August 2009 Archives

Controlling Our Nature

By Ophelia Chong
August 28, 2009

Latest News: The Station Fire could be Human Caused. 09/03/09

Daisuke Yamaguchi works over at Applied Minds in Glendale, which makes his commute from his home in La Canada Flintridge a short ride. From his home he has a great view of Angeles Crest; most days its sky, dirt, trees, rocks, clouds and sun. Like the daily cup of coffee, he doesn't expect much change from one day to the next. That changed yesterday with the Station Fire.

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Hop Sing V.2

By Ophelia Chong
August 27, 2009

Back before the internet, I learned about everything that was important about life by watching television. When I was five, I caught the measles and my mother stuck me in my bedroom, I rigged up a mirror to watch the TV, that week I learned how to read backwards.

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In Between

By Ophelia Chong
August 25, 2009

How far can you push yourself before you start wandering in circles around the piles of print outs on your desk? When do you start forgetting to shut the fridge door and taking the keys out of your front door? How far have you extended yourself? Is your nickname Gumby?

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Internet Pack Rats

By Ophelia Chong
August 21, 2009

My name is Ophelia, I have ten folders of Bookmarks, each one contains an average of 100 sites. And I can't stop. I am an Internet Pack Rat.

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What is a Word Worth?

By Ophelia Chong
August 18, 2009

What is a word worth? What is a career worth? The slow and steady shift in the value of journalism is changing daily. With print news changing their business plans, Newsweek becoming an "Atlantic" wannabe, and the fact that News is old if it was posted over an hour ago - journalists are on a flying trapeze with no safety net, let alone a bar to grab on the other end.

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Group Hug

By Ophelia Chong
August 14, 2009

I am going to admit my love for Facebook, because you know how I feel about Twitter. When I first started using it, it was a lazy posting of an event once a week or so. In the last 3 months I have ramped up to multiple postings a day.

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Your City Lies in Dust

By Ophelia Chong
August 11, 2009

Last night I had the most vivid dream. Most of my dreams are fleeting roller coaster rides of color and sound, however last night's dream was a wild ride that had no end, only beginnings.

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Grindingly Slow

By Ophelia Chong
August 6, 2009

I sit here staring at my screen at the spinning wheel. OMG. Is the Twitter hack making everything slow?

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