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Attention! Now Hear This!


2007
07.29

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 Than Shwe & Lee Hsien Loong

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Mr Lee Hsien Loong (Photograph credit: Myanmar Government)

The state of Singapore’s Fourth Estate:

Thousands bonded at Inter-Racial Inter-Religious Harmony Nite (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

Punggol East residents forge stronger ties and friendship (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

Fans mob Taiwanese pop group S.H.E at MediaCorp event (Channel NewsAsia, 29 July)

The state of Myanmar’s Fourth Estate:

Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to Peru (New Light of Myanmar, 28 July)

Minister inspects diesel locomotive shed (Mahlwagon) (New Light of Myanmar, 29 July)

Work Proficiency Course No 31 of Internal Revenue Dept concludes (New Light of Myanmar, 28 July)

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Catcher in the Rice


2007
07.28

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Forget crop circles and any-such lame diversions: the good people of Inakadate, Japan, know how to spoil a perfectly adequate rice field.

Whoosh!

More Nippon-style environmental art at http://www.am.askanet.ne.jp/~tugaru/z-inakadate.htm

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Cease and Desist


2007
07.23

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I noticed today that a certain Radu Dragulescu of Timisoara, Romania, had copied some of my blog entries to his site, Yamzy Network.

Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, I fired off a cease and desist e-mail and registered postal letter to him requiring him under the laws of the European Union and/or Romania to, well, cease and desist his nefarious activities of copying my writings and research results to his site.

For example:

I gave that gentleman until 7 August 2007 to sort this thing out, and, if I have not received any “affirmative response” indicating he is fully complying with my requirements, “I shall take further action”.

O Tempora, O Mores!

UPDATE 2008-01-09: The Yamzy Network site seems to be out of service.

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Visualizing Wikipedia


2007
07.15

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If you’re looking to visualize — mindmap — an entry of Wikipedia, look no further than WikiMindMap. It can map your query to a tree-like structure that helps you to get a visual overview of the entry’s relationships to other relevant topics.

Have a look, for example, how WikiMindMap maps “Myanmar”.

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Shan State Sauvignon


2007
07.13

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Aythaya Vineyard, Shan State, Myanmar

The blue hills of Myanmar’s Shan State cradle the country’s first wine-growing enterprise, Myanmar Vineyards. Located near the Inle Lake, a small town of Aythaya has given its name for the vineyard’s pioneer products, Aythaya Red (a cuvée from Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes), Rosé (Moscato), and White (Sauvignon Blanc).

Has anybody had the chance of tasting these rarities?

Official site: http://www.myanmar-vineyard.com.
More information: Myanmar’s Net.

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