Category Archives: News

Language and Power in the Green Hornet’s Kato

Posted on June 25, 2010 by jaehwan

I saw the trailer above, courtesy of the fine people at Absolutely Fobulous.  They are making a Green Hornet movie starring Seth Rogen.  Some guy from Taiwan named Jay Chou is playing Kato, the Green Hornet’s sidekick–some of you Bruce Lee fans … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Third Founder

Posted on June 24, 2010 by jaehwan

While we’re all getting ready to write our letters to Steve Jobs about their discriminatory advertising hiring practices, I saw the video above and an article about Ron Wayne, the third cofounder of Apple.  It’s an interesting story.  At it’s … Continue reading →

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China begins to unpeg the renminbi

Posted on June 21, 2010 by jaehwan

It’s about time! After years of barely allowing the renminbi to adjust to the dollar according to market value, China made an announcement this weekend that they would allow their currency to adjust more in line with the market.  Keeping … Continue reading →

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China Strikes

Posted on June 14, 2010 by jaehwan

No, “China Strikes” is not the subheading of the new Red Dawn remake.  I’m talking about the recent labor demonstrations in China that just fizzled out this morning when Honda responded by advertising open positions and getting scabs to break … Continue reading →

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Gary Coleman, RIP

Posted on May 29, 2010 by jaehwan

Gary Coleman has died at age 42. I don’t think anyone who grew up in the 80′s will ever forget the character of Arnold from Diff’rent Strokes.  Back in the day, this was the show to watch.  It was just … Continue reading →

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The End of the Machida Era

Posted on May 9, 2010 by jaehwan

Holy. I…don’t even know what to say about UFC 113.  I’m in shock. Complete shock. Almost as if someone knocked me out in the first round. Where should I start? Let me start positive, then I’ll talk about Koscheck/Daley, then … Continue reading →

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Racist commercial?

Posted on May 4, 2010 by jaehwan

I got this one from Tim Yu’s blog. The video above was created by a group called Americans for Job Security to protest against Bill Halter, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Arkansas.  The ad accuses Bill Halter of … Continue reading →

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Ethnic Studies Classes in Arizona

Posted on May 3, 2010 by jaehwan

Someone sent me this post with the headline “Arizona Ethnic Studies Classes Banned.”  It’s been all around the blogosphere.  Many blogs are saying that ethnic studies is going to be banned in Arizona. So let’s put on the brakes–if you … Continue reading →

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Ed Wang, First Chinese American in the NFL

Posted on April 26, 2010 by jaehwan

Dizzle first broke the story about Ed Wang last year. Thanks to Alpha for the vid above. Ed Wang is a 6’5, 315 lb. lineman.  He was just drafted out of Virginia Tech by the Bills, and he just became … Continue reading →

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Elian Gonzalez, 10 years later

Posted on April 22, 2010 by jaehwan

From what I can tell, most of the readers of this blog are in their mid-thirties to early forties, so I can post this without getting a “WTF is he talking about?” response. See the video above (along with the … Continue reading →

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