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Monthly Archives: March 2008
I’m Going to be a Movie Star
Monday, March 31, 2008 Comments
This is a little out of the blue but I didn’t want to announce anything until I was certain. I’ve been cast in a lead role in an independent film and will by flying out to Vancouver tomorrow to begin shooting the movie. The cast is primarily Asian American and is about a group of young 20-somethings who have been best friends for a long time but their lives begin to diverge as they pursue things like careers, marriage, and other endeavors. I’ll go into details when I have time but I’m really excited. I gotta go pack now!
Tissue Regeneration
Monday, March 24, 2008 Comments
Top 10 Reasons to Watch New Season of Battlestar Galactica
Friday, March 21, 2008 Comments (1)
The fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica will be starting on April 4 on the SciFi channel. You know I got a lot sh*t for liking this show early on because having never watched the show, people’s first impression is that it’s scifi and dorky. But a lot of people are watching it now, even those traditionally not into scifi. Despite the name, the main focus of the show is NOT on spaceships.
Anyway, the cast appeared on David Letterman to do a Top 10 List. It’s not too bad, #5 was pretty funny:
Two U.S. Carrier Groups Head to Taiwan for Elections
Thursday, March 20, 2008 Comments
Taiwan is holding it’s presidential election this weekend and the United States has sent 2 aircraft carrier battle groups to the Taiwan region for training exercises. The U.S. has typically deployed carrier battle groups around Taiwan to basically discourage China from doing anything “provocative”. If you’re not familiar, China as repeatedly stated that Taiwan is a province of China and that if Taiwan declares independence, it will use force if necessary to bring Taiwan under its rule. This would basically entail a full-scale invasion of Taiwan. In the past China has sought to influence Taiwan’s elections by trying to intimidate the electorate, sometimes firing missiles into the Taiwan Straight.
More information about the deployment here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1934158120080319
Casio EX-Z75 Faulty Battery
Thursday, March 20, 2008 Comments (1)
I purchased a Casio EX-Z75 digital camera about a year ago and for the most part it’s been working perfectly and is a very good camera. However I didn’t use it for about 2 months or so and it seems the rechargeable lithium ion battery is dead. When I try to recharge it, the red light on the charger just keeps blinking. After 2 sessions of charging for several hours, I gave up. I searched online and found out a lot of people also had this problem with this camera’s battery.
Bad Stuff Going Down in NY Lately
Sunday, March 16, 2008 Comments
Eliot Spitzer gets caught using extremely high priced prostitutes. Construction crane, that nearby residents have complained about, crashes - with 4 dead and 3 missing. The Fed bails out Bear Stearns, possible indication of more bad news to come not just for Wall Street but the US economy.
StarCraft 2 Zerg Reveal Trailer
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Comments (6)
Blizzard recently released a new trailer featuring the Zerg for the highly anticipated StarCraft 2. I can’t wait for this game to come out. It’s pretty much a guaranteed blockbuster given the huge built in customer base. Not to mention practically every gamer in Korea is guaranteed to buy this game.
Anyway, here’s the trailer:
Digg Looking for Buyers
Monday, March 10, 2008 Comments (1)
So TechCrunch recently reported that Digg is looking to be acquired. Note that this is not official and is an unconfirmed report. Among the parties bidding on Digg are Microsoft and Google. I think it’s about time and if Digg doesn’t sell soon, it’s going to have to lower its expectations more and more. Honestly, apart from their “algorithm” which can easily be reproduced or emulated, there’s nothing special about Digg other than its large user base. That in itself is not a unique advantage. Yahoo just released a similar site called Buzz and I think Yahoo can find ways to leverage its massive user base and channel traffic through Buzz.
Body Weight
Friday, March 7, 2008 Comments
I was cleaning up my blog a bit and reading some old posts and I realized that at one point back in college I weighed 185 pounds! That’s a full 30 lbs more than I weigh now. I don’t know, I just thought that was surprising - 30 lbs is a big difference. About 2-3 months ago I dropped to 150 lbs but now I’m up to 155 lbs. Almost everyone I know from 5-6 years ago has gained weight noticeably over the years. I’m actually one of the few people that weighs about the same as I did then. People I haven’t seen since then always comment on how I look practically the same. 
Century Eggs
Monday, March 3, 2008 Comments
I remember seeing an episode of Fear Factor a long time ago where they ate century eggs and all the contestants were getting grossed out. I thought it was pretty ridiculous because I think century eggs are delicious. Either Fear Factor purposedly prepared the eggs to smell / taste really bad or the contestants were faking it. Or perhaps they just had a preconception of century eggs and their mind did the rest. Either way it’s a misrepresentation of this dish. I don’t eat it often but when I do I definitely enjoy the dish.