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Don’t Insult The Thai King In An SMS, Unless You Like Prison

4:30AM November 25, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

We’ve all said things we don’t really mean in text messages. But when a retired Thai truck driver sent an SMS that insulted his king, he got more than he bargained for. Twenty years more, in fact. More »


News

The Impressive Ingenuity Of Thailand During Their Massive Flood

12:25PM November 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

I don’t want to make light of a tragedy because the floods in Thailand have been worse than imaginable. The flooding has killed over 500 people, caused $US5 billion in damage and has been ongoing since mid-year. It’s a sad, sad state of life. But instead of giving up, the people of Thailand are adapting. And it’s awesome to see. More »


Cars

What Is This?

9:00AM November 16, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

This isn’t the teeth of a machine, the chainmail shirt your cousin uses for larping, nor the DNA sequence of Justin Bieber’s love child. More »


Geek Out

Flooded Thais Seek Refuge In Prefab Concrete Infrastructure

3:40PM November 15, 2011 | Kelly Chan - Architizer.com

Last week, Japanese earthquake victims began settling into a neighbourhood of new temporary housing complexes in Miyagi. The clean, compact yet spacious modular homes made from shipping containers proclaim the virtues of prefabrication and adaptive reuse and demonstrate, once again, architect Shigeru Ban’s ability to synthesise contemporary sustainable building practices with a historically rooted Japanese sensibility. More »


News

Here Comes The Great Hard Drive Shortage Of 2011

12:26AM October 24, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Apple, Dell and other hardware manufacturers are bracing this quarter for an expected hard drive shortage after heavy flooding in Thailand has claimed another tech victim at the world’s largest hard drive supplier. More »


News

Western Digital’s HD Factory ‘Submerged’ By Thai Flooding

12:30AM October 19, 2011 | Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

One of the world’s largest hard drive makers has emerged as another victim of the floods that’ve hit Thailand, with WD reporting that one of its Thai plants has been “inundated” by water and some equipment is currently underwater. More »


Geek Out

Asian Vegetable Sellers Don’t Let A Passing Train Stop Them

7:20PM April 15, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

How close is too close when selling fruit and veg beside a train line? A foot away from the tracks? For these Asian market-sellers, the tracks themselves are valuable store-shelves for their wares. Make sure you watch until the end to see them spring back into business like nothing actually happened! More »


Geek Out

Thailand Tried To Buy F-16s With 36.2 Thousand Kilos Of Frozen Chicken. And The US Helped.

3:40PM March 5, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So what do you do when you’re a sovereign government that’s short on fighter jets and cash, but flush with frozen chicken? Call up Lockheed Martin! According to a WikiLeaked cable, the US State Department helped broker such a deal between the Thais and Lockheed Martin. It almost happened, were it not for a coup that ousted the poultry-pushing buyers. Oh well. [Atlantic Wire] More »


Online

Thailand’s IT Minister Admits Blacklist Filters Don’t Work

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10:00AM November 18, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Although the government’s proposed internet filter has effectively been delayed until 2013 at the earliest, it still hasn’t been scrapped completely. Adding fuel to the fire that would burn the policy to ash is the revelation that Thailand’s IT minister has recently admitted to ZDNet that blacklist filtering doesn’t work, and that he believes Thailand should scrap their own internet filter. More »


Cameras

Reuters Cameraman Dies, Leaves Violent Footage Behind

1:00AM April 14, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto died in a hospital after being shot in a Bangkok protest Saturday. His legacy, beyond his two children, will most likely be the seven minutes of footage found in his camera, turned in by protesters. More »