Millenium Falcon

Model being air-brushed, auto repair shop, Lee Nam Road, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.

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This is a cake

From the Cake Shop, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Hong Kong.

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Chairman Mao avec cigar

Statue mounted on south wall of Jamia Mosque, Hong Kong

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mini Moods Premium Cigarillos

Is possible my "small" smoking habit was a lot larger than I thought ...

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Apple's Multitouch Patent Problem?

It's hard to tell if this is just ambulance chasing or if Elan Microelectronics have a solid case. Elan settled a previous lawsuit, re: licensing the company's "patent to the detection of multi-fingers," so it will be interesting to watch.

參考來源： Elan Sues to Ban Apple Multitouch Products in U.S. — Even the iPad (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

No one likes a bully

Facebook's decision to threaten a researcher with a lawsuit for creating collected data using their recommended practices and open information just reeks of selective prosecution. (See previous post here. )I guess they just want to do it and charge for it.

參考來源： UPDATED: Facebook Data Deleted After Lawsuit Threat (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

It's a cold day in hell ...

... when the consumption of wine, beer and spirits sales in Ireland fall to their lowest levels in almost two decades.

參考來源： Ireland: 'Worst year in living memory' - decanter.com - the route to all good wine (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

The Palin Brand Taints All it Touches

It's not uncommon for TV shows to be made up of prerecorded interviews where the program's host wasn't present. But Fox's marketing department got a ahead of itself by implying that interviews with L.L. Cool J and Toby Keith were done WITH Sarah Palin. Still, in schoolyard terms, the stars in question just don't want her cooties.

參考來源： Palin, Fox News, LL Cool J tangle over phantom interview - Yahoo! News (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

The Hatriot Movement

Seems that fomenting violent dissent in the guise of "taking back the country" has become a popular game for Fox News, talk radio and some of the dodgier members of the GOP and the Tea Party "movement." This excerpt from John Avlon's "Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America" makes for some sober reading.

參考來源： Wingnuts Excerpt—The Hatriots: Armed and Dangerous - Page 1 - The Daily Beast (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

Two Words: Android eReader

From HotHardware.com: "Neofonie is introducing the WePad, a German-made unit that promises "fast Internet connectivity, a complete world of ready-to-use applications and easy access to books and photos, as well as magazines and newspapers .... "

參考來源： Neofonie WePad Is An 11.6", Android-Based iPad Killer - HotHardware (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

CNNGo art work

We're just a talented bunch.

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Cross-Network Commenting is Coming

From ReadWriteWeb: "Two companies outside Silicon Valley say they are the first implementers of a new open source protocol called Salmon, which allows comments to be sent over the walls of one social network to communicate with users of another."

This makes social networks, or "walled gardens" redundant (again) ...

參考來源： Cracking Facebook's Dominance: New Cross-Network Commenting Protocol Could Be a Game Changer (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

Super-size THIS! Burgers bounced from NATO HQ in Afghanistan

From The Times (UK): "First he banned booze in his Kabul headquarters. Now the notoriously austere commander of US and Nato forces has a new target in his war on terror: ice cream and fast food."

參考來源： Burgers go way of booze as US general Stanley McChrystal bans junk food - Times Online (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

World War II Battled Out on Facebook

This is a brilliant time-waster. Sadly, it also might be what a history book will look like on an iPad ...

參考來源： World War II Battled Out On Facebook [Pic] | I Am Bored (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

Frank Rich calls out Tea Partiers for who they really are ...

From the NYT: "How curious that a mob fond of likening President Obama to Hitler knows so little about history that it doesn’t recognize its own small-scale mimicry of Kristallnacht."

What's absurd is these people have the gall to think of themselves as "freedom fighters," "libertarians" -- or worse, "patriots" -- throwing off the yoke of "tyranny". It's just a sad, sad indictment of America's GOP and its cohorts, the alleged "conservative movement," that both are so seemingly bereft of ideas.

參考來源： Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)

Whither the UK's The Times and Sunday Times?

From the BBC: "The Times and Sunday Times newspapers will start charging to access their websites in June, owner News International (NI) has announced."

Rupert Murdoch, relatively fresh off his battle with Google, re: listing on the search engine giant, has now taken the matter of the true value of newspapers to the people. Interesting to see if this is the nail in the coffin for The Times, or if people prefer quality journalism over reblogged content from non-MSM sites like this one ...

參考來源： BBC News - Times and Sunday Times websites to charge from June (在「Google 網頁註解」中檢視)