tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:53:39 +0000journalpoetryfilmpoliticsfriendscriticismtrends and future of the malaysian mass mediaartbhag singhlyricnewstaxisuniversity of malayaClay Shirkybloggingchoicecivil disobediencecollective actionfoodinformation cascadepress integritywikipediawriting1989 Leipzig protestsAizattoAntonio GramsciBERNAMABFMCangkat Bukit BintangChristian WimanDon ShareEl SalvadorEliot WeinbergerKLCCKevin C. PowersMRR2NUJPoetry MagazineProject MalaysiaRSSRobert ArchambeauRobert HassSiCKLThe Nut GraphVWFAVinnyWriters Connectahirudin atanalternative mediaamazonanonymous sourcesarts network asiaaubracazman ujangbelle epoquebill hicksbluetoffeebob teohbookstorebreak-ing ji po ka si pe cahbyelectionscarbon fiber reinforced plasticchang yoong chiachinacitizen journalismconfidence gamesconfirmationdatadato wong chun waidavid tebouldefamationdetournementdewan tunku canselordotsubdr jonas baeseconomistethnomusicologyfashionfindarsforumfree presshypocrisyiTunesif this is a manimprovinvestigative journalismiraya-mangyanj.-p. beaurenautjoe saccol timmel duchampmagazinemalaysian composersmichel brasmindoromobilemohamad abu bakarmontmartremusicmusic compositionmustafa k anuarnerotecanorila mohd daudolivier poussetpalate palettepalestineparisparis communepatiencepaul lacostepermatangpauhphilipinespoetry slamprice interferenceprimo leviprisoner's dilemmarafiah salimretrofittingreviewrightsscriptselayang-kepongshabery cheeksin chew dailysocialism 2008steven shavirostructural engineeringteoh ming wahthe man who planted treesthe prick of political imaginationtorontotunku abdul rahmanwineyang jerngyoutubeyves saint laurentzedeck siewA vanity blog about my sundry interests: film, literature, theatre, Kuala Lumpur, criticism, and other things, and other things...; a celebration of influences.http://hanless.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)Blogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-4783113127817677683Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:51:00 +00002010-12-13T21:51:48.424+08:00I couldn't get online during the lecture, so I wasn't able to live-tweet it. So I'm sharing my notes to get this info out of my head. The notes are incomplete and I hope to hammer them into better shape with a bit of help from my friends (yes, you!). Lecture is less a history of megaprojects in Malaysia, more a history of urban planning in Southeast Asia.Premise: we do not make history we are http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/12/notes-on-farish-noor-lecture-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-8880752905519679218Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-10-27T00:43:50.450+08:00 There's a lot of bad information out there. The recipe for napalm. Grooming techniques. Vomit porn. All things I would rather not know about. Bad might be a characteristic of the information; the info lets you do bad things. Sometimes, bad information is incomplete information. To make an informed decision to buy a house or to send a child to a school or to vote, we need information on the http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/10/personal-life-of-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-3448095653407851459Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:09:00 +00002010-10-25T16:09:17.334+08:00 Instead, Ferriss decided to look for some data. He took 6 prospective titles that everyone could live with:  including ‘Broadband and White Sand’, ‘Millionaire Chameleon’ and ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’ and developed an Google Adwords campaign for each.  He bid on keywords related to the book’s content including ‘401k’ and ‘language learning’: when those keywords formed part of someone’s http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/10/testing-out-titles-and-designs-for-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-5931228637884415480Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:10:00 +00002010-10-20T23:10:38.639+08:00My greatest fear is that everything I've accomplished will turn out to be shit. I imagine I am like King Midas, except everything turns not to gold, but to shit.  King Midas was the Greek king who boasted that he was richer than the gods. The gods cursed Midas to turn to gold everything he touched. At first it wasn't so bad, but then he sits down to eat and the leg of chicken turned to solid goldhttp://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/10/ops-bilang-draft-intro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-7627155148252815646Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:16:00 +00002010-09-03T01:16:31.542+08:00 The Anti-ISA candlelight vigil on Sunday, August 1, 2010, was supposed to take place on the padang at Dataran Petaling Jaya. The police blocked access to the field and told the crowd to disperse. The organizers tried to negotiate with the police, but, after several warnings to disperse, the riot police moved in, arresting several people, and they pushed us into Amcorp Mall. officials In the http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/09/here-how-i-broke-my-arrest-cherry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-2135301925220055200Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:53:00 +00002010-08-05T12:53:41.825+08:00 Law is about sovereignty, not justice. via ltimmel.home.mindspring.com Again and again, I keep returning to L. Timmel Duchamp's essay on fictionalizing her own detainment. Posted via email from Tshiung Han's posterous http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/08/prick-of-political-imagination.