Archive for October, 2006

Stupid Web Tricks: Orbiting Domo-Kun

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

I just whipped up this simple orbiting domo-kun animation in JavaScript. After playing around with JavaScript’s Math trig methods (particularly Math.sin and Math.cos), one thing led to another, and after watching a few domo-kun videos on YouTube, I was inspired to use its picture in the effect.

Restaurant Review: Tamarindo Antojeria

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Tamarindo Antojeria in Oakland, California.
A most excellent place. Everything is good, and according to my Mexican friends, very authentic. Its proper name is “Tamarindo Antojeria Mexicana.” An antojeria is a “place of little cravings,” and sincerely describes this small restaurant in downtown Oakland.
Everyone that works there is beautiful. The dishes are beautiful. Its small interior […]

Restaurant Review: Chevy’s in Mountain View

Friday, October 20th, 2006

My only reason for ever going to Chevy’s is that they have decent accomodations for a large lunch group from work. Margarita pitchers also don’t hurt. At best the food has its moments, and I like the sweet corn mush that is served with nearly every entree. Unfortunately the food in general is underwhelming. Even […]

Blogging & Tech Stuff

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Apparently, the first rule about blogging is to write about blogging.
I don’t know how guys in my profession can just write informatively, pleasantly, or incessantly about web development, be it “web standards,” JavaScript, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, the best implementation of X, or the most elegant way of doing Y even though I can ramble […]