PPS Review Ep. 8

Shownotes at http://ppsreview.blogspot.com/.
Interviews at a blogger meetup with: Raymond Teh / Danny Foo / Pat (Mistress Naoko) / Emily Yoon / Silencer / MENJ / Chea Yee / Nilesh Babu / Peter Tan / DJ Cybersonique / Frostier / Fat Cat Lim
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• Raymond Teh actually built and maintains a blog-hosting site. For free. If you sign up, you get to read and send emails, store contacts, schedule events, store and share photos and files, and of course, blog. One cool thing he didn't mention in his podcast is that you can integrate your photos with Google Earth.
• Danny Foo blogged about the new PPS homepage design.
• Pat and Emily Yoon have a frank, never-ending, discussion about Malaysian Idol. Each have their own thoughts.
• Silencer blogged about Selangor's victory over Perak in the FA Cup final. Said it was even better than Malaysian Idol.
• MENJ (sorry, Elfie) talks about arabic classes and his hoped-for podcast. He also says he doesn't try to be controversial, but he writes from the heart.
• Chea Yee runs a blog about education, for educationists, focusing on young children.
• Nilesh Babu blogged about his eyes going out on him. A sign of being mature before his years, I told him.
• Peter Tan, who helped organise the meet-up, is currently very keen to promote the role of hospices, as well as independent living.
• DJ Cybersonique won a pair of shoes from Afdlin Shauki.
• Frostier met a noob and stomped him good. Bully.
• Fat Cat Lim wrote about the press conference for the Asian Game Developer's Summit.

I also had an interview with Tariq but I got something wrong technically, and so can't use his recording. :(( Sorry, Tariq.

One half of the PPS Review podcast at the Blogger meetup

Okay. This is the latest situation.

1. Errolyn cannot be at the Blogger meetup.
2. Dzof can, unless something really unexpected happens on the Saturday (e.g. a whole bunch of girls mistake him for Daniel in a dark hallway and jump him).
3. We may or may not record a podcast. It depends on many things.
• The sound quality is a bit of a worry. What is the ambient noise like?
• I will not have Internet access for half the week, but Sashi has kindly offered to gather links in the meantime.

Anyway, it will be at Oasis Food Court, Mid-Valley MegaMall, 25 Sep 2005, 3pm. Hope to see you all there!

PPS Review Ep. 7

Shownotes at http://ppsreview.blogspot.com/. Podcast at blogger meetup? / Malaysian Idol / Another Malaysian Podcast / Plagiarised article in the Malay Mail / Cut and Paste Blogs / Blogger chases down offensive commenter / Yvonne Foong and William Quah, sitting in a tree... / Order pizza in Selangor via Penang / Kung Fu Mosquito Killer / LKW University College won't take money
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• Music again provided by Lokee (contact them by email).
• PPS Review Podcast at Blogger's meetup? Still unsure, but if it happens, it will be on 25 September at Megamall. Details at Nilesh Babu's and Sashi's websites.
• Malaysian Idol finals are in Genting.
• There are three finalists: Daniel, Farah, Nita.
• Another Malaysian Podcast: On The Fence.
• Errolyn comes from the beautiful, generous island of Penang.
• Somebody cut and pasted a review in The Malay Mail.
• Dzof thinks that somebody should be Tarred and Feathered.
• Two bloggers rant about Cut and Paste blogs.
• Blog buster - blogger Peter Tan brings action against 'racist' commenter.
• Jeff Ooi supports him.
• LOL means 'laugh out loud'.
• Yvonne Foong appears on NTV7 and drools at William Quah.
• Why Jessy likes Daniel of Malaysian Idol.
• But Grace Shu wonders if the winner will really be Malaysia's Idol.
• Guy in Shah Alam orders pizza through friend in Penang.
• Ancient Sword Mastery Techniques to kill mosquitoes.
• Lim Kok Wing University College cafe refuses to take RM1 coins.

The PPS Review live from the blogger meetup? Maybe...

OK, so Sashi saw me on Y!Messenger, and he said, why don't you do the podcast from the blogger's meetup at Mid Valley on 25 September? I was like 'eh?' at first, but in priciple, it's not a bad idea.

Two problems though.

1. I don't have a reliable notebook and certainly not one with WiFi access, so I'd have to beg, borrow or steal one.
2. Errolyn may be out of town that weekend, so I will be effectively partnerless. (Also, I am willing to bet that the only reason Sashi wants to see us there is because he wants to meet Errolyn in person. Hey, that'd be my reason if I were him.)

