From Lucky number inspired China to start Olympics:

A simple twist of fate is what makes eight great: In China, the number is pronounced “ba,” which closely resembles the word for prosperity (fa) . Brides like the wedding date because, turned on its side, 8 forms the symbol for infinity. (Grooms just like an anniversary date they can actually remember.)

Not exactly live blogging, but I just watched last Saturday’s Mad TV episode that I DVRed. It opened with a parody of Apple’s iPod Nano Feist 1234 commercial. The parody lyrics resonated with my current anti-Apple emotions, especially the part about the iPhone price drop.

上周末KTSF频道播放的《综艺大哥大》里有一来宾叫做喵喵，真令我笑瘫于沙发里。请看以下片段：

后上网“古狗”和“白肚”，发现该喵喵也上过《我猜我猜我猜猜猜》。可从22:25起看以下片段：

笑归笑，其实得佩服喵喵的勇气和执着，而且她舞还真跳的不错。

I especially like the remark about the collapse of Nigeria’s gross national product (about 2:11 minutes into the video).

Some of my favorite points from 101 Ways To Know Your Software Project Is Doomed:

3. The Continuous Integration server has returned the error message “Fuck it, I give up”
7. Allocated QA time is for Q and A why your crap is broken
10. The lead web developer thinks the X in XHTML means ‘extreme’
27. Your favorite software pattern is God Object
51. Your lead web developer defines AJAX as a cleaning product
66. Your teammates don’t refactor, they refuctor
74. Your boss argues “Why buy it when we can built it!”
90. The web developer thinks being 508 means looking good in her Levi Red Tabs

I learned a few new terms from this list, e.g. “refuctor“.

Just laughed my head off watching this 30-minute video of North Korea’s 007 versus MIB. I thought I should “spread” the joy:

http://nk007movie.googlepages.com/.

在某某网页上看到这一句：　“这年头有三大惹不起，喝酒不吃菜，光膀子扎领带，自行车骑到八十脉。”

太有创意了。