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Names to avoid for your baby

Judy Soo: lost in gamble (Malay) Lucy Liaw: you are dead (Hokkien) Michael Tan: selling eggs (Cantonese) Monica Cheng: touching your buttocks (Hokkien) Nelson Tan: bird laying eggs (Mandarin) Paul Chan: bankrupt (Mandarin) Related post: Real people, real names

Top 10 mindboggling domain names

These are real websites, but clearly the companies behind them have failed to perform due diligence. 1. A site called ‘Who Represents’ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name? www.whorepresents.com 2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com 3.… Read More »

A painful waste of paint

The new Sony Bravia TV ad showcases a massive explosion of paint that took 10 days and 250 people to film. The amount of paint and other materials required to accomplish this include: 70,000 litres of paint358 single bottle bombs33 sextuple air cluster bombs22 triple hung cluster bombs268 mortars33 triple mortars22 double mortars358 metres of… Read More »