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Offline Kristin

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japan.yuku.com
Board for discussing living, working and traveling in Japan. Please visit and post questions or suggestions. Includes posts on cheap travel within Japan, cheap places to stay in Tokyo, places to eat, etc.

Latest Addition:
Super Okonomiyaki Recipe

Professional Bio

I lived in Japan for 6 years before moving to San Francisco. In Japan I worked as a book designer for Agosto publishing company and on book design projects for Graphic-sha, Rockport and Macmillan Language House.

Later I became a web designer for Digital Magic Labs, a Tokyo-based web design company, where I worked on projects such as the FedEx Japan web site. Before joining EZ Board I worked as a freelance designer mainly for clients based in Japan.

I have a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Oregon and intermediate level Japanese skills.

Countries Ive Visited

Asia:
Japan (lived in Tokyo)
Korea (2 times)
Thailand
China

  • Shanghai
  • Hong Kong

Europe:
Romania (3 times)
Italy
France
Austria (visited Salsberg for the day while driving through)
Hungary (just driving through)

Americas:
Mexico
Canada

Photoshop Special Characters

How to type "Special Characters"
in Photoshop (Windows version)

General Instructions:
While using the type tool in Photoshop hold down the alt key and type the numbers below on the numeric keypad. Release the alt key and the character will appear.


Real Quotation Marks and Apostrophes:
opening double quote = alt 0147
closing double mark = alt 0148

opening single quote = alt 0145
closing single quote = alt 0146

apostrophe = alt 0146


Real Em and En Dashes
en dash = alt 0150
em dash = alt 0151

Web Design Links

Web 2.0 Links

Make your own super cool "Web 2.0" style site using the tutorials linked below!

Common elements of Web 2.0 designs
Building Web 2.0 layouts
Web 2.0 logo examples
Gradient bar with reflected logo and "new" badge
Make your own "Ajax style" animated loader icon!


Design Links

Some more serious design links focusing on web design.

Fonts & Typography:
Common Windows & Mac Fonts
The Elements of Typographic Style
Web Style Guide: Typography
Reference to Special Characters (em dashes, etc.)

Color:
Colors on the Web (interesting info on color & tools for picking color schemes.)

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Welcome to my Profile

SouthPark Kristin

Hi! I'm Kristin. I do HTML and CSS for Yuku. Currently I'm working on skins for imported boards, Yuku versions of ezboard default skins and miscellaneous bug fixes.

If you have questions about CSS please visit http://skins.yuku.com. If you have questions about skins I designed or are having problems with Mira's old skins feel free to contact me.

My Friends

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2007 Trip to Europe

Map showing countries in our trip route

map of Europe, showing countries in my trip

We started in Cluj Romania where we stayed a couple days, then drove through Hungary, Austria (where we stayed overnight and also visited the city of Salzburg), Germany and then to France.

In France we traveled through the regions of Alsace, Bourgogne (Burgundy), visited the the town of Chamonix in the Rhone-Alps region and traveled through the Loire Valley in the Centre region.

Photo Albums of the trip

My Video of the Hounds being fed at Cheverny

Extra Stuff

Our friend Andrei started a car rental agency in Cluj Napoca, Romania. He's also constructing new condos in Cluj which are for sale.

Photos

Smeagol as a Young Bird:
Smeagol is a 4 year old male Solomon Island electus parrot.
(He's a full adult now so his beak has changed to all orange since this picture was taken.)
Smeagol the eclectus

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    YvonneT

    User Infostatus offline920 Kudos

    05/09/08

    kudos from Smeagol's friends

    image


    05/09/08

    Reply from Kristin:

    Yeah! Thanks! image
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    Writer2Be2007

    User Infostatus offline76 Kudos

    05/08/08

    That is so wonderful, Kristin! I have never traveled outside of the USA, so I haven't a clue what it's like except for talking to people online from other Countries. Thanks for replying back to me Kristin! *HUGS*
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    Writer2Be2007

    User Infostatus offline76 Kudos

    05/07/08

    Hi Kristin! What was it like living in Tokyo? Were the people super friendly to you? How was the atmosphere? I have never traveled much so I'm just inquiring. *HUGS* to you my friend.

    Love always,

    Cheri :)

    05/08/08

    Reply from Kristin:

    I loved living in Japan. I met a lot of very nice people.
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    Writer2Be2007

    User Infostatus offline76 Kudos

    05/01/08

    Thank you so much Kristin! You are very smart and talented. *HUGS* to you my friend!!!! Good thing Yuku has you as their blessing.

    Love always,

    Cheri :)
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    Writer2Be2007

    User Infostatus offline76 Kudos

    04/30/08

    Hi Kristin! Just stopping by to say Hi! I wanted to give you a Kudos, but sometimes it doesn't let me give Kudos to people and I have no idea why. Do you understand all the Kudos stuff, Kristin? If you do, please advise. Thank you so much. *HUGS* to you my friend!

    Love always,

    Cheri :)

    05/01/08

    Reply from Kristin:

    Each profile can only give a maximum of one "kudo" to other's profiles.
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  1. San Francisco crime map

    01/01/08 20:11:10 | 0 Comments

    I found this web page that compiles crime statistics from all over San Francisco to create a color coded map: