In the world of computer scientists/geeks, being 'slashdotted' is an honor :-) Today, an article concerning Myanmar's Internet is being slashdotted :-) Isn't it a fun thing to be in Burma? :-)
Myanmar slashdotted
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/13/2222208&tid=153&tid=187&tid=185
Study Says Software Makers Supply Tools to Censor Web
Fortinet, a company in Sunnyvale, California, is supplying filtering software to censor the Internet in Burma
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/technology/12filter.html
Bus trip home
I came home from Myay Ni Gone at about 6:00 in the evening. There were a lot of people at the bus-stop. When I got on a bus, it was crowded and I decided to go to the back of the bus. The conductor of the bus shouting at everybody to go to the back. He wants to have more passengers. A poor mother was sitting on the floor, breast-feeding her baby. A father was holding his baby in his arms. The scenes I would miss if I take a taxi or if I am out of the country. The general public of Burma and their daily lives are very interesting. It would be both disappointing and rewarding at the same time if you take a bus during rush hours.
The following picture was taken from Times magazine. I don't remember who took the picture.
The dream is Honda, but the reality is the bus
Neil and Diana Sowards, my host-parents, took the following picture in Burma
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