Tim on August 27th, 2007

Today’s Star had this bit about the (much belated) police crackdown following the recent bus fiasco:
Konsortium Express Penang manager Albert Chew said his company was having problems getting replacement drivers after 20 of its 140 drivers went missing after Ops Bersih started on Aug 22.

A Gunung Raya Express ticketing officer Abadi Abdul Kadir said 30% [...]

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Tim on August 21st, 2007

Odex, the main distributor of anime in Singapore, has forced Starhub (a Singapore ISP) to give up names of people involved sharing anime titles which are licensed by them – even a 9-year-old was not exempt (a copy of the letter here). DarkMirage has some solid criticism of the issue.
Even blog posts regarding the issue [...]

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Tim on August 3rd, 2007

Magic, pure magic – that’s how I’d describe Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Anyone who has read any of the books will already know that Rowling is a storytelling genius: the world of Harry Potter ranks right up there with Middle-Earth or Narnia – perhaps higher, given how easily you can relate to her world [...]

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