And then there were three. My little girl arrived a bit early, and we’re all grateful she arrived safely and it healthy and well! The baby and I are doing great. She’s about 3 hours old in the photo above. Born at 6pm and was 5 lbs and 19 inches long. Apparently she wanted to come celebrate Thanksgiving and Mommy’s birthday too! Here’s her birth story.

Casey’s Cupcakes, 2011 Winner on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars had their grand opening on the UCR Campus today! So I got some yummy cupcakes for lunch. :)

What we thought was a Spring Celebration (with free pizza), turned out to be a taping of “Undercover Boss!” Our Chancellor at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) was chosen for the job. He went undercover for a few weeks and did various things like shelf books in the library, give a tour of the campus, help coach track runners, make lunches for the students, be a teacher’s assistant, take care of greenhouses, and more! It was hilarious! Let’s just say, Chancellor White had a lot of fun playing his new character, “Pete.” The episode will air in about a month from now.

After the celebration, I got the chance to meet Scotty the Bear! Go Highlanders! ;)

I had an amazing time at the Jordin Sparks concert at Club Nokia tonight! It was quite exciting to be in a room packed with her screaming fans. Jordin came on stage at 9pm and brought so much energy to the crowd, it was hard not to sing and jump along! I kept the jumping to a minimum though since I didn’t want to drop my camera. ;)

She sang every song from her latest album, and through in a few new ones. She also added “No Air” and “Tattoo” to the set as well.

I was there to do a photoshoot of the concert for Beatweek Magazine, and had a great time while doing it! Here are some of my favorites!

And some videos! Sorry about the blue-ish color. I don’t think the app was compatible with iOS 4, but the audio is fine. Qik video of “Art of Love” by Jordin Sparks and Guy Sebatian.

Love Jordin Sparks? Go see her now on her Battlefield Tour! She’ll also be starring on Broadway in “In the Heights” from Aug. 13 – the end of November. Go see her in New York as well!

More info:
Beatweek Magazine
JordinSparks.com
Latest Album (Battlefield)

“Battlefield” by Jordin Sparks is on sale now.

Disclaimer: I received complimentary concert tickets as part of Beatweek Magazine’s media coverage.

A few days ago, I heard Ryan Seacrest mention that Orianthi will be playing at my local Best Buy this weekend. I’m so happy I caught that announcement!

So my friends and I met up today at Best Buy and watched her perform a few songs from her album. She performed “Drive Away,” “Bad News,” and my favorite “According to You.” For those of us who came earlier, we got a pre-show when she was doing her sound check. :)

If you haven’t heard her music yet, you’ll soon find out that she’s an amazing guitarist. She’s worked with incredible musicians like Carrie Underwood, Steve Vai, Carlos Santana, and Michael Jackson. Here’s a full interview with her from iProng Magazine.

You can purchase Orianthi’s Believe cd or take a listen to the album below:

My autographed cd!

Slideshow from the Concert

Related Links

• Orianthi.com – Her official website
• Orianthi interview with iProng Magazine
• Live Qik Video: Bad News & According to You
• Live Qik Video: Drive Away

I spent a few days at the Consumer Electronics Show 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada and had a geeky fabulous time. The conference was huge, and there was just so much to see! And three days was not enough time to see everything.

Most of my time was spent in the 3 major halls, hoping to cover all the latest in technology for you! Here’s an overview of products that I really enjoyed at the show.

