Stories from 24 January 2006
Chile: Canadian Blogger Commits Suicide in Santiago
Roberto Arancibia meditates (ES) on the suicide of Canadian blogger, Chris McKinstry in his Santiago apartment. McKinstry was the founder of Mindpixel, a digital mind modeling project. His final blog...
Peru: Festival of Blogs Summed Up
Juan Arellano sums up (ES) the conversation from last week's third Festival of Blogs, which had the designated topic, “Blogs and Journalism: Together or Apart?” The media's love/hate relationship with...
Kenyan Sphere Roundup
First thing, condolences to the families of Kenyans who died as a result of the collapse of a six storey building in Nairobi on monday. As reported by the Standard...
WSF Starts Walking the Walk in Caracas
The WSF is the expression of a new way of doing politics. People—the youngest as well as the historical fighters still fighting— are increasingly aware of politics going beyond simple...
Southeast Asia: ASEAN Irritants
Go Figure discusses some continuing obstacles on the road to Southeast Asian economic integration, including both political and economic nationalism.
China: Time of Forgetting
At Beijing or Bust, Chinafool reflects on China's present shiny consumer culture and its scarred ideological past. “In this new China where nobody seemed to have painful memories to suffer...
Japan: Winter Wonderland
Over the weekend, Tokyo was blanketed with the heaviest snow in five years. Antipixel and Japundit have pictures.
Singapore, Indonesia: The Rules of Online Auctioning
Indonesia-born Rani of indrani.net tries to sell her personal digital assistant online in Singapore and discovers what happens when the online marketplace meets the natural Asian propensity to haggle.
Singapore: Poetry Blog
Singaporean banker-poet Gilbert Koh publishes his poems on blogspot. Read his latest: Accident.
Trinidad & Tobago: Dear Michelle Malkin
Taran Rampersad writes an open letter to conservative US pundit Michelle Malkin.
Cambodia: Manifesto in Khmer
Cambodia-based blogger Jinja has translated Global Voices Online's manifesto into Khmer. Aw-kun. Awesome.
Bermuda: Cricket woes
Since qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the Bermuda team seems to have had its share of ups and downs, reports the Cricinfo blog Beyond the Test World. A...
Afghanistan: Crimes!
Afghan Lord reports that crime is on the rise in Afghanistan as people who have returned from war have joined gangs of highway robbers.
India: Power and Relationships
India: Power and Relationships
India: Blogmeet
India: Blogmeet
Nepal: Blogs and Democracy
Nepal: Blogs and Democracy
Bangladesh: Economy and investors
Bangladesh: Economy and investors
Yemen: Al Mukalla
A new blogger from Yemen, in fact one of the very few. Omar Barsawad started Moments in Words from Hadhramout blog (more about Hadhramout here). If you haven't seen/heard anything...
Pakistan: Old Bookshops
Pakistan: Old Bookshops
Mexico: Mexican Versus American Nationalism
Olas Feras notes that it is interesting to read the Mexican-American perspective on the difference between Mexican and American nationalism. The post is also available in Spanish.
USA: Life Thread
Los Hilos de la Vida or “Threads of Life” is a group blog by English as a Second Language students in Boonville, California. Every post tells the story of a...
