Posts by Andy
I'm a Chinese-Taiwanese-American and I used to design nuclear counter-terrorism devices for the government (shhh, don't tell anyone!), but then decided that working in an underground facility really affected my tan, so I moved out here to sunny California. In my spare time I like to play the guitar, ride motorcycles and practice Chinese calligraphy...however I suck at all three. Accepting free lessons, please inquire within. V^_^
Kaba Modern’s Mike Song
America’s Best Dance Crew… Best show EVAR! At least in my opinion. If you haven’t seen the show, where in the world have you been? Okay, so our very own Ernie did a great writeup about the extremely talented crew, but I wanted to highlight one of the members who I met a few years back through a mutual friend – Mike Song. He started dancing in high school after he saw his bible study [...] Continue »
Good things aren’t always expensive
This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting David Liu, the founder of Good OS. You might have heard of them when they partnered with Everex to offer a sub $200 desktop called the gPC. The gPC runs on a stripped down Linux-based operating system customized to leverage online applications accessed through the web browser – genius. When I took a look at their interface, I instantly noticed icons for Facebook, Meebo, Gmail, YouTube, [...] Continue »
Asian American YouTube Celebrities
I admit it, I’m a huge YouTube addict. I spend an inordinate amount of time on it and I just recently noticed that most of the people I follow are Asian Americans. So, today I am going to share with you some Asian American YouTube Celebrities. Drumroll please! First up, we have KevJumba. He’s a high school kid with a quirky sense of humor similar to Dave Chappelle. He has a lot of video blogs [...] Continue »
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