Archive for February, 2006
War things as flowerpots
I was at the Singapore airshow yesterday. Lots of people were selling weapon systems and warfare related avionics. There was even a Serbian booth next to the US one - once enemies now together at a trade show. Many spies were going around taking pictures and asking probing questions.
Fighters and missiles on display.
Seeing all the missiles, I remembered something I saw once in Lao. Lao, a little country between China, Thailand and Vietnam was heavily bombed by the Americans during the Vietnam War to cut-off the supply routes of the North Vietnamese fighters.
The Laotians today use the remnants of these bombs as flowerpots.
USAF markings on the bomb.
Another missile fin being used as a dustbin in a Lao guesthouse.
Technorati Tags: lao, missile, singapore, vietnamwar, war
Blogs in PR Workshop
Welcome to the Blogs and PR workshop. Links to some of the topics/tools we will be covering today.
Blog Engines
wordpress.com
wpblogs.com
blogsome.com
Blog Engines ($)
Typepad
Hosting on own server in Singapore www.poznet.com (other hosts - ask them if they have Cpanel with Fantastico installed)
Blog Stats
Statcounter
Mapstats
Blogpatrol
Photoblogging Flickr
RSS
Intro to Bloglines
Yout corporate site does not have RSS feeds, you can create feeds with FeedXs and allow others to subscribe to your feeds.
Searching/Tracking blog conversations
Pubsub
Feedster
Technorati
Blogpulse
Icerocket
Podcast Directories
Podcastalley
iTunes
PRBlogs, Examples of Corporate Blogs, Links to CEO blogs, Samples of corporate blogging policies and many more resources.
The NewPR.com
Corporate Blogs in Singapore
Other Links
How to suck up to a Blogger
Books
Naked Conversations (both print and digital download editions available). Also check out the author’s blog.
Students in the 1960s China - some pictures
As someone who is always on the lookout for material on life in the 1960’s and 70’s China, I am always happy to find such pics. Thanks J.P. for the link.
More at 当时的时髦é’年们：40å¹´å‰åŒ—大å¦ç”Ÿæ¿€æƒ…照片(组图) or click here for the same page with English captions via Google Translate
Technorati Tags: 1960, beijing
Learning math - the fun (North Korean) way
In North Korea, math lessons are never boring
In Year One North Korean primary school students have to study math with an anti-American twist, as is clear from the following quiz: “The brave uncles from the Korean People’s Army destroyed six tanks of the wolf-like American bastards. Then they destroyed two more. How many tanks did they destroy altogether?†When kids grow older, they can operate with larger numbers: “The uncles of the Korean People’s Army, in one combat, destroyed 87 American wolf-bastards. They killed 51 of the bastards, and took the remainder as prisoner. How many prisoners did they take?†(This is, as you probably guess, from a Year Two schoolbook, since the math is a little more sophisticated). And of course, one should not forget the sufferings of the South Koreans: “In a South Korean city occupied by the wolf-like US Army, 2884 school-age children cannot attend school. Of them, 1561 are polishing shoes, while others are begging for food. How many children are begging for food in the Yankee-occupied city?â€
From Another Korea The American Dream
(via NKZone.org)
Technorati Tags: northkorea, math
Creative Commons presentation at INSEAD
Just got back from a Free Culture and Creative Commons show by Colin Mutchler at INSEAD Singapore.
Colin showed us some examples of some popular songs that were remixes of some earlier music. Some of these remix artists got into trouble for using the source without permission. As production technology and publishing become cheaper and accessible - more and more people are becoming content creators and remixers. We will want to use someone else’s pictures or loops and we may not mind someone else using some of our stuff. Is there a easy way of letting others know that to what extent am I letting someone else use my stuff? Colin talked about the Creative Commons licensing.