A week of photography in Yellowstone National Park
August 21, 2011
Thanks to a downed internet connection (caused by squirrels, apparently), I wasn’t able to post this right away. Two weeks ago, I went with my family to Yellowstone National Park. While there, I had unbelievable photographic opportunities—and that’s just sticking to the main tourist areas. Read More...
Validation whores: why I am fighting an uphill battle, and why some people hate art
May 25, 2011
Recently, an exhibition at the Agora Gallery in New York was brought to my attention. It features the work of Aelita Andre, a four year old. I’m not here to criticize her work myself, but it did spark quite a debate among my friends about the nature of modern art. I think it’s worth discussing two of the points raised in this debate here, especially in the context of anime criticism. We all have pet causes, I hope you’ll begrudge me mine. Read More...
A month with Canon’s EOS system: the gear I shoot with
March 10, 2011
Back near the end of January I invested in Canon’s DSLR system. Since then I’ve enjoyed taking creative control over my photos. But a camera is only part of the system, so here I’ll take a look at the other equipment I’ve been using. Read More...
New camera! Canon Rebel T2i
January 26, 2011
Several very expensive boxes arrived at my doorstep today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get to them until a few hours after they arrived, so I spent most of my work day terrified that someone would just walk by and snatch one (or all) of them. But after going home and accounting for everything, the excitement took over. My first DSLR! Read More...
Renovation Phase Five: The End?
January 25, 2011
Here’s a blast from the past: Digital Web Magazine’s article on CSS tables. If you’ve ever struggled with floating divs, relative and absolute positioning, or anything else having to do with the flow, you’ve probably also wondered if it was worth it to get away from table-based layouts. Digital Web Magazine explains the separation between semantic HTML and CSS. Using table tags in HTML should be reserved for tables, but fortunately CSS has built-in provisions to treat any element as if it were a table cell. So instead of struggling with container divs within container divs, you could save yourself a lot of headaches and use some of the display: table properties. Read More...
Renovation Phase Three: Growing New Organs
January 22, 2011
After the major changes from the last phase, I started fleshing out each section. This process has been interesting because I never initially designed Makigumo to be this multi-faceted. Read More...
China Photography and Notes Part 2: More of Rongcheng on my phone
October 21, 2010
I transferred the photos I took on my phone over to my PC. There are a few more photos from Rongcheng, as sometimes my regular camera was inaccessible. Read More...
China Photography and Notes Part 1: Rongcheng
October 20, 2010
I spent the first two weeks of October visiting various places in China with my parents. The first destination was Rongcheng in the Shandong province, on the east coast of China. For a little background, I’ve lived in Chicagoland suburbs for the large majority of my life. While there are many things I love about Chicago, the scenery does get a little uniform. In the Chicago metropolitan area, there are tall buildings. In the suburbs, there are houses. Everything else is either a shopping mall or grass. Read More...
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