Thanh Thanh’s “Khong Nghe, Khong Thay Se Khong Dau” is some deep shit. The title tells it all.

The story goes:

Then there is the fellow from Dopotha, a village west of Bulawayo, who was born while his father was in Congo, fighting in that nation’s civil wars. When the father returned, the father concluded that the newborn almost certainly was not his, and he decided to make that clear.

The son’s name? Never Trust a Woman.

The article reminds me of a story about how someone named her son after her neighbor who she hates. So when she gets mad at her neighbor she could scold her son using his name.

From Autoblog:

A 1995 Honda Civic is for sale in Atlanta with, count ’em, 939,899 miles. That’s 200+ miles a day. Every day. Including Sundays. For 12 years.

Nokia aquired Navteq “in efforts to compete with companies like Apple, whose iPhone comes with navigational software from Google.”

Saul Hansell:

Here’s a suggestion to every Internet executive: take a Post-It note, write “EBay wasted $3 billion on Skype” and stick it to your monitor. Stare at it the next time some hot social whatever-2.0 company comes by and talks about growing fast and finding a revenue model later.

Smashing nails it again with “10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of.” Even 37signals gets it too.

The new Barnes & Noble web site goes tableless. Like the new review section.

Spotted four of Vassar’s Web sites while browsing through EduStyle’s gallery. LTC and Development designed by yours truly. Biology designed by Chris. Vassar homepage designed by us (the whole team).

An amusing yet controversial view on how Beijing 2008 Olympics logo was created.

The first Layer Tennis has started. Enjoy your weekend!