While we’re at it, here are seven more items that should also be banned from carry-ons: 1. BeltSome cowboy may use this to whip the pilot into action (or worse, inaction). 2. High-heel stilettosA hard nudge by one of these pointy devices can be deadly. 3. PenYeah, you’ll need this to complete the immigration forms,… Read More »
A reader by the name of Tom Grundy wrote in to The Standard newspaper in Hong Kong today to criticise the HK government’s response to the post-80s generation. Below is an excerpt of his letter: Almost as frustrating is Donald Tsang Yam-kuen’s clueless response to the rail link dissenters. Somehow he believes the real issue… Read More »
Amnesty International has criticised China’s execution of 53-year-old Briton Akmal Shaikh, who was convicted of drug smuggling by the Chinese authorities, as a “slap in the face” of the international community. The NGO also called on Beijing to fulfill its human rights commitments by abolishing the death penalty. According to Amnesty, of the 2,400 executions… Read More »
Dana Hanna, a computer programmer from Maryland interrupted his own wedding vows to update his Facebook page. Watch the faux pas committed by this wedding twit in the video below. What’s next? Tweeting a funeral? Sometimes you have to live your life instead of commenting on it. Related post:I know what you did last minute
Internet access here in China is severely restricted again. I wonder if this has to do with the upcoming Golden Week holidays. Perhaps the authorities is trying to limit negative news during this period of national celebration. But at what cost? People who wants to read alternative views will find ways to access such materials,… Read More »
Ray Kurzweil, the famous “futurist” who has made some ludicrously inaccurate predictions, sent an angry letter to Newsweek magazine to try and clear his name. (I wonder if he will do the same if he comes across this post: The scary thing about Ray Kurzweil) Here is an excerpt: I appreciate your bringing my ideas… Read More »