In Nov, the news broke that Australian and Indonesian anthropologists discovered the homo florensensis I enthusiastically wrote about it, then failed to post. Duh… Since then there has been ANOTHER huge evolutionary discovery also. Fossil find may be the father of us all It’s all very exciting. (At least I think so) —- They foundContinue reading “Anthropologists Find New Species of Human”
Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton
News: Google urged to react after Chinese authorities block Google News
The Internet under surveillance 29 November 2004 (en français à la suite) CHINA Google urged to react after Chinese authorities block Google News Reporters Without Borders today condemned the action of the Chinese authorities in blocking access to Google’s news website, Google News, for the past ten days or so, starting a few weeks afterContinue reading “News: Google urged to react after Chinese authorities block Google News”
Cuba Vs China on Internet Censorship
Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong Reporters Without Borders Just sent in this fascinating comparison to mark the meeting of the leaders of the two countries last week. Its like the one stop guide to freespeech violations of the two countries.
This is Video Art
Conceptual Art Lately, I have been experimenting more with video arts. This is what it is. : Post Video Arts Video Art Database
Link Check
Finally after a few months of faffing around, I think I have all the links in working order. I also think I have returned all the sites that are linked to me, but I probably have missed some. So if you feel you should be included but are not, granted that you are not directlyContinue reading “Link Check”
Time Check
plugs and doodles As you can see, I have placed a series of clocks above. I just want to make sure 1) The times are correct 2) Are anybody experiencing viewing problems in their browser. If so, can you tell me what you’re using and what’s happenning? Thanks! Y
Goodbye Wong Jim, James (1941-2004)
Glutter’s Hong Kong Yesterday in the early hours, Dr. James Wong Jim, better known as “Uncle Jim” passed away from his cancer at 64. A man who for forty years entertained the city with his straight talking, honest, gregarious, sometimes dirty, often off-the-cuff and always hilarious nature. Sometimes he played the fool, but not soContinue reading “Goodbye Wong Jim, James (1941-2004)”
News: Updates of the Asian Sex Trade
Socio-politico Rants I have pretty much said what I had to say about this already, and we all got to witness behaviour of the men who are responsible for it’s proliferation first hand on the internet, as they spent a few weeks attacking me. Which simply ended up reinforcing the idea of how distasteful theContinue reading “News: Updates of the Asian Sex Trade”
Listen to U2’s New Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Online!!
Da Music Issue With the exception of possibly another Nirvana album, it’s hard to imagine a more anticipated, discussed and dissected major release than U2’s "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," out Monday. This is the band’s first album in four years and their 11th. Their longevity, can be attested by their ability to makeContinue reading “Listen to U2’s New Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Online!!”
HK Team Goal Keeper: Fan Chun Yip
Glutter’s Hong Kong Dispite much cultural, poltical, social musings, China beat Hong Kong by a huge margin but managed still not to qualify for the 2006 World Cup… sigh. China beat HK 7-0 but Kuwait got 6-1 against Malaysia. So we lagged two points. Look at the headline.. FIFA World Cup misery for China despiteContinue reading “HK Team Goal Keeper: Fan Chun Yip”
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