Archive for October, 2012

The Book of Faces

Though it's banned in neighboring Vietnam, Facebook is ingrained in Cambodian youth culture. (Especially now that it supports Khmer text.) For many young Cambodians, the internet IS Facebook. If it's not on Facebook, did it really happen? Sign of the times: two years ago when I was helping high school students create a collaborative ...

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One of the best deals in town is the 'Cinema Saturday' regularly held at Bophana Center. Today's session also coincided with UNESCO's  'World Day for Audiovisual Heritage'.  Despite some speechifying, a full house enjoyed a diverse session of short films. The animation (by Panith Norm) itself is six minutes long! That's pretty ...

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Kingdom of “I Wonder”

Found in the supermarket - even daily shopping can be surreal in Camboland. "You shall drink one bag once daily. You shall NOT drink more of it." (I should note that it's imported from Thailand.) In the States, the Food and Drug Administration would jump on a product like this in a ...

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[caption id="attachment_634" align="alignnone" width="517" caption="ODC Mapping"][/caption] Fire up Google Translator! Today, Le Monde, tomorrow The World. Open Development Cambodia gets a mention in a French newspaper, http://data.blog.lemonde.fr/2012/09/20/un-hackathon-pour-le-developpement-et-la-cooperation/ and now, in Swedish Development agency SIDA's web site. http://www.sida.se/Svenska/Lander--regioner/Asien/Kambodja/Program-och-projekt/Open-Data-Cambodia/ It's been challenging work this last year, and it's gratifying to see the enthusiastic reaction to what is ...

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