Kenna Arrow

Oso has a nice formatted summary on the meme game of the GVO community, though he does not include all the victims of this game.  I am amused/amazed by the stories of Tharum, RebeccaEthan Ndesanjo, Nicholas, Mong and more.  This reminds me there is a tag sticking on me too.

I was sitting at a corner and enjoying to see the tags flying, hoping it can stick to more people, until I kenna arrow by Jen.  “Kenna arrow” is one of the few Singlish terms I learn.   

I have actually been shot in Chinese once.  Well, since this blog is meant to bridge the cultures, I ought to do again in English. 

I promised Jen I would do it in about two weeks, which turned out to be two months.  My apologies, and I make my five longer to compensate.

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Wikinomics-维基经济

想来想去,还是应该给Wikinomics一个译名。Google来Google去,觉得译成维基经济最为贴切了。

我看到最早把Wikinomics译成维基经济的是在维基百科上粤语版的这一篇,

http://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinomics_(%E6%9B%B8)

台湾《立报》上的这篇

無本經營 寫部落格有賺頭

介绍得更有趣些,不过就晚了一点了。

Wikinomics

前晚去参加了Singapore Web Standards Group的聚会。

聚会上Yuhui介绍了Web标准;Chu Yeow介绍了Firefox的一些小秘技;Lucian介绍了微格式(Microformats)

聚会在中央图书馆的一个会议室进行。也许是那个会议室的设施太好了,刚开始的时候,整个气氛有点象一个IT的研讨会议,比较僵硬,以致于有个朋友迟到了,在门口张望,不敢进去。我也迟到了,不过脸皮厚一点,径直走到前边,坐到了Lucian的旁边。

Chu Yeow没有做什么准备就开始演示了,这种随意反而让会场去掉了拘谨,变成一次真正的交流聚会。

Ivan的博客上对这个聚会有一篇详细的记录

这次聚会也遇到了一些新加坡其它的网上活跃分子,如老是在录像的Kevin Lim,老是提问题的Coleman,老是在帮人的Preetam,老是讲笑话的Zac,和象她做的网页一般可爱的Veron等等。

这次聚会正是Wikinomics在现实生活中一个小小的体现。

最近的一期HBR IdeacastWikinomics一书的作者Don Tapscott的做了一次采访。正好在参加这次聚会的来回途上把这期播客听了两遍。

Tapscott认为,当前的技术让人们很容易就能上网,而现在新的熟悉互联网的一代已经成长起来,成为社会主流。这两个因素共同催生出了一次叫Wikinomics的社会变革。

Tapscott的主要观点是,“互联网已经变成了一个大社区--从各地来的,不同背景的人有可以利用集体智慧共同解决问题,并完成任务。”

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一组搞笑PS图

经常看到国内的搞笑PS。最经典的是胖墩系列了,到现在还有新的出来

这PS上技术很重要,更主要的还有PS作者的幽默感。看一组国外的,拿两个德国门将开刷。

两个门神据说在最近的世界杯比赛里不大咬弦。

原文链接:http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2617710

原图:

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“我再问你一次,是谁最先做守门的?”

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Give me 500k, I will carry a baby for you

To get enough money for studying abroad, a Chinese girl uploaded a video to the net, looking for people who want surrogate mother. The message in the self-intro video is very clear,

“I want to be a surrogate mother and get 500k (USD$65k).”

 

Here are some points I translate from her intro.

I graduated 4,5 years ago, and work in a company in Shanghai. Everything is fine with me.

But some of my university classmates are doing very well. Some of them marry to very good husbands. Some of them have studied abroad. …

I have a dream. I want to study abroad, especially in the USA. I have had this dream for a

long time. …

I make 4k to 5k RMB a month. But the saving I have is still not enough. …

The cost for studying abroad needs more than 1 million RMB. …

I hope to get the money in a shorter time. …

My family background and my education do not allow me to do bad thing…

I don’t have the capital to start a business. I am not good at it either. …

My friend suggests me to do this. S/he learnt from the foreign web site….

This thing won’t hurt anybody…

Bearing child is difficult for sterility people. …

I am a healthy girl …

I think I am helping other family.

After I persuaded myself, I decide to do this….

I am 25 this year. My height is 1.66m. My weight is 50 kg. …

I take medical checkup every year. …

I have thought of many ways, such as newspaper ads or post on BBSs, to let public know this.

But I think QingYuLe is very popular, and it has video. I feel we can talk face to face in this way, and you can see how I look like. …

Now I let you see my whole health situation.

[Stand up and adjust the camera]

This is the whole me.

[Adjust the camera]

I have saved half million these years. I lack of another half million, so my price is half million. …

I never give birth to a child. …

If you decide, please drop me comment here. Hope you can be satisfied.

That’s all.

She is not from a poor family and does not need to support any ill family member. She has an undergrad degree and works in Shanghai, getting decent paid.

She just wants to get enough money for study abroad.

The video has a big QingYuLe logo shown on the bottom-right corner.  QingYuLe is a YouTube like web site in China. With so many video sharing sites on the market, it is not a surprise that some of them may come up with really innovative ideas to attract eyeballs. But who knows, maybe this girl really considers surrogacy is a fun job to play.

According to the comments left under this video on 6rooms.com, the market price for one surrogacy in China is only RMB50k to 100k(USD$6.5k to 13k). So maybe this girl needs to go a bit further, publishing a self-intro video on the net, to get better paid to achieve her dream.