A monthly review of vantan.org website statistics. Purely for the interest of fanatics.
Month: March 2003
I knew this was going to happen sooner or later: The US forms its own UN, reports the Onion. In real news: The Fox News network poked fun at anti-war protesters, running taunting headlines instead of the usual news tickers while covering last Thursday’s rally in New York. Lastly, American troops think that the ‘thumbs-up’ …
The Guardian highlights how, in the thick of the battle, news reporters don’t always get their facts right. Here’s a list of 15 stories the media has already bungled.
Discussing the purchase of ‘From Beirut to Jerusalem’ (Friedman), ‘The Clash of Civilisations’ (Huntington), and ‘Whose Promised Land?’ (Chapman).
10 days to my baptism. I haven’t worn a skirt since Peranakan Night, I think… and that was actually a sarong. I have a decent white blouse. Erm, that’s really it. Oh, shoes. I should be able to balance on heels. They aren’t too high. Plain Jane shoes from good ol’ Marks and Sparks. It’s …
Erm, right. Local actors try to look cool by dressing up as ‘Postmodern’ and ‘Bohemian’. Thanks to Waye for the link.
You may notice that my front page’s nav bar has a new section – Now Playing. Well I was browsing through the Movable Type forums looking for interesting tweaks, and came across this tutorial which teaches you how to sync up your Winamp player to your weblog. Essentially you configure Winamp to send a trackback …
Somebody obviously got hold of my office contact details, because I received a letter from one of those Nigerian fraudsters today. A paper letter, not an e-mail. Signed by a human hand. The stamps from the letter came from Cameroon, but the author claimed to represent a Nigerian petroleum company. The amount was US$30 million …
SARS news and resources, prayers for Simon Loh and others, link to Faith Assembly website.
Remember that No War wallpaper I designed last year? It was featured at Italian website Digital Ultras, then it got taken down. I drew the picture of Bush myself, but used a corner of a map of Iraq which was taken from an academic site. I gave them due attribution when I made my submission. …