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TagsWhen I set up this blog, which I coded myself instead of using existing blog software, I had a category for each post. Simple. But sometimes, posts seemed to belong in multiple categories, so I added a 2nd category for each post.
But two isn't always enough. Occasionally, a post would cover more than two topics. More importantly, some topics, like "Urban Design" were getting very large. Should I split this category into two or more? How to decide? Web 2.0 applications solved this problem with tags: instead of fixed categories, a post can have any number of tags associated with it in a more free-form way. Recent applications like Flickr also popularized the "tag cloud" visualization technique, which I'd already used on the people index page. It had been on my to-do list for some time to switch from categories to tags for posts, and now it's done. Now, you'll see a (sometimes longer) list of tags in place of categories, and tag clouds on the sidebar. posted on Dec 27, 2007 5:42 pm (comment) Elephants!For our second day in Chiang Mai, we went to the Chiang Dao elephant camp. This was definitely on the touristy side, but also a lot of fun. Each elephant has a mahout, or trainer, who works with the same elephant starting when the mahout and the elephant are both very young.
The day begins with an elephant show, where the mahouts demonstrate how elephents can push, pull, roll, and lift huge logs, which was how construction materials were transported and manipulated before trucks and forklifts. They also show off various tricks, such as starting the show with one elephant raising the flag on the flagpole, having the elephants pick up the mahout's hats off the ground and place them on their heads, and doing "elephant paintings" where the mahout holds a paintbrush in the elephant's trunk and the elephant waves it up and down or makes dots.
posted on Dec 9, 2007 11:38 am (comment) FlybysCities are beautiful at night, New York especially. Last weekend we flew to Boston for Thanksgiving with my family (we spent the actual holiday with Stef's family this year). It's amazing what a difference the camera makes, especially in low light. I had my new(ish) Canon Eos 30D with me on this trip, and was able to get these pictures of New York and Providence, while I've never been able to successfully capture a city at night with any lesser camera.
posted on Dec 6, 2007 9:22 am (2 comments)
posted on Dec 5, 2007 8:41 pm (comment) Quick linksI've added the ability to post little links on my blog that will be displayed in a more compact format between posts, like Gawker-empire blogs do. (If you're seeing this post on the main page or a chronological archive page, there are two right below.) posted on Dec 4, 2007 9:30 pm (comment) Knocked Up was "a little sexist": So says Katherine Heigl because the female characters were "shrews." While the movie was cute and enjoyable, I did have this reaction as well. (comment) Here Comes Another Bubble: Hilarious video about Web 2.0 and startups in the Valley, to the tune of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire. (comment) | Blog ArchivesMost Popular Tags |
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