China bashing

Amnesty International has criticised China's execution of 53-year-old Briton Akmal Shaikh, who was convicted of drug smuggling by the Chinese authorities, as a "slap in the face" of the international community. The NGO also called on Beijing to fulfill its human rights commitments by abolishing the death penalty.

According to Amnesty, of the 2,400 executions recorded around the world in 2008, more than 1,700 took place in China. (Activists suggest that the real number could be far higher.)

I don't want to defend the execution, but I take issue with some of the points raised by Amnesty. First of all, the more than 1,700 executions that took place in China (even if the actual figure were significantly higher) is statistically just a drop in the ocean as a proportion of its 1.3 billion population.

Furthermore, the comparison is based on recorded executions. I suppose this does not include data from certain countries where executions may have taken place without the benefit of due legal process.

Lastly, some 58 countries actively retained the death penalty, so why selectively condemn China?

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What a rip off!

The Japanese have done it again! An iPhone app from Mosatsu that is a must-have for guys.



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Learn from other people's mistakes

I never make the same mistake twice. Three, four, perhap even five times - yes! But if you're not like me and you're into Web design, be sure to check out Vincent Flanders' Web Pages That Suck. According to the site, 2008 was a good year for bad Web design. The worst? Havenworks.

Lo and behold, if you think Havenworks is bad, wait till you see one of the contenders for 2009: Bella De Soto's Web Site (beware, the page takes forever to load because, holy shit, it scrolls horizontally and vertically!). If you don't want to crash your browser, just look at the image below and you'll get the idea.

Btw, here are the "Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015" according to Vince:

1. Believing people care about you and your web site.
2. A man from Mars can't figure out what your web site is about in less than four seconds.
3. Using design elements that get in the way of your visitors.
4. Thinking your web site is your marketing strategy.
5. Have you ever seen another web site? Really? Doesn't look like it.
6. Navigational failure.
7. Using Mystery Meat Navigation.
8. Site lacks Heroin Content.
9. Forgetting the purpose of text.
10. Too much material on one page.
11. Confusing web design with a magic trick.
12. Misusing Flash.
13. Misunderstanding the use of graphics.
14. Mystical belief in the power of web standards, usability, and tableless CSS.
15. Javascript

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The mall I wonder

The Wonder Mall shopping centre in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province has earmarked a multi-storey car park for exclusive use by women in a push to attract female customers. According to the grand scheme of things, each parking lot is three metres wide, which is more spacious than the standard 2.6m berth.

I wonder if the car park would also include rubber walls and spring-loaded wing mirrors...

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How to place your order at a McDonald's drive thru

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Creative ceiling

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The most offensive song ever

Lyrics below:

Howdy Ho.
the Virgin Mary was sleepin'
When Angel Gabriel appeared
He said, "You are to be the virgin mother."
and Mary thought that was weird.
Mary said, "I'm not a virgin.
I blew a guy last year."
But then Gabriel said to Mary,
"My child, have no fear."

cause, you can suck all the dick you want
And still be a virgin, Mary.
You can suck all the dick you want
And still not be considered flawed.
Although you went to town and sucked some semen down,
You're still a virgin in the eyes of God.

There was no room at the inn
When Mary and Joseph did arrive.
But they were so very tired, you see,
And Mary had to offer a bribe.
Since she had no money,
How would she pay for a place to sleep?
Gabriel appeared to Mary
And told her not to weep.

'Cause you can suck all the dick you want
And still be a virgin, Mary.
You can suck all the dick you want
And still be the mother of Christ.
If there's no room at the inn, then it's not considered a sin
so suck my dick and get the fuck away!(laughs)

Then, three wise men did appear
Bearing gifts of myrrh and such
They said that they had followed a star
And missed a woman's touch
Mary thought she might pleasure them
But could not take them to bed
But again, Gabriel appeared to her
And this is what he said
You can suck all the dick you want
And still be a virgin Mary
You can suck all the dick you want
Every one in the nation.
Fellatio ain't no sin. Go on and blow those Three Wise Men
And you'll still be a virgin cause there was no penetration!

So, you can suck all the dick you want
And still be a virgin, Mary.
The donkey and the ox and the lambs
And even the little drummer boy
folks will remember your name quick. They'll say "Damn, that bitch could suck a dick!"
'Cause sucking dick brings peace on Earth and joy.

[slowing] 'Cause sucking dick brings peace on Earth and [normal] joy.
YOU CAN SUCK MY DICK

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吾家有女初长成

在飛機上，我跟一對父女坐同一排。
小女孩她爸，看得出約三十歲左右。小女孩，長得挺聰明可愛的，大概是小學一二年級。
空姐發食物了，小女孩兒一拿到，非常高興的打開吃，想必是餓壞了。
父親：「你謝謝阿姨沒？」
小女孩很可愛的說：「謝謝阿姨」
父親：「跟阿姨說，阿姨你真漂亮。」
小女孩這時語氣變了：「阿姨，我爸說你真漂亮。我爸每次看到美女就會這樣」
她爸爸楞了一下...
空姐聽的高興的說：「你問問爸爸是要牛肉飯還是雞蛋麵？」
小女孩依然還是那腔調：「不用啦，他看見美女就飽了。」
空姐很尷尬的說：「那就牛肉飯吧。」
然後空姐走了.......
這父女倆又說上了，可語氣完全不是父女，而是好像很好的哥兒們或是姐妹掏鬥嘴的那種，小女孩說話也好像是個小大人。
她爸爸：「我剛才是那麼說的嗎？」
小女孩：「好了啦，我還不知道你心裏在想些什麼啊！你能不能不要這樣啊，只要我媽一不在，你就開始了，你覺得你這樣好嗎？」
她爸爸臉都綠了說：「再廢話我以後再也不帶你出來！」
小女孩：「哎呀，您還是趁早不要帶我出來好了。我現在就覺得我在這裏是多餘的。像 你這種男人當初我媽願意嫁給你就該偷笑吧。人家都說女兒是爸爸上輩子的情人，我就感到奇怪了，我上輩子是不是瞎了眼不然怎麼看上你呢？」
旁邊的人全都低頭偷笑，飯也差點噴出來了!

Is that a pussy or what?

No kidding!


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The new Guitar Hero

In this guitar solo, Ruby developer Scott Ward belts out his frustration of getting things to work in Internet Explorer. Switch to Firefox, he advises.



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How will I know?

Airport security staff: "Has anyone put anything into your luggage without your knowledge?"
Passenger: "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?"

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Standing at the altar with @Tracy Page

Dana Hanna, a computer programmer from Maryland interrupted his own wedding vows to update his Facebook page. Watch the faux pas committed by this wedding twit in the video below.



What's next? Tweeting a funeral? Sometimes you have to live your life instead of commenting on it.

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KFC vs McDonald's

A creative twist to "WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2008", a pro wrestling game developed by YUKE’s Future Media Creator.



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Oh yeah, I'm bad!!!

And this is my membership card:


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No handball, in Thierry

Just in case you think censorship is a by-product of authoritarian regimes, here's an example of political correctness in the free world. If you check out the opening few second of Gillette's "Gillette Champions", you will notice a minor discrepancy between the French version and most other versions of the commercial.

In the latter, all three sportsmen - Roger Federer, Thierry Henry and Tiger Woods - are shown standing in suits, with Henry holding a soccer ball. Mindful of the outrage over the recent handball incident in a World Cup qualifying match, the soccer ball is no longer in Henry's hand in the French version.


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