My Chinese Name is apparently “Hong Kongrui”, which is ridiculous. I mean, it sounds like Hong Kong Phooey! (Link courtesy of Orbyn, my new twin.)

Check it out: I’ve been twinned! This is actually a really cool idea. I mean, you’re much more likely to check out a new blog if you think you’ve got something in common with the author. My new twins are:

• a fire inside – I’d actually seen this one before and thought it would be a good daily read. Interestingly, I found it because Michele linked to my Roald Dahl site on her Banned Books page.
• Interior Exterior – When I told Snookums about this twinning thing, he predicted that I’d get paired up with some 13-year-old blue-haired punk girl, and that it’d wig me out. Which is why I was a little wary of Amy, the 16-year-old Aussie author behind Interior Exterior. Turns out I needn’t have worried. She sounds really cool.
• Orbyn – The tagline of this site is “the internet is shit.” And the author worked as a stage manager and web designer. And she admits to an obsession with alternative music. Forget “twin”; Robyn is my clone.

I’d like to submit some twins of my own, but it’s harder than it sounds. Some people are just one of a kind. I mean, where are you going to find another Max?

Hooray! Mac OS X is here! But I’m confused. I can’t just use Software Update to get it? Where can UK users get the upgrade??

Update: For you UK Mac people, I just called Micro Anvika (pretty much the big Mac retailer over here) and the woman said that they don’t have the upgrade and she has no information on when or if they will be getting it. And since the mail-in form on the Apple site is only for US customers, as of now we’re out of luck. This is gonna piss me off.

Update #2: I discovered that the UK Apple Store has the full version of OSX 10.1 available, but not the upgrade version. So I called them up on their free number 0800-039-1010 to ask about it. The lady informed me that the upgrade is available through them for £16, and I could order it right then. Which I did! I should have it within a week. Happy ending!

“Islamic law states, ‘An eye for an eye.’ By that logic, we should destroy one of Osama bin Laden’s skyscrapers. Problem is, he doesn’t have any, because he lives in fucking underground caves.”

Oh yes, The Onion is back. Thank God.

An anniversary of sorts. I just noticed that this is my 1005th post here at web-goddess. The big rollover occurred down on the “Queen gets a mobile” post. I just calculated that I’ve been blogging for 264 days now (starting on January 4 of this year), which equates to an average of 3.8 posts per day. Not bad. I feel like that’s a good area to be in. Just frequent enough to keep you coming back, and not so often that I get sick of doing it.

So MJ’s back. My dad will be excited. I was pretty surprised to see that he’s donating his entire salary to the 9-11 relief effort. Just for that, I’ll refrain from making fun of him for a while. At least until he gets schooled by the Knicks. (Make no mistake, I hate the Knicks with a passion. I just hate the deification of athletes more.)

EEEEEEK! I’ve been waiting for the Max OSX 10.1 Update for two months now, and every day I get disappointed. Yet this article says it’s coming out today! Could my dreams be coming true??

Two Afghan men were picked up trying to row across the English Channel in a children’s inflatable boat. That’s seriously desperate.

Aww, check it out! The Queen’s finally got a cellphone. I wonder what her ringtone is?