tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30140462024-10-04T20:45:23.109-07:00the life and times of gilbert lee. blogging inconsistently since 2001, before blogging was cool.Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00094270891424375259noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014046.post-60984445619703143652010-05-21T11:06:00.001-07:002010-05-21T11:18:29.964-07:00

Follow me at @gilleeI like the Lookout mobile phone app -- but do you have to take up so much real estate on my phone?Today, May 21, 2010, 2 hours agoAre folks really watching the NBA Combine?Today, May 21, 2010, 2 hours agoDude, that really rocks. RT @davekim: Google's logo today celebrates Pac-Man's 30th anniversary. Oh yeah, and it's playable.Today, May 21, 2010, 2 hours agoNice job Forbes --

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I see a ton of free movies. Some of them are great (Dark Knight) others suck (Ghost of Girlfriends Past). Even with the bad movies you can't beat the price -- Free!http://sffreemovies.blogspot.com

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Here is the inside of our new apartment. We've got some work to get it ready for visitors (and for living).I saw an NBC11 news van outside our place yesterday. We'll share that story later!

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This is a great wallpaper I found today. This is getting me pumped for football season. You can download it here

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A lot has been made about 95% of blogs have been abandoned and have not been updated in the last 90 days. I've got some fun stuff that will be posted in June. You'll want to stay tuned.

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Graduation is in 7 days!Once I finish school I'll have lots of free time to read the big pile of books that I've collected in the last 3 years. Here's a short list of books to get me started:The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers DirectlyWhat Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become

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The Cal Basketball season finale versus UCLA was bound to have a huge crowd because of ESPN's national coverage and the assignment of the College Gameday show at Haas Pavilion. Among the folks that we saw... Gameday Staff:Rece Davis - the host genuinely enjoyed the Haas crowd and was seen mingling with students after GamedayBobby Knight - 'the General' wore red (he loves to play the villian) and

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We've finally gone through and prepared our photo collection from our South American trip. You can see them here!http://www.flickr.com/photos/marisalouie/sets/72157614332164067/

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Another guest post by Marisa...As our taxi pulled onto the autopista from Ezeiza International Airport, Gil turned to me and said, "It's been awhile since I've seen a four lane freeway."After a few hoops thrown our way by Aerolineas Argentinas, we made it into Buenos Aires on Tuesday night and to the northwestern district of Belgrano, where we're "renting" a sixth floor studio apartment that's

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Bundled against the morning chill in Punta Arenas, ChileWe crossed from Chilean Patagonia into Argentinian Patagonia yesterday, making it all the way to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the Americas. The bus trip from Punta Arenas, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina, is eleven hours long, but of that, only eight hours is on the road, since so much time is spent at the border crossing and on the ferry

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Post by Marisa from an internet cafe in Ushuaia, while Gilbert watched Cal basketball clips. ("Honey, they led for fifty seconds in their triple overtime win!")Torres del Paine National Park, the crown jewel of Patagonia (yeah, I quoted liberally from the guidebook, but it’s an apt description), sits six hours north of Punta Arenas. It’s absolutely stunning: jagged snow-capped mountains,

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Post by Marisa from an internet cafe in Ushuaia, while Gilbert consulted his credit card company about foreign transaction fees.Coyhaique, Chile apparently isn’t on everyone’s destination list, so Sky Airlines cancelled our outbound flight on Tuesday and instead booked us flying into Punta Arenas a day early. This robbed us of one more day with Marìa Inès and Joksan, and meant that we were going

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Guest blog entry written by Marisa...You'd think that one million people, twenty minutes of fireworks, and truckloads of cheap beer and pisco would be a bad combination, but New Year's Eve in Valparaíso was stunning and surprisingly calm. We watched the fireworks from the terrace of Casa Carrasco, a residencial on Cerro Concepción (photos forthcoming!), and then joined the throngs in search of

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The first three days in Santiago, Chile have been a delightful whirlwind. The weather has been nice (mid-80s, low humidity) and the long hours of sunlight (6 am to 9 pm) have expanded our window for sightseeing.My first days in Santiago have been pretty relaxed. Marisa had the foresight to keep the pace of our trip slow at the start. I appreciate the ability to get over the jet lag and to

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This year was definitely one that was filled with great moments and its challenges. Being "alone" for most of the year was tough but has made spending time with Marisa in S. America even more special.Here's a quick recap on some important events from 2008.Jan - Celebrated the New Year with champagne, paper cups, at Pier 39 (where are the crowds?)Feb - Bid Marisa farewell over board games and

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So I'm off to South America (Chile and Argentina) tomorrow. I'll be gone for a couple of weeks and will be reuniting with Marisa, who has been in Chile since February. It promises to be the vacation of a lifetime! Feel free to send me an email or leave a comment!This is the spot to watch for updates from our travels.I had been counting down the days with limited success. My Twitter stopped

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This week I had a chance to see the new Clint Eastwood film, Gran Torino. Despite his place as an American film icon-- Eastwood has received criticism from the Asian American community-- most prominently for the use of term "Chinaman" in Absolute Power.When I saw the trailer for GT, I was curious to see how Eastwood (who also directed the picture) would portray the Hmong community central to the

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I said goodbye to an old friend on Tuesday night as I watched the finale of The Shield">. Although there are other shows that I have also loved (The Wire, The West Wing), no show consistently kicked me in the throat quite like the Shield.To be honest -- I was late to the party on both The Wire (watched it in its entirety this summer) and The West Wing (thank you, Bravo reruns). I was able to

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If you've been following Cal Basketball over the past decade you are probably familiar with former Coach Ben Braun. His tenure was marked with relative mediocrity (although he did win Cal a "National Championship") and a knack for signing players international players. Some would be good contributors (Richard Midgley, Amit Tamir) while others (Saulius Kuzminskas, Shahar Gordon) were total

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Here's another update:10-17: Elliptical machine (30), StairMaster (20) 10-20: Chest/arms/legs (45)10-23: Chest/arms (30)

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I've gotten some good feedback so here is the second installment of this feature:10-7: Elliptical machine (30), StairMaster (10), stationary bike (30), treadmill (20)10-9: Elliptical (30), treadmill (20), bike (30)10-13: Chest, arms (40)10-14: Elliptical (30), Spinning class (60)My chest is starting to feel better now after Monday's butterfly exercises. Spinning was something new. I'll need to

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Thanks to the Coen Brothers (and their new picture Burn After Reading) I am one of the newest members of Crunch Gym.I have to admit that the facility (New Montgomery in SF) is much nicer than the 24 Hour Fitness gym that I've frequented in the past. Towel service, clean facilities and available machines make for a better experience.Here's a recap on my activity for the last week (starting Monday

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I think this is going to be my most productive summer ever! I only have two days left of class before my "summer vacation" begins and I think I will be more productive if I document this list for all the world to see.Back up and organize my computers and assorted digital media: I'm long overdue to index and clean up my files. If I don't do it now I'm just asking for trouble.Purge and reduce my "

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After the Cheung Kong mixer, the group decided to head down to the Bund, the famous riverside area of Shanghai. As was typically the case it was quite a trial to get enough cabs for our group. Of course, the standard way of travelling anywhere via cab was by showing the cab driver the guide book (the Chinese characters specifically) or having the hotel staff write up the address where we wanted

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On the agenda after our trip to Metro was a mixer with the current Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business students (CKGSB) that took place in a building adjacent to the hotel called appropriately enough, the White House.The room itself was kind of funky with furniture that didn't quite fit and was hard to move around but the company was good. CKGSB is unique from many other Chinese business

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