little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

Posts from May 2004

28 days

Yahoo! Taiwanese IMVironments. IMVironments, for those who don’t know, are sponsored “skins” for Yahoo!’s Instant Messenging system. Take a close look at that first IMVironment.

Why, yes. That is a baby standing in front of a ribbon-decorated maxipad! No, I have no idea why it’s there.
Usually, I would only blog this [...]


american idol

I am going to write about American Idol now. Some of you will roll your eyes. Too bad - I don’t get paid to post or put ads on this weblog, and you don’t see me talking about pop culture on VH-1. Who do I look like, Choire?
Now, I just watched the [...]


your crime solving tax dollars at work

This is an e-mail snippet from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. She works as a CSI Lab Technician for the Department of Justice.

Our lab has had MANY plumbing problems. We’ve recently had some
expensive repairs done. There are now signs in all the stalls of the
women’s bathrooms that read: “Please dispose [...]


more thoughts about being a homeowner

If I hear one more comment from somebody, saying “Congratulations, homo…wner!” I will cut them. Seriously.

The amount of junk mail I have now rivals the amount of junk e-mail I have. It’s kinda unsettling, actually - it’s a mix of Penny Savers and catalogues for expensive wooden window treatments and stuff like [...]


blogger, picasa and a lot of rounded corners

OK - this is my first crossover entry from the mini-blog to the regular blog: blogger redesigns and forms an alliace with picasa, or more specifically, through the app Hello.
Some thoughts:

If rounded corners and drop shadows were ever out of style on web pages, they’re back in again. In a bind? ROUND THE [...]


happy housewarming, ernie

So, my new place is getting furnished, albeit very slowly. Good thing my parents are always there to help. (Chinese, like always, is in italics.)

Mom: Ernie! Before I leave for China in two weeks, I have a housewarming gift to give to you!
Ernie: Oh mom, you shouldn’t have.
[Mom hands Ernie his housewarming [...]


get your missle souvenirs here

(Pardon the work-related posts. My life has been a string of high-priority work projects recently.)

(The scene: a group of Yahoo! Photos staff is at an awards presentation for a recent promotion that we did. There are maybe 20-30 onlookers.)
Ernie, to the Project Manager: Hmm. Not a lot of people here [...]