We are in the process of creating 100 CDs to hand out to our guests on our wedding day as a little gift from us. We spent about seven hours last night testing, printing, cutting, and folding the cover I have designed. I am not a graphic designer and have never produced an album packaging before; therefore, the project is taking tremendous amount of time even though I kept the design very simple. I was a somewhat frustrated, but having her by my side made everything seemed right. She had singled-handedly sliced every cover that was printed. All I did was folded the pieces in half.

We came up with the concept while listening to Thuy Vu’s rendition of Ngo Thuy Mien’s “Niem Khuc Cuoi” as we were driving home one night from the city. We tossed out a bunch of titles we have experienced together since the time we first met. We narrowed down the compilation to seven tracks. Each one reflects the moment we shared. I wrote the sleeve notes and translated the lyrics, but my English translation sounded awkward so I turned to my big brother Trong for help. He had done quite a wonderful job with the help of his poetic daughter. Thank you both very much.

Now that most of the challenging part is done, the album is coming along. We still need to print the back cover and the CD artwork. I am quite excited to see the final product. Thanks baby for being with me throughout the process. You are quite a perfectionist.

10 tips to remember when creating CSS, Jina Bolton:

While CSS can be used to create sexy websites, writing CSS can actually be an artform by itself. The way in which CSS is created, structured, and maintained can be a thing of beauty.

I am getting a kick out of the book cover.

Cookin’ Soul’s new remix: “Billboard Gangsters.” The a cappella version of Jay-Z’s American Gangster has dropped. Keep your ears out for great remixes. Damn, where is my copy of Danger Mouse’s Grey Album?

My man HML brings back the timeless memories:

I wish to find once more those days of old,
The moon rising to the top of the areca palms,
By the storm lamp mother sat sewing,
While father read his daily paper.
The streets were deserted,
And in the dry stillness of the night,
I could hear the faint whistle of the train.

Translated by Trong Do

“Evolution of Dance” is reaching 67 million views on YouTube.

Scott Berkun:

The talkers, the report writers, the complainers, the finger pointers, those are the people to avoid: they’ll be doing those things forever. It’s people comfortable with the positive verbs, doing, asking, learning, risking, reaching, who make change, if it’s going to happen at all, possible.

Like they say: Action speaks louder than words.

Web Designer Wall’s “Best of CSS Design 2007“

CSSDOC: “to help individuals and teams to improve writing/coding/styling/managing CSS files”

CSS Tutorial: better nav image replacement

CSS – A Recipe for Success

TMZ:

Pimp C, real name Chad Butler — and one half of the rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room this morning. He was 33.

What a tragedy.

TBrown:

25 sites in 5 years? I can divide.
That’s one every, let’s say 2.4 (months),
half of them sh*ts was due.
They were all Illmatic.
That’s a 50 hot website every 10 year average.

Thanks for a good laugh.