As the summer winding down, I am jazzing up my Ski & Snowboard Services page a bit. Had so much fun playing around with NaN Tresor, designed by Christoph Koeberlin. If you live around DMV and needed ski and snowboard tune up, hit me up.

Lâu rồi tôi không còn trượt rollerblade như trước nữa. Từ ngày tụi nhỏ không đi, tôi cũng không ra công viên trượt như xưa. Hôm nay nhìn lại những clips này thấy cũng nhớ nhớ. Phải tranh thủ thời gian để trở lại.

My friend Tim launched a personal project called Deep Hush, as he describes it, “Ways of quieting noise and focusing on what matters.” It’s nice to see the things he’s into.

We spent two sessions (almost 4 hours) snowboarding at Big Snow yesterday. Xuân enjoyed riding and grinding at the trick terrain. Vương enjoyed skiing up and down the hills. I tried to hit the boxes, but I couldn’t figure out how to land on my board. After a couple of falls, my body started to feel the pain. Highlights of our time at Big Snow.

Allow me to reintroduce myself [shameless self-promotion]:

Donny Trương serves as the Director of Design & Web Services at Scalia Law, where he leads the law school’s digital experience with a strong focus on accessibility and usability.

Trương holds an MA in Graphic Design from George Mason University’s School of Art and a BA in Digital Art and Multimedia Design from La Salle University.

Outside of work, he is an avid snowboarder, skier, rollerblader, and skateboarder. During the winter, he teaches snowboarding and skiing at Whitetail Resort.

With a new photo, I brushed up my bio a bit on Scalia Law School website.

Yes, it’s only July, but I already revised my Snowboard & Ski Instructor page. The previous version was typeset in Roslindale, designed by David Jonathan Ross. With the new version, I kept Roslindale as display text and brought in Ottavio, also designed by David, for body text. Sharing his exploration of shapes for Ottavio, David writes, “the idea that an inherently unbalanced object can achieve balance through a sense of constant motion.” I love that concept and how it relates to skiing and snowboarding. I can’t wait to get back on the piste.

Tiếng Việt rất phong phú. Chỉ riêng thành ngữ bốn chữ thôi mà hơn cả ba nghìn câu. Ông Nguyễn Đăng Liêm đã chọn ra 825 câu phổ thông và đã bỏ công dịch sang tiếng Anh. Bạn nào—nhất là những bạn xa xứ từ nhỏ—muốn học hoặc tìm hiểu thêm về văn học tiếng Việt, hãy đọc dự án “Tứ tuyệt” dựa trên bài nghiên cứu của ông Nguyễn Đăng Liêm.

Dưới đây là 30 câu tôi mà tôi thích.

1. Bán trôn nuôi miệng: To sell the backside to feed the mouth; to prostitute oneself
2. Bà tâm khổ khẩu: Maternal heart, (but) harsh mouth
3. Cởi lòng phơi ruột: To unveil one’s heart, to expose one’s bowels; to reveal one’s innermost concepts
4. Chận ngõ đón truông: To bar the way, to close the path; to obstruct someone’s opportunity
5. Chia uyên rẻ túy: To divide ducks and essences; to separate a couple
6. Chọc trời khuấy nước: To tickle the sky, to stir up water; to be very powerful
7. Dở ngô dở khoai: To be half corn, half potato; cannot determine what it is
8. Ganh hiên ghét ngõ: To hate veranda and gate; to hate somebody, to envy somebody
9. Quấy hôi bôi lọ: To stir up a stench, to blacken with soot; to humiliate
10. Canh tàn khắc lậu: Time flies
11. Gan bầm ruột héo: Dried liver, wilted intestines; very sad
12. Gan đục lòng trong: Troubled liver, clear heart; intricacies of human sentiment
13. Gừng cay muối mặn: Peppery hot ginger, salty salt; hard realities of life
14. Gió lặng sóng êm: The wind stops, the waves are calm; peace
15. Hương phai phấn lạt: Vanished perfume, faded powder; age, lack of freshness
16. Mưa dại gió mai: Wild rain, northwest wind; unexpected circumstances
17. Văn hay chữ tốt: Good literary style, beautiful writing; well educated
18. Lòng chim dạ cá: Entrails of birds, stomach of fish; ungrateful, disloyal
19. Lòng gấm dạ thêu: Brocaded entrails, embroidered stomach; kindhearted
20. Lòng lang dạ thú: Entrails and stomach of animals; cruel
21. Mặt sắt râu ngô: Steel face, corn whiskers; insensible, indifferent
22. Mặt sứa gan hùm: Liver of jellyfish, liver of a tiger; cruel
23. Mẹ gà con vịt: Hen for mother, duckling for offspring; stepmother raising children of the first marriage
24. Mèo đàng chó điếm: Vagrant cat, frivolous dog; good-for-nothing, scamp
25. Miệng hùm nọc rắn: Mouth of tigers, venom of snakes; terrible words
26. Nắng lửa mưa dầu: Burning sunshine, rain of boiling oil; difficult times
27. Tiền rừng bạc biển: Money like a forest, silver like an ocean; very rich
28. Quỉ sợ thần kinh: The demon is afraid, the devil trembles in terror; terrible
29. Quít làm cam chịu: The tangerine does, the orange bears the consequences
30. Có ơn phụ ái: To ignore a favour received, to neglect a favour; ungrateful

Vova Egoshin launched a new website for his type foundry. I love the white and blue look and feel. His display typefaces are very playful too. I licensed Zord and Spukies. Even though both of these typefaces are still work in progress, I hope that Vova will support Vietnamese in the future.

If you are interested in his typefaces, he’s running the first month’s 50% off with the code VOVARULES.

“Nhớ em nhiều nhưng chẳng nói. Nói ra nhiều cũng vậy thôi”. Tuy gặp em mỗi ngày vậy mà những giây phút không gặp em lại nhớ. 18 năm rồi mà nói ra những lời này nghe như giả dối nên tôi cũng chẳng nói ra. Thôi thì đọc những tình khúc “Không Tên” của nhạc sĩ Vũ Thành An đi vậy. Phong chữ NaN Druid và Nan Druid Sans, thiết kế bởi Anna Khorash và Reymund Schröder, thật đẹp và rõ nét.

The final World Cup 2026 comes down to Argentina vs. Spain. Which country will take home the 18-carat solid gold trophy?

In this tournament, Spain had played with consistent balance. They played well together as a coherent unit. Their defense had been tight. Their goalkeeper, Unai Simón, only allowed one goal throughout the tournament. Furthermore, Midfielder Rodri had the center of the field under his control. He had been the key player to keep Spain in balance.

On the other side, Argentina was less balance, but the players went all out. As soon as they were down one goal, they went full attack mode. As the clock went on, Messi became more effective in mapping out the entire game in his head. He figured out all the pockets. He knew exactly where to send the ball. He had been dangerous because he played chess while other players played checker.

If I have to predict, I have to go with Argentina. It will be hard to score on Simón, but Messi will find his way. We’ll wait and find out this Sunday.