2nd
July
2007
The Reverend Awdry had his first Thomas the Tank Engine book published in 1945, and every year thereafter until his retirement in 1972.
For the uninitiated, (people who read this and don’t have children, or nephews and nieces, didn’t have a childhood of their own, or are aliens form the planet Zarg) Thomas the Tank Engine lived on the island of Sodor and each new book was a lesson in morality as either he, or his other talking locomotives and equipment get into trouble, realise their mistakes and see the error of their ways and promise not to make the same mistake again.
Thomas became a huge hit when the books were serialised as a childrens TV cartoon, with Ringo Starr as the main narrator. Now Thomas the Tank Engine is a massive industry with millions of toy trains and related products being sold around the world.
However, 35 years after the last book, there’s trouble afoot on the island of Sodor once more. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Glen Stidolph in Humour |
28th
May
2007
As I how now become a part of the vibrant blogoshpere landscape in Malaysia, it is appropriate that I at least give some comment to the Malaysian government’s attitude to towards this powerful vehicle of freedom of expression and freedom of speech, something that does not always sit comfortably with Asian politics and culture.
Malaysia can boast many powerful arguments for the consideration of foreign investment (FDI) and the stability of its elected government ranks very highly amongst them, just take a look at Malaysia’s neighbours such as Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia and its not difficult to understand what makes Malaysia and Singapore the most risk adverse options.
The former and incumbent administrations recognise this and Malaysia has enjoyed a period of political stability for the past 30 years. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Glen Stidolph in Humour, Blog |
22nd
May
2007
I make no apologies at all for stretching a theme, particularly as I’ve recently watched a version of Helen Mirren’s stellar movie success ‘The Queen’ where the hilarity of the subtitle mistakes warranted the film a second viewing and deserved their own Oscar. If anyone wants a copy please comment!
Companies that look to outsourcing purely on a cost reduction basis….be warned..there is more to outsourcing than meets the uninitiated eye.
London: They are some of the highest grossing movies ever made, but it seems that in a bid to cut costs, moviemakers outsourcing their films to inexperienced and unqualified translators in countries like Malaysia, Taiwan and India are ruining the movie experience for audiences, thanks to all those horrific subtitles. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Glen Stidolph in Humour |
16th
May
2007
With the latest Garner research predicting a 50% increase in offshore spending in 2006/2007, with the UK being the biggest contributors, perhaps it’s a good thing that their research also shows a large increase in the use of Oversea’s service providers. Gartner research predicts an increase from the current 13% to a significant 20% of all offshore transactions being handled by experienced offshore service providers, which in light of what’s happening with some of the UK National Health Service BPO contracts, it cant happen too soon.
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posted by Glen Stidolph in Humour |