If anyone out there thinks that despite all this, you'd like to see a podcast done 'live' and strip bare the magic behind the show (I do warn you, I have a face made for radio), drop me a line. We'll make our decision by next week.

PPS Review Ep. 6

Shownotes at http://ppsreview.blogspot.com/. Music by Lokee / Yvonne Foong / Searching for Sharon Goh / T-Shirts for sale / Xiaxue vs Shaolin Tiger / Mahathir vs the world / Laptop thefts / 8TV Dramedy on the web / Funding films / How to attract men by speaking like a child

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• This week's music by Lokee (contact them by email).
• This week Errolyn's place is taken by Ping. He's a producer and his latest project on TV is Impian Illyana (more up to date episode details at Utusan Malaysia). (By the way, this week's episodes are written by Dzof.)
• Yvonne Foong suffers from neurofibrosis and is making an appeal for donations.
• Somebody is looking for Sharon Goh. Who he is and why he's looking for her, we don't know.
• Jeemee has T-Shirts for Sale.
• Shaolin Tiger jumps in to defend Malaysia against Xiaxue, claws a-clawing.
• Darth Perfidious (an ex-guest on the PPS Review) also comments on the issue.
• It seems there can be no Malaysian flags on cars entering Singapore.
• When Ping mentioned Singaporeans as the worst tourists, Dzof remembered The Scarfer's post on differences between tourists and travellers.
• Dzof advises Ping to check out Uptown.
• Tun Mahathir was invited to speak at a SUHAKAM conference and he lashed out against the western world. Again.
• It seems there have been a spate of laptop thefts in Uptown.
• The Kensington lock.
• There are digital copies of the 8TV Dramedy on the net.
• An article about how Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, feels about his show being distributed over the Internet.
• The Visitor asks for help to fund his short film. Ping gives him some honest advice.
• Lainie blogs about "Tip Menjadi Individu Menarik", a book that advises women to "not debate" and "not disagree" with your man and that "Men like it when you speak in a child's voice". And more.

PPS Review Ep. 5

Shownotes at http://ppsreview.blogspot.com/. New Look PPS / Merdeka Blogger Project / Nasi Kandar Pelita in Chennai / Five star hotel reneges on five sen / Patriotic flag girl / Kenny Sia's Babes of Malaysian Blogs / Richard Stallman / Music we like.

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• Notices
• There will be a Hari Raya Book Swap meet on 13 November 2005. Probably at Starbucks KL Sentral.
• Project Petaling Street has a new look - but Dzof isn't too impressed with the changes.
• Danny Foo has a questionnaire to help improve the design of the new PPS.
• Minishorts had her articles plagarised, so with some help, she changed the hotlinked photos.
• Merdeka Blogger Project
• Tanggal 31 - The Merdeka Song
• Kebaya
• Not mentioned on the podcast, but a post of nice pictures of nice girls in nice kebayas were pinged to PPS last week.
• Errolyn's website.
• Celebrating unity of Malaysians through mamak stalls.
• Nasi Kandar Pelita has opened a branch in Chennai.
• Totoro is an overgrown yet cuddly Japanese anime character.
• Errolyn and her adventures at a hotel.
• The Malaysian A1 Grand Prix team has a blog.
• When you see a girl wearing a flag, what do you think of?
• But I guess it depends on the girl.
• E likes Kevin Zahri.
• Kenny Sia lists his Babes of Malaysian Blogs.
• Lots of bloggers saw Richard Stallman speak at UM recently, including Sashi and Shaolin Tiger.
• Unfortunately, he didn't sing his Free Software Song.
• We need music for intros and outros. Thirty seconds of music should be enough, but if someone wants us to, and we like it, we'll even play the whole song. We're easy like that.
• Musicians we like (not necessarily both of us at the same time): Josh Groban, Debbie Gibson, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Juwita Suwito, Amir Yusoff, Sheila Majid, Camelia, KRU, Fauziah Latif.
• More musicians: Alanis Morrisette, Ben Folds, Boomkat, The Corrs, Fiona Apple, Garbage, Huey Lewis and the News, Jason Lo, Lea Salonga, New Radicals, Paul McCartney, Squeeze, Suzanne Vega, Oasis, Travelling Wilburys, OAG.