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This is a beautiful Lao lady that I ran into. All photos are resized at 320×480 pixels by Picasa2, as you can see that compression of image yields different quality and clarity of the photo, below are few examples of different image or file size. Image size makes a big difference when using dial-up, if the image is too large, then it’s harder for the photos to load and compress reducing the file size to improve loading time, but if you are using DSL you might not notice any difference as far as loading time.
Which do you think is the best recommended image for blog posting?
Image 1: Automatic - preserves original image quality - [Edit] 121.22 kb
Image 2: Normal - Good balance of quality and size - [Edit] 91.9 kb
Image 3: Maximus - very large files size, preserves fine detail - 213 kb
Image 4: Minimus - Smallest file size, some quality loss - [Edit] 77.68 kb
Image 5: Custom 60 - [Edit] 75.76 kb
Image 6: Custom 40 - [Edit] 67.42 kb
Edit: See images below, photoshopping of image by Sim, “…re-compress of image #1 using Photoshop and it turns out great at 49.7Kb. Most can’t beat Photoshop.”
I’ve been blogging for over a year now and it has been very rewarding for me. I came across some instructions from You tube tutorial that I thought might be helpful for those that are thinking about blogging but a bit intimidated or not sure of what type of program to use. I use Worpress.com and it’s a free version, but it might appear that I host my own blog because of my domain name of nyenoona.com, but my actually Url is nyenoona.wordpress.com. See if this is something for you (time:7:55)
I think personal satisfaction is the key motivator for most people, whether in blogging or running a successful business. I think some blogs or businesses fail, and others flounder because the persons in charge are uncertain as to what they really want to achieve and somehow it is not satisfying their personal needs and ambitions. It might sound funny when I use the terms blog and business together here, might be that I view a blog as a small business.
I believe that a successful blogger would make a successful entrepreneur, a good blog should have a good concept, offer something new and better to readers, should be readily for change and growth, and ultimately, it’s a responsibility as far as contents in ways that satisfy personal needs and ambitions of a blogger. Therefore it is useful to evaluate and consider your personal goals when deciding upon the theme of your blog, which direction you are going and ultimately it should satisfy you as an individual, if not, then its pointless to continue in what you’re doing, a waste of time in my opinion.
As for business, personal satisfaction might deviate a bit from running a successful blog but not by much; just like a blog, it’s also useful to evaluate and consider your personal goals when deciding upon the nature of your business development. For most entrepreneurs, the Four C’s can sum up these goals, which are control, challenge, creativity, and cash.
Photo originally uploaded by superlocal
I have decided to take a challenge from K, on his post ‘Does Blogging Sucks’, some of the things that he said made me look at my blog a bit more and we do share similar views on many areas of blogging, but also many different views on the topics of blogging. This was from part of K’s post:
“I remember the times when I said that I blog because I want to practice my writing and not because I care too much with my sidebars, so who cares what my template looks like? Perhaps you’ve heard that “content is a king”. I believe so, yes. I categorized this blog as too personal - and it isn’t easy to write personal stuff after all. Even if you leave the personal stuff out, do you ever ask yourself if you have focused on a topic? It seems easy to point a blue ink and start writing, say things we want, but did we ever ask what our blog really all about? Lack of focus sometimes confuses readers. Even yourself.”
One of the things that I share with K is the reason as to why I started blogging and that is to improve my English, which it still holds true. I like simplicity, so there is no hidden gadget on my blog, and one of the features that K has which I absolute love is the ‘Live traffic feed’ that tells the country and city of his readers. I thought about getting one for my blog but I recall the first time I saw that thing, I didn’t know what it was and was so intimidated by it that I avoided visiting many blogs with that feature or something similar to it, and I don’t want my readers to feel the same way, sort of the feeling of invasion of privacy when I first saw it, but I am okay with it now because it is being used by many bloggers. I also learned that it is not always an accurate indicator as to the location of the readers because some might surf by using a proxy server that assigns a location or IP address that would not show the actual location of the readers. As for me, I can live with not knowing who my readers are or which country they are from, sometimes I think it is better not knowing, ignorance in this case for me is bliss, also less gadgets for me to keep up with, and more freedom to write as far as topic of interest.
