404 City: November 2008 Archives
Hollywood Chinese
By Ophelia Chong
November 24, 2008
What is it to be Chinese in Hollywood? Who comes to mind first? Charlie Chan? Suzie Wong? Bruce Lee? Filmmaker Arthur Dong explores the stereotype of the Chinese in his documentary "Hollywood Chinese" and shows us frame by frame the journey from the first Chinese American produced film in 1916 to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain.
Out of the Box
By Ophelia Chong
November 19, 2008
Ever wonder how websites are made? Some come out of a box and look like generic tupperware with different leftovers inside, others are brave attempts at basic html, and the ones you visit the most are created by professionals. Professionals that take the job seriously, they soldier on into the night and early mornings to bring you the best of the best, silent workers that are like the magic fairies that put the dollar under the pillow in exchange for your tooth.
Evacuated
By Ophelia Chong
November 16, 2008
11-16-08 7:18 PM The sky above the Dawirs' house. Photo: Taylor Dawirs
Corona/Yorba Linda/Anaheim Hills (Triangle Complex Fire)
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008 11:10 AM
I got an email from Doug and Marion that they were evacuated last night at 8 PM from their home in Yorba Linda. I managed to get a hold of them to ask
them first hand about the fires and about their evacuation.
This is a phone interview the morning after they are evacuated from their home.
Are You Ready To Be Shaken Up?
By Ophelia Chong
November 12, 2008
Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 10:00 am PST
I am sitting at my desk listening to my latest French pop downloads, my hand reaches for the coffee mug. I feel the hot liquid splash across my arm as the mug is knocked out of my hand by a falling picture frame. The dogs are yelping and running under my desk. Dust fills the air as the plaster wall crumbles. The lights go out, or did the music stop first?
The Glass is Half Full
By Ophelia Chong
November 6, 2008
Dispatch From the Air
Seat 19C Aisle Northwest Airlines. Thursday November 6th, 2008 8:35 AM
I checked in at the computer kiosk at LAX, swiped my passport, and oh..what's this? "Do you want to change your seat for an extra $30?"
Tempting since I was in a middle seat, packed like a lump of soggy tuna salad between unknown slices of bread. I made the leap at paying an extra
$30 for the aisle seat. What marketing, getting me to buy at the last minute, luring me into a 18" slide to the left in comfort.
On Tenterhooks
By Ophelia Chong
November 4, 2008
Tuesday, Nov, 4th, 2008 5:47 pm
I am sitting here, watching the returns on the television and on my computer. My Twitter Stream is flashing messages at a pace that threatens to take down the Twitter servers.
Collective Wisdom
By Ophelia Chong
November 3, 2008
The Invite read:
How to make sense of it all?
Join us November 2, as we go through the ballot and share our collective wisdom. The idea is to educate and inform not proselytize. Some of the issues are fairly black and white (No on 8) others have good arguments on both sides.
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