Just Noise | by Johanan Sen

Canon and Vimeo are attempting a video-equivalent of a Twitter novel. What probably excites me most is the fact that these short films – or the first one at least – will be shot on Canon SLRs, in HD.

Bruce Willis’ latest movie, Surrogates opened in cinemas this week and this poster is plastered all over theatres around town…

A 13 year-old Lauryn Hill on Amateur Night at the Apollo in 1987.

After EMI cancelled the release of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s new album, they decided to release a blank CD-R for fans to burn their own copy.

Eric Schlosser finally takes his message to the big screen.

No she didn’t!

I thought I could just Twitter this but it’s too good not to post.

Singer/songwriter from Brighton with some rainy-day soul.

Photo by Jer in the box

At the end of last week, our Information and Technology Minister, Datuk Rais Yatim, decided to warn the entire nation against the use of Twitter, Facebook and the Internet in general.

Three churches were attacked today, in Malaysia – one burned down completely – by Muslims protesting Catholics’ right to use the word Allah for God…

On Monday the New York Times ran an essay by Dennis Overbye on the world’s biggest and most expensive experiment in physics, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the notion that it is being sabotaged by its own future.

Last week, Indonesian rebel group BENDERA (Benteng Demokrasi Rakyat or People’s Democratic Defence) started sweeping Jakarta’s streets to find and, do-something-questionable-with-a-sharpened-bamboo-stick to any Malaysians they found…

After EMI cancelled the release of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s new album, they decided to release a blank CD-R for fans to burn their own copy.

Eric Schlosser finally takes his message to the big screen.

It being the opening weekend of J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek, I figured we could use an update on super-fast space travel. Apparently Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a Warp Drive might one day become science-fact.

Three churches were attacked today, in Malaysia – one burned down completely – by Muslims protesting Catholics’ right to use the word Allah for God…

…Communion – or rather, the sacramental blessings – was/were done in English, B.Malaysia, Tamil and Mandarin, different parts in each language. Speaking as an Indian-Chinese Malaysian whose first language is English, that was *omitting expletive* awesome!

My iPhone 3G (sans-S) decides to act up a week before my trip to Hanoi. Part of the problem was the glitchy 3.1 update, the other part: a faulty headphone port – damaged by the oversized jack on the V-Moda Vibe Duos.

They say editors make the worse writers. That is what they say. That is what I hear in my head as I look at a blog 4 months untouched. My blog.

Happy Inauguration Day!
I don’t care where you are in the world, the end of the Bush reign is something to celebrate.
I pondered what I’d post to mark the day when a friend, Uma, wrote something that I couldn’t better. He is probably one of our best writers and the only Malaysian more optimistic [...]

At the end of last week, our Information and Technology Minister, Datuk Rais Yatim, decided to warn the entire nation against the use of Twitter, Facebook and the Internet in general.

Canon and Vimeo are attempting a video-equivalent of a Twitter novel. What probably excites me most is the fact that these short films – or the first one at least – will be shot on Canon SLRs, in HD.

After EMI cancelled the release of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s new album, they decided to release a blank CD-R for fans to burn their own copy.

A unique perspective on the Swine Flu outbreak

A blogger is journaling his bankruptcy online.
Bobisbankrupt, a Californian film sound editor, filed for Chapter 7 in September of ‘08 and has decided to take his readers along for the ride.
He has worked on films like JFK, Heat, Courage Under Fire, Godzilla, The Patriot, The Bourne Supremacy, Van Helsing, A Civil Action, The Island, and [...]

Not the photos you think!
Elizabeth Wong is a State Assemblywoman and an EXCO member of the KeADILan party (opposition).
Last week nude photos, taken of her in the privacy of her own home, were leaked and distributed without Wong’s consent or knowledge.
She resigned earlier today, stating, “My personal life and privacy has [sic] been [...]

I thought I could just Twitter this but it’s too good not to post.

Found this while surfing around the blogosphere. A countdown of the 15 strangest college/university courses in America.

Words fail. An infomercial for a handheld device designed to decimate…

TheRegister.co.uk attempts to answer that age…well…year-old question: What’s the difference between a Netbook and an ultraportable?

Only a true geek could put this much love into a flowchart!

The most stomach-churning cocktail I’ve ever heard of.
…
Rim each martini glass with McDonalds Brand Barbeque Sauce, and pour milkshake/vodka mixture into the glass…

At this point pretty much everyone has heard the leaked audio rec of Christian Bale flipping out on the set of Terminator Salvation. This is the latest in a long string of spoofs, with Michael Cera (of Superbad fame) playing the role of divo.

At the end of last week, our Information and Technology Minister, Datuk Rais Yatim, decided to warn the entire nation against the use of Twitter, Facebook and the Internet in general.

Canon and Vimeo are attempting a video-equivalent of a Twitter novel. What probably excites me most is the fact that these short films – or the first one at least – will be shot on Canon SLRs, in HD.

This week Google demoed their new Chrome OS, an operating system based on its web browser. The concept behind the entire venture plays with the idea of putting a user’s entire digital life in the cloud. But is the idea vapid?

On Monday the New York Times ran an essay by Dennis Overbye on the world’s biggest and most expensive experiment in physics, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the notion that it is being sabotaged by its own future.

My iPhone 3G (sans-S) decides to act up a week before my trip to Hanoi. Part of the problem was the glitchy 3.1 update, the other part: a faulty headphone port – damaged by the oversized jack on the V-Moda Vibe Duos.

It being the opening weekend of J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek, I figured we could use an update on super-fast space travel. Apparently Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a Warp Drive might one day become science-fact.