Archive for 2008

Twitter Use Case: Power Outage in Oahu

 
I’ve been vacationing in Hawaii for the past few days and have a few minutes to dash off a quick post before I head off to do more family things.
Around 6:45PM on December 26th the island of Oahu plunged into darkness. I was in my Uncle’s apartment in Waikiki and outside we saw that our [...]

Christmas Lights

My reader has been filled lately with posts about Christmas memories and Christmas songs, so I thought I’d jump in and say a few words about Christmas lights. My neighbors here in Santa Clara went all out with decorations that must really run up the electricity bill:

From Stanford @ Night

But, back home in St. Louis [...]

Go See Outsourced

Man, I’m really loving Netflix. I watched “Outsourced” tonight. It’s a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes but I think it should be much higher. Maybe it’s because I’m a bit nostalgic about India, but seeing the main character get a sensory overload on his first day of India reminded me of my own arrival in Hyderabad’s [...]

Asian American Art at the de Young

 
If you’re looking for something to do between now and January 18, 2009, get yourself to the de Young museum to see Asian | American | Modern Art: Shifting Currents: 1900-1970. This special exhibition has been organized by the Asian American Art Project at Stanford University in collaboration with San Francisco State University. 
I headed up this weekend [...]

Stanford at Night

Kept myself occupied today by spending the early evening at Stanford snapping some pictures of the campus. I brought along my tripod and used my Nikkor 12-24mm f/4 G IF-ED lens to capture some of the better known landmarks on campus:

From Stanford @ Night

Memorial Church

From Stanford @ Night

Fountains in front of Hoover Tower

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