Quote of The Day
by Tony Hung on August 12, 2007
I was about to comment on the whole slapfest at Gnomedex, relishing in the fact, of course, that I am on the other side of the continent, and am absolutely unqualified to write about any of the high school drama (…)
Why Doctors Write Like “Chicken-Scratch”
by Tony Hung on August 12, 2007
File this under “off-topic”, but I couldn’t help notice a post by Mark Cuban (which has some how made it on to Techmeme), involving how he basically realized that he’s lost the ability to write quickly and take notes, as (…)
Fake Blogs = “Flogs.” Fake Twitters = “Flitters?”
by Tony Hung on August 12, 2007
You may have heard that as part of the fall line up of new shows, ABC is producing a show based on those Cavemen from those Geico commercials. I feel like that there should be a commentary for advertising as (…)
Facebook Hacked! (Or Rather, The Door Was Left Unlocked)
by Tony Hung on August 12, 2007
Update 0030h: Well, that was quick. Brandy Baker of Facebook has left a comment which explains the leak. It turns out that it was the result of “single bug on a server” that exposed the code to a “small number (…)
Why Vista Enrages Me
by Tony Hung on August 11, 2007
I’d like to think of myself as pro-Microsoft. I know it has its fair share of detractors amongst the geek community (at last poll: 95% of them, which had an error rate of +/- 5%), but I figure as long (…)
Reuters Photographic Follies, Part 2: Wait, Isn’t That The Titanic?
by Tony Hung on August 11, 2007
For the second time in recent memory, Reuters has published photos that were clearly erroneous. The first time was last year when they published doctored photos of the Middle Eastern conflict. Now, they’ve come clean after a 13 year old (…)
The Eternal Debate Rises Again
by Tony Hung on August 11, 2007
There are many, actual, “eternal debates” amongst bloggers. One of them is the whole full vs. partial feeds debate, which has reared its ugly, ugly head again, with respect to the Freakonomics blog (you know, the really popular one, based (…)