Mister Wong, the Offensive Social Bookmarking Portal

I have to say I'm a bit offended by this, especially being Asian in descent.

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… Mister Wong. Why yes, that WOULD be the logo of Mister Wong to the right, thank you for noticing.

Yeeeeeah. Wow.

I mean, being an engineer in the web industry, I’m sure it has some of the standard features that make a social bookmarking portal interesting and relevant, but seriously, who were the branding and advertising geniuses that came up with this one? I mean sure, it’s based in Germany, which is practically a whole world away. Maybe people aren’t as sensitive to political correctness as they are here in North America. But seriously, one of their web badges has the slogan “ping pong, king kong, Mister Wong.” Which I, of course, interpret as “ching chong, Mister Wong” and get INCREDIBLY FUCKING ANGRY. It’s like the Ask Jeeves butler and Uncle Ben had a illegitimate Asian coolie son.

I mean, Christ, his face is on soccer jerseys. SOCCER JERSEYS!

And just when you think I couldn’t get anymore WTF’ed - Mister Wong has a Chinese version of their site. Seriously. Now, I’ll fully admit to being the naive American here - maybe my cultural American bias is slanted and that people from mainland Chinese won’t be completely horrified to see a caricature of someone their ethnicity touting the virtues of the social web. Hell, you have Wang Lan of the Chinese support team on the front page. “It’s okay to use this page,” she seems to beckon. “I’m Chinese too, you see?”

Since I don’t speak German and there is just an intro English page, maybe there’s a story on how the site came up with its name and branding and someone can help out. Mister Wong had better been based on a real person and saved twenty burning orphanages in Stuttgart, because otherwise, I’m calling foul.

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This article is originally from 8Asians.com. Thanks to Joesph for the article referal.

You can have Snoop Dogg at your party for $150,000k!

April 19, 2007 -- IF you want Snoop Dogg to play at an event, not only will you have to pay his $150,000 fee, you'll have to accommodate his unusual tastes and enormous entourage. Organizers of Tuesday night's Pussycat Dolls concert at Cipriani Wall Street to benefit UNICEF, which also featured the rapper, had to fly in more than 10 members of his posse, first-class. Then, at the last minute, Snoop almost didn't go on because, "he insisted on having an Xbox in his dressing room," an insider said. "We finally found someone who lent us their kids' Xbox, and had to put Snoop somewhere on the third floor because he was smoking so much dope." Snoop and his pals were having such a good time they were an hour late making it to the stage, forcing the Pussycat Dolls, who were paid $300,000 to perform, to actually talk - which wasn't a good thing. While introducing themselves, one of the blond dolls thanked "Unicel" instead of "UNICEF." A rep for Snoop - who is open about his love for reefer - didn't return calls.

It's never as good as it looks!

Have you ever bought some fast food and wondered.. "Why doesn't it look like the burget in the advertisement?" I've wondered that. Time and time again, I'll purchase fast food and it looks really bad. In the film "Falling Down", Michael Douglas holds up a Fast Food joint because he's pissed out at the fact his food doesn't look like the advertisment!



Well here's a photo comparison of what you get these days! It's sad! Maybe what they need for these food advertisements is a warning that says " Looks are decieving!" or " Warning... Food will NOT look like advertisement! Any warning would help people"

Ads vs. Real Food

Optimus Prime has Lips!

Michael Bay, you just ruined my childhood memories. Optimus Prime never needed flames too look badass. He was badass. You changed his truck and his crew. Just because you got sponsored by General Motors. Now the whole series is messed up

Now you've really bastardized the series by putting lips on Optimus Prime! Dear god what could be next???

Click here to see another bastardization of Optimus Prime has Lips!

Bad Inventions from the 80's!

An engineering drop-out must have thought of this invention back in the 80's. I guess they didn't realize that this would act as a greenhouse and make your skin burn. Oh wait there is a fan on the side of the sun pod. Still it's a really bad idea!

More bad inventions of the 80's

Japanese people bringing Sexy Back!

People in Japan have been known to try new innovative and cutting edge things. But this takes the cake! In Japan, clothing companies are now trying to create really ultra sexy clothing. They just scream RAPE ME! Honestly! check out the photos and give us your thoughts. In talking to our Fashion Expert Kirk. He says that "LOL ppl can't wear that shit here without being raped." True. I don't think this will fly. It's a bad idea. A very bad idea!



This reminds me of those tank tops that Ciara wore in her music video that were cut in half at her nipples. That trend never took off. Same sort of Fashion trend. But this is terrible. I'm sure some one must have gotten sexually assaulted as result of wearing this pants.

