.Rei Anahara’s Anano Cafe

got these books at the local japanese bookstore. gotta love miniature sized custom teddy bears.

more info on Anano Cafe

.go ranger spoof

funny series of spoofs of Goranger (or Star Rangers as it’s called in the Philippines), The O.G. of all sentai/ranger shows

more episodes here

.co-worker made this for me

back when i had a mohawk

.temporary description for now

.just received my concert ticket!

to see my favoritest band in the whole world

Underworld in San Francisco

.it’s been 5 months

The insurance for the driver that hit my bumper still refuses to pay for damages.

.Current Playlist

Kleerup ft. Robyn: With Every Heartbeat (Punks Jump Up/Tong and Spoon remix)
Simian Mobile Disco: Tits & Acid
Afrika Bambaataa: Pupunanny (Get Far Remix Pumping)
Sutro ft Tyler Stone: Affected (Tyler Stone Broken mix/Tony Sevener Honeycut mix)
Marsmobil: Mangia Amore (Makossa & Megablast remake)
Freestylers/Pendulum: Painkiller (Noisia Remix)
Ooah: Tubstomper
Spiral System & Lottie Child: Here We Are, and Elephant (Dub Mix)
Fracture & Neptune: Sagrada Familia
Potential Badboy: Girlz/Jump 2 tha Sound
Armin van Buuren ft. Nadia Ali: Who is watching (DJ Remy remix)
Rihanna: Umbrella (Haji & Emanuel remix)
Kinnie Star: Alright (Hybrid remixes)
Charlie May vs Sasha: Seal Clubbing (James Zabiela’s Seal Squeal remix)
Colette: About Us (King Kooba’s Buggin Out Dub)
The Hacker: Space Travel
ISAN: Singing Bowl
Poni Hoax: Budapest
Black Devil Disco Club: Constantly No Respect (the Phenomena)
Baron: St. Elmo/Drive In, Drive By
Trentmoller: In Progress
Curses!: This is the Way
bt: The Great Escape (Attention Deficit mix)
Beat Pharmacy: Club Dread (harmonic mix)

.keeping track of the long process of making a site

screenshot of what used to be the update page of alaundre.com.

edit:
8/13 - Revamped the splash page, split the previous Misc section into 2 sections (MISC on this blog, and MEDIA in the PORTFOLIO section)

I originally wanted my whole site to be self-contained in one flash menu, but it was rather cumbersome to update. this blog essentially replaces the update section, the other sections have also been moved/removed and are listed here on the blog (below categories on the right, called subsection). I realize it’s way too many sections but it is a lot like myself - my thoughts are kind of fractured and segmented.

This project started in mid-march, of which i spent the first week trying to learn how to do rollover buttons in flash…all of which i’ve completely revamped this past week (the old buttons look exactly the same, i just found an easier way to make/update them).

I’m not trained for any web design/production, so this is quite a long learning experience. I was almost hired a decade ago to be a web designer in Santa Monica (the website i designed is in the portfolio section under “media” listed as “old portfolio”). I made a mistake of not testing and coding it well enough to be cross-platform/cross-browser so it didnt even look the same way that i planned. The design firm didn’t know the difference though. Lesson learned. I’m not gonna make that mistake again.

So does my site work on all browsers and OS? Well, not quite. I was testing it this afternoon and the blog header wasnt showing up in Navigator on a Mac. On certain browsers, the links in the subsection on the right of this blog shows up with a box around the link (it’s a CSS problem). And the biggest thing that bothers me (maybe not the other people viewing the site) is how the site looks on lower resolution screens. Though I designed it to fit a 1024×768 screen and browser, it just looks so much better from 1280×960 on up (my screen size is set to 1680×1050).

Other problems: the slideshow gallery doesnt have any play controls (i would need an xml script to go with an actionscript to do it). and the sound control panel doesnt look as obvious as i would like-it’s on the lower left corner of the portfolio section.

.wanted to steal this statue

seen outside the restroom at Sonya’s Garden in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines.

.wish i was this cool

Red Demon by Muttpop

ps. i don’t endorse smoking.