opinion-and-editorial
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Dot Com Pho – Feels Like Vancouver
The latest Dot Com Pho “Feels Like Vancouver Edition” features our favorite Pho spot in Irvine. Pho Ba Co. If it’s sunny and warm we’ll eat outside, but with the chilly weather and rain lately we had this one was indoors. If you’re in the area, in Orange County. Check out #dotcompho, almost every Saturday.…
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Idiocracy, a Self-fulfilling prophecy?
Buy from Amazon or get the DVD from Netflix Idiocracy, the movie with Luke Wilson is a great movie. I’d say is in my top 100, I love it and can watch it time and time again. It’s hilarious. The movie, if you haven’t seen it, takes place mostly in the future. Without going through…
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Becoming a dad. An amazing experience.
I didn’t get a chance to update you after the last blogpost I made from the hospital. We were waiting for Claire Else to arrive. Now that she has arrived home and I’ve had a couple weeks to settle in, I can take a little bit of time to catch up on my blogging. Not…
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The past 36 hours. Waiting for Claire Elise
So yesterday started as a normal day for two parents expecting their first kid. We had a doctor’s appointment to check up on things and make sure everything was a-ok. After all, the due date came and went and still no signs of Claire Elise. Doctor said everything is good, everything seems fine but it’s…
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When a link isn’t just a link.
The other day during my blogging class, I taught my students about links. Seems like a simple concept right? If you think so then you may not be aware of the different types of links available and when to use them. A quick intro to HTML HTML or Hyper Text Markup Language is the language…
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The Beginning of the End for Blackberry – RIM Loses Patent
photo credit: sgm / Shutterstock.com I am pretty sure I was right when I said that RIM will eventually be picked up by an investment firm, (see: Blackberry 10, Rim’s Last Phone) and its intellectual property will just be pieced out. I think that is the fate awaiting RIM. I could be wrong but the…
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Comments and Thoughts on The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero
The Nothing That Is A Natural History of Zero by Robert Kaplan. Beautifully written, Robert Kaplan not just catches your attention; no, that’s too easy for him. He grabs you and drags you into the book, the stories are palpable and if you pay close attention you might actually feel the smells and ambiance of…
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This isn’t a Technology Problem, It’s a Parenting Problem.
I read an article at NewTechCity and it had something that irked me. I quoted it below: Nineteen percent of kids between the ages of two and five know how to use a smartphone application, while just nine percent can tie his or her shoelaces, according to a 2010 study conducted as part of a…
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Amazing Slow Motion Video Cheetahs on the Edge. Director’s Cut Edition.
This cheetah wasn’t harmed in the making of that video. by: shutterstock Amazing slow motion video of a cheetah running at full speed. This video is great, not only do you see the majesty of this big cat, but you also get a glimpse at the logistics that need to take place for a video…
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Driver flees after fatally striking (another) Oscar Gonzalez at crosswalk in South Houston | abc13.com
An unfortunate event for my fellow tocayo. Tocayo I guess mean’s “namesake”. It’s a popular word in spanish and it is common that people will make a comment about this when this is noticed… so anyway. The reason I have this section of my blog is to chronicle what I find about other Oscar González…