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Ben Hwang is involved in a number of online publications and also writes at his personal blog, LUX.ET.UMBRA. When he's not in the middle of starting companies and dreaming up new ventures, he is heavily involved in local community efforts. Currently resides in North Carolina.
Chinese Mother Chains Mentally Ill Son For 23 Years
I don’t know what to make of this story about a Chinese mother who has kept her mentally ill son chained up for 23 years. You really don’t think that anyone would ever do something like this, but basically the guy has been living naked in a barn because his mother says that he destroys things. Apparently he was normal until he was seventeen and started setting fire to the house and ripping off his [...] Continue »
Chinese Premier Confident on US Outlook
Food for thought from the New York Times: The Chinese Premier is meeting with US counterparts and talking as if the US economic smackdown is just a passing phase. Amusingly, this carries a little bit of bias, considering that the Chinese actually own the majority of United States debt and thus wouldn’t want a collapse of US economics since that would make their debt worthless.
Asian Markets Shoot For Fourth Week Of Downturn
It seems like we just can’t get out of this slump when it comes to the economy, and these days, it’s global. Just look towards Asia if you want an indication on how the day might fare, with stocks there falling for a fourth straight week. Unfortunately, with the latest downgrade on the US outlook by S&P, it seems that investors are jumpier than ever and are fleeing towards the safety of bond markets and [...] Continue »
ToyToyota’s Backseat Driver Allows Just That
This Backseat Driver app from ToyToyota is awesome. It’s an iPhone app that allows kids to drive on a virtual road in their virtual cars where the lanes are created by the car’s GPS. It’s easier just to watch the video than explain it. Just wait until they make a racing one for older kids.
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Game of Thrones Theme Song Mash-up
This Game of Thrones theme song video has been making its way around the Internet as perhaps one of the best mash-ups, Game of Thrones being a pretty bad ass fantasy series on HBO. This music video features independent professional musician Jason Yang on both the regular and electric violin.
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Docomo Touch Wood Commercial
Out of the busy work schedules that everyone has, this Docomo Touch Wood commercial was not only one that was rather long, but is actually very soothing and relaxing…if you like the whole nature sounds type of thing. I do have to say that there’s something rather wrong with phone’s name. I mean, seriously, don’t ever bring that to the States (not that Docomo would), or else you’ll have a complete SNL skit dedicated to [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Ouka Ringarts
If you really want to screw with your mind without taking drugs, just watch this guy’s optical illusion video. For a while there, I had thought they were four separate rings, but they’re actually two rings that are touching each in the first part of the video. What is totally wacky is how this Japanese guy has amazingly steady hands and knows about how far a ring’s diameter is to move them so that they [...] Continue »
Peter Shinkoda in Falling Skies
Falling Skies, which premiered on June 19th, is a science fiction drama about human beings are fighting to survive on Earth in a pretty classical alien invasion story, but what really caught my attention was the fact that they had entirely created a small version of a stereotypical American populace setting. On top of that, the Asian, portrayed by Peter Shinkoda, seems like he’s a supporting role consistently throughout the series which makes me happy [...] Continue »
Asian American Commercial Watch: American Apparel
This beautifully slowed down Asian hipster kids bboying out to Clair de Lune is directed by Tony Kelly. I’m actually in awe that little guy is running that helicopter like crazy. It’s one of those Asian American culture things that came back a little too late for me to catch. Damn it. Damn it to hell.
DUDE WTF ASIA: China Forcing Prisoners in Virtual Gold Farming
Having been a game reviewer for ages who hasn’t found a genre of video games that I didn’t like, I’m not surprised when I read that China had gold farming prisons. I actually have participated in gold farming in games like Second Life when it was still legal. Gold farming, if you’ve never heard of the term before, is basically the process of doing tedious work in a virtual world for items that you then [...] Continue »
Thor Trailer: Differences Between US and Asian Versions
The Thor trailer has been released for Asian countries, and seeing that I just saw the movie here in the States, I figured that it was worth checking out the differences. SPOILER ALERT: Just in case I might be talking about some things that you want to be surprised about, don’t read after this.
DUDE WTF ASIA: Necomini Wearable Cat Ears Powered By Your Mind
ZOMG. I’m totally getting some of these Neurowear “necomini” ears that can move based on your brain signals. No, not for my wife. For ME. Yes. I’ve always had this secret fantasy of being cosplaying as Naoto from FLCL and some hot white girl with pink hair is going to beat me with a bass guitar and a portal will appear out of my forehead where phallic objects will appear. Shh. Don’t tell anyone. h/t: [...] Continue »
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