tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.comments2023-05-11T06:00:23.698-07:00The GMT+8 lifeneil @ GMT+8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-27820890949882087302013-03-04T21:55:38.297-08:002013-03-04T21:55:38.297-08:00This explains both Florence Foster Jennings and la...This explains both Florence Foster Jennings and large parts of my own career.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652741718660526122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-60499461650926372622012-12-17T07:16:23.236-08:002012-12-17T07:16:23.236-08:00I forgot the link...
http://www.foxnews.com/on-ai...I forgot the link...<br /><br />http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday-chris-wallace/index.htmlneil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-29433396730347226842012-05-15T04:18:10.939-07:002012-05-15T04:18:10.939-07:00I wasn't going to, but I think it's become...I wasn't going to, but I think it's become a really important story and it's fascinating to me how it's showing a new (ish) way that stories evolve. Pre-facebook and Twitter, there was no real mechanism for this kind of 'conversation'.neil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-1907684119736810062012-05-15T04:14:03.693-07:002012-05-15T04:14:03.693-07:00I thought we weren't blogging on this...?
:-...I thought we weren't blogging on this...? <br /><br />:-)The Woodseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777639880950452636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-28971463726271777682012-05-06T18:15:36.779-07:002012-05-06T18:15:36.779-07:00I've had a word with a couple of friends here ...I've had a word with a couple of friends here and there's a nice little surprise waiting for you next time you come through Singapore customs!! Ha ha ha . . . .neil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-55946814086260272622012-05-06T10:42:32.038-07:002012-05-06T10:42:32.038-07:00Quite right mate, what do Human Rights Watch know ...Quite right mate, what do Human Rights Watch know about progress? At least you both agree with the parallels to China ;)<br /><br />"Election returns brought no changes to Singapore’s reliance on the Internal Security Act to hold, without charge or judicial review,those suspected of subversion, espionage, and terrorism. Laws requiring mandatory death sentences, judicial caning, and criminalization of male same-sex relations remain in force. Government authorities still curtail rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly. They deny legitimacy to associations of ten or more, if they deem the groups “prejudicial to public peace, welfare or good order. ” The government requires police permits for five or more people planning a public event, and it uses contempt of court, criminal and civil defamation, and sedition charges to rein in critics."David Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781788108462563605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-79572941991431338812012-04-17T06:41:16.192-07:002012-04-17T06:41:16.192-07:00wow--thanks for highlighting--that's awesome a...wow--thanks for highlighting--that's awesome and hadn't seen it before despite being interested in both k & h. such complex inter-related strands of guilt & pride, as appropriate for a thoughtful leader & peace-maker in eastern europe. i hope he died proud of everything he achieved. so fitting that his last public appearance in december was to meet with the dalai lama & sign an appeal in support of dissidents around the world!nigel carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866740162562290559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-82532858279607930882012-03-09T15:40:05.265-08:002012-03-09T15:40:05.265-08:00BGAN already provides global broadband coverage. S...BGAN already provides global broadband coverage. Satellites can still easily be jammed though, and you misunderstood low earth orbit. Things in LEO can't stay over an area. You were thinking of GEO, geostationary orbit.EFXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062694680944249263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-8467831422619017532012-01-07T06:27:09.529-08:002012-01-07T06:27:09.529-08:00Thanks for posting this. One of the best speeches ...Thanks for posting this. One of the best speeches by a head of state I've ever read.griphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00260502006669365466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-3002893073097487222011-08-18T21:53:11.680-07:002011-08-18T21:53:11.680-07:00Fantastic post.
So true.Fantastic post. <br />So true.Philip Rowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034262991519591006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-46641927698856231462011-04-18T23:24:25.200-07:002011-04-18T23:24:25.200-07:00This is ridiculous. As an indian i love this ad, b...This is ridiculous. As an indian i love this ad, because there are things about it that I get. And you dont. Like the the song running in the background which is beautiful poetry...the lyrics say that when your heart is lit, so is the world. It also an exaggeration of how things used to be, and therefore funny and nostalgic. We are not interested in what a bunch of foreigners with a limited worldview and even more limited understanding of what development is think of us.the usual retrospecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713950234481222685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-12939085629433084232011-04-18T01:58:49.218-07:002011-04-18T01:58:49.218-07:00wot he said.wot he said.DTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636059291959939359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-66110366046847417342011-04-13T01:49:18.364-07:002011-04-13T01:49:18.364-07:00My dear friend Alex Daniel added "Putting a &...My dear friend Alex Daniel added "Putting a 'Z' at the end of the property's name does not make it contemporary...." e.g. LevelZ.....neil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-42297851227534104902011-03-09T20:51:11.153-08:002011-03-09T20:51:11.153-08:00I think this theory of Neil's has hit the nail...I think this theory of Neil's has hit the nail on the head. Well done!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00088296117038270919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-60398518040449090592011-02-22T19:40:01.043-08:002011-02-22T19:40:01.043-08:00Solid strategy--- but anything 'UN'ish'...Solid strategy--- but anything 'UN'ish' foreshadows poor/bumbling execution.scottinapachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981369008046010506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-36419452881518733812011-01-10T04:36:22.869-08:002011-01-10T04:36:22.869-08:00Yes. It's a case of a non-patronising Indian &...Yes. It's a case of a non-patronising Indian 'smile so we can see you at night, darkie'. And pre-colonial at that.<br /><br />Don't burn your bra. You need it...DTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636059291959939359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-10169737746769783782011-01-06T01:12:53.584-08:002011-01-06T01:12:53.584-08:00Dear Appalled of Holland Village,
I am afraid you ...Dear Appalled of Holland Village,<br />I am afraid you are suffering from an exaggeration of sensitivity. Were this a case of patronising occidental 'smile so we can see you at night, darkie' you would be well within your rights to be outraged. However this is an Indian ad made by Indians for Indians - you're watching the Indian cricket coverage, so it isn't pan-Asian. It's been around for a few years - it's interesting that they've revived it now - though I think it is entirely justifiable as it is a clever and funny ad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286602130730920047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-1599480201739626222011-01-05T21:59:32.913-08:002011-01-05T21:59:32.913-08:00Here is the spot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...Here is the spot<br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlfU-cCdhfs&feature=youtube_gdata_playerneil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-26351818337278260952010-12-09T21:44:14.104-08:002010-12-09T21:44:14.104-08:00This is brilliant Neil. Thanks for sharing. GavThis is brilliant Neil. Thanks for sharing. GavGavin Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18374127949251423528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-38539946429084629332009-10-07T19:04:55.988-07:002009-10-07T19:04:55.988-07:00I hope so. Although he did look a bit tired... Att...I hope so. Although he did look a bit tired... Attached is an interesting video that Google did in Japan coz people were getting very nervous about being caught on camera. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQGrIsYUm4cneil @ GMT+8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16249646059546381322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9919154920483458.post-30614563881195151602009-10-07T09:06:54.997-07:002009-10-07T09:06:54.997-07:00Interesting its so low tech/carbon neutral. Clever...Interesting its so low tech/carbon neutral. Clever thinking versus seeing a secretive BBC license dodger van sitting belching fumes. Wondered how they did this. You think they have more than one guy?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613919744538224229noreply@blogger.com