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Ok, this is little over due but we have a winner of limited edition Batman action figure from Graphitti Designs! And the winner is Nayr aka Flip19 aka Ryan. Sorry Dooks! He should be receiving his action figure shortly. Batman is not just an action figure but a fictional role model so remember that next time you are walking by an old lady who’s getting mugged. Run like hell and make sure your action figure doesn’t get stolen.
In the other news, our friend Phil Chan who we recently interviewed at Wizard World Chicago is in the running for a contest called Comic Book Challenge. Comic Book Challenge is like an American Idol for dorks Comics. We kid we kid Phil. Anyways, he’s the only Asian artist ever to place in top 10 ever since competition started in 2006 and he can use some help. Just follow this link and go show him some love. I’m sure if II stix was in the running for site of the year, he’d do same for us.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Drink: Sake is not so hot in Tokyo - but now it’s cool with trendy New Yorkers
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The ancient craft is under threat unless it can turn the tide on its own shores.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
China’s Rise Goes Beyond Gold Medals
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China is on track to displace the United States as the winner of the most Olympic gold medals this year. Get used to it.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Suicide in Asian Americans
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Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a new study by University of California, Davis, researchers. The risk is tripled even among those who have never had a diagnosis of depression.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
10 Gadgets That Look (Almost) Good Enough to Eat
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The following gadgets are all shaped like food — doughnuts, hamburgers, croissants, even fried rice — and they’re available as USB flash drives, phones, tabletop vacuums, and more.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Science of DJing an Olympic Beach Volleyball Match
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Attending beach volleyball matches in Beijing raises a few inevitable questions: How is it possible for the wave to circle an arena five full times? Where do all those perky, underdressed Chinese cheerleaders come from? Did I really just hear “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)” at the Olympic Games?
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tea at the night market
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Seattle’s Chinatown International District tries its hand at authentic Asian night markets, offering traditional food and entertainment and attracting people from outside the community.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
T6 Volkswagen Concept Car is an Office on Wheels
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Having easy access to your office 24 hours a day can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you will never miss a beat. On the other, it may seem like you are always stuck at work. With that in mind, check out the T6 concept workaholicmobile designer Alexander Zhukovsky has put together. It comes complete with all of the technology and space you and your co-workers need to get the job done—even when you are stuck in traffic. In other words, it is a boardroom on wheels.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Asian Tattoos Gone Bad… Very, Very Bad
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Entertaining website chronicling bad Asian tattoos done by people who don’t do their homework. But also highlighting good tattoos by people that do.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Neat text effect
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Click the link to find out what unfolds.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Chinese Fans Go Wild for Table Tennis Gold
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China won the first match of the men’s table tennis gold-medal contest, to no one’s surprise, and the fans at the packed Peking University Gymnasium were in full, flag-waving frenzy. The public-address announcer, the volume on his microphone set to shrill, wanted more.
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