Archive of Learning
Writing
Arts
Academia
Links of Interest
Here are some sites which I had perused that might be of interest to some of you out there.
Friends' Web Sites or Blogs
Warung Ikan Bakar
A duo of Ipoh boys/men (Ipoh is a town in Perak, which is a state in Malaysia), one a medical student, another a computer-scientist-to-be, with their take on everything outside their respective fields (and inside). Interesting read and witty.
Gnuted
A talented and budding young artist from Malaysia with her databases of Asian, especially Malaysian, art.
Danny Lim's collection of photographs
Witness a budding lens man putting his contacts and shutters to good use.
Michel's Journal
This is one person with a wide breadth (ok I am being superfluous) of interest. Has a number of interesting think to say. Argue with him at your risk.
U-Ming's Blog
Not always updated by still merit a good read, especially when it is updated.
Choen's Photopic
An archive of photographs from a talented photographer. His pictures speak.
Hutnyk's Pages
Personal homepage of a Marxist academic.
Nik Nazmi's Blog
Former editor of Suara Anum, he now writes his own blog as opposed to haggling people for content :)
Susan Abraham's Blog
Musings of a Malaysian writer and traveller.
Fathi Aris's Blog
Thoughts of a Malaysian API fellow.
Jac's Blog
A feminist-activist from Malaysia.
Dave Yoong's Blog
Musings of a student linguist from UM.
Blog of a soul doctor
Musings of an aspiring singer.
John Hutnyk's Blog
Jottings from a cultural Marxist.
Education in Malaysia
From the viewpoints of two Malaysians.
Good Christian Boy
Former colleague and current friend.
Stories from the Malaysian Treehouse
Childhood and Sunday School (a school children go to every Sunday to learn about Christianity, God and Jesus) friend from the past. Now married and living in Dallas.
Dr Woon's personal website of his academic work in bio-informatics and more.
Malaysian University of Science and Technology's Assistant Professor.
Politik Pop
An international studies graduate, a journalist and pop-culture commentator.
Sharanya Manivannan
A student, artist, writer, poet and feminist.
Bibliophilia
Bibliobuli
Where you can get the news on the Malaysian English Language literary scene, and more.
Mediabistro on Publishing
Contains lists of publishing information and the latest information on publishing in the US capital of publishing.
Communities of Libraries
Being bibliophile (of bit-o-phile, whatever) that I am, I could not resist checking out this site when I was given the url. It's a collection of libraries. Not all are online but you know where to go the next time you are at a certain place. Unfortunately, most are in the States. Malaysia should start its own comprehensive web directory. Let me know if that exists already.
Bookreviews Blog in Malaysia
Reviews done by book lovers as opposed to professionals who do it for money (occasionally, not always). How hard would it be to set up book clubs in this country (meaning Malaysia)?
NY Times Books Page
Professional reviews in New York Times.
Times Literary Supplement Online
Some writings of TLS could be found online, though you would have to buy the magazine to read the rest. A bit of a bummer if you are living 13 hours away by flight.
Marxist Internet Archive
A good way to find free online reading materials on philosophers. Some works in other European languages have been translated to English.
A Writer's Tools
Editor's aid
The finer points of being an editor and to edit is to be found online.
Places for Writers
Where writers can come and look for a market/markets for their works.
Writers Directory on Yahoo
I've used this too and found many interesting journals and magazines, both online and offline.
Queen's English
Words, words and more words, from the particular British Viewpoint.
Get Writing by the BBC
Tips on writing from the BBC.
Literature and linguistics
Rhetoric Online
Rhetorics used to figure largely with the Greeks and later with the Renaissance humanists. This site is useful to anyone of you studying the works of Renaissance writers.
Business and Economics
Opposing Views on Multi Level Marketing
Ever since a friend approached me on this, I'd done some research on my own to see what the detractors of Multi-Level marketers have to say. I am sure you have already heard all about the sales pitches so let's look at the other side of the picture.
The Skeptical Mind
The Skeptic's Dictionary
Some things have to be taken with a tinge of salt, especially when they seemed beyond our comprehension, of if they sound a bit 'shilly'. But hey, we can also find alternative options to what is there already.
Skeptics Society and the Skeptics Magazine
The school of skepticism.
Skeptical Review
A skeptical look at Christianity.
Media Watch
Screenshots
Malaysia's local media watcher, Jeff Ooi, his views and highlights plus some interesting links related to the media.
Arts and Letters Daily
Updated report on news and reviews.
Website Jalan Telawi
The website is in Malay and is filled with writings on arts, humanities, religion and what not. There is also a section for creative writing in Malay.
Left Business Observer
Radio archives of news in economics, social science, business, politics and more
Gawker: The source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip.
Gawker, reporting live from the center of the universe.
Info Cafe: Blog of Centre of Independent Journalism, Malaysia.
Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
A collection of Kassim Ahmad's writings
prepared by M. Bakri Musa
Online reads
Crime Library Online
Thought mostly concentrated on crime stories in the USA, you will still get to read coverage of crimes and the criminal mind in the other continents.
Islam Fundamental
A Muslim talking about Islam in Malaysia
Young Manhattanite
Talks about magazine publishing and other things
Ummah Online
Going back to the basics of Islam
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