Because kanji stickers will make any car go faster!

Update: The meaning can be found here.

Check out Bruce Lee’s 1964 Screen Test.

The swooshing sounds you hear are real.

How to make your life 100%!
(note: This is a powerpoint file)

Yahoo sidesteps claims it aided China to jail journalist

HONG KONG (AFP) - Internet giant Yahoo sidestepped claims that it aided China in the jailing of a journalist after he sent an email from a Yahoo account, saying it has to abide by rules laid down in the countries it operates.

“Just like any other global company, Yahoo must ensure that its local country sites must operate within the laws, regulations and customs of the country in which they are based,” Yahoo spokesperson Mary Osako said in a statement.

The company refused to comment further on a report by the media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders that it gave information to the Chinese government leading to Shi Tao being jailed for 10 years.

The Paris-based group said the information Yahoo provided helped China link Shi’s personal e-mail account and the specific message he sent to the IP address of his computer.

Shi, 37, was sentenced in April on charges of “revealing state secrets” — using his email account to post on the Internet a government order barring Chinese media from marking the 15th anniversary of the brutal 1989 crackdown on democracy activists at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Yahoo’s actions were revealed in the court’s verdict, copies of which were posted on overseas Chinese websites.

Shi, who worked for Hunan-based Contemporary Business News, has insisted he is innocent, arguing that the government order was not a state secret.

China, however, considers a wide variety of information, which would be public information in other countries, to be state secrets.

Yahoo, along with Google and Microsoft, have been accused of putting business ahead of integrity by succumbing to China’s pressure and censoring sensitive information on its Chinese search engines, websites and blogs.

The three portals are battling for a share of China’s fast growing Internet market, the second largest Internet user in the world after the United States.

In 2002, Yahoo voluntarily signed the “Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the China Internet Industry,” agreeing to abide by Chinese censorship regulations.

From Forbes.com:

Google’s Microsoft Hire Tells Of Gates Tirade
Chris Noon, 09.07.05, 8:03 AM ET

Hard feelings at Microsoft? The erstwhile Microsoft executive at the center of the legal tussle between the software leviathan and its Internet rival Google testified Tuesday that being hollered and sworn at by Chairman Bill Gates was the nadir of his career before he defected to rival Google.

Kai-Fu Lee’s testimony, which also told of a memo he wrote to a fellow Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) executive accusing the software titan of “incompetence” in its plans to gain a business footing in China, hints at the ill-feeling between the two rivals.

Lee’s evidence follows hot on the heels of sworn evidence from former Microsoft engineer Mark Lucovsky, claiming Chief Executive Steve Ballmer picked up his chair and hurled it across his office, before saying of Google’s (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) CEO Eric Schmidt: “I’m going to bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to kill Google”–but punctuated by a couple of obscene gerunds.

No chair abuse in Lee’s account, but the former executive testified that during one conversation with Gates, the billionaire yelled at him and said that the company had been done over by the Chinese people and its government–except Gates used an obscene past participle in place of “done over”. Lee did not elucidate on the context of Gates’ comments.

Though the alleged obscenities may send the geeks scurrying to their computers to create inventive forwards that will clog your inbox for weeks to come, more revealing are Lee’s divulgences concerning Microsoft’s strategy in China. Lee allegedly wrote that he was “deeply disappointed at our incompetence in China–that we have wasted so many years in China with little to show for it” and complained in his testimony that Microsoft had more than 20 business groups operating virtually autonomously in China, with little cohesion.

Lee joined Google from Microsoft in July to lead the search engine’s expansion into China. Microsoft has sued both Google and Lee, contending that Lee’s duties at Google would violate the terms of a non-compete agreement he signed as part of his Microsoft employment contract. More…

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The madness doesn’t stop!
Here are some of my faves (takes a moment to load..):

It’s animated.

How many bobans can fit into a photo booth?
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Apparently at least 5!

In other news, it is with a heavy heart I report that my beloved Gina has passed away. Oh Gina, I barely got to know you…! Let’s take a moment of silence for the recently deceased…

Ok, someone pass the hot sauce, I bet Jeff would eat it…

Just to dovetail on this entry that maggie originally created, and to supplement my entry on my blog, here are some more photos:

I wasn’t sure if Jeff could see me and Jean… he seemed quite mesmerized by what could be the filling of a giant cha siu bau:

I’m surprised there weren’t more Chinese people looking at this display. Just think of all the dishes you could make! Pigs feet, ribs, cha siu bau…

This pig was thirsty…

If it were my pig though, instead of water, it’d be drinking this:

Giant eggrolls were being sold. $4 wasn’t bad considering sodas were $3 at most booths!

Too bad I don’t have any pictures of the guy going up the ladder - he was amazing, unlike Jeff who is upside (look carefully):

Szu’s attempt:

Jeff’s attempt #2:

Thir morning, the supreme team decided to head out to the Santa Clara County Fair. Being it was the first time for many of us to the fair, we learned a lot. For example, you can buy a pig. I’ll let Gonzo write about that experience, but here are a few pics.

Cow’s are big.. and they have big butts.

This is how to milk a goat:

It was very hot and sunny, so we had to cover up any way we could.

The weather made some a little clog happy.

There were attempts for big stuffed animals.

Took some bad photos..

Got our green thumb..

But in the end, Mr. Kodec was the biggest winner and brought home Gina, the first KoSong pet. As long as Jeff doesn’t eat it first.

Steven and Stephen think I’m supreme.. in fact, I’m super supreme!!