Monthly Archives: April 2008

North Korea: Lets Take a Tour!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Jun

Paul Koontz, who was the first VP of marketing at Netscape, gets the once in a lifetime opportunity to go visit North Korea…. with his two kids. He presents a satirical point of view, which is very refreshing, also the … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics, WTF | 2 Comments

Tuesday’s SF pre-Olympic Torch Relay Roundup

Posted on April 8, 2008 by John

Today is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in San Francisco – and possibly one of the largest protests in San Francisco history? Some headlines from yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle: “The world should stand beside Tibet” “Torch arrives quietly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations | 2 Comments

Baidu for Obama?

Posted on April 8, 2008 by John

If you follow the “web 2.0” world, TechCrunch is a “must read” and I caught their blog posting “Baidu Loves Barack, I’m Sure He’s Thrilled” and saw that on Baidu’s front page today, they have a cartoon of Barack Obama, … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations | Leave a comment

60 Minutes: China Investment An Open Book? Sovereign-Wealth Fund’s President Promises Transparency

Posted on April 8, 2008 by John

In the latest episode of 60 Minutes (Sunday, April 6, 2008), the weekly investigative news show does a segment on China’s Sovereign-Wealth Fund, which has about $200 billion in assets, in “China Investment An Open Book? Sovereign-Wealth Fund’s President Promises … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations | 4 Comments

Pro-Tibet protesters climb Golden Gate Bridge cables

Posted on April 7, 2008 by John

Source: Flickr/sfthqphotos If you were watching the news or checking out the web during lunch today or this afternoon, you probably saw or read about “Pro-Tibet protesters climb Golden Gate Bridge cables:” “The protesters, two men and a woman, scaled … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics | 3 Comments

Downelink, Being Downe and the Gay Asian Community

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Efren

So a couple of days ago, I gave a lecture for a good friend’s class in SFSU’s Asian American Studies Department on HIV/AIDS and the queer API men’s community. It brought up a lot of interesting memories, since I used … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT, Lifestyles, Observations | 18 Comments

Does the 80-20 initiative uses spamming tactics?

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Ben

The 80-20 Initiative is one that claims to want to pull all asian americans as a swing block for voting and is nonpartisan and… well… yadda yadda. That’s great and all, and I’m glad they’re looking to have Asians vote. … Continue reading →

Posted in WTF | Tagged , , | 13 Comments

San Francisco Asians fret over insult to Olympic torch

Posted on April 6, 2008 by John

In today’s Front Page, The San Francisco Chronicle writes about “S.F. Asians fret over insult to Olympic torch.” If you haven’t been hiding under a rock the past month, you know that the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch relay will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics | 10 Comments

Smart vs. cool: Culture, race and ethnicity in Silicon Valley schools

Posted on April 6, 2008 by John

I think you can figure out where this blog posting is going to go with a title like Smart vs. cool: Culture, race and ethnicity in Silicon Valley schools, as written in today’s San Jose Mercury News. California, and especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | 2 Comments

Vincent Who?

Posted on April 5, 2008 by John

I was on Facebook when I noticed that a friend of mine had become a “fan” of “Vincent Who?” and I thought to myself, “What is this all about?” Vincent Who? is a new documentary about Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Movies | 1 Comment

More good music: Renee Sebastian

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Ernie

Meet Renee Sebastian – a Filipino-American wife and mother who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She majored in Computer Science in college. Just your typical Asian American living in the Bay, right? Wrong. Because Renee Sebastian is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 5 Comments

PENN: Asian American Studies department funding

Posted on April 4, 2008 by John

What is it with Ivy League schools and their Asian American Studies programs? After similar cases at Harvard and Yale, I came across a posting on Angry Asian Man about the University of Pennsylvania and their article on the Asian … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations | 2 Comments