A trip to the Jisr al-Hajar (Natural Bridge) in Faqra

// April 29th, 2010 // Leave A Comment! » // lebanon

Hey, it’s been a while, I’ve been hard at work over here. However, today I have a chance to rest, so I thought I might make another post and put up some pictures.

A hobby I used to follow closely before I came to Lebanon was rock climbing. While it’s possible to rock climb here, the rocky walls are very hard on the hands due to their sharp and rough formation.

Anyway, I was invited to go for a short climb in Faqra, but mainly for the sake of a nice trip and some relaxation. Faqra is the home of a few ancient Roman ruins, and several natural wonders, one being the Jisr al-Hajar, whose name literally translates to ‘stone bridge’. It is a large natural arch high in the mountains, carved into the rock by a river from higher in the mountains.

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Some Graffiti Drawings

// February 4th, 2010 // Leave A Comment! » // Uncategorized

Hey! It’s been a while since an update, I’ve been incredibly busy.

I want to talk about an awesome Facebook app called Graffiti… it’s incredibly addictive if you’re into drawing things, and it’s replay function is just awesome. I thought I’d post a few of my drawings that I’ve done over the past few years and you can watch how I made them… enjoy!

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Al Shouf Cedar Reserve and Chateau Kefraya

// January 11th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // lebanon

Hiking In The Kadeisha Valley

// December 31st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // lebanon

It’s New Years Day, and I have the afternoon free, so I thought I might as well talk about what I did last week.

The Kadeisha Valley is a small valley north of Beirut, and is rich with ancient history. In the rock faces of the sides of the valley, many old monasteries and chapels have been literally cut into the cliff face. Some of the things I saw were easily thousands of years old. Quite mindblowing when you’re next to it and absorbing the reality of it.

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A brief history of web design: Scripting

// December 18th, 2009 // Leave A Comment! » // wordpress

On to another post! For those who have come here for the first time, you might want to check out this post to get on track. And don’t forget to sign on using the side panel if you have a Facebook account!

So, where was I? Ah… yes, HTML. The mothertongue of website languages. But it was limited in what it could do. More complex functions beyond simply displaying a webpage needed to be performed. Enter scripting.

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Lebanon: An Introduction

// December 10th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // lebanon

I am living in Lebanon. Many of my friends hear the word of this country, but little do they know what a unique and surprising country it is. This is part of the reason I feel compelled to include my experiences here in the blog, as I’ve been to a fair few countries, but none of them are as intriguing to me as this one. I’m here as an ex-pat basically, and while I’m aggressively trying to learn French and Arabic (it’s a dual language country, being an ex-French colony), I’m still very much an outsider.

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A brief history of web design: HTML

// December 8th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // wordpress

Well, for my first post, I might as well concentrate it on the thing that I love to work with. To get an appreciation of how important something like WordPress is and what it and other similar platforms represent, you have to take a brief look at the history of web design. The more you learn about how web design has evolved with the internet, the easier it is to understand why something like a blogging platform represents something so revolutionary.

I will try to explain in a simple fashion, so people unfamiliar with this kind of thing can still read, learn, and appreciate where I’m coming from.

Onto HTML!

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