Another Bad idea! Click here to learn more about these terrible pants!

We are back!

Hey everyone! We are back!

After along month of figuring out our current work situation, Simplyuncool.com is back. Unfortunately, things have changed a bit. Originally, our team was sharing an office with another company, but that company is going under. So now Simplyuncool.com is working out of my apartment. Other contributing writers are working from home. It was fun while it lasted. We are back covering news. Hopefully will be more consistant this time.

New York officials: We don’t like GTA 4!

The problematic topic of Grand Theft Auto 4 hits the streets again. And now months before the official launch. The New York City officials are apparently annoyed by the way their city is portrayed in the next installment of the Grand Theft Auto game. Of course, the game is set in the fictional Liberty City, but it’s quite clear which real city it copies, as it contains landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Coney Island’s Cyclone, and the Brooklyn Bridge. The MetLife Building is renamed “GetaLife”. Vice City from GTA III’s follow-up was a nod to Miami, Florida, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was set on turf reminiscent of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers,” New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. City council member Peter Vallone, chairman of the Council’s Public Safety Committee, noted that setting the game in the “safest city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland.” The mayor’s office also noted that since he took office car theft has halved and the murder rate is down by 28 per cent.



In the game’s trailer, a voice with an Eastern European accent is heard saying: “Life is complicated. I killed people, smuggled people, sold people. Perhaps here, things will be different.” In previous versions of the game, players killed both police officers and prostitutes. Beside the trailer, Rockstar didn’t reveal any information. It’s still unclear if the Eastern European guy who used to kill people is the main character of the game or just a member of a team. The gameplay is also still a mystery. The previous games of the franchise were focused on a single player experience, but recent installments have dropped enough multiplayer modes to suggest that expanding beyond solo play is an interest of the series’ development team. GTA IV is due to be launched stores in North America on October 16, 2007 and in Europe on October 19, 2007 and it will be available for the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. No word about a PC version. I’m wondering what would these people say if someone remade the old good Carmaggedon…

BURGER KING - THE MOVIE!

That's right folks. The creepy mascot from Burger King is getting a MOVIE! You heard it first year at simplyuncool.com:

One of the most aggressive has been Burger King Holdings (BKC, news, msgs). The chain has focused over the last year on lifting the profile of its "king" mascot, a mute character best known for his creepy smile. The burger baron recently starred in a series of video games, and the company says it has lined up a studio and distributor for a feature film.

Russ Klein, Burger King's president of global marketing strategy, won't reveal the studio's identity or the likely plot. But he says the movie could appear as early as the end of this year, with the film aimed at "creating a back story for the king."

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Hey Reggie! Where is my Wii???

After waiting for like 5 months now, I still haven't played a Nintendo Wii yet.

I did miss the demo machine that was the Eaton center of the X-mas. At that time I figured that there would be other places that had the Wii. I was so wrong. Since then not too many stores have the Wii on display or have it in stock!

In fact I'm having a difficult time finding a Wii in the GTA area. I do have a friend in Sudbury whose willing to sell me one for like $350. I'm not going to fork over that much for a Wii the extra cash for it will be enough to buy a game or two.

It seems that I'm not the only one looking for a Wii. Millions of people are still waiting for one. Production has been slow to keep up with the demand. Already 4 million Wii's have been bought and sold. Which is almost half the amount of X-box 360s sold world wide. That's pretty good numbers for something that came out 5 months ago.

In a recent interview with the HUB and Kotaku, president Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say:

"Nintendo manufactured, through the end of December, four million units worldwide. And to put this in perspective, the ramp up you need to have from a manufacturing standpoint to make four million units, and to make them flawlessly -- our defect rate is miniscule -- that's a huge challenge. Yet, because of the demand, because of the buzz, we could not satisfy consumers worldwide.

We work with our retailers to supply them on a regular and ongoing basis. Some retailers make decisions to hold product to support their circulars that typically drop on Sundays. But I'm now looking at a report that says in 93 percent of retail outlets, there are less than three hardware units available. That is a huge issue and something we're working very hard to fix."


Less than 3 units per store isn't a good sign, considering that lots of people want one. Hell I want one and I already own a PS3, and a X-box 360.

What is interesting is that Nintendo is willing to admit they got a problem here and they are willing to address it. Unlike Sony's crappy P.R. people who screw up all the time.. Gosh!

My question is.. How long are people willing to wait for this machine?? I'm getting tired of waiting.

Kotaku
The Hubs Interview with Reggie