On Thursday, I leave for Malaysia & China for a trip with equal parts business and pleasure. Very excited! I’m bringing along both my film SLR & my digital point and shoot. So they’ll be some real time photo and a bunch … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Vista & Glass
I really like glass - it’s just so clean & elegant. The only thing I don’t like is the default “color” – it comes out way too blue. I know the hue is subtle, but it just clashes with everything else on the desktop. My recommendation … Continue reading
Redwood National Forest
This past weekend, I was in Arcata, California with my folks for a wedding. We wandered up to Redwood National Forest yesterday. It was incredibly foggy… and a bit too reminiscent of Seattle weather. :-) But it was incredibly beautiful, and … Continue reading
Paragliding – Tiger Mountain
This past weekend, I went paragliding for the first time. It was a “tandem flight” off Poo Poo Point on Tiger Mountain. The weather was perfect: blue skies, warm sun. I was in the first group to go up. It was beautiful up in … Continue reading
Appreciating “Digital” Retouching
I took these photos on one of my favorite hikes ever: Oyster Dome in the Chuckanut Mountains last April. My friend Archana and I caught one of the first sunny spring days. As you can see, there were some amazing views … Continue reading
More Photos from Travels
Going through my stacks of negatives, it hit me how lucky I’ve been to travel. Here are a few more of my favorites from an early 2004 trip. charles bridge in prague, czech republic prague, czech republic park … Continue reading
FontPlayer XBAP
I thought it would be fun to update the UI (and some functionality) for the FontPlayer SDK sample. This app lets you to play with the fonts installed on your the machine. It also shows off the OpenType features of … Continue reading
Loose XAML, XBAPs & Hyperlink Images
As Mark Alaczar points out in his WPF sandbox whitepaper, sandboxed top level navigation requires user initiation. Some definitions to help this make sense: Top level navigation: Navigations that target the hosting web browser. For instance, navigating the entire browser, … Continue reading