to eat at Le Cheval in Oakland, CA. This is a French-Vietnamese fusion restaurant that has an expansive menu including two tasting menus (seafood and beef, both reasonable priced at $18 for seafood and $25 for beef per person). Continue reading Le Cheval Restaurant Review
Andrea and I was fortunate enough to catch Lionel Richie’s sold-out Coming Home Concert Tour at Oakland’s Paramount Theater, one of the two only concerts he’s doing in California (the other one in Hollywood) after a long concert hiatus. But before delving into the review, I would like to talk a bit about the venue. Continue reading Lionel Richie Coming Home Tour Concert
We’ve have always wanted to see Elton John in concert, but it seemed hard to swing it because his performance schedule in Vegas was far and few. Fortunately for us, he happened to have a concert at the HP Pavillion here in San Jose.
The concert was great! We were expecting an opening band or musician, but much to our surprise, he didn’t have any. We even expected him to be late, but nope, he was there on the stage at his grand piano at 8 sharp. Elton John played quite a number of his old hits such as Andrea’s favorite, Daniel, and a few new ones like Postcard to Richard Nixon. Continue reading Elton John Concert Pics
Time for a long term review of the 15 inch MacBook Pro. So I’ve had the MBP for 5 months now and I must say that I still very much like it. The Intel Core Duo processors are wonderful. At times I find myself spoiled and not realizing it until I’m using an older Mac. And by older, I’m not referring to G3s, but PowerBook G4s, PowerMac G5s, etc. Occasionally I get friendly reminders of how fortunate I am. For example, recently, my friend at work was griping about how slow Adobe CS2 is on his Titanium Book. I told him, “I know how you feel.” His response was: “No you don’t know how I feel. If I had your MacBook, I would be in Heaven right now.” Continue reading MacBook Pro (5 Month Review)
I’m always in search of a good CSS and XHTML book. Despite how many books on web design that one can find on Amazon.com, Barns and Noble, and/or other popular book stores, it is hard to beat Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth and Eric Freeman. This book is very easy to read for beginners into CSS and XHTML and even a worthwile read for seasoned veterans.
I particularly like how the book is laid out. There are a total of 15 chapters with 658 pages including the index. The book utilizes a lot of color graphical examples to make a point. It has numerous examples, puzzles, and summaries at the end of the chapters to reinforce the concepts brought up. This book is catered to people who want to get started on applying CSS and XHTML immediately into their designs. They bring up a brief history and reasons why certain selectors are used and why without getting so much into the detail that would interest a person(s) who is studying web design as opposed to a person who just wants to create a CSS and XHTML page.
One of the best things I like about the book, besides quips of humor, is how they continually stress the importance of adhering to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards especially the emphasis on developing XHTML Strict pages. Most other books I have read do not stress the importance of web standards as Elisabeth and Eric do.
Concepts covered in the book are: three column layouts, two column layouts, positioning (absolute, relative, and fixed), headings, uses of list, styling font and layout, and much more. I find myself constantly refering back to this book for tips and tricks on my pages. I highly recommend it for anyone who is serious about CSS and XHTML.