Foxconn, the troubled company that manufactured your iPhone, has decided to show the world once more what a great employer it is. As you know, it has been plagued by several worker suicides, which impacted worker morale (and share prices) a bit. So an obvious way to tackle this annoying issue is by organizing a rally named “Treasure Your Life, Love Your Family, Care for Each Other to Build a Wonderful Future.” Foxconn, fuck yeah! Kudos to PR firm Burson-Masteller for coming up with this superb idea. And please dear reader, before you start criticizing these two organizations and dismiss the above as a cheap publicity stunt, have a look at the below picture and let these smiles warm your heart: (more…)
Keeping with tradition, the Hong Kong Book Fair was once again overrun by pseudo-models and the hordes of spank monkeys admirers that come to gawk at them. Unlike previous years however, the star of the show was not some tricked out china doll, but rather, an adoring fan.
A) A passenger got out at an inappropriate spot
B) A female cab driver behind the wheel
C) Another drunken Ozzie
D) Other, namely….
Attention all Star Wars geeks and Dark Side fans (wink wink). Have you ever fantasized about a deadly light saber duel with Darth Bowtie Vader? Look no further!
A Hong Kong based firm called Wicked Lasers has released a product called the S3 Spyder Arctic and it looks VERY similar to a light saber. The device – with a beam 1,000 times stronger than sunlight on the skin – is touted by its makers as “the most dangerous laser ever created.” No joke, as it can easily destroy your retina and burn off skin. Now you can look as awesome as these chicks without any computer generated effects.
For US$200 (a mere 200 hours of hard labour at Tommy Cheung’s minimum wage) it’s yours, but be quick as Star Wars licensor Lucasfilms has already started whining about copyright infringement. Product demonstration here.
