alles in ordnung.
TThe past month has seen me strapped to my lucite desk like a Korean scholar from ages past, bent over, topknot bobbing. I have been studying ways to make this site prettier and more functional. Along the way, a small word got itself lodged in my brain: “tekkaku”. Had I been watching too much hentai? No, not possible. “Tekkaku” means “accuracy, precision”. I sat with a cup of coffee, for weeks I sat there with it, reading about CASCADING STYLESHEETS, tekkaku. Learning about SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION, tekkaku. I want everything to be accurate, precise and beautiful. Somehow, it must be beautiful.
The internet is a sea of blogs — now almost all sites are built on blogging platforms. People like to be heard, people like to be seen. How to stand out in this sea? After all, I don’t even know how to swim. Everyone seems to want site traffic, favorable page rankings, even residual income derived from advertising placed in their sidebars. What do the Killer Concubines and the Meek want? I am happy to have a place for my ideas, and among life’s pleasures I know few better than that of a good conversation. A handed, chiral conversation with thoughtful people: that is what I want.
sea, sky, chair.
Troen
self-portrait
This is a wordpress blog using the robust Thesis theme. I chose Thesis because it was built for designers and developers alike. Everything on this page is customisable, which cannot be said for other themes, and because of the custom files, my coding will survive any upgrades. The images employ a cool script call Highslide JS. Each image on this site is set to enlarge onlick, and the thumbnails can be controlled with the arrow keys. Go ahead, try it! Control is fun! The photos on this site were taken with a Canon EOS40D, 17-55mm lens (one day I may get fancier camera equipment…for now, it suits me fine). As I learn a bit more each day (about web design, css, php functions and things not-invented-yet), I hope to improve this site on a regular basis.
So now, here: Killer Concubines and the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. And who better? Picture the young Cheng I Sao on deck, commanding her fleet of eighty-thousand pirates, cold air on her face. Picture Elisabeth the First, who married England and no man, standing, for days, in one place. Karen Carpenter blesses the Beasts and the Children, with that milky voice in her throat, and I sing along. I wish for an accurate, precise, and beautiful life. Somehow, it must be beautiful, tekkaku.
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Joseph 11.03.08 at 3:41 pm
The highslide effects to look really cool on the blog and you do have some unique reads here, I just got your email and figured I would drop by and say nice website,
You should get the “gravatar” image plugin so when people leave comments we can see there picture, it gives more sense of community, but not sure if you are looking for that, just a suggestion,
ANYHOW, keep on blogging
Joe The coder , lol. NOT Joe the plumber
CSLi 11.03.08 at 4:47 pm
Joe, thanks for the kind word. I see your gravatar there beside your comment, so it’s working, yes?
Douglas 11.04.08 at 12:53 am
My GOD! You’re a freakin’ amazing person, C, and no site in the universe could ever fully convey all that you are and do. Although you’re definately on the right road with this one here! Like every other site on the interwebnet, it is not to compatible with the awe-inspiring, Somalia style dial-up connection I’ve got. Of course that’s not your problem, it’s mine.
Much love.
Steve 10.01.09 at 12:04 am
Chun-Soon…
I’m not sure you come back here often… it seems a while since you’ve posted… and I happened upon your website quite by accident, looking at the Thesis Theme of Wordpress. I rarely post a comment on a site, there is often not too much that stirs me enough to raise my breadth or arouse my fingers to say anything, but your words are an exception. You have a gift… your words flow so smoothly that I want to stay here and simple enjoy your thoughts. Not something I often feel or think. Anyway… it’s nice to hear sometimes, how one affects others. Thank you for the movie list… I’m working my way down it. Thank you for your words, I’m moved by them.
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