Stuff you must read today (Mon, 16 Nov 2009)

  • the facebook fail blog
  • “Perfect for when you ran out of beer, cigarettes, tabloid news, and crap shows on TV.”

  • Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie
  • What a beautiful stop-motion video!

  • Hunter Becomes the Prey
  • “The standard shopping model needs to be reversed. Instead of the shopper acting as hunter, and the product hiding as prey, you should be able to describe in your own words what sort of thing you are looking for, and the vendors should use those footprints to hunt you down and make their pitch.”

  • Ex-political prisoner speaks out in Singapore
  • A recording of a speech by Dr Lim Hock Siew, Singapore’s second longest-held political prisoner.

  • Singapore’s Milli Vanilli on US Radio
  • Interesting perspective:

    “Wah lau, can Dr Chee argue more creatively like Mr Siew Kum Hong or not? Can he concentrate on improving the lives of Singaporeans in meaningful ways and not waste his time on idealised notions of western democracy? Or is he so fixated with revenge on PAP and the First Family that he wants all of us to burn with him … erm Singaporeans not so like that one lah.”

  • Treat the whole thing as a game
  • A contest for the best worst writing you can manage in 300 words.

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Laremy Lee

A versatile educator, writer and editor, Laremy Lee (李庭辉) has the uncanny knack of being one of the few among his generation in Singapore who crafts compelling stories in different genres.

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