Asian gift idea #15: Hello Kitty winter set (beanie and gloves)

http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=6620&cat=366

Asian gift idea #25: Karaoke for your iphone! (Pacquiao would approve!)

This latest of iPod accessories is a must
have for karaoke lovers. Just plug it in
& start singing! Features a 12-foot audio
cable for stereo access, and has a feature
which allows you to dim vocals or get rid
of them completely. Also includes program
Tuneprompter, which can create karaoke
videos right from music on your computer!
The microphone measures approximate 5″
Choose from iPod or iPod Touch version.
* Note: Does not work w/ the iPhone.
* Product image features iPod touch

http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5232&cat=366

pac-man gets it

Stories of Immigration, Paper Words by Joyce Lee now online

Two ITVS films, both of which aired this season on Global Voices, are now available to own online. Paper Words by filmmaker Joyce Lee and Point of Entry by filmmaker Zeus Quijano each take an intimate look around immigration issues.

3-D animated film Paper Words by filmmaker Joyce Lee

 

Paper Words is a 3-D animated short which tells the story of a bright 5-year-old from China who uses her imagination to cope with her new life in a small, Midwestern town.

In Point of Entry, we meet Carlos, an undocumented immigrant living in the U.S. with his wife and two children. At 15, Carlos came to America and left his life and family behind in Mexico. Now Carlos is 30 and continues to send money home to his family.

Asian X-mas Gift #43: Panda Pan!

from http://eunyce.tumblr.com/

 

Pandas are vegetarians because they lost the meat-eating gene

from io9 by Alasdair Wilkins

Pandas are famously peaceful creatures, content to sit around quietly eating bamboo. But millions of years ago, they were as fierce and carnivorous as the rest of their bear relatives. It’s all a question of changing environments and shifting genes. More »

 

Facebook launching a new design for its Fan Pages

 

This change seems to include the site’s location-based Places checkin functionality, enabling “likers” of the page to check in to it.

Example) Ellen DeGeneres’s Fan Page. On Ellen’s page, you will notice a count for the number of checkins the Page has.

Current Pages Design

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The current Pages design, similar to Profile Pages, has the Page navigation tabs (Wall, Questions, Photos) at the top.

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The New Pages With Checkins

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The new Pages design includes checkins, profile information (which includes some basic information about the page and the Wall postings below it), a narrower left column and more.

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New Tabs

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New Facebook Profiles Now Available – How to Activate Yours

The new Facebook Profile Pages are now available to try out — Facebook has just heralded their arrival via Twitter, mere hours before Founder Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on 60 Minutes.

Click on Facebook’s announcement to activate yours and check out all the new features, including revamped personal info, more prominent pictures, top interests showcased as images, more descriptive relationships and more. [via Mashable]

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