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20 February 2009 ~ Comments

25 Facts about Tony Chung

25 Facts about Tony Chung

This was originally part of an online tag campaign, but I figured I’d also post it here for those who are interested in getting to know weird facts about me and my idiosyncrasies :p:

I didn’t pay a cent for my college education.
When I am embarrassed, I sweat profusely.
80% of the time I am listening [...]

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22 December 2007 ~ Comments

Felix Baumgartner teaches us how to Live Life

Felix Baumgartner teaches us how to Live Life

On December 11th, Felix Baumgartner jumped off the top of the Taipei 101 tower (the tallest building in the world right now). The catch: He did it without permission.

From YouTube:
BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner leaped from the highest building in the world, the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan on December 11. The [...]

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05 April 2007 ~ Comments

The Business of being Helpful

The Business of being Helpful

I gain a lot from the help of others. I absorb a lot of experience and knowledge vicariously through other people. It’s a really great thing. Helping others is an important part of my life.
Why?

Because so many people have helped me along the way.
Example: today in my verilog programming course, I asked the person sitting [...]

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07 March 2007 ~ Comments

8 Ways to Become a Genius

8 Ways to Become a Genius

Mike Lee posted an interesting entry on how to think like a genius.

The eight strategies are from author Michael Michalko’s “Thinking like a genius: eight strategies used by the supercreative, from Aristotle and Leonardo to Einstein and Edison”:

Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives that no one else has taken (or [...]

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26 February 2007 ~ Comments

James Dean Made my Weekend

James Dean Made my Weekend

“Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”

These are the words of the late James Dean, who died at age 24. I saw this quote this weekend on a poster frame at Target. I stood there and read the same line over and over again. I fell in love with the [...]

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15 February 2007 ~ Comments

Top 4 ‘Missed Call’ Rules, Cell Phone Etiquette for Dummies

Cell phone etiquette. I’ve been in situations where I don’t get a simple call back from a friend. I’ve been in numerous situations where I’ve been a jackass and forget to call people back. Last week, I wrote a post about how following up is uber important.

So I decided to come up with a set [...]

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01 February 2007 ~ Comments

Cool Google Hack for your Cell phone

Cool Google Hack for your Cell phone

Here’s a cool little Googlie for your cellie that Kevin showed me last week.

Suppose you’re on the go. Using your text message function, you can:
Find locations of stores nearby.
1. Type in a store and zip code e.g. Safeway 95192
2. Send it to Google i.e. 466453
Google will text you back locations of Safeways in [...]

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16 November 2006 ~ Comments

How to Stop Receiving Trash Mail

How to Stop Receiving Trash Mail

I sift through a load of useless (tangible) mail every single day, the majority of my mail is stuff that I end up recycling. The ratio is about 5:1, meaning I typically open 1 out of 5 mail items that actually looks important. Then, half the time these opened items turn out to be crap [...]

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10 January 2006 ~ Comments

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech

Transcript of Steve Jobs’ speech (source: Stanford):
This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. [...]

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