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.

Marié Digby’s Umbrella

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Ernie

In honor of this week being “Let’s embed YouTube video on 8Asians.com,” I bring you this video of Marié Digby. If the song sounds familar, it’s because it’s a cover of Rhianna’s “Umbrella,” the song that’s currently played to death … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | 21 Comments

Mister Wong takes down logo, International Flame war commences

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Ernie

So, for the twelve or so 8Asians.com readers who haven’t arrived here from Germany, I’ll give you a brief overview as to what’s been happening the past week or so: Around three months ago, I write a post called Mister … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, WTF | 37 Comments

The Top 6 Asian Reality Stars That Make Me Cringe

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Ernie

Aaah, reality television. It’s not truly reality, you know. It’s unscripted, sure, but there are camera crews, a director which calls the camera shots, a team of editors that take hours of real footage to be carefully crafted into 30-minute … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, WTF | 20 Comments

Dear Internets: This site has been redesigned!

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Ernie

So yeah, read the subject line. The new website design is a tad bit prettier than the old one, no? You can thank illustrator supreme Ki Han for all this prettiness, while yours truly actually coded the site together. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Meta | 2 Comments

6 (months) of 8 (Asians)

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Ernie

So not to toot our own horn or anything, but this week quickly went by with an ever-so-slight milestone: This humble blog has been around for six months. Six awkward, badly designed months, but hey. This blog was started as … Continue reading →

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Tired of being Asian?

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Ernie

From Min Jung by way of gigglesugar, this OMGWTF billboard: Shocked? Of course you are. And, after some investigation by gigglesugar reader vegan musician, that’s exactly the kind of response they’re looking for, albeit in a slightly roundabout way: I … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination | 12 Comments

Jerry Yang is the new CEO of Yahoo!

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Ernie

(Full disclosure: I previously worked for Yahoo!, as well as Genghis and John. Mike currently works for Yahoo! as well.) So, the geeks in Silicon Valley are currently talking about Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang taking becoming the new CEO of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Technology | 8 Comments

Ken Jeong: America’s Funniest Doctor

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Ernie

So I just got back from watching Knocked Up, which is one of those few movies out there that can combine scenes that are completely raunchy and totally heartwarming to make a thoroughly entertaining movie. And one of the stand-out … Continue reading →

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The Shanghai Restoration Project

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Ernie

After surfing Arjan Writes (one of my favorite blogs about pop music, highly recommended, by the way) I stumbled across the the page for Dave Liang from the Shanghai Restoration Project. What, a Chinese American AND he makes electronica music? … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 5 Comments

Colma: The Musical

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Ernie

Chalk this one up in the “Asian-themed indie movie I actually really want to see” category: Colma: The Musical, which is a musical… about Colma, California. Us Bay Area folk also affectionately know Colma as “the town by Daly City … Continue reading →

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Mister Wong, the Offensive Social Bookmarking Portal

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Ernie

Alex, I’ll take “European Web 2.0 companies that make you say WTF” for $200: In Germany, a country where there is the most broadband users in Europe, the biggest social bookmarking website isn’t Yahoo! owned del.icio.us, but a site called… … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Technology | 161 Comments

Contact Us / Suggest A Story

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Ernie

Use this form to drop a note to Ernie at 8Asians, or to suggest a story for us to blog about. (Note: If you do suggest a link or a webpage for a story, be sure to let us know … Continue reading →

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