09.23.06
Posted in Geeking Out, Web at 6:25 pm by ryan
Web Browser Color Management Tutorial:
Did you know that Safari, OmniWeb and Mac IE are the only browsers on the planet with “Color Management”. Do you know what color management does?
Basically, you can optionally attach an “ICC Color Profile” to your JPEGS. If your viewing application (usually your web browser) supports Color Profiles, that profile will be used to render the image on your screen.
Unfortunately, none of this matters much because even Apple advises that
Printers using RA-4 will almost always advise working in sRGB IEC61966-2.1, which is also the preferred colorspace for the Internet.
Of course, there’s one more wrinkle to watch out for. Photoshop’s default “Save for the Web” (Image Ready) feature defaults to the AdobeRGB profile, which isn’t really the color space for online. Whether or not you use Save for the Web, in Photoshop:
Photoshop> Image> Mode> Convert To Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 BEFORE Saving for the Web, or going to ImageReady, or posting on the web
Why color changes when Save for Web, ImageReady, and or the internet?
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09.19.06
Posted in China, Photos at 12:14 am by ryan
Last Sunday I tested out my offcial People’s Republic of China Drivers License and drove from Shanghai out to Suzhou. The drive was absolutely terrifying, but upon arrival I was rewarded with an empty Buddhist temple - admission $10 RMB. Here is a shot of me working on some important stuff inside the temple…
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09.10.06
Posted in Linux, Web at 6:29 pm by ryan
Thanks to the PerishablePress site for helping me with the correct rewrite rules to get my Wordpress configuration running…. The htaccess Rules for all WordPress Permalinks. This will make your Permalinks as well as other content links all function properly. Works great!
[ #1 ] If WordPress installed in the root directory »
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
[ #2 ] If WordPress installed in a subdirectory called “foo” »
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /foo/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /foo/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
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Posted in China, Economics at 12:06 pm by ryan
Asia Sentinel - Taxis – China’s Deep Throats:
“The mistress of the Beijing party chief works there as sales manager,” the cabbie says. “On weekends they go to a villa in western Beijing where he keeps his collection of expensive imported cameras which foreign visitors have given him.”
He goes on to describe in detail the private life of Chen Xitong, mayor of Beijing during June 4 and later elevated to the post of party secretary. In the bedroom of the villa, the cabbie adds, Chen had a mirror on the ceiling for an instant replay of his performance.
I feel bad about posting this… but from my experience in Shanghai and Beijing I would say it’s generally an accurate portrayal of the feelings associated with each city. Not super meaningful - no statistics here - but never the less a generally accurate portrayal of the atmosphere in these two very different of chinese cities.
I also think too much foreign information comes by way of TAXI DRIVERS. Would you trust Taxi drivers in San Francisco to give you the inside scoop on the technology business?
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09.08.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:39 pm by ryan
The new RED Digital Cinema website is live. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s a pretty big improvement from where we were. I’m happy with it and the rest of the team seems to be too.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:57 am by ryan
Just a moment ago, I placed the first real time online order of my life. Amazing. Process. Partially because the phone system in Shanghai is absolutely horrible, Shanghai Sherpas (delivery service) offers ordering via MSN Messenger. You just add sherpaorder@hotmail.com to your buddy list and then IM the sherpa when you’re ready to order. You can order in english or chinese!
I am impressed. Give it a shot. It is revolutionary… Once your order is confirmed, the receipt will be transmitted via MSN and automatically pop up on your screen.
Oh, if you’re wondering how to link to MSN messenger from HTML, you can try this part of the MSN Messenger FAQ:
1. msnim:add - Allow your visitors to add you to their MSN contacts immediately. Example: <a href=”msnim:add?contact=email@address.com “>Add me to your MSN Messenger contact list</a>
2. msnim:chat - Clicking this link will open a conversation with email@address.com and allows instant chatting. Example: <a href=”msnim:chat?contact=email@address.com “>Click here to chat</a>
3. msnim:voice - Allow your visitors to start Voice chatting with you in just one click. Example: <a href=”msnim:voice?contact=email@address.com “>Start a Voice chat with me</a>
4. msnim:video - Launches a Video conversation straight from a web page. Example: <a href=”msnim:video?contact=email@address.com “>Start a Video chat with me</a>.
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09.05.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:08 pm by ryan
The last few years I’ve been fortunate to have a great team and unfortunate enough to suffer from too many meetings. As a result, I haven’t had much time to experiment much with basic things like Dreamweaver and Stylesheets. As much as I enjoy vi keystrokes, you would be crazy to build a website with vi instead of dreamweaver.
HTML Source - CSS and Links:
a.donkey:link {color: red; text-decoration: none; }
a.donkey:visited {color: purple; text-decoration: none; }
a.donkey:hover {color: orange; text-decoration: underline; }
a.donkey:active {color: blue; }
a.diddy:link {color: #0000ff; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; }
a.diddy:visited {color: #894f7b; font-weight: bold; }
a.diddy:hover {text-decoration: overline; background-color: #003399; }
a.diddy:active {color: red; }
This site does a great job covering all of the CSS related to links in your HTML. If you’ve been waiting like me, take a look.
[posted with ecto]
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09.04.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:23 am by ryan
Recently China Mobile (中国移动) introduced a new way to charge up your account. Instead of calling up 13800138000 and wading through a voice tree (Note that I wouldn’t bother with the english version as it’s not really intelligible…) you can charge up (冲资) directly via SMS.
Just send an SMS containing CZ+your_card_number to 10086. For example:
CZ091371389002873896
If you don’t see a message in a few moments that says 操作已成功 (operation already successful) then you should verify that you entered the number correctly…
Now to remember how to check my account balance via SMS… Oh, and SMS banking!
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:12 am by ryan
So, you’ve finally decided to switch to Mac OS X and your trying to figure out how to get around? I just helped my good friend Aeron through this experience and I’ve got a few notes to help you on your way.
The “Finder” is that funny looking face on the far left of your dock. To connect to a windows server, select “Go” and “Connect to Server”. In the Connect box, just type “smb://” then the IP address just like you would type in Windows.
Now you need to figure out what programs you’ll need to get by.
• For video, check out VLC (freeware).
• For MSN Instant Messaging, check out Adium X (freeware).
• For web browsing, check out Camino. Based on Firefox, part of the Mozilla project but built for OS X (freeware).
• Above all else, replace the Finder with Path Finder and use Quicksilver instead of Spotlight.
Enjoy you’re trip to Taiwan Aeron…
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09.02.06
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:38 pm by ryan
Jay-Z will hold his first concert in China (Shanghai Hongkou Stadium):
Jay-Z’s Shanghai stop is part of the singer’s Asian tour that will also take him to Taipei and Seoul, South Korea.
His fiancee, actress and singer Beyonce Knowles, will accompany him on the tour, said Sun Yun from KS production company, the concert’s promoter.
Sun said ticket prices have not been confirmed. However, he said the lowest price will be about 100 yuan (12.50 U.S. dollars) and the highest no more than 1,000 yuan - roughly the same as tickets for the Black Eyed Peas.
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