little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

links for 2007-03-29

Kevin Smokler: 10 Things I Learned at SXSW
Indeed, the conference is changing: some very excellent life lessons in there as well
(tags: sxsw stress life)

Mario & Sonic Together… The End Is Nigh!
Mario & Sonic in the same video game for the Olympic games; My 13 year old self would be crushed
(tags: videogames mario sonic nintendo sega)

links for 2007-03-05

An interpretive dance of Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn
With cameo appearance by… Natalie Imbruglia!
(tags: youtube video music natalieimbruglia dance)

links for 2007-02-27

YouTube - The Internet
I recognize the lower right logo from the CBC. The Internets could be big in Canada.
(tags: internet video youtube news history)

Rosie O’Donnell apologizes for “ching chong” comments from YouTube video
Poet Beau Sia delivers an open letter video to Rosie, she responds on her own blog, e.e. cummings style
(tags: asian youtube 8asians […]

links for 2007-02-14

American and British senses of humour have more in common than we think
An essay by Simon Pegg (”that guy” from Spaced and Shaun of the Dead)
(tags: humor shaunofthedead spaced culture hotfuzz)

links for 2007-02-13

ASCII by Jason Scott: You’ve Ruined Everything
Stereotyped roles in an online community; directed towards BBSes but works for web communities as well.
(tags: community web internet)

Creating Passionate Users: How to Build a User Community, Part 1
Mostly focused on community rankings in a Q&A format and a user reputation system.
(tags: community howto collaboration)

BarackObama, the social networking site
Obama, […]

links for 2007-02-08

6 Startup Lessons For The Year 2007
Seems like pretty solid advice to me.
(tags: web2.0 lessons startup)

links for 2007-02-07

Bear411 Sucks
Bear411 is a popular personals site for gay bears: they’ve also denied my membership 3 times for “not fitting in”
(tags: gay bear ohnoyoudidn’t)

My Bear411 Discrimination Story
An Asian man has problems getting onto Bear411; I’m beginning to realize my case isn’t isolated
(tags: gay bear discrimination)

Rouxbe’s Community Blog
I’m not only a developer, I’m also a blogger.
(tags: […]

links for 2007-02-05

Building Ruby, Rails, Subversion, Mongrel, and MySQL on Mac OS X
Not only VERY useful for me at the moment, but Dan is a nice guy to have dinner with
(tags: firefox:toolbar rails ruby osx howto mysql)

Integrating Twitter and MySpace
Mashing up something totally geek and something totally, uhm not; requires a hosted PHP page
(tags: myspace twitter)

Netflix’s cover […]

links for 2007-01-26

Kitty Washing Machine
The “Under the Sea” music is a really, really nice touch
(tags: humor video)

links for 2007-01-25

LoveGodsWay.org Guide to “Avoiding Gay Bands”
A who’s who of gay bands… to avoid. Elton John is so gay, he’s listed twice. Done without irony might be a parody, but no one is 100% sure yet. Update: Most likely a parody.
(tags: gay music religion ohnoyoudidn’t)