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-1047222018062002405Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:33:00 +00002010-08-04T23:33:21.483+08:00 How to be a theory-based writer?—one question. How to represent my experience as a gay man?—another question just as pressing. These questions lead to readers and communities almost completely ignorant of each other. Too fragmented for a gay audience? Too much sex and "voice" for a literary audience? I embodied these incommensurates so I had to ask this question: How can I convey http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/08/robert-gluck-on-new-narrative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-433764385262931368Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +00002010-07-12T23:36:53.093+08:00 It's the steady, slow accretion of connection that counts for the most and lasts the longest. via joshcorey.blogspot.com Joshua Corey's report on the first annual Arena Wisconsin Poetry Festival. Posted via email from Tshiung Han's posterous http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/cahiers-de-corey-awp-f.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-919703963231228123Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +00002010-07-09T23:36:26.024+08:00 But one thing I'm dead certain of is that it is not illegal to discuss a patent's technical workings. The entire point of the patent system is to give a monopoly to an inventor in exchange for full disclosure of the invention so that other inventors may study and learn from it. In other words, the patent system exists to encourage discussion of patented inventions, not to censor them. via http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/patent-holder-demand-stop-discussing-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-6526745482640824681Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:16:00 +00002010-07-09T00:16:27.695+08:00 You'd be forgiven for believing, what with all the nay-saying surrounding the publishing industry, that the best use for the space is as a cubby hole for your shiny new iPad. Think again. Stemming from the edgiest enclaves of the book-loving universe, a glut of new literary magazines is giving a home to freshman writing and established prose. From the cool, rock'n'roll aesthetic of Penhttp://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/notes-from-underground-fresh-breed-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-1974034920337416977Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:34:00 +00002010-07-08T23:34:49.263+08:00 via flashpointmag.com Mary Manning Howe, the mother of poet and critic Fanny Howe, reading passages from Finnegan's Wake. I haven't read Finnegan's Wake, but when I do, when I'm older, I'll return to this. Click on the link for more info on Mary Manning Howe. Posted via email from Tshiung Han's posterous http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/notes-on-mary-manning-howe-passages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-3212059500400059102Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:59:00 +00002010-07-08T22:59:17.055+08:00 Dogtooth BY ROGER EBERT / July 7, 2010 Cast & Credits Father Christos StergioglouMother Michelle ValleySon Hristos Passalis Older daughter Aggeliki PapouliaYounger daughter Mary Tsoni Christine Anna KalaitzidouKino International presents a http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/roger-ebert-review-of-dogtooth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-3226762968244950079Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:45:00 +00002010-07-08T22:45:52.836+08:00 via youtube.com Playing their track "War." I'll post up the Nick Catchdubs remix in a minute (if I can find it). Posted via email from Tshiung Han's posterous http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/07/hypnotic-brass-ensemble-jools-holland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-8209125412170701604Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:44:00 +00002010-02-11T01:51:14.039+08:00Just got back from Annexe Gallery from Blue Wednesday. I was in a rictus of a smile as Happy Unicorn Collective was performing. The odd blend of politics, playfulness, parody, bananas and candy floss was win. Highlights include the "pookie face" outro for song about Sodomy2, Chi Too and Fairuz Sulaiman feeding each other candy floss and bananas during aforementioned song, Koon Tan's poem about http://hanless.blogspot.com/2010/02/blue-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-1145864881068497288Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:55:00 +00002009-09-24T11:58:55.724+08:00information cascadeThere's a lot of bad information out there. And incomplete information is bad information. Conversely, complete information is good information. Take child sexual abuse. To act, you should have a sense of the big picture. I think everyone gravitates towards good information. We progress towards a complete understanding of the stuff we care about, or the stuff we need to know. But if you go deep http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/09/morality-of-information.