Beyond the Rhetoric

A little while back, my mom and I went to T&T Supermarket — a Taiwanese-style supermarket with all sorts of Asian specialties — and we happened to find ourselves in the produce section. There, they were selling what the sign called “Taiwan mango”, but what I saw were mangoes that looked like they went through [...]

It’s time to kick it old school with Thomas from “Kung Fu” for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Turns out that little Tommy learned a few moves since the last time we saw him. But so have his enemies. Look for special appearances from Mario characters, Street Fighter characters, and even the quirky guy [...]

Psst… try to keep this on the down-low (actually don’t; create as much ambiguous buzz as you can), but word on the street is that there’s a big contest cooking up at Beyond the Rhetoric and it involves a partnership with another personal blog. We hear that there will be not one, but two prizes. [...]

Say what you will about Michael Jackson, but “Thriller” was easily one of the coolest songs of its time and it came with one incredibly awesome music video. “Thriller” was one of the first music videos that actually played out like a movie, rather than just a fan video at a live concert. I know [...]

I vaguely remember Ed Lau mentioning a while back that the concept of giving a “56k beware” warning in forums has essentially lost all meaning. For those of you who don’t know what that means, that warning is included in the title of certain forum threads, telling would-be readers that the contents will probably include [...]