"OMG" ! That's what's up!

So the other day I was taking lunch with my girlfriend on Beverly Drive off of Charleville in Beverly Hills and she pointed out to me the conversation these two approximately 6 year old kids were having. The older sister was telling the younger brother "Maybe instead of 'o my god' we should use 'OMG'". Now I know we are the home growers of trend setters here in Los Angeles, but this goes to show the impact of the Internet (social networking / dating / entertainment) on us. Vint Cert (founder of the Internet's TCP/IP) who holds the position of Internet Evangelist at Google pointed out during his conference on Tracking the Internet into the 21st Century that the next generation of Internet users will be introduced to the Internet via mobile devices. While Googooling around "the future of social networking" I eventually got led to Danah Boyd's blog and found this interesting article on Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites:
The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage
Social Life where she points out a quote on teenagers not existing for their friends if they don't have a Myspace.

Cisco On-Stage Telepresence Holographic Video Conferencing

I was reading up on Kehles' blog about Cisco's TelePresence product. The Cisco TelePresence product is a collaboration between Musion and Cisco. Watch the demo on their site here.

Bardia Afshin Facebook is up. Add me and hit me up.

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Check yourself before you wreck yourself! PlanetEureka.com is up!

Eureka from Planet Euraka is up! I just read this article on Planet Eureka. What is it about? It's about connecting INNOVATORS of all ages and education backgrounds with Corporations/Businesses of small to large sizes in plain English (no confusing jargon). I've signed up for their news updates, I'll keep you updated with what the word is on the street. In the meantime, if you're interested for more information you can read about on About.com and Tuscal news or better yet Google it for yourself

Cluster Map is on! - Bardia Afshin's Blog

I wanted to keep track of who's visiting my blog (besides moi). Check it out for yourself and give it a try from over here Cluster Map

Burma is up! with Eric Szmanda & Jjorja Fox

Eric Szmanda & Jjorja Fox are featured in today's video for the Burma awareness campaign.


You can donate directly to for the Burma / Myanmar disaster relief.

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Programmer humour.

I was reading this article Satan, Britney Spears Top Paris Hilton In OSS References on SlashDot.org which mentions Programmers Obsessed with Satan, Britney Spears, so I decided to run my own search on krugle.org for Satan . I looked at a demo at Krugle.com for commercial enterprise uses it may have and it's nothing you can't do by piping with sed / grep / awk on linux/unix or cygwin on Windows. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.

Burma is up!

Burma / Myanmar has been hit with cyclone. 4,000 are dead, 3,000 are missing, and 100,000 people are homeless. You can read all about it here. The timing of the launch of the "Burma: It can't Wait" awareness program is more then ever just right. Support the cause by checking out BurmaItCantWait.org. Review, discover, and purchase... up to 10% of your purchases will be donated to support Burma awareness program.

Support "Burma: It Can't Wait"

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Burma: It can't wait

You can support the cause of bringing awareness to Burma by registering on Fanista.com with Burma as your uplink.

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Check out my Fanista profile, get to know my taste in music, movies, and games. Here you can share your taste in entertainment with others, see what others have to say about your taste and your opinions, and shop for music/movies/games while your at it.