Animal lovers, and doting dog owners in particular, will probably want to shield their eyes. Spotted earlier tonight in Sanlitun, this white dog apparently sat on top of an air conditioner outside its fourth-story apartment for “hours,” according to witnesses in Hercules, the third-floor sandwich shop across the street. This image and the one after the jump... Read more »
Since becoming an Olympic discipline in 1988, China has won 23 of the 27 possible gold medals in ping pong, and it’ll probably be 24 of 28 after tonight when the heavily favored team of Zhang Jike, Wang Hao and Ma Long gets done with Japan South Korea in the men’s team final, which begins at 10:30... Read more »
They can also do it blindfolded and with one hand, as NBC's Today Show reports.
More than 90 Rubik's Cube competitors gathered in Guiyang, Guizhou province on Sunday for something called the Guiyang Open 2012, a World Cube Association event with multiple disciplines. Yin Mulun won with an average time of 9.92 seconds.
The Brand Channel has a very interesting article about how Liu Xiang’s inability to clear any hurdles in London will affect his ability to sell merchandise, specifically looking at how his sponsors have rushed to re-spin the message on the heels (no pun intended… wait, pun intended) of his crash-out yesterday. Among the noteworthy elements... Read more »
Journalists are fed a lot of crap by the world. Specifically by public relations flacks and sources, but really, the world at large, because we’re surrounded by crap, by fetid logs of horse and other rancid mammalian shit dripping with stupidity and awfulness. It takes a decent journalist to filter that shit and present it... Read more »
Meet the Chens of Sichuan, such Michael Jackson fans that they learned several of his moves by watching the legend on TV. We introduced you to Chen Zeyang, the seven-year-old, earlier today, as he mesmerized a crowd by dancing to Smooth Criminal. In the above, he's joined by his five-year-old brother as they sing (partly) 最炫民族风 (Most Dazzling Minority).
If you can’t find it, build it. Noah’s Ark is the creatively named project of Chinese inventor Yang Zongfu, an insulated, breathable, livable yellow ball that we’re told can withstand 1,700 degrees Celsius of heat, survive a magnitude-10 earthquake, and support life for a year (not like James’s Giant Peach, we don’t think, but it... Read more »
What the hell did we watch? Why didn't someone help Liu Xiang up? Why was he left hopping around on one foot like an inspirational failure?
Liu Xiang was in the sixth heat of the preliminaries in the 110-meter hurdles, and on his first leap his left foot collided with the hurdle, sending him down. He landed awkwardly, tumbled and tumbled, and the CCTV commentators emitted a scream and then went speechless for the next five seconds.
