CYBER WHAT?

I guessed most bloggers would have read about this.
I am not sure about the "cyber war" part though. Which blog declared war on anyone? Since when is giving your 2 sen's worth an act of war? So you do not agree with the fellow. You declare war?

Everything is about perception. Perception is a matter of belief. Human beings do not see with their eyes. They see with the brain. We have to imagine all the things we 'see'.

For the brain can't access optical views of the outside world.

[the photons we think we see are actually stopped by back of eye - any external photons getting into the brain are just passing through, like hard radiation, cosmic rays etc.]

What does arrive at the brain - is a picture suggested or imagined by the `old' or `lizard' brain, then re-assembled by the brain's own neurons for our `conscious' brain to view.

It's all due to the way we - and all advanced mammals - have to wire-up our brains following birth.
(Go here for more)

Everything makes sense if you are already brain-washed.

Labels: bloggers, Perception

THE BLOGGERS LIST

Yesterday I received an email inviting me to list my blog as part of the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project. I promised the sender I will blog about it and asked for some additional info. I could not wait for the response and decided to go ahead with this post.

Basically the project is about listing all the blogs in Malaysia (or blogs with a Malaysian slant) under various categories. So if you blog about the wisdom of our ministers or the wisdom of wearing underwear or even minsters not wearing underwear, you can submit your blog. Nothing new about this. We have blog aggregators before and some are still around like Project Petaling Street and the SOPO Directory. I was on the SOPO list for a while. I wondered why. I am not Socio-Political. Maybe I am a sociopath. The AllMalaysian Bloggers Project will be more than a blog aggregator though. It has a contest for bloggers as well as for blog readers. With many sponsors available, it also promises to hold gatherings and workshops for bloggers. Hmmm, All-Blog promises to do these too (without sponsors yet), don't they?

Anonymous bloggers are warned that you cannot remain anonymous when submitting your blog for listing although you are assured of your anonymity as far as the reader is concerned. The mail I received promised not to let any ministers peek at the database which includes your personal particulars such IC number, address and phone number.

The project is under I-Star and you must join MStar Online to participate. Only a nickname, password and a valid email is required to join MStar Online.

Should you join? As my friend Daud would say "Clap chest, ask appetite."

Labels: AllMalaysian Bloggers Project, bloggers, privacy

EMBRACE & ENGAGE

I had a great time. I met many famous bloggers. Too bad I could not stay longer. I don't drink and I am an Arsenal fan. Furthermore I took a lift from Pak Idrus and he wanted to get home before the tunnel gets flooded.Nah, we are old fogeys, we need to get home and take our medicines.

Congrats to Desi and the Committee for the hard work. I could not get more pics up since it is very late and the broadband is behaving like dialup. My flash batteries died on me too.

Labels: bloggers, BUM Gathering