I wouldn’t call this a tag, but more like asking to share by K, A Dialogue With K, of what’s on my desktop, needless to say, mine is a bit boring and I think what’s on my desk topic is more interesting, so I’ve decided to share this one, might still be boring to some to look at.
As you can see, it’s mostly reading materials; I’ve a Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Practical English Usage-Third Edition, Descriptive Word finder that I don’t use very often, and many Thai magazines that I translated from. I always keep my cell phone on my desk while I blog, just in case if someone were to call me, but very seldom that anyone would, and would mainly use it as an alarm clock.
On top of my sub-woofer, I have 3 of my elephant’s collection, there’re many big pieces around the house. I’ve a wire cup that I’m using to hold my pencils, I like to write my notes with pencil while I’m blogging, it’d normally end up in my trash can after I’m done with my post. I’ve a Dell PC, and a 19-inch flat panel LCD monitor.
I think we all have goals in mind when we write blogs, as for me, I write because I want to share the story that I came across, and thought that it might be of some interest to you, the readers. I do have a personal code of ethics when I write, I try not to embarrass any individual(s) unnecessary and try not to write about my personal life, overall I don’t have a name or face, just my pen name. For some readers, this might not be enough, but these are the rules and guidelines that I set for myself.
I consider myself to be an ethical person, and somewhat fair, and expect others to treat me in the same manners. This is what it’s all about, sharing story, but not necessary and exclusively my story. I’m very open to readers commenting on my posts, but please stick to the topics and if readers want to share more, that’s up to that individual but shouldn’t expect me to do the same, readers should respect my privacy as an individual, this is all I’m asking, and I hope it’s not too much to ask.
I don’t attack certain individual in my writing and hope that others will do the same for me; this is my personal code of ethics behind my blog.
I think it’s fun to read blogger screen names, the reasoning and psychological reasoning that go behind them. Mine is Nye Noona, which was supposed to be a male blogger, a name with a slight attitude, that’s me. Then the latest name that I added to my bloggroll was Dangling Monkey (Amphone), if I have to guess, he is somewhat adventurous, an outdoor person and was born in the year of the monkey, for him to be dangling like a monkey. Then there is Karmadiva, which her anthem for life is “If one speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows one, like a shadow that never leaves”, (from Amphone’s blog,) she believes in Karma and that’s why she’s always trying to be pure in thoughts and actions, very nice gesture I think.
I also read Sao Lao, which is Darly, the owner of Laovoices.com, your average sao lao that loves Tum Buk Houng, oh, she might call it “Tum Maak Houng,” with her soft sweet Lao Northerner accent, the name describes her well. Knoizki, or K Speaking! lives in Hong Kong, someone gave him that name in college and kept it since, I often wonder if there’s any real meaning behind his name, maybe he’ll tell me, if by chance strolls by to read this post. Thesim, I wonder why Sim choose “THE” in front and not just Sim, might sound manlier or something. I read once that his name should have been ‘Simeung’, means color of city but he misspelled it, so got stuck with Simoung, Sim for short, that’s pretty cool, it’s ashamed that he misspelled his name.
I also read Wutthiphan’s blog, he lives in Thailand and recently visited the Southern part of Laos, it was a lot of fun to read, a very good writer but too bad most of you can’t read Thai language, but I’ve been waiting for a long time, still at the 2nd part of his trip…I’m beginning to wonder, what’s happening to the rest of his trip. I think he’s using his real name.
As long as I’d remember, teaching is a very respectable profession in Laos/Thailand and teachers are highly regarded in the Lao/Thai community. I do have to admit that I’m a bit scared of all my teachers in Thailand, they had their ways with the bamboo stick; unlike my parents that never once hit me, I vividly remember my teachers from Thailand punished me, but I can’t remember now as to why.
We have a new Laotian Teacher blogger; we all know her as Karmadiva; she has very interesting stories to tell, stories from her angle and perspective, which I truly enjoy reading and definitely can relate to most if not all of her topics that she has written so far and I’m looking forward to reading more. She is a new blogger but not new to the Lao on-line community. Below is a sample of her poem that’s very moving; I’m sure most of us can relate to.
