Lifestyle & Hobby
On A Two-Week Leave
I am taking a two-week leave starting tomorrow to go back to my kampung in Sabah. Will be offline most of the time during the period.
In the meantime, enjoy the good old blues by John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchel. These guys are awesome, don’t you think so?
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New York Times’ 100 Notable Books Of 2008
If you like books or just fancy reading one once in a while, then maybe you can take a look at one of these books which made it to the list of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2008.
One of the books in the list, titled “Atmospheric Disturbances” by Rivka Galchen, tells the [...]
A New Look For “Sans Serif…” Blog
Hi there, if you are here for the first time, you wouldn’t notice the change in this blog’s appearance.
Those of you who have been here before, however, would know that this is a considerable “upgrade” from the look and feel of the previous “Sans Serif…” blog. I’ve always wanted a blog with a magazine and [...]
Macro Photography Blog
My photography blog has been attracting quite a decent traffic of late. This is close-up photo of a winged carpenter ant is one of the latest entries on that blog.
One of these days I may let you know the URL of the photoblog. Nothing fancy there, just casual photo-taking using a simple point-and-shoot camera.
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“Lukewarm Chicken Dung” Blogger
Judging from the number of posts on this blog, which is very few and far in between, you might think of me as a “hangat-hangat tahi ayam” blogger, or if I may corrupt the translation of the Malay proverb, a “lukewarm chicken dung” blogger.
When you say someone is hangat-hangat tahi ayam, you really mean to [...]
U2’s Bad
It’s funny how the interaction of a very distinct guitar riff, a rather unconventional melody and thoughtful lyrics can change the way one looks at life.
Slightly over two decades ago, the band U2 “invented” the song “Bad” and suddenly, things were never the same again. For me at least. Now, a quarter of a [...]
More Active Blogging In June
I suppose a blog can only become a blog in its true sense if it is updated every now and then. This blog is as good as dead already, which is a pity because I’ve just renewed the domain name for another two years.
There is a reason for the lackadaisical posting on this blog, two [...]
Blogging And The Benton Curve Of Journalistic Interestingness
Those who are interested in blogging and journalism ought to read this piece of gem from Poynter Institute.
It is written by Poynter Institute’s Roy Peter Clark, whom I’ve never met but nevertheless considered as mentor. It’s about The Benton Curve Of Journalistic Interestingness drawn by a reporter and Nieman fellow named Josh Benton.
Roy writes [...]
“Pinakang” Is Now “Sans Serif…”
As part of this blog’s re-branding exercise, I decided to change the title from “Pinakang…” to “Sans Serif…”.
I’ve been thinking long and hard about whether to retain the blog title — Pinakang is the traditional music of my tribe, by the way — and finally decided to overhaul the whole thing, including the name of [...]
Blog Under Reconstruction
Just a brief update. I had promised last month to revamp this blog and introduce a new concept, and said that I might be able to do that this month.
Well, guess what, I’m still trying out which of several themes and designs that suits the new concept I had in mind. This one, based [...]
Re-Everything
Hi, I’m redesigning, rearranging, rejuvenating and relaunching this blog under a new niche. Come March, that is. Watch this space and bear with me…
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Blog Advertising
By now many of you have probably heard of Smorty, a services that connects advertisers and bloggers.
Everyday bloggers around the world – and there are millions of them — grow their blogs with contents and in the process the attract visitors, some as little as less than 50 visitors a day, while others, by the [...]
Photoblog At “Point Blank”
[UPDATE: I've moved the content of the photoblog to another domain and disabled the link for time being].
I’ve just activated my photoblog which you can now visit at photoblog.jsawatan.com. I’ve created it about a month ago but many things have delayed its take off.
This is one of the advantages of having a hosted blog. I [...]
Treading The Middle Path Between Two Dynamics — Blogging And Journalism
NOTE: This is a sticky post and will remain here at the top of the front page in the next few months or so. For updates, please refer to the “Recent Articles” section of this blog.
Treading The Middle Path Between Two Dynamics — Blogging And Journalism
By Jackson Sawatan
Let me begin with a small confession — [...]
Temuramah Dengan Pembikin Filem Amir Muhamad
PEMBABITAN SAYA DALAM profesion kewartawanan membolehkan saya bertemu dengan mereka yang mungkin tidak akan saya temui jika bukan kerana bidang kerjaya yang saya ceburi. Pembikin filem kontroversi, Amir Muhamad, merupakan seorang daripada mereka.
Amir berada di Singapura pada Mac lepas sebagai ahli panel dalam satu majlis anjuran National University of Singapore. Saya berkesempatan menemubual beliau mengenai [...]
