18 July 2005

Stories from 18 July 2005

Inside The Japanese Blogosphere

Ra, a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, who “has a Japanese name, has the same color of skin, the same way of speaking, and watches the same television” as the...

19 July 2005

Venezuela: The Sumate Files

A new group blog, The Sumate Files has been set up with the purpose of: “compiling the most important articles appearing anywhere on the net and in English mostly. Our...

18 July 2005

Sudan: Rainy Season

Humanitarian Hijinks, the anonymous blog of a relief worker in Darfur, notes that it's only a few weeks into the rainy season but it's already starting to flood–not to mention...

18 July 2005

Singapore: Bloggers.SG

Bloggers.sg, the Singaporean blog conference, seems to have been a smashing success. Mr.Brown has his intial reactions and a lengthy list of Singapore blogs commenting on the event; this trackback...

18 July 2005

Colombia: La Ciclovia

Bloggings by Boz explains La Civlovia, a Sunday morning tradition which “shuts down several major roads and allows people to bike, rollerblade and run.” Eduardo of Barrio Flores comments that...

18 July 2005

Tunisa: Comparing civilities

It's the little things: Tunisian blogger Neila Charchour Hachicha wrote the British ambassador after the 7/7 bombings, expressing her condolences; the ambassador wrote back with a short but sincere note...

18 July 2005