The Crossing
Silently the group of refugees
breaks through the jungle free
Eyes and ears straining to the dark
shores of the Mekong, too tired to walk.
Babies crying, mothers’ desperate pleas
Soldiers breaking through the trees
Screaming, ” Get on your knees”
Fathers, brothers, sisters begging,
“Please let us make it to the crossing.”
Gun shot ringing, rat-a-tat-tat
people dropping, crimson splat.
Anasone Aragon
Copyright ©2007 Anasone Aragon
Please visit her at: www.karmadiva.wordpress.com
It’s time to reflect, time for a new beginning, even for the Thai political arena, the court dissolved the party and banned Thaksin from politics for five years. Below are from Manager online written in Thai language and it read, “we’ve to thank ITV, because as soon as the verdict came out, the camera was capturing the night sky; what we saw was the dark cloud moving passed the full moon; that signify the bright future ahead, which was shielded by the dark shadow of evilness all these years.” I couldn’t have said it better myself, that was beautiful.
ต้องขอบคุณสถานีโทรทัศน์ทีไอทีวี ที่ทันทีที่ตุลาการรัฐธรรมนูญ อ่านคำวินิจฉัยให้ยุบพรรคไทยรักไทย กล้องของทีไอทีวีจับภาพไปบนท้องฟ้า เป็นภาพของเมฆดำที่เคลื่อนออกจากเงาของดวงจันทร์ เปรียบเหมือนความสว่างไสวที่ถูกเงามืดบดบังกำลังกลับคืนมา และความชั่วร้ายกำลังมลายไป
It has been 1 week since we launched the new Lao Planet – Lao Voices Online, so far we have 6 contributors which are DJ, Ginger, Padek, Salat, Sim, and Vienne, and out of these 6 are 3 active authors, I’m one of the authors, writing by the name of Ginger, Darly as DJ, and Padek (fermented fish or anchovies, some might say that the name fits him well, I think he might have earned this name from the old LP forum, who would have thought that he’d pick this name for himself), but don’t let the name Padek intimidates you because he is actually a very nice guy. The new Lao Planet has once again stood proudly, the sun always shines after the rain; I think Darly has done a superb job and handled the situation extremely well. I’m hoping that our old members wouldn’t be too shy and would decide to join us as contributors, remember that ‘Our Voice Must Be Heard’, don’t let a little shyness prevent you from expressing your voice, Lao Planet’s door is always open for you to voice your opinion.
Photo compliment by Sim
As one of Laoplanet members, I’m deeply saddening that she had lost all her data; this makes some of us to think twice about backing up our work, a reminder for myself as well. It’d have been a 1 year anniversary for me, but loosing her data doesn’t mean that we can’t build her back to her original glory, it might take time, but with the help of friends and visitors, I’m sure nothing is impossible.
A blog with different authors is something that I’ve been dreaming to become a part of, and this is a great opportunity for me to join the team. I’ll be writing by the name of Ginger, so if you don’t see me here, feel free to visit me at Laovoices.com, you are always welcome there, even if you’re not Laotian.
I came across an article in a Thai Magazine about computer, if you think it’d be a male or female, which I think it’s a bit funny. I’ve never given much thought about mine, it’s a black Dell that I bought over 6 years ago and it’s still working fine but I did recently upgrade my monitor to a 19 inch flat panel LCD which I guess one might say it’s now a female. This is what the article in Koosang Koosom written in Thai Language said,
A group of all male computer scientists announced that computers should also be referred to as being female. Their strange 5 reasons are: no one but the creator understands their internal logic; the native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else; the message of ‘Bad command or file name’ is as informative as, ‘If you don’t know why I’m mad at you, then I’m certainly not going to tell you’; even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval (so true); as soon as you make a commitment to one, you’d find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessorizing it (high maintenance).
However, another group of all female computer scientists thought that computers should be referred to as if they were male. Their strange 5 reasons are: they have a lot of data, but are still clueless; they are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem (totally agree with this one); as soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model; in order to get their attention, you have to turn them on