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Hyphen nominated for Utne Independent Press Award

Posted by Harry in All posts, Hyphen, Media on March 23, 2010

Great news: Hyphen is up for a 2010 Utne Independent Press Award in the social/cultural coverage category.

If you’ve not heard of it, the Utne Reader is a magazine that digests and reprints the best from alternative and independent media from around the country. Its Independent Press Awards recognize the excellence in alternative and independent publishing.

We were nominated for best new title in 2004 and best design in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jake Shimabukuro thanks YouTube

Posted by Harry in All posts, Asian spotting, Hyphen, Media on March 22, 2010

Jake Shimabukuro

Jake Shimabukuro's career took off after a YouTube video of him went viral.

Shimabukuro been called the Hendrix of Ukulele (or for you 80s heavy metal fans, the  Yngwie of Ukulele, as former Hyphen Music Editor Todd Inoue described him). I sawShimabukuro play at Yoshi’s San Francisco on Monday night, and along with his mad ukulele skills, he had an engaging stage presence when telling the little back-stories to each song before performing it. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hyphen release party video on Myx

Posted by Harry in All posts, Hyphen, Media on March 15, 2010

If you couldn’t make it to Hyphen’s Trailblazing Issue release party, here’s a video from Myx with some highlights. Read the rest of this entry »

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John Cho discusses ‘Harold and Kumar,’ ‘Star Trek’ sequels

Posted by Harry in All posts, Asian spotting, Hollywood, Hyphen, Star Trek on March 11, 2010

Flash Forward star John Cho says that a script for the third Harold and Kumar has been written and that it will be a holiday-themed movie that takes place a few years after the last film. The new Star Trek script is being written, Cho says, but he doesn’t know what the story is about. I can’t wait to see both of them.

This post is also on Hyphen magazine’s blog.

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Deborah Gibson in love scene with Asian guy

Posted by Harry in All posts, Asian spotting, Hollywood, Hyphen, Media, Race on January 25, 2010

Debbie Gibson

Deborah Gibson and Vic Chao make out in 'Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.'

“Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus“: the title alone should have kept me away, but flipping through the channels to SyFy, my curiosity was piqued when I saw that it starred 80s teen sensation Debbie Gibson (who’s all grown up and goes by Deborah now). I started watching and lo and behold, before I knew it, her character and a fellow scientist played by Vic Chao were making eyes for each other and heading to the closet for some, shall we say, intense research. Read the rest of this entry »

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Get the Asian Flush? Rice may be causing it

Posted by Harry in All posts, Hyphen, Race on January 21, 2010

A few drinks turns many Asians red. (Wikipedia)

That red-faced glow many Asians get when they have a few too many drinks is the result of a genetic mutation that research suggests occurred about the same time farmers began growing rice in China … about 10,000 years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hyphen magazine’s Trailblazing Issue is out

Posted by Harry in All posts, Hyphen on January 3, 2010

Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang of Disgrasian.com

Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang of Disgrasian.com in an outtake from the cover shoot for Hyphen magazine's Trailblazing Issue. (Photo by Derek Liu)

Hyphen just published its Trailblazing Issue, with Disgrasian bloggers Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang on the cover. Read all about it on the Hyphen blog and my editor’s note from the magazine.

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Miley Cyrus slanty-eyed photo offensive, but legal

Posted by Harry in All posts, Hollywood, Hyphen, Media on November 21, 2009

Miley Cyrus and friends doing their best slanty.

The legal saga of the Miley Cyrus chinky-eyed photo is coming to an end. A judge has tossed alawsuit filed against Cyrus for posing in the image that’s been all over the Internet. Read the rest of this entry »

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University of California tackles state’s water problems

Posted by Harry in All posts, UC on September 1, 2009

Here’s a package of stories my colleagues and I produced about how University of California campuses are researching issues related to water and drought.

I wrote about water policy and environmental problems.

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Writing a lot for the University of California

Posted by Harry in All posts on August 13, 2009

I’ve been in my new job in the communications department at the University of California Office of the President for about two months now, and I’ve been doing a lot of writing, which I enjoy.

I’ve had a few articles published already. On my Writing page, see my articles on UC Santa Cruz’s Predatory Bird Research Group, the new UC student regents and the urban initiatives of 4-H, which I never knew before was a UC-run program.

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