Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
Monday, June 14th, 2010
There's plenty of 'information' available in Malaysia, and just a few people publicly questioning its quality. The Ministry of Tourism is conducting a poll on its website to see whether people want to keep the arches being built at the Penang Botanical gardens (Warning: abysmal Flash site). Anil Netto (who ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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I maintain some Malaysian shipping modules for the popular e-commerce software osCommerce which allow local e-shops to include up-to-date automatic shipping quotes from Pos Malaysia (Pos Laju and Pos Air Parcel) in the order total. If you run an e-shop, being able to pass on ...
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
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I might never have watched District 9, but Jess came back from her sister's house with a sack full of DVDs recently. Among the DVDs was District 9. I recognised the "No Humans" warning sign from the limited marketing I'd seen.
I watched the movie on ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
The Nut Graph asks this morning "Stay or leave Malaysia?". I think they published an article on the theme of Unrequited Love not so long ago, but I imagine it's a recurring theme for many Malaysians, or anybody who has ever lived here for long enough to develop an 'attachment' ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
I saw a request for help with English grammar from a member of a forum I often visit, so had a quick peep at his website. It looked great, nice copyright message and all. He seemed to be suggesting that it was all his own work, so I had a ...
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