http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog random nonsense in my life Tue, 20 May 2008 19:46:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I continue to be surprised by what people would say to list their used item as new. I recently looked into buying a game and there was this guy who was selling one "new". The description was a bit lacking, so naturally I emailed him to make sure that the ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/the-level-of-honesty-on-ebay/ Last Thursday, while I was heading out for lunch when I ran into a long queue of people lining up for a money machine (you get into a plastic box full of dollar bills, then they pump air while you try to grab as much $$$ as you can). Oh, ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/yahoo-desperate-for-engineers/ From MetaFilter: "As a result of the Dutch film Fitna, Indonesia has blocked several websites including MySpace and YouTube. This follows hot on the heels of a new bill which could see people face six years of jail time or a 1 billion rupiah fine for being caught sending out porn, ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/indonesia-bans-youtube-and-myspace/ This is actually a week-old news, I just didn't have a chance to blog about it. If you remember my site dedicated to the best CG art on the web, the underlying code was using Menalto Gallery (you'll find it if you do a search on "Gallery"). This is a ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/cg-art-world-relaunched/ My "boss" in the product side, Ian Rogers, has left the building for a startup company Topspin Media. A huge loss for Yahoo! You will be greatly missed. You can read more about it here. http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/yahoo-loses-its-musical-soul/ No, this is not an April's Fool joke. It's super cute, though! Check it out! http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/polar-bear-getting-cuddly-with-husky-dogs/ http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/an-important-update-from-yahoo-cfo-blake-jorgensen/ The BBC will today screen remarkable footage of penguins flying as part of its new natural history series, Miracles of Evolution. They don't need to huddle together anymore in the cold winter, they just fly to a warmer place! Check out the video below: http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/penguins-take-flight/ It's a shame that any good popular hosting service seems to be doomed by their popularity. Dreamhost has once again disappointed me. The day after I discover my site's newly gained popularity, the server went down for 5 hours! Argh! That's it, I can't take this anymore, goodbye Dreamhost, I'm ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/dreamhost-down-again/ I did it! After about a year of promoting and improving the site's content, CG Art World is finally on the top of the list for the search term "CG Art" beating high-caliber CG sites such as www.cgart.com, www.3dtotal.com and www.deviantart.com! Wow! I couldn't believe my own eyes, I didn't ... http://www.williamkhoe.com/blog/cg-art-world-1-at-google/