Entries from July 2008

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A Year of Facebook

I first heard of Facebook in the fall of 2006 when talking with some Cal students. Facebook.com, it seems, had a huge saturation among college students; the Berkeley network was one of the original networks. In order to join Facebook one needed to have a campus email address from a participating university. Things have changed. [...]

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

King Dong Memories

I had a Star Wars moment this week when my good friend Lee asked if I wanted to go to King Dong Restaurant in Berkeley. Actually a Ben Kenobi moment: I thought to myself, “King Dong, now that is a name I have not heard in a long, long time.” I don’t think I have [...]

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

100 Thing Challenge

I was reading my friend Lana’s blog and came across an article in Time Magazine about David Bruno’s “100 Thing Challenge”. His personal goal is to live with just 100 things for one year: Nov. 2008-Nov. 2009. He is in the process of distilling his personal belongings down to a list of 100 items. The [...]