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Classical Chinese poem turns out to be a strip club ad on the cover of a scientific research journal…


Heard on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, which by the way is one of my favorite programs, and had to check it out… Hilarious.

Max Planck Institute, one of Germany’s top scientific institutions, wanted a picture of Classical Chinese poem in classical script on the cover of their special China-focused edition, so what did they do? They found apparently an advertisement for a strip club, promoting the special engagement of a pretty young thing, promising to deliver a scintillating performance with her voluptuous figure…

They cannot find Chinese in Germany? No Chinese restaurants in Germany? How about asking people on the Internet? You know, the thing that connects people all over the world?

A good question indeed…

This is one of those one-liners that make me laugh out loud… Brilliant, great sense of humor. Indeed a good question, and I have to say, no matter where you stand on this divisive issue, this question does make you pause and give the whole thing some more thoughts.

Picture found here

The New Zen

If Rob Cottingham is not a genius, I don’t know who is. Again, Mr. Cottingham’s post together with his musings here.

There are times when I wonder if there’s something wrong with the fact that I anticipate, say, the next Macworld keynote or big Google announcement more than, say, my own birthday. But then I get distracted by a cool new web application, and the feeling goes away.

We are in dire need of a stand-up comedy act based on the musings from the technosphere.

I think it is also time that we re-write history for “Men: the New Shopaholics”. It is simply not fair for women to continue to bear the stereotype of crazed material obsession any more. If anything, men tend to be the ones with gadget envy.

Define “Workaholic”…

I love this one! You can see the original (with proper credits) here.

The best part is the first comment:

“Hey, you should try my solution to the social web – get yourself some kids.
Then you have no time for social networking…”

My sentiment indeed.