http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen Your once in a while dose of mediocre entertainment Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In light of my car being on the shop, (yet again), I will use this opportunity to take advantage of my trusty two-wheeled friend, who, unlike the gas-guzzling Explorer, is much lighter, nimbler, and has never let me down. As a hipster in the making it will be my goal over ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2010/03/09/two-wheels-vs-four-wheels/ It's appropriate enough that this movie came out during NBA All-Star weekend, as the recipe for this movie was basically to throw in a bunch of good looking people together for fun entertainment, and not necessarily to satisfy the purists. Below then is how they ranked, females first: 1) Obvious choice. 2) I ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2010/02/14/valentines-dayranking-the-cast/ Candidate: "Yeah I was a management science major, which is what it sounds like, the science of management." Q: "Can you tell about the investment club you're in?" C: "Oh I'm not really involved in it much anymore...did you want to know something spceific about it?" Q: "What made you specifically apply to ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2010/01/08/phone-interview-today/ clicky And this too. http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2010/01/02/double-your-pleasure-double-your-fun/ My cousin who's just a year older than I am (I'm 26 he 27), and someone I've always viewed as a peer is soon getting married and has just bought a house in suburbia California. On the other side of things I'm enjoying single life, go out every weekend, and am ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/12/31/life-and-its-predictability/ Thanks for the bday present! http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/12/27/once/ Since I've been home in the past few days I've spent a good amount of time re-playing old NES/SNES games, namely the Mario series and reliving that childhood nostalgia. Each one has about 8-10 worlds to pass, and the best parts by far come from within those first x-1 levels, where ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/12/24/reaching-lifes-boss-level/ There are many similarities between your average relationship and owning a stock. Inevitable are the many ups and downs that come throughout the course of "ownership". There are the "bears" who are slow and resistful to move, and the "bulls" on the other end who move hard and strong. ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/12/22/the-relationship-between-the-stock-market-andrelationships/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...orting-on-his-capture/ Earlier this week, New York Times reporter David Rohde escaped from a Taliban prison. He had been a Taliban hostage for the last seven months, but the general public had absolutely no clue. In a joint effort by The New York Times and Wikipedia, the story was kept quiet until ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/06/28/ny-timeswikipedia-help-save-journalist-by-not-revealing-that-he-was-captured/ I exaggerate only a little bit. http://mashable.com/2009/06/16/facebook-search-2/ Facebook is testing a realtime search engine for users’ news feeds that will challenge Twitter search, the company revealed on its blog today. Say what you will about Twitter, but the Iranian situation has shown that its real time search feature is unmatched in providing live ... http://www.pikindaguy.com/tien_nguyen/2009/06/16/facebook-real-time-search-1-trillion-valuation/