Switzerland, after centuries of striving for civilization and enlightenment, has just about reached the same level of tolerance as that exhibited by a small Gulf Wahhabi country (Qatar), the people of which were mostly Bedouins only a hundred years ago. - Juan Co...
November 30, 2009
Now Listening: Fair and Kind
Fair and Kind — the duo of Arthi Meera and her brother, Anand Subraman...
November 28, 2009
Washing Label Humor
Women’s disproportionate responsibility for housework and childcare.(Via Sociological image...
The road uphill
The road uphill to Bandung was interesting and it took long because of traffic. We went right through Bandung and now heading towards the mountain tangkuban Paradu.Sadly its raining heavily. Hope rain does not spoil the day.....
At Bandung
The traffic at the Toll road was lean. So it took about one hour and 45 minutes to reach Bandung. In the picture above is the toll booth. We had to pay about 4.5 dollars for using the toll road. But inside the city we immediately face a long traffic jam. The road was well paved and some interesting scenaries of mountains and villages. Sadly we did not stop anywhere to take pictures.The weather is great and sun is smiling. Looking forward to seeing...
On the way to Bandung
We are on the way to Bandung, the fourth largest city of Indonesia and the capital of West Java island. The city lies on a river basin at a height of 768 m and is surrounded by volcanoes. It takes almost 3 hours from Jakarta by car. Its the day after EID HOLIDAY and there is no jam.I will try to update you on our tr...
November 27, 2009
Eid Mubarak
Probably this is the dullest Eid day in my life so far. Hope you are enjoying the holiday, spending time with friends & families.**Sent from a mobile device...
November 24, 2009
Mobile Facts
Here is a list of top ten Asian countries according to the number of mobile phone users:
1. China - 644.8 million
2. India - 391.6 million
These two countries share 25 percent of total mobile phone users in the world, that is 1.04 billion subscribers of the world’s total number of 4.15 billion.
3. Indonesia - 144.6 million, followed by Japan.
5. Pakistan - 93 million
6. Vietnam - 73.2 million
7. Philippines - 71.7 million
8. Thailand - 62.7 million
9....
November 23, 2009
The proposed education policy in Bangladesh
There is a saying that "when your only tool is a hammer all your problems look like nails." It seems the only tool of some of the Islamists is bringing death to somebody.
The latest act of some religious nutcase is to send a death threat to the Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid. His fault? Leading the formulation of a proposed "national education policy for Bangladesh" and posting the draft on the ministry website [bn].
The salient features...
Blogspot banned in Indonesia?
Well that question did not come into my mind albeit I had troubles accessing my blog (which is on blogspot domain) yesterday.
Today when I could not access multiple sites on blogspost, I tried them via proxy and could access them successfully. Then I realized that something is wrong and started Googling for news. It seems only the Jakartass blog has the information. It reveals:
A few Indonesian ISPs - namely Fastnet, CBN and Smart - blocked Blogger yesterday, albeit temporarily. Why these three, and not the major ISPs such as Telkom and Indosat,...
November 21, 2009
Google Chrome OS
Google Chrome OS is a lightweight computer operating system devoted to using the internet. (Check the Video to learn more)
Although it is set to have a publicly available stable release during the second half of 2010, probably in a netbook, a version of it is already available for download via ZeroSec. Continued....
November 20, 2009
Now Listening: Meghdol - Ommm
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Brilliant music from Meghdol, a theatrical(!) band from Bangladesh. Listen to their albums here.
More information about them can be found in their Last.fm page...
November 19, 2009
The Girl Who Silenced the UN For 5 Minutes
Severn Suzuki, gave this speech in 1992. Wondering how relevant is it after 17 years...
November 18, 2009
Wake Up! The Clock Is Ticking
Imagine you lived in a world of water. Your home is two-feet under. You wade through it, cook on it, and sleep above it. This is the reality for hundreds of thousands of people around the world, coastal populations on the front lines of climate change.
The latest PBS documentary called "water world" shows the effects of climate change in Bangladesh and how it threatens the world.
The situation has become so alarming that Dr. Atiq Rahman says that 'climate change', 'global warming' - these are soft words. We should be referring to this phenomenon...
