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Dork Whisperer

By Ophelia Chong
March 15, 2010



Step back please, you are in my personal space. A bit further. Perfect.

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Is That You?

By Ophelia Chong
March 3, 2010



Working virtually involves a keyboard, computer and an internet connection. No face to face, no seeing that I am wearing the same work out outfit since 6 am. Or the bird's nest on the top of my head. Or the the fact that I have a half eaten bowl of oatmeal by my keyboard.

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Would You Hire a Hologram?

By Ophelia Chong
February 24, 2010



I got an email last week, all the way from Istanbul. It was a wonderful email that boosted my spirits (and ego), but put a big question into my head. Would I move for a job?

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Oh, You and Your Electronic Baggage

By Ophelia Chong
February 19, 2010



"Hey lets go on a hike!"
"Just a second, I need to charge up my Blackberry..."
"Okay, I think I just got a text..."

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Lost And Found

By Ophelia Chong
February 10, 2010



I keep harping on the days before the internet, and about how we used to communicate by phone, mail and by word of mouth. Now of course we have our online communities that will sing the praises of a Thai diner or totally slam the cheap motel with bed bugs on highway 14.

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Retread

By Ophelia Chong
February 4, 2010



How many times have you seen that same link about the iPad? Or about the latest cute box loving kitten youtube?

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Those Sounds
Come & Gone

By Ophelia Chong
January 25, 2010



On my Facebook page this past Saturday, I posed the question: "What are the once iconic sounds you no longer hear? Typewriters, rotary dial tones, film cameras, analog cash registers... what else comes to mind?

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Backwards and Forwards

By Ophelia Chong
January 15, 2010



I left Hong Kong at 11:40PM Wednesday and arrived at LAX at 8:15 PM Wednesday. I had a chance to relive the last 21 hours.

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Smoke and Wishes

By Ophelia Chong
January 8, 2010



What do you wish for everyday? What did you wish for in 2010? There is a moment in each day where we need the impossible and hope for the best.

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Tread Lightly

By Ophelia Chong
January 1, 2010



Nothing makes you pine for LA traffic more than being in a city that has traffic jams on the sidewalks. Traffic? Hanoi laughs at your LA traffic.

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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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