With all the talk about blogs being worse than pr0n, it's not really difficult to pick out examples that show precisely why this is just plain wrong and bizarre. Blogs provide a function that the MSM can't because it simply...well, can't. Here's one example.I've just noticed this podcast at Mike Gilbert's blog (he's the Lead Program Manager of Microsoft Flight Simulator)...
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
I Love Op-Eds II (The One About pr0n)
Due to an occupational hazard, I treat everything that I read in the newspapers, even the serious stuff, as satire, unless shown otherwise. So, this Op-Ed came along today in the Straits Times titled "Porn? No, blogs bug me more", and I thought to myself, cool, a satire on blogs, should be interesting...Porn? No, blogs bug me moreWith inaccurate and inflammatory postings...
Thursday, September 22, 2005
I'm The Guy...
I'm the guy who writes this.I'm the guy who's mostly forgotten what's happened in childhood, apart from the time when the dog scratched his eye and almost made him blind. And the time when the wardrobe cabinet came down on his head, threatening the same.I'm the guy who's been caned for getting 80% in a school test, and henceforth vows never to do that to another human...
Monday, September 19, 2005
My Experience With The iPod Nano
I'm happy to report that my experience with the iPod nano has been great so far! I've just been to the AppleCentre at Borders for the third time in two weeks, and I haven't touched a single nano yet! Hyper^ger went with me, and she also didn't dare touch even one demo set. It looks even more wonderful than words can ever describe. But I'm reminded of the Ring... I think...
Thursday, September 15, 2005
I Love Op-Eds
There're two interesting Op-Eds today in the newspaper Today. One's titled "Free speech: Are you responsible enough?" from 23 year old Timothy Tang Nam Yen.There has been much confusion over what can — and cannot — be said on the Internet... People who do not practise self-censorship are often the ones who create civil unrest. These people are often seen as threats...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
The Weather In Singapore Is...
I was just reading mrbrown's entry on 'the climate of fear' in Singapore. I kind of agree this climate actually exists here because just yesterday, a visitor to this blog emailed me and we started a gmail conversation. Janice (not her real name, her real name is Lisa Lim) told me she wanted to comment on my entry but didn't dare do so, for fear of being 'blacklisted'.Her...
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Musical RENT Playing In November: Still R(A)!
I read with joy that they they're bringing in the musical RENT for the second time this November."BROADWAY's smash hit musical Rent will play at Kallang Theatre again this November. Singapore will be one of the stops on its 10th anniversary tour. Most of the cast and crew of this Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning musical will come direct from New York, including its...
Sunday, September 11, 2005
A Couple Of Bloggers-Forumers Charged Under Sedition Act
This is a very disturbing development. From CNA:SINGAPORE : For the first time in Singapore, two bloggers have been charged under the Sedition Act for making racist remarks.They are 25-year-old Nicholas Lim Yew and 27-year-old Benjamin Koh Song Huat.A subordinate court was told that both their blogs had content that cast aspersions on the Malay community... Now we all...
Rockson's Barbaric Yawp
The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering.I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world...I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,But I shall be good health...
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
iObjet d'art
Apple just announced the upcoming iPod nano (which probably refers to an iPod that is very small) and I think if I were a competitor in the MP3 player market, I'd probably just close shop and sulk at the bar hehee... A few weeks ago, I got the iPod shuffle as a freebie, and was thinking whether to open the nice packaging to use it, or sell it at the forums because...
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Taipei and Hurricane Talim
We stayed in a hotel for the first week in Taipei because my mum felt that the family home was too old and unsafe. The nice hotel in the city had at least one awesome sign.After a week in Taipei, I decided to extend my stay here for another week. My parents left for Taichung to visit a doctor there for the next few days and I checked into Taipei Hostel. The rate for each...
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