November 17, 2009
Corporate Social Responsibility and $1 Adidas training shoes
This is a very welcoming news:
Adidas, the German sports giant, is to make €1 trainers for millions of people around the world who cannot afford to buy shoes, with pilot production to begin next year in Bangladesh.
This is rather at a conceptual state still as the final price will be slightly higher than this. But the important thing is that the shoes will be sold on a non-profit basis by Adidas. other sports companies accused of exploitation in the developing world, Adidas is keen to improve its image and reputation for corporate social responsibility.
The...
Quote Of The Day
"As more of us become absorbed in publishing content we become less talented at listening and paying attention to others. Here today we are not communicating with one another, we are talking past each other. We are more interested in what each one of us is saying – and how others react to what we say – than in what others are saying. We are increasingly forgetting how to listen." - David Sasaki aka El Os...
November 12, 2009
Rainy Season Begins in Jakarta
The long rainy season of Jakarta falls between late October and early May. We experienced first heavy rain of this season today. The flood situation is normal but heavy traffic jam occurred as seen in the above picture (visit Aulia's posterous for mor...
Another Travesty of Justice
Another travesty of justice happened in Bangladesh today. After cartoonist Arif was acquitted by a higher court last year, a lower court in Jessore finds him guilty.
From BDNews24.com:
A Jessore court has handed down two months of rigorous imprisonment to cartoonist Arifur Rahman of satire magazine Alpin, a weekly publication of the daily Prothom Alo.
The verdict was given in the case regarding publication of sacrilegious cartoon in the magazine...
November 10, 2009
Aminul Islam Bulbul's Cricket Journey To China
Those who are familiar with Bangladesh cricket must know Aminul Islam Bulbul. He is one of the successful spinners of Bangladesh and has played for Bangladesh for 15 years since his debut in 1988 in the Asian Youth Cup cricket tournament.
Ever wondered what he is doing now? He is working as the ACC Development Officer for China, Brunei and Myanmar. And from this video you will notice that he speaks decent Chinese to do his job to spread the game...
Talent From Bangladesh
This September when I was in Dhaka, I met some netizens from Dhaka whom I know from blogs and other online activities. One of them was Mehdi hasan. He is a young Bangladeshi in his mid twenties and keeps a low profile. I was surprised to learn that he is the one who wrote the Avro software, the versatile and open source Bangla typing software which is used by thousands of Bangladeshis because its free and supports multiple platforms including Mac...
November 09, 2009
Learning Indonesian (Bahasa) - Online Resources
I have started to learn Indonesian with the help of some great online resources. I scrapped the idea of taking classes after I found them. But self learning is sometimes more time consuming as you don't have deadlines and exams. So I haven't had much progress. But hope I will be able to speak decent Bahasa in three months time.
Here are the online resources for learning Indonesian.
Learning Indonesian - It is a product of a small family business run by Shaun and Cici. It has free resources like great audio guides for downloading and paid program...
November 06, 2009
Digital vs. Analog TV
What happens to your old TV when you switch to digital (LCD/Plasma) TV?
"The major digital TV switchover in north-west England has coincided with a huge increase in dumped analogue TVs" - reports The Guardian:
This year, the council has recycled 50,000 analogue TVs thrown away by households, of which 30,000 could have been upgraded to receive digital TV signals with a simple £20 set-top box.
The e-waste dumps in developing nations are piling...
Timeline of Withdrawal of US Forces From Iraq
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The draw-down from Iraq includes the withdrawal of approximately 128,700 U.S. troops, over 115,000 contractor personnel, the closure or transfer of 295 bases, and the retrograde of over 3.3 million pieces of equipment.
U.S. Government Accountability Office has this excellent report on the progress of this draw-down.
Via Raed Jarr...
November 05, 2009
A Thrilling Match
"They are going to be talking about those three consecutive sixes for a long time in Chittagong." - Cricinfo
The match situation was like this:
End of over 47 (3 runs) Bangladesh 198/9 (24 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.21, RRR: 8.00)
Then something happened:
47.2 Chibhabha to Naeem Islam, SIX, Naeem dances down the track and launches that on over long-on for a six to bring up his half-century, that was a length ball
47.3 Chibhabha to Naeem Islam, SIX, wow, what a shot that is, another length ball, Naeem gets under it and whacks it...
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