Stationery Girl pointed out that V for Vendetta is banned in Singapore. A check with Media Development Authority’s Film Classification Database only lists the film ratings for the movie theatre version of movie. (Wasn’t aware there were two versions.) I’m assuming both entries refer to the cinematic release ‘cos that’s what “F – Film” means, [...]
V for Vendetta DVD banned in Singapore?
http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/08/v-for-vendetta-dvd-banned-in-singapore/
Copywriting
Incompetent copywriter or copywriter with a vendetta? Just got this off Mr Brown‘s site. It was originally posted on Adrants. The ad is for Imedeen’s skin care pills. In case you can’t read the text: “My secret to beautiful skin? I swallow.” So now, we know. Technorati Tags: copywriting, advertisement, commercial, print, zoe+tay, funny
http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/08/copywriting/
31st or 36th?
Mr Wang points out an article in today’s Straits Times which says that NUS has been ranked 31st in Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Universities list. There is a slight problem with this. Newsweek’s article lists NUS at 36. University of British Columbia is 31st. Ooops. Update Apparently, in the print edition, there were ties for [...]
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Right moves, wrong…
It’s not that I want to pick on STI. But when they make mistakes like these, I can’t help but point them out. My version This year’s National Day Parade cuemasters have all their work cut out for them as they tackle the challenge of ensuring the different components in of the show run seamlessly [...]
http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/08/right-moves-wrong/
Forbidded?
Looks like the Straits Times Interactive needs to employ a native English writer as an editor. BTW, the Flash video ‘vodcast’ should be called ‘streamingvideocast’. True vodcasts come with RSS feeds (and are downloadable). Adrian informed me that the Sunday Times featured my blog URL in an article that was sub-headed Thinking Men Who Blog. [...]
http://deadpoetscave.com/2006/07/forbidded/