It’s been three days since the earthquake + mini-tsunami off the coast of Taiwan screwed up the submarine cables (I love that term; why didn’t anyone on CNN ever talk about submarine cables before?) of almost all the countries in the region, resulting in 30-minute waits for your GMail inbox to load. I haven’t waited […]

The self-proclaimed “hardest-working man in show business”, the “Godfather of soul”, the “Minister of the New New Super Heavy Funk”, passed away on Christmas morning yesterday of pneumonia-induced heart failure. He was 73.
His musical contributions to 20th century popular culture cannot be easily measured. Credited with transporting r ‘n’ b into soul, and again taking […]

Let’s face it, for Hari Raya, CNY, Deepavali and Christmas, Pos Malaysia is dead. Greeting cards are a thing of the past, for those with bandwidth anyway. But instead of a regular e-card, this Christmas try sending your friends and family a mix-mas. Fully customisable characters and a direct mail option makes this a cute […]

Sure, I fully expect it to blow chunks when it comes out next July 4th, but still, OMG OMG OMG. The full trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers will go online at exactly 2am local time tomorrow morning, and only on Yahoo! Movies. Click the link to go to the splash page for that. Also, screenwriters […]

UK graff artist and kick fiend INSA recently exhibited his new collection, entitled “Sneaker Fetish” in London’s BEST Gallery. I don’t know which looks fresher - the Nike Air Maxes in INSA’s trademark pink doodles or a completely transparent pair of kicks. I know Nike listens to me - they’re almost there with the Clear […]

Now see, I wouldn’t mind if they gave me these bags to take my weekly purchases of Maggi home rather than those blah pink plastic bags. Or I could just be a total book snob when I step out of Borders.

Found this on Jamie Wieck’s portfolio page. You like?

Before any of you start crying out “political insensitivity!”, I’m not trying to advocate anything in this post. I found this stencil just outside the Puduraya bus station yesterday evening on the way back from work. Many might not be familiar with Rashid Maidin, but to those who remember, he was in effect #2 down […]

I have no idea what the people in India Arie’s marketing team were thinking. Caught this off some site. Promo images for India’s new album Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship, were plastered all over portaloos. Yes, portable toilets. I know getting the message out there to as many people as possible is of paramount […]

Common, Common, Common. You done did it again. The on-and-off face of conscious hip hop stars in a new Christmas TV commercial for The Gap, in which he and a whole gang of cherubic b-boys and girls push the new Gap hoodie collection. It’s all good, Com’s done this before, selling Reebok’s Classic sneakers way […]

Here’s the daily grind laid bare: traffic jams and crammed parking lots. Everything else is just details, really. It’s been a while since I last ran around KL in broad daylight, and today brought back memories of, well, being pissed off in jams and growing old and grey looking for a parking bay. Oh well. […]