Monthly Archive for September, 2006

Russell Peters benefits from unauthorised reproduction

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I call it as I see it. This interesting snippet is from Monday’s Life! section:

You know comedian Russell Peters is hot when, even without any publicity, his October show here sold out within days…

Perhaps, people here have had an online taste of the 35-year-old’s humour which sees him taking wickedly witty potshots at racial stereotypes, complete with accents and actions.

And judging by the hundreds of thousands of downloads of his stand-up routines worldwide, it would seem his star can shine only brighter…

Peters is naturally chuffed at the ticket sales, and says it is all down to someone putting his routines online.

It hurts so good by Kannan Chandran
Straits Times Life! Monday, 18 September 2006

So you can make money by giving away your stuff (inadvertently) making your stuff freely available online.

You just have to be good; people will pay for live quality entertainment.

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Majulah Singapura

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on Monday, 18 September 2006
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I first heard an Olivia Ong jazz number playing in a Sembawang outlet. On first listen, I thought: not bad. But I previewed some other songs on her debut album, Girl Meets Bossa Nova, and found it a bit run-of-the-mill. I didn’t buy the album, despite knowing that some people sound a lot better live than on CD. Perhaps, after listening to her rendition of Singapore’s National Anthem, I just might give her albums (she’s got a second one out) another shot.

She begins just a little shakily with an entire stadium listening and watching, mind you, but then steadys (sic) herself and delivers a rendition that has RL gasping “Man, I have goosebumps listening to it!”

Otterman

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Radio Gaga

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on Sunday, 10 September 2006
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Angela, Patricia & Teddy's Forum

I’ve been attending a radio news course with a few student producer-presenters* from Radio Pulze. It culminated on Saturday with an “as live” half-hour discussion forum. There were three groups. I was with Dylan and Michelle.

The radio forum project was a throwback to my days in Mass Communication at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. It was strange juggling work and a student project. I enjoyed myself even though it proved to be a bit of a challenge. Working with students made me feel a bit younger than I am.

My group’s forum was about Copyright and Music. We planned and prepared as best we could. The forum ran smoothly enough. I think there was a lot of room for improvement, but it was a good attempt overall. Dylan, Michelle: great working with both of you. To everyone: a job well done!

Unfortunately, I don’t have photos of my project - I was the forum moderator. But I did take a few shots of the others.

* Our Mass Comm lecturers taught us to call ourselves producer-presenters, not DJs, because the job involves more than being just a disc jockey.

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Unlimited Gmail addresses

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on Sunday, 10 September 2006
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Gmail rocks.

Today, I discovered another reason to add to its rockability factor. Gmail users essentially have unlimited email addresses (via Lifehacker) as Modern Day Alchemist points out.

(Pardon me if you know this already.)

The feature is called plus-addressing. Let’s say your email address is: me@gmail.com

With a plus sign after the user ID, you can get an infinite number of addresses. For example:

me+office@gmail.com,
me+heritagemailinglist@gmail.com,
me+straitstimessubscription@gmail.com and so on.

The benefits and applications?

Every time you are required to divulge your email address, you can give it a unique address. This enables you to filter the email (assigning labels automatically, for example), and more importantly, to determine who is spamming you.

Illustration: If you sign up to Spam Company updates using me+spamcompany@gmail.com, you should only receive emails from Spam Company with that email address. If it is being used to send stuff from another source, you’ll know that Spam Company sold/divulged your email address to third parties. This might be contrary to their privacy policy.

So, now that you know who’s the culprit, you can take action and filter unsolicited mail from this unique address straight to Trash.

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And so it begins

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on Friday, 8 September 2006
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Just in case those pesky foreign talent civil activists protesters think we’re all smiles not serious about our protest licensing scheme ban:

Peta protesters detained and deported
Straits Times Interactive. Sep 8, 2006, 7.10 pm (Singapore time)

ANIMAL rights activists were detained and deported on Friday after the police triangulated their cell phone signals and tracked the pair down to a TCC outlet in Bencoolen Street.

The protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) were planning to parade outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outside in Victoria Street - wearing nothing but banners reading: ‘Naked Truth: KFC Tortures Chicks’.

American Jason Baker, 34, and Canadian Ashley Fruno, 20, were ordered to leave Singapore after a nine-hour interrogation.

A third member, Sonia Astudillo, 26, arrived in Singapore on Thursday and was immediately detained. She would be deported.

They chose KFC because unlike Macdonald’s and Burger King, the fried chicken franchise has yet to sign on to ‘welfare policies’, and had ignored recommendations for animal welfare improvements, claims Peta.

A company spokesman said in response to the allegations, ‘KFC is committed to good animal welfare practices and all KFC poultry suppliers meet or exceed animal welfare legislation and industry standards.’

This is not the first time the activists have protested here.

Their most recent attempt was made in February, when a member paraded along Orchard Road in a chicken suit and gas mask, protesting poultry culling due to the avian flu threat.

‘The police didn’t bat an eyelid then,’ said Baker, who is also director of the Asia-Pacific Arm of Peta.

‘We are shocked at being deported,’ said Baker, who currently resides in Hong Kong.

Perhaps Baker was shocked because they were being smiled at throughout the nine-hour interrogation.

At least he and Fruno were planning to wear banners. If Sarah Jane had protested, as she does here, she would have been slapped with indecency charges and then deported.

Oh, did you notice how the police triangulated their cell phone signals and tracked the pair down? Just like in the movies!

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