Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

The Short Film/Pilot for Yellow: American Dream, Chinese Ambition

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Ernie

From Lawless Films co-creators Tony Murphy and Troy Antonio comes a one-minute YouTube teaser for the short film Yellow: American Dream, Chinese Ambition. As all pilots go, it’s a piece of work that will additionally be refined, but the production … Continue reading →

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Family Obligation May Lessen Depression Symptoms for Chinese American Teens

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Ernie

Okay, so by now we know that suicide is the second-leading cause for death for Asian American women ages 15-24, the highest rate of all ethnicities. We’ve blogged about the pressure from parents to achieve academically, and even the study … Continue reading →

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Goh Nakamura, Live on the Internet (and in San Francisco)

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Ernie

The internet has been pretty good to Goh Nakamura. After becoming a YouTube celebrity for his video Embarcadero Blues, he returned the favor to his Internet fans by making MP3’s from his newest album, Ulysses, available for free. But an … Continue reading →

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Debbie Lee on The Next Food Network Star

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Ernie

You know what channel you don’t see a lot of Asian Americans on? The Food Network. For all the Chinese restaurants, pho houses, sushi bars and Korean BBQ joints that Americans love eat at, there hasn’t been a regular Asian-American … Continue reading →

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BoA to Headline at the 2009 SF Pride Festival

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Ernie

It has been a couple of months since we’ve last blogged about BoA, and her self-titled American album hasn’t become the mega crossover album that a lot of Asian pop fans have hoped for; it had a peak position of … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com Comment Policy Updated: Now Registered Commenters Only

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Ernie

You know, it’s too bad that a couple of bad apples can spoil the entire barrel. After two years of relatively drama free comments, the past couple of days have seen a spike in especially hateful comments towards the people … Continue reading →

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Asuka Kondoh and Ricky Sun on So You Think You Can Dance

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Ernie

For those of you kinda over American Idol — and really, after eight seasons, who isn’t — there’s So You Think You Can Dance. This year’s auditions included some Asian American latin ballroom dancers: Irvine’s Asuka Kondoh and Glendale’s Ricky … Continue reading →

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New Intel Ad Stars Real Engineers (Except They Don’t)

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ernie

The newest ad campaign from Intel focuses less on their products — a microprocessor is always less sexy to market than an MP3 with shiny metallic surfaces and rounded corners anyway — and more on the engineers building their products. … Continue reading →

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We Eating TV: San Francisco’s Anti-Foodie Foodie Show

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Ernie

So when you think “food vlog,” a couple of things come to mind – really pretty close up photos of goat cheese and arugula, a self-indulging monologue on the slow-food movement. We Eating TV is definitely not one of those … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Local, San Francisco Bay Area | 4 Comments

European Designed “Chopsticks Aids” IKEA Like, or Culturally Insensitive?

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Ernie

Oh, Europeans! While Americans fumble with chopsticks in Asians restaurants, reminding everyone how smug they are because they are being multi-cultural by using unfamiliar new eating utensils, the Europeans are just straight-up designing different interfaces to eat Asian food entirely. … Continue reading →

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Laura Shigihara Sings the Catchiest Song Ever for “Plants vs. Zombies”

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Ernie

You’ve probably played Plants vs. Zombies, even though you never played it before — as one of those tower defense games on the web that are hot right now with the art direction of a Bedazzled game, think of the … Continue reading →

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Formerly Suspended Shock Jock JV Moves to Revision3

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Ernie

If you grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and you’re in your late 20’s to early 30’s, your familiar with Wild 94.9’s The Dog House, with the team of Elvis, JV and Hollywood. As to what happened with … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, New York, San Francisco Bay Area | 10 Comments