Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
Leena Jangjanya (ลีนา จังจรรจา, pictured above) is the most beautiful, most sexy woman in all of Thailand.
She’s usually just called Leena Jang, and since she’s a candidate in Sunday’s Thai general election her posters are everywhere in Bangkok’s northern suburbs. There’s three versions, including one in her graduation robes (law) and one where she’s looking like a successful businesswoman in white. You can see them both below.
If I happen to have been a bit slow in responding to the world yesterday and today, this odd Japanese video explains all. Do watch all the way through, because there’s an OMFG moment at the half-way mark.
I’ve just finished writing an article for Crikey on how businesses are well behind the pace in using social media. Then I called a new client asking where to email their invoice. “We don’t really have email,” they said. How can a retail business which has to coordinate four shops (plus who knows how many suppliers) possibly operate competitively with last-century technology?
I’ve mentioned before that our time in Bangkok wasn’t your typical tourist experience. One day, for example, we spent six hours in the Don Mueang district government offices. Here’s a photo of the men’s toilet.
In the 21st Century, daily newspapers have turned into a collection of magazines and supplements geared to the needs of advertisers, with a veneer of “news” at the front.
The Sydney Morning Herald is no exception, and their monthly the(sydney)magazine is particularly irritating. Supposedly it’s about “who and what makes this city tick”. It’s actually about self-indulgence such as food, wine and “the arts” printed on expensive glossy paper so the ads for top-shelf electronics, perfume and jewellery look good.
This month’s feature “the(top100)”, Sydney’s “most influential” people, listed more chefs, wine marketers and furniture designers than politicians, and no religious leaders whatsoever. Bah!
I was pleased, however, that “progressive” judge Justice Michael Kirby (pictured) made the list — along with one of his trademark snappy thoughts.
Kirby is almost 69 years old and thinking about what for him is the weird concept of retirement. Apparently his entry in Who’s Who lists his recreations as “work”.
“I’ve no idea what I’m going to do… I’m pretty good with a live audience — maybe I could become Australia’s answer to Jerry Springer and have my own show?”
Perhaps we should start the fan club now…?