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CSS Naked Day

April 8, 2008
 
Entry #12

Just a note that this site will be taking part in CSS Naked Day on April 9 by turning off all its CSS for the day (maybe only on the front page though - or maybe not) to show that the site is still presentable and readable even when styles are removed.

Reading Update

February 21, 2007
 
Entry #11

Here's an updated list of some of the books I'm currently reading:

  • Harry Potter, Year 6 by J. K. Rowling
  • Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
  • Transcending CSS by Andy Clarke
  • Free Agent Nation by Dan Pink
  • Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
  • The House of the Lord by James E. Talmage
  • National Geographic Almanac of World History
  • Animation Writing and Development by Jean Ann Wright
  • The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
  • The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey
  • The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa

OCMR

July 2, 2006
 
Entry #10

Started a blog recently (actually late December of last year) where I have been chronicling my experiences going to different Mexican restaurants in Orange County. I got very creative and called it "Orange County Mexican Restaurants." It's been a fun little amateur thing to do and my reviews seem to be helping and informing people who are looking for a good place to eat. And I've been meeting a bunch of good people because of it. Orange County Mexican Restaurants

In memoriam

January 18, 2006
 
Entry #9

I felt like taking this opportunity to pay tribute to my father, Erich Alan Ziebarth, Sr., who passed away on January 11 due to complications arising from pancreatic cancer that had spread to the liver. My dad was my hero, quiet and low key at times, loud and boisterous at others, but as time passed he was mostly quiet and low key. A hard-working, no-nonsense, loving husband, father, grandfather, friend, co-worker who will be dearly missed.

2 E's or not 2 E's?

December 11, 2005
 
Entry #8

Just wanted to point out the stupidity and cruelty of eBay for picking on the little guy. Apparently they didn't like that there was a site out there using the domain name "perfumebay.com" and claimed it was copyright infringement. Well, if the lolos (that's Hawaiian for "stupidheads") at said auction site had any knowledge of spelling they would realize that the people who ran the perfume site were simply concatenating the words "perfume" and "bay" (as in "auction bay") into a simple domain name, not trying to glom onto eBay's fame. If that's what they were doing they would've been using the domain name "perfumeEbay.com" (with two E's, not one). But eBay has all the money and they convinced some equally stupid judge to order Perfume Bay to quit using perfumebay.com. The site is now at the new address of www.perfume-bay.com/.

Identity Crisis

November 21, 2005
 
Entry #7

I used to think I was the only Christian Ziebarth on this planet but I recently did a Yahoo! search on my name (is that less vain than Googling yourself?) and found out there is a Christian Ziebarth in Washington who received the Washington State Patrol’s Award of Merit along with some others "for their immediate and courageous actions in rescuing an accident victim from a burning vehicle." Sounds like a good guy to share my name with. I figure our middle names are different though. And my brother Gary lived in Germany recently and said he saw some people in the phone book there who were also named Christian Ziebarth.

Read Any Good Books Lately?

November 2, 2005
 
Entry #6

Here's some of the books (definition at yourdictionary.com) I’m currently reading, in no particular order:

  • The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • The Tarzan Chronicles by Howard Green
  • Living Life Inside the Lines by Martha Sigall
  • Making a Living Without a Job by Barbara J. Winter

And here's some I have recently completed reading:

  • The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
  • Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
  • 1776 by David McCullough
  • The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  • Harry Potter: Years 1-5 by J. K. Rowling
  • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

That's my little plug for reading some good old-fashioned books.

Current Events

September 27, 2005
 
Entry #5

I’ve been to a number of Disney events recently as a member of the press. One was the Cinderella DVD Premiere at Disney’s El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. and another one was the induction of some new Disney Legends at Disneyland. I also recently interviewed Eric Goldberg and am spending a lot of time typing up a transcript of our conversation but it’ll be really good when it’s done. And he made a real nice sketch for me based on an idea I gave him.

Gone to Maui

June 6, 2005
 
Entry #4

Haven’t been to Hawaii since graduating from BYU-Hawaii in December 1999, but next week I’m going to be taking a trip to Maui. Will be doing a lot of relaxing, sightseeing, swimmin’, etc. as well as going to some of the Maui Film Festival.

Take a Hike!

March 30, 2005
 
Entry #3

My friends Andy and Chele Schmidt (husband/wife team) are about to take a month long hike along the "Pacific Crest Trail for about 500 miles from Kennedy Meadows to Sierra City" and will be chronicling their adventures online. Read the Schmidt's Hike Journal

Random Links of Varying Usefulness

January 13, 2005
 
Entry #2

Well, it’s a new year so I thought I’d add a new feature to the site. So just above this entry here you will see the new random link generator. I have to add the usual disclaimer that I make no guarantees whatsoever as to the usefulness of the links provided by the random link generator. It’s mostly just a way of relieving some strain on my browser that now has way too many sites bookmarked.

Roll Out the Red Carpet

November 27, 2004
 
Entry #1

Welcome to my new and, hopefully, improved website. In my mind, personal websites are like the Internet version of home movies. So I'm not guaranteeing anything, but at least there are some good recipes here.