Typhoon!

Typhoon Nuri Direct Hit

Typhoon Nuri directly hit Hong Kong yesterday giving us a typhoon signal number 9. (Not enough winds for a Hurricane signal 10)

Tropical cyclones taking this special track to make a landfall in Hong Kong (Sai Kung yetserday) is a rare occurrence. (And so is the tropical cyclone track diagram to the right)

It turns out that winds around the eye are weak (as with most tropical cyclones) and therefore there was a ‘temporary lull’ lasting a few hours.

Hong Kong came to a halt on this day…and we just relaxed (and bored ourselves) at home…

chesshongkong.com goes CSS

The Hong Kong Chess Association website has taken the leap to CSS, with a new layout and look. With the new horizontal navigation bar and liquid CSS positioning, the new layout allows a wider space for content, as well as a less complicated design.

CSS positioning, an alternative to a table-based layout (previously used on this site) allows greater accuracy when positioning elements, as well as higher flexibility when defining heights and widths.

Hello

I’m glad you can once again view my blog at an acceptable speed at compid.wordpress.com. As you might have already noticed, compid.vndv.com was dead slow. So hopefully after their ’server replacement’ after August 14, the speed will be more acceptable. For the while, this would be a ‘mirror’ for compid.vndv.com. I know it does not look entirely similar but the posts will be (almost) identical.

-Compid