Hey everyone,

So, a lot of people have been asking us to post profiles of some of the Stanford bloggers, obviously because of our witty, accessible writing. While we didn't want to impose a mandatory rule, several bloggers responded to our call for profiles.

Right now, we've got 13 of our 40+ bloggers -- and they've included portraits, websites, and tons of YouTube videos. Come and say hi.

Blogger Profiles!

--Jason Shen and Christian Tom (2007-2008 Co-Presidents)

Name: David Gobaud
Class: 2008
Major: Computer Science
Hometown: Las Vegas
Email: gobaudd@

Name: Gilbert Martinez
Class: Ph.D Candidate
Major: Biophysics
Hometown: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Life Aspirations: Write an episode of The Simpsons.
Favorite Websites:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.snpp.org/
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/

Watch these YouTube videos

David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition!

David Blaine Street Magic 2: The Sequel

Funny picture I found on the internet

Name: Min Liu
Class: 2006
Major: Computer Science
Hometown: San Jose, CA
E-mail: min [at] cs [dot] stanford [dot] edu
Life aspirations:
Find the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, design, and photography. Be with friends. And bake and cook and dine out. And travel. And read the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Economist compulsively. And all the blogs I love. Discover the best hot chocolate on this side of the U.S. (it's no easy task!!). Go swimming and hiking, and play vball on the Oval!

Favorite websites: My flickr, and Google Maps in general.
Watch these youtube videos:

Favorite picture you found online:
I have too many (i heart flickr), but here's my current fav, of a father and his son, Wilson:

Something wild and crazy about myself: I've gone to more grad student parties after graduation than I have partied in my undergrad career. The benefits of living in the Bay Area as an alum :)

With "The Peel" at the Cantor Arts Center on campus.

Name: Galen Panger
Title(s): Founder, former President (2006-2007)
Class: 2007
Major: Public Policy
Hometown: Beach Park, IL
E-mail: gpanger at gmail
Life aspirations:
To make the world safe for human creativity and initiative, to enhance democracy and community through the internet, to continue educating myself on the ways of the world, to get involved in politics, to stop global warming, and to help relieve poverty here in America and abroad.

Favorite websites
technorati.com
digg.com
appleinsider.com
slashdot.org
techmeme.com
consumerist.com
wesleying.blogspot.com
pandora.com
washingtonpost.com
nytimes.com

Watch these YouTube videos:

Anna Deavere-Smith at TED

Eugene Nho For ASSU Senate

MADtv - iRack (including blooper)

Favorite picture you found online:

(that's how i feel sometimes)

Personal heroes:
Al Gore (he should be president!)
Steve Jobs

"The children of Doom...Doom's children. They told my lord the way to the Mountain of Power. They told him to throw down his sword and return to the earth. Hah! Time enough for the earth in the grave."
-Conan the Barbarian [the movie]

Name: evilbunny likes to remain anonymous, but will reveal that she is a
Stanford graduate student, and as her posts reveal, she is married.

She was born in CA, in silicon valley, but was forcibly relocated by her parents at the tender age of 4 to Nowhereville, Northern CA, 4,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevadas, population 400. By contrast her high school [30 minutes down the mountain] had 400 students [total] and at the time was located in the rather large town of 20K people! There were no movie theaters in the county she grew up in and her parents didn't believe in TV so she read a lot, a whole lot, to entertain herself.

My mission in lifeAt this current time my aspiration is to finish my dissertation, however, I would like to eventually become the evil, despotic, ruler of the universe. Henchmen applications are currently being accepted.
Websites I like:Home on the Strange http://www.homeonthestrange.com/
Something Positive http://www.somethingpositive.net/
Full Frontal Nerdity http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/index.htm

Watch this Youtube Video:

The Easter Bunny Hates You

Favorite Show: The Venture Bros.
Crazy fact about me: I'm evil.

Name: Rahul Thathoo
Class: Masters First Year
Major: Computer Science
Hometown: Gurgaon, India
Email: thathoo@cs.stanford.edu
Life aspirations: To make a positive impact on the lives of people through my work
Favorite websites: rediff.com, youtube.com
Favorite image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/132248453/
Something wild and crazy about myself: I have lived in so many different cities and parts of the world, that the toughest question to answer is "What is your home town?"

Name:Megan Miller
Class:2006
Major:Music
Hometown:Arcata, CA
Email: meganem@stanford.edu
Life Goal: To promote the long-term survival and flourishing of humanity (and the arts!)
Favorite Website: My blog!
Favorite video:

Percussionists claiming an apartment for their own and using it for musical purposes.

Name: Jason Shen
Class: 2008
Major: Biological Sciences, Honors thesis in Ethics in Society
Hometown: Newton, MA
Email: jashen at stanford dot edu
Life aspirations: To promote the long-term survival and flourishing of humanity
Favorite website: xkcd comics , Seth Godin
Favorite images:



When did we forget our dreams?
Watch these YouTube videos:

Big Flipoff Promo

Inside the Gymnastic Life

Strength Comes in the Struggle

Something crazy about me: I can determine underwear color through jeans.

Name: Liz Brody
Class: 2009
Major:Urban Studies
Hometown: Thornwood NY,
Email: lizbrody@
My mission in lifeHelp everyone else to live out theirs
Websites I like:
thehungersite.com
1000days.net
Web 2.0 News Map
FORGEnow
Watch this Youtube Video:

Indian Thriller

Crazy fact about me: I was part of a 1,000-person pillow fight in the middle of San Francisco

Name: Jason Hreha
Class: 2009
Major: Human Biology, minor in Classics
Hometown: Danville, CA
email: jhreha@
Career AmbitionsI want to become a doctor and help discover new treatments for various neurological or cardiovascular diseases.
Favorite websites:
The Huffington Post.com
Slate
Artchive
Digg

Favorite YouTube videos:
Flea Market Rap

Councilman Throws Object at Reporter

Worst Weatherman in History

Name: George Xander Morris
Class: 2008
Major: English and Art Studio
Hometown:Little Rock, Arkansas
Email: gmmorris@
Career Ambitions: I want to go to Law School or Artist/Lawyer
A website I like: Myspace
Watch this Youtube Video:

Lip Gloss by Lil Mama

Something crazy about me: I work at Sephora as a Makeup Artist now!

Name: Christian L. Tom
Major: History
Hometown: New York City
Email: cltom@
A website I like: All Look Same
Watch this Youtube Video:
Ella Fitzgerald singing "Hey Jude," great artist, great song