The Evolution of Flickr

Reporters Without Borders has released a Handbook for Bloggers and Cyberdissidents. This is a 1.6MB PDF download.

Hand-in-hand with the Handbook for Bloggers is this tip sheet from Tim Yang that describes how you too can blog anonymously.

A photolog in five easy steps (for MovableType users only). I am sure this can be easily done in TypePad too. Once I have it figured out, I'll post it here.

Rollyo own. I'll share mine, if you share yours.

Looking for blogs? Can't go wrong here.

PainInTheEnglish.com

Visualizing the world of music

Legal Revenge Against Spam Snail-Mailers. I had a very good laugh when I read this. Whether it can be really carried out is questionable. These days one is always asked to describe what is in your taped parcels. An old tire won't fly. But hey, give it a whirl and let me know how it works out for you. There is also this more serious option to take care of your junk mail.

Are you a speed reader?

Missed Webzine2005 this year. Perhaps I'll be on the lookout for next year's gathering of independent online publishers in San Francisco or wherever it is going to be.

ST(mindful)ORM What the Blue Lama says is “The world is a beautiful and terrible place”

*bliss has been updated

Newsroom Navigator Just a terrific array of links that a newshound or just someone who is interested in life will find interesting.

Dan Gilmor says the future of newspapers is discouraging.

Originality In Logo Design

It's Banned Books Week, from September 24 to October 1. Read a banned book. Well, read any book.

If you have a dSLR such as Nikon D70s please be aware that third-party batteries, while seemingly inexpensive, can and will explode.

*bliss has been updated

Newsroom Navigator Just a terrific array of links that a newshound or just someone who is interested in life will find interesting.

Dan Gilmor says the future of newspapers is discouraging.

Originality In Logo Design

It's Banned Books Week, from September 24 to October 1. Read a banned book. Well, read any book.

If you have a dSLR such as Nikon D70s please be aware that third-party batteries, while seemingly inexpensive, can and will explode.

Tiffinbox is a labor of love. No doubt about it. However it would sure feel great to receive your support if you really find something, anything useful from time to time.

Starting today, in the upper right hand column is a tip jar. Throw in a couple of bucks. Throw in ten, or whatever suits you. Thanks for your support!

Help me spread the word about the site and send me leads to South Asian photographers, artists, designers, writers, musicians, dancers and events they are involved in. I'll be happy to post their information, be it a link or a series of images, on this site. The email address to send that info to is tiffinbox[at]pipalproductions[dot]com.

Via Amita Verma

Deepa Mehta, Anita Desai and MG Vassanji are just a few of the renowned film-makers and authors attending the 2005 South Asian Literary and Theatre Arts Festival, (SALTAF).

Water, Mehta's much anticipated final part of her trilogy of the elements will have its US premiere at the festival, almost five years after fundamentalists shut down filming in India. We will celebrate the life of Ismail Merchant, legendary producer of such classics as A Room with a View.

Anita Desai will speak of her experiences working with Merchant in the film adaptation of her book In Custody and we will also screen this award winning film. Literary panels will explore such topics as the South Asian male identity; young adult literature; and the search for a sense of belonging. Authors will read from their latest works, conduct book signings and take your questions.

So, join us for a two day extravaganza of South Asian themed arts on October 1st and 2nd from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Baird Auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History. The event is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Asian Pacific American Program and the Network of South Asian Professionals of Washington D.C. For more information view our website.

As the event is free and open to the public, we rely on your sponsorship and donations to make it possible. To contribute toSALTAF and reserve your seating, please go to this link.