woo hoo for browser CSS

August 06, 2003 by Eric Richardson

Up in SF this weekend I found that my nav tabs weren't working in Opera. A while back I had also seen that they didn't work in Mac IE. I forgot to look into it back then, but did today to find it was a one-line fix. When filling a div element with no set width, apparently Mozilla and Windows IE assume the proper course is to increase its width. Opera and Mac IE assume that it's best to size the div to its largest element and then wrap everything vertically. The fix consisted of just specifying the width of my nav bar, but this is the kind of fun that makes CSS development always remain interesting.

night at the ballpark

August 05, 2003 by Eric Richardson

I just got back from the Dodgers game. Believe it or not, in my almost two years in LA this is only the second game I've made it to. That's pretty bad. It's not for lack of desire, usually it's been lack of money and time. A night at the ballpark is still just such a fun experience. You get everything from little kids fighting over the aisle seat (even though the other seat was no different in view or quality) all the way up to the older lady sitting behind us who commented that she'd been coming to games since Sandy Koufax was pitching. She had a little radio with her, listening to the broadcast of Vin Scully -- in my opinion, and many others, the best in baseball. The Dodgers won, 5-2. Kevin Brown pitched very well, Shawn Green even hit the ball, and Eric Gagne is the coolest player in major league baseball.

a weekend in SF

August 05, 2003 by Eric Richardson

This weekend Kathy and I went up to San Francisco to see the city. We stayed with Nick and Judi, who were great hosts as always. My back was especially appreciative of their hot tub.

We got up to the Bay area on Friday evening, and then hit SF on Saturday. Kathy really wanted clam chowder in a sourdough bowl, so we got that for a brunch of sorts, and then just started walking. We didn't have any sort of destination, and eventually ended up walking across the Golden Gate Bridge and down to Sausalito, where we caught a ferry back to town. Quite a walk, and my left knee decided that it didn't take too kindly too it. Mapquest says that from Market and The Embarcadero to Sausalito is 9.5 miles, and that's taking the direct route downtown, so I'd say we probably walked a touch over 10 miles. Back in SF we ate a snack at Ghirardelli and then walked back through North Beach and Chinatown.

A good time was had by all (or both of us, at least).

once more to the hotel

August 05, 2003 by Eric Richardson

Last Thursday I made it out to the Hotel Cafe after a longer layoff than usual. Again I was headed to see Penny, and again they didn't disappoint. They're the sort of songs that just sort of get you caught up in the emotion of the moment, and I like that. They really benefit from a live environment where the sound can just envelop you. Thursday was the second of two shows they were taping to put together a live demo cd, and I'm really interested to see how that captures their sound. I think it should be really good.

We also stayed for Joe Purdy. He plays a really mellow folk, and has a great voice for it. Unfortunately, it was also getting late and slow folk did little to keep the sleepiness from creeping in. Joe's great at what he does, but it's probably not the best music to come tired into. I did enjoy it, though, and one of the songs has been stuck in my head a lot since.

LA By Train: Trips 2 & 3

July 30, 2003 by Eric Richardson

I got lazy Monday night and didn't post anything then, so this covers my Monday return and coming in this morning. The return trip was indeed a lot easier, though there was still some uphill involved (you never notice the little downhills on the way in). Trip time for each was 1:30, which is right about where I'd expect it to stay. I'm not riding fast right now, just slow and steady while I get my legs into shape. Eventually I think I can shave at least 10 minutes off my one-way time. — Continue Reading...