14 February 2007

Stories from 14 February 2007

Japan: powder RFID chips

Edo at Pink Tentacle reports that Hitachi had unveiled a tiny, new “powder” type RFID chip measuring 0.05 x 0.05 mm which they aimed to begin marketing in 2 to...

15 February 2007

South Korea: artificial beauty

Michael Hurt from Scribblings of the Metropolitician maps the changing notion of beauty with the development of plastic surgery in South Korea.

15 February 2007

China: greenify

Peijin Chen from Shanghaiist shows how local governments “greenify” the landscape.

15 February 2007

Guyana: Digicel has landed

“Guyana is abuzz like we have never seen before for a product or service,” writes MediaCritic in his report on the frenzy which has enveloped Guyana in anticipation of today's...

15 February 2007

Haiti: Carnaval preview

Karlito previews this year's carnaval celebrations in Haiti, predicting that singer Sweet Micky, “will rock Champs de Mars”. He also reports that the new web site http://www.haiticarnaval.org/ will carry a...

15 February 2007

Jamaica: Moving back

Francis Wade posts an email from a reader who wishes to return to Jamaica but is concerned about crime, along with his response.

15 February 2007

Russia: Abramovich

Roman Abramovich news at Siberian Light – here and here. (He's no longer Russia's richest man but is still the governor of Chukotka.)

14 February 2007

Russia: Article on TV and LJ

Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow translates a 2005 article by Yuri Saprykin on the Russian TV and blogging: “Of course, I can't say I agree with all of the author's...

14 February 2007

Russia: Kaliningrad Restoration

Copydude continues to write about the attempts to rebuild Kaliningrad: “Kaliningrad is a complete paradox. After the war, while German prisoners of war were rebuilding whole Russian town centres like...

14 February 2007

Latvia: “Halves”

Peteris Cedrins, a Latvia-based blogger who took this picture of a house in Daugavpils, writes: One house, two worlds. Many of the older houses in Daugavpils are being transmogrified by...

14 February 2007

Iran:Ecstasy in Tehran

Kourosh Ziabari says that easily you can find and consume ecstasy in Tehran[Fa].He shares his experience where a friend of his invited him to a ecstasy party.The blogger did not...

14 February 2007

Guinea: Conté Declares State of Siege

Senegalese blogger Alex Seck resumes his watch of Guinean developments (Fr): “Dictator Lansana Conté has … appeared in a radio and tv broadcast during which he announced a Presidential decree...

14 February 2007