little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

how a simple lazyweb query turned into a rambling dialogue in only 2 short hours

First the short version, to be evoked by the LazyWeb: I want to be able to highlight some text in Chinese on my web browser and invoke some kind of web service that will give me the translation in a pop-up window. You know, like babelfish, without actually having to use babelfish.
But a [...]

gay world, yours for only $29.95

Usually, the stuff on my mini-blog doesn’t really carry over to the main section, but I can’t resist: My Gay SimLife [possibly NSFW], a gay avatar chat world.
Fan-fucking-tastic.

The premise is this: you create an avatar. Apparently, myGSL rules and regulations dictate that all avatars must have a giant torso, tight jeans, a [...]

what happens when you work successive 10-14 hour work days in close quarters for an extended period of time

Conversations such as these gems.
ONE WEEK AGO

Manager: Oh yeah, my wife and I keep everything. Babys first tooth… the babys umbilical cord… the placenta…
Ernie: (horrified look on Ernie’s face)
Manager: What?
Ernie: You KEEP those things? Are you SERIOUS? What are you going to do, stick it with a wire [...]

mrs. beyonce robinson

I just worked thirteen hours, working in an enclosed space with four or five other people. When you do this, for weeks, nay, months at a time, conversations turn, uhm, a little bizarre.

(We are smoking outside the building. It’s silent.)
Web Developer #1: When I was in high school, I once got detention [...]