Scene City: Singapore – Promo Description from YouTube:A BRAND NEW photographic & cultural series that checks out the less explored & undiscovered Singapore, follow TOM ANG – as he leads 2 guests photographers each week as they visit places less known! Lineup 19th August – Resorts World & School of the Arts 26th August – Singapore [...]
Category: Heritage
Raffles the Biodiversity Geek
There has been a flurry of letters and coverage in the press recently about the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. What I don’t think has been mentioned is: why is the museum named after the founder of Singapore? As the Guardian puts it, the man was a “voracious wildlife enthusiast”. I’m sure Raffles would be [...]
Digitised and searchable Straits Times archives (1845-1982)
I have used the National Library’s microfilm collection a few times. They have issues going back to to the beginning of the Straits Times. If you are searching for an article with microfilm, you have to know roughly when the article was published. The microfilms have a number of issues on each reel. You load [...]
Google Earth – now with time travel!
Ok, I exaggerate. Google Earth added two very nifty features – historic imagery and the ocean layer. Historic imagery is exactly what it states on the box: satellite imagery from the past. Allow that sentence to sink in. Google Earth has always been about Where. Now, it is also about When. Brilliant! So, let’s have [...]
A Saturday at the Peranakan Museum and Singapore Philatelic Museum
I finally got around to using my free museum pass. Back then, I said that the Peranakan Museum would be the first on my list. And so, it was. Now, I know that all things Peranakan are very hip-and-happening now, but that’s not why I wanted to check out the museum. A number of my [...]
