I guess this won't be of interest to anyone who doesn't live in Dili, but these two paragraphs from an Adelaide Now story caught my attention: Riding in one of the many yellow cabs that trundle the one-way thoroughfares at a lazy 20km/h, it's apparent that not much is going on, nor has been going on, in what you'd call …
Aug 24, 2009
Photos from the Tour de Timor
ESPN, Fox News and co were all there today at the start of the Tour de Timor. The female Malaysian cyclists seemed to be getting the most attention from media and onlookers alike. Was a fun morning. Definitely a good thing for Timor-Leste. Click here to see my photos.
Aug 22, 2009
Tempo Semanal on ICFJ
Tempo Semanal used about 2,300 to criticize the work of the International Center for Journalists in Timor-Leste. If you have the patience, you can read the story here. It's a rather one-sided story that gave the ICFJ director 23 words to set the record straight. I was tempted to break the story down and give it a full critique, but …
Aug 21, 2009
Balibo Five
It seems that almost everyone has seen the movie Balibo Five except me. Well, everyone in Australia, and some of the important malaes in Timor-Leste. I don't know if this movie will reach cinemas in Europe or the US, but if it does, go and see it. It's a movie about Timor-Leste and everyone has been saying it's very good. …
Fighting talk for a Thai publisher
from Matt Crook to xxxxx@ date 17 August 2009 15:28 mailed-by gmail.com hide details 17 Aug (4 days ago) Reply Follow up message Hi, I won't be bothering you again. This will be the final time I email about this. As you are aware, you used an article of mine without paying for it. I've requested payment multiple times and …
