Monthly Archives: March 2007

Vietnam’s Got the Best Patis?

Posted on March 20, 2007 by deebeedee

What cognac is to France, the pungent, fermented fish sauce in Tinh’s vats is to Vietnam: A national treasure that shouldn’t be produced anywhere else. And everyone agrees that the best fish sauce, or nuoc mam, comes from the

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Rat Patooie!

Posted on March 17, 2007 by deebeedee

A new trailer for the sequel to The Departed Pixar’s Ratatouille is up on YouTube. It looks like it’s intended for a Chinese audience.

So the film is about “a kitchen boy who can’t cook” and a “rat who…  Read more

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Tideland

Posted on March 12, 2007 by deebeedee

When I came across Tideland at Blockbuster, I wondered why I haven’t heard about it. It’s the latest from ex-Pythoner Terry Gilliam, director of such classics as Brazil, Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Twelve Monkeys. The film’s protagonist…  Read more

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Photoshop Online for Free

Posted on March 12, 2007 by deebeedee

Ok, this news is about one week old but did you know that Adobe will be offering Photoshop as a free online app sometime this year? Serious graphic professionals will still need the desktop version because features like batch…  Read more

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Kulintang

Posted on March 5, 2007 by deebeedee

One of Wikipedia’s recently created articles is on the Philippine gong instrument ensemble called the kulintang.

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