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Oh That's Just So Rude

By Ophelia Chong
July 2, 2009



I was giving a short lecture yesterday at the Art Center College of Design when I noticed one student in the middle, scrolling on his iPhone.

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Live your life off the wall

By Ophelia Chong
June 25, 2009



Michael Jackson taught me how to dance - I would pop in my Thriller cassette into the tape player in my little Datsun and bop all the way to my night job at the supermarket. I force fed rhythm into this short Chinese body by way of Billie Jean.

"So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself"
- Off the Wall by Michael Jackson


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Digital Choo Choo Train

By Ophelia Chong
June 22, 2009



"I know I can. I know I can..." Pushing a project through on the internet is like laying one rail at a time for a train with no road map.

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The Revolutionary Tweets

By Ophelia Chong
June 16, 2009



"hughru RT @bloodfeast Change your twitter location to Tehran and your Time Zone to GMT +3:30. Help shield #IranElection and confuse Iranian censors"

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I Rather Be Informed Than Hot

By Ophelia Chong
June 9, 2009



"Man, you look tired."

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Don't Follow Me

By Ophelia Chong
June 4, 2009



Twitter is on the cover of the latest Time Magazine. This like the prisoner's last words to the firing squad "Hey thanks guys!"

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Dive for Cover

By Ophelia Chong
June 2, 2009



My foray into internet dating lasted a total of 34 hours.

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Bring Back Shoulder Pads

By Ophelia Chong
May 31, 2009



I had shoulder pads way back in the late eighties. Big wide ones that made a defensive tackle look weak. My pads were like wings on a 747, wide and demanded your attention because you just might get sideswiped.

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The Land of Roses and Flying Cows

By Ophelia Chong
May 28, 2009



Restless sleep, tossing and turning like a leaf in a storm, I roll from one side to the other hoping that some thought would lull me to sleep.

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Remembrance Day

By Ophelia Chong
May 22, 2009



This Monday May 25th is Memorial Day, a day of honoring our fallen heroes. I grew up in Canada, the day that we would honor our war dead is November 11th. It became a day or remembrance in November 1919. - the Armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the signing by the Germans at the end of WWI. We would pin a red poppy to our jacket lapels, that was purchased from a Veteran selling them at the mall or on the streets.

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About 404 City

Los Angeles is the ultimate networked metropolis, and in 404 City blogger Ophelia Chong takes a look at our diverse web of communities, all of them interwoven by freeways, shared history, media, automobiles, and the ever present digital penumbra of cell-phones and computers.

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