• EnTourage Edge a ebook reader/tablet hybrid
• Lenevo Ideapad Hybrid – new laptop and tablet in one!
• Nokia Booklet 3g is Nokia’s new netbook
• Cocoon Innovations has some nice and stylish bags for all your gadgets. These bags also come with GRID-IT! organization system that I really like. New bags are not on the website yet.
• Case Mate – launched a new line called “I make My Case” where you can design your own case from famous artist’s artwork.
• (*)Speck launched some lines of iPhone/iPod Touch cases — Fitted ArstProjekt, Fitted, and Satin Skin.
• Gelaskins has some beautiful artwork for your devices.
• Tru Protection – has some very nice anti-glare screen protectors for various mobile devices.
• ZipCar is a similar to a rent-a-car service, but no attendants are needed. You just pick up the car at your reserved time and go. They now have an iPhone app where you can reserve the cars.
• AlgebraPrep is a series of new iPhone/iPod Touch apps to help students prepare for Algebra math classes.
• Parrot AR.Drone is a wifi helicopter with 2 cameras on it. You can play it with augmented reality games on your iPhone / iPod Touch!
• OnStar iPhone App – launched last at CES that lets you control your Chevy volt with your iPhone.
• Lego Universe is a new massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) coming out that uses Lego people!
• NVIDIA 3D Vision allows gaming in 3d. Supercool. More..

I’ll be doing blog posts for the individual products later this week. You can read them over at my blog and iProng Magazine.

I had a great time at the [RE]Think Hawaii Tweetup tonight. It was geektastic! Christine Lu and the ReThink Hawaii Crew put together an amazing event. I had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic geeks there that I hope to see again soon.

Photos taken by Albertech. Above is Renee from Happy Hearts Mochi, Chris Pirillo, Traci Toguchi, and me. To the right is Renee, Christine Lu, and me.

Neal Campbell – Daynah – Cali Lewis – Photo by Albertech.net

Another Blog World Expo has come and gone. This is actually my first Blog World Expo event, and I greatly enjoyed it. There were just so many amazing sessions taking place that it was very hard to choose which to go to. In addition to the panels, I met a lot of amazing people who are changing our world through social media and online tools.

I took a lot of notes that I need to review before writing a full article, so come back later for that! Here is a list of the panels and events that I attended:

Thursday

• Online Locally, Acting Globally – how social media lets us affect and organize the planet
• Chris Brogan’s Closing Keynote
• TechSet & Blogworld Afterhours Party

Friday

• State of the Blogosphere Address by Richard Jalichandra
• Keynote: The Death and Rebirth of Journalism
• Exhibit Hall
• The State of Technology and the Real Time Web
• Affiliate Marketing Blogging Secrets
• Making and Marketing an iPhone App
• Leo Laporte’s Closing Keynote
• The Beatles Love
• Blog World Opening Night Party

Saturday

• Keynote Address (The New Celebrity)
• Exhibit Hall
• Flash Animation
• Video Production Tips & Tricks
• Lunch & Fat Burger XXX Challenges

I can’t wait to attend next year’s event! Many thanks to iProng Magazine for sponsoring me for Blog World and New Media Expo!

Here are a few photos that have been uploaded:

• Blog World Expo – Day 1
• Blog World Expo – Day 2

My friends and I have been wanting to go to Goofy’s Kitchen since we found out about it last year. But you need to make reservations 2 months in advance! Can you believe that? It’s quite popular with the parents and kids! We finally made reservations to celebrate Lena and Jeff’s birthdays!

It’s essentially a buffet where you get to eat with Disney Characters! There’s at least 6 or 8 of them walking around and greeting you every so often. I was having so much fun taking photos with my friends that I kind of forgot about eating! It’s kid-oriented, so there’s a lot of finger foods… and things like peanut butter and jelly pizza. That was quite interesting!

The best part are all the memories we were able to capture. Here are some photos taken by Albertech and me!

I had such a fabulous time tonight. I went to my first “Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em” show! The show started off with some hilarious stand-up comedians: Johnny Cardinale, Lauren Bishop, Mark Daviau, Patrick Ney, Dragon Boy Suede. I especially liked Dragon Boy Suede… not sure how he made the topic ‘summer’ so funny… but it was hilarious.

And then the “Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em” crew came on stage! I had no idea what to expect from them. They took topic suggestions from the audience and just ran with them! The incredible improv actors & actresses were: Alex Albrecht, Felicia Day, Tony Janning, Jeff Lewis, Sandeep Parikh, Tara Perry, Eddie Repanich, and Brooke Seguin!

I loved how the short stories suddenly come back into a full circle of jokes. You just have to go to one of their shows to see what I mean!

Below are some photos that Albertech took. They look great! :D