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-7689171872319841340Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:08:00 +00002009-08-07T02:08:18.042+08:00findarsimprovSiCKLImprov Lab normally takes the format of this: three invited artists present their compositions based on improvisation. That's act one. Act two is all three artists putting together a devised performance without rehearsal. You might think this kind of performance is hit or miss, but it's the most exciting performance series in KL right now. Shame that Findars is closing at the end of the month. http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/08/thoughts-on-final-improv-lab-findars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-3907989702938656218Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:44:00 +00002009-08-07T01:03:38.887+08:00taxisTaxis get a bad rap, like in this Star article. Even though I've paid some ridiculous fares in my time, I find myself having to defend taxis to my friends. I take a lot of taxdis so here's what happens with the new meters, straight from the horse's mouth. To re-calibrate the meter, a taxi driver has to book an appointment with the meter shop. It's RM70 for the service. Although the Star article http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/08/sympathy-for-taxi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-1475556180618953273Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:50:00 +00002009-07-28T22:52:31.486+08:00taxisThe taxi driver broke it down for me:RM1,500 downpaymentRM50 per day for road tax and other upkeep costsRM20 for gasHe made RM120 working the whole day.http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/07/thats-why-he-eats-at-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-2326365491477034166Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:30:00 +00002009-04-05T23:42:56.618+08:00AizattoClay Shirkycollective actionHere's the slideshow for my presentation. Aizat recorded the talk so I'll put that up when I get hold of it.http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/04/collective-action-and-clay-shirky_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-8231997147491668409Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:58:00 +00002009-04-03T01:19:16.535+08:001989 Leipzig protestsClay Shirkycollective actioninformation cascadeI've talked myself into giving a session at BarCamp KL on Sunday. After I picked up Here Comes Everybody a couple of weeks ago, below is a summary of the ideas found in Chapter 6: Faster and faster. Ultimately, I'd like to use look at the use of social tools in last years general election, the 2006 Bersih and Hindraf rallies and the May 13, 1969 incident.I've been buzzing about this idea of http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/04/collective-action-and-clay-shirky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-1962705370220869856Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +00002009-04-03T00:57:45.404+08:00poetry slamI'm trying to find info on the last Poetry Slam in KL. It took place last June at URBANscapes 2 at KLpac. The theme was "Death by Pudding," which means that competitors had to pudding, chocolate or some desert in their first poem.Here are two photos.Reza uploaded a video of The Happy Unicorn Collective's performance.Many of the top hits refer to the slam only in passing. Another blogger said thathttp://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/04/poetry-slam-april-09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-4720572990965266795Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:08:00 +00002009-04-03T00:40:47.383+08:00foodThere wasn't anything in the fridge except the vegetables I bought from Yahqappu yesterday. I'm a rice-meat-vegetable-tofu person. I like my basic food groups. I stood around thinking about what to do. I decided to walk towards Village Grocers and make up my mind on the way.When I got to Village Grocers, I felt a strong desire to buy some mushrooms. A nice lady told me that I should pick the http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-have-i-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-2655601217452081864Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:05:00 +00002009-03-31T18:10:28.778+08:00Project MalaysiaThe Nut GraphWriters ConnectGovernment, Publishing and the Infinite Game at Project MalaysiaHigher Standard of English Needed at The Nut GraphShort & Sweet Festival '08 Week 1 review at Writers Connecthttp://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-writing-elsewhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-4391609652356540659Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:02:00 +00002009-03-31T18:04:33.917+08:00BFMiTunesRSSI wish I could subscribe to BFM podcasts in iTunes, but the RSS link doesn't seem to work. They need to put the podcasts on Odeo or something instead of using their own in-house RSS feed.http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/03/bfm-899-interviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1430195374520758447.post-4538639611039245992Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:31:00 +00002009-03-31T18:00:30.743+08:00Antonio GramsciChristian WimanDon ShareEliot WeinbergerKevin C. PowersPoetry MagazineRobert ArchambeauRobert HassQuick post (which is what I should have been doing all along).The phrase "speaking truth to power" originated from Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci in relation to his concept of "hegemony."I learned this when after I heard a conversation between Poetry Magazine editors Christian Wiman and Don Share and literary critic Robert Archambeau. (Conversation begins at 17:02, the Gramsci reference is at http://hanless.blogspot.com/2009/03/speaking-truth-to-power-march-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tshiunghan)0