Posts by Nicole
I'm a dirty rotten alien living in the land of the free. In other words, I'm not a U.S. citizen, but I have a Green Card (which, incidentally, isn't green). I'm ethnic Chinese, but I'm of Malaysian nationality (born and raised in Malaysia for about 18 years). I moved to the U.S. for college, and due to unforeseen circumstances, have decided to call this crazy cowboy country my home. I do plan to be a citizen in a few years, and I find myself still trying to figure out if I'm simply Asian, or if I'm Asian American -- two labels which have similar but different connotations. Also, I'm a big ol' nerd, and write about gadgets for a living. You can find me on my silly little blog at http://www.neekole.com.
Cibai, the Microsoft Research Project with the Unfortunate Name
Despite my ethnicity, I don’t know how to speak Chinese (in any dialect), but I do know a fair share of naughty cuss words in Cantonese and Hokkien thanks to family and friends while growing up in Malaysia. So when I saw this blog post on CNET Asia (disclosure: I work for CNET.com, the parent site), my jaw dropped in sheer horror, which then turned into bellyaching laughter. It seems that Francesco Logozzo, a developer [...] Continue »
“Do something Asian plz”
This week, Yahoo launched a beta service called Y! Live, a site that lets anyone with a webcam create their own live web video channel. On a lark, I decided to try it. I mean, what harm could it be, right? Not ten seconds after I started broadcasting, I had a few guests come into the chatroom. And as one might expect, one of them appeared to be a guy who wanted me to take [...] Continue »
Golden Poop Charms
Leave it to the new kid on the block (yours truly) to bring down this venerable site with a blog entry about, well, golden poop. This little tidbit went around the gadget blogs about a couple years ago, but let’s face it — golden poop never gets old. See, the Japanese think these little tiny pieces of golden poop (shaped to look eerily like soft serve ice cream) bring good fortune, and are sold at [...] Continue »
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