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#225: Red Hot Gadgets - Digital tools to transform your life
February 20th, 2008
For the best view of a skyscraping city, take to the air. By Adam White (read more...)
February 22nd, 2008
New tech toys you don’t need, but can’t live without.
Electronic goodies have long crossed over from being a sign of thick-rimmed, pants-too-high, Bill-Gates-haircut geekiness to being the way every urbanite communicates, gets their tunes and enjoys their pics. Sure, geeks still have their toys, but the playground is now crowded with fashionistas, ladies-who-lunch, metrosexuals and every other tired personality type out there. We’ll let you figure out which color matches your handbag best—meanwhile, let’s look at what these new gadgets are packing. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
5 TUE
In Nong Khai, police accidentally arrest a crooked gambler. Local police set up a routine checkpoint on Serm-Ponpisai Road and stop Udomsak, 44. While performing a routine search, they discover two “high-low” gambling sets and electronic equipment in his vehicle. Under questioning, he admits to using rigged dice at funerals around the region. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Dear Mr. KIA: After five years away, my sister has just come back home and announcedshe and her (lucky) farang fi ancé are planning a wedding ceremony sometime next month! (read more...)
January 1st, 2008
Give us a little Bio (where you’re from etc):
We are half Dutch and half Austrian. As a consequence we have a studio in Amsterdam and one near Vienna as well. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Pittsburgh guitar great Jerry Byrd has just started playing at The Living Room at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. He speaks of his musical inspirations and hopes for his new life in Bangkok. See +music page 23.
Who’s your inspiration?
Mostly, Wes Montgomery. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Lolay, Taweesak Srithongdi a well known postmodern illustrator who worked for magazines like Image and A Day. His latest exhibition, “Strawberry Running On Empty,” is a nostalgic evocation of teenage lust. See +art page 24.
First job: Making donuts
Present job: Making art (read more...)
February 22nd, 2008
Piyatat has spent more than 16 years in England practicing painting and photography. Now he’s back in Bangkok with an exhibit on his faith in Buddhism titled Welcome to the Verve (see +art page 26).
England’s art scene: Challenging and inspiring (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
New York jazz drummer Shawn Kelley recently released “Live in the Living Room,” a compilation of nine jazz classics, now sold at Gramophone Records in Siam Paragon. Hear him with the Shawn Kelley trio at The Living Room, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Vichaya Vatanasapt Nhong is now the flashy electro one-man band, The Photo Sticker
Machine, but also remains a member of reggae act, T-Bone. He speaks of Pluto, local
government, ridiculous outfits and his latest album, New Clear. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Almost Famous Known at Ratchadamnoen Boxing Stadium as Number One Sakhomsilp, 24-year-old Virut Kaewkumnerd is a former holder of championship belts from both the World Muay Thai Council as well as his home Ratchadamnoen Stadium. He is also an instructor at Inn Grame Yim, a boxing gym that caters to Japanese. (read more...)
February 23rd, 2008
Dude, I have this great idea that will make us rich.
What, the internet porn thing isn’t working out?
It is, but rent in Pattaya is out of control these days. Anyway, check this out: Moving Billboards! (read more...)
February 20th, 2008
We’re certain that the restaurant’s self-description as a (Taiwanese and) specifically vegetarian restaurant has caused some potential customers to skip Demi. It’s also easy to overlook, not being stylish nor in a particularly good location. (read more...)
February 20th, 2008
“L’Osteria No.1” could mean one of two things: that Pan Pan is the first Italian restaurant in the city or that it is simply the best. The truth: They’ve been around for long, and they are a good restaurant. Close enough. Back in the old days when Bangkok didn’t have this many osteria, it’s true that Pan Pan was synonymous with Italian. (read more...)
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