little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

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1 February 2008 @ 6pm

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A completely fictional phone conversation with my mother…

…after the events of today. (Mandarin, like always, is in italics.)

(The cellphone rings.)

Ernie: Hello?
Ernie’s Mom: SEE!? I TOLD YOU YOU SHOULD HAVE STICKED TO THE BUTTERFLIES!

(Cut to Mom high-fiving Steve Ballmer, turning to the camera and both giving the thumbs-up sign. Cue laugh track, fade to black.)


8 Comments

Posted by
Phil
1 February 2008 @ 7pm

Craziness. Although I totally disagree in the letter that Windows Vista is in any way something positive. Holy crap though, this could wind up being pretty freakin’ complicated.


Posted by
Steven
1 February 2008 @ 9pm

Wow. That’s definitely a scene from a much-needed Asian prime-time sitcom.

On a side note, your site seems to have lots all of its CSS and pretty pictures. The good news is that I can read it on my Kindle. The bad news is that I can read it on my Kindle. What gives?


Posted by
Mo
1 February 2008 @ 11pm

What makes me a nerd is that I heard this on the radio and immediately thought, “Huh, I wonder what Ernie might have to say about it.”

I’m glad you did have something, otherwise I would have felt like a total loser.


Posted by
Chason
2 February 2008 @ 12am

Am I the only one that thinks this might be a good thing? Google is great but needs some competition, something that Microsoft and Yahoo could not do on their own. Maybe together they can spur on a little healthy competition.


Posted by
Jeffrey
2 February 2008 @ 12pm

You come here not to praise the butterfly, but to squish it.


Posted by
lantzilla
6 February 2008 @ 2pm

Have you thrown the iMac at your mom yet?


Posted by
purplepuddlenut
6 February 2008 @ 4pm

Soooo you got laid off?


Posted by
Brendan
17 February 2008 @ 9am

Yahoo’s actually doing better than Microsoft in China in some ways, thanks to Alibaba.


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