Another rip-off
Apparently, Chrissie Chau Sau-na (周秀娜) has made “teen model” the most popular new term in Hong Kong last year, according to a poll by City University. Related post: What a rip off!
Tag Archives: people
Standing at the altar with @Tracy Page
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
No handball, in Thierry
Just in case you think censorship is a by-product of authoritarian regimes, here’s an example of political correctness in the free world. If you check out the opening few second of Gillette’s “Gillette Champions“, you will notice a minor discrepancy between the French version and most other versions of the commercial. In the latter, all… Read More »
Ass Consultant?
Just the other day, I was searching LinkedIn for an old contact and guess what I found among the listing? Some people need to be more vigilant about their profile headline, especially if they happen to work in a hospital. Probably as bad as an ANALyst.
Cease and desist
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 »
Know which side your bread is buttered
A description of Harvard University by Chris Langan (from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers) that pretty much sums up the situation at SPH and the rest of the government machinery in Singapore: “The people running it are not necessarily searching for truth and knowledge. They want to be big shots, and when you accept a paycheck from… Read More »