http://www.wendellchong.com My bloggin' noggin is kinda foggin' Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:02:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I saw Kobe Bryant at a Sharper Image store today. I was with my wife who was checking out the massage chairs when there was minor commotion at the front door. Apparently Kobe had come into the store with a couple of his kids to browse a bit and ... http://www.wendellchong.com/2007/09/24/brush-with-the-rich-and-famousand-others/ I think these guys are kinda like the real life Beavis and Butthead. http://www.smosh.com/ A lot of their jokes are so lame and sophomoric they just make me crack up, sad to say. :P. I do admire their prolific video endeavors, though. http://www.wendellchong.com/2007/06/07/video-dopeskindanot/ Here's another site with some interesting stats for the Orange County California market. All the rage now because of the real estate bubble. http://www.ochomereview.com http://www.wendellchong.com/2007/04/19/check-out-more-real-estate-stats-in-orange-county/ If you live in Orange County California, here's a way to snoop around to see what your neighbor pays in property taxes: http://www.ttc.ocgov.com/tcweb/search_page.asp http://www.wendellchong.com/2007/01/02/orange-county-tax-records/ Diamond smuggling, terrorism, idealistic journalism, failed loyalties, greed, gore. What more can you ask for? Actually, I found this to be a very entertaining and suspenseful drama with some of the best non-car chase scenes in recent memory. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Danny Archer, a South African mercenary ... http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/12/20/blood-diamond-is-bloody-good/ Here's a good site for doing mortgage calculations. http://www.mortgage-investments.com/ I especially like their Investment Spreadsheet, in case you're considering getting into the real estate rental game. http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/12/11/mortgage-calculators/ I saw this movie the other day amid all the rave reviews. People were comparing the Borat character -- played by B-team comedian Sacha Cohen -- to that of Forest Gump. I think he's a little more like the Johnny Knoxville character in the Jackass movies. ... http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/11/04/borat-where-the-bores-at/ A nice little online java calculator for figuring out the size of your nest egg 20 years from now... http://www.moneytoys.com/future-value-calculator.php http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/09/22/future-value-calculator-for-investment-calculations/ Pretty trippy Lumalive technology from Philips. I'm waiting for the full screen cloth monitor that you can roll up and keep in your backpack. http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/09/18/phillips-lumalive-light-emitting-textile-clothing/ I tried the http://www.zillow.com site today. It's the one that shows you home prices along with a lot of other niceties like property tax, square footage, comps. Great for finding out how much your friends and neighbors have tied up in their homes, who to hit up for a loan, ... http://www.wendellchong.com/2006/03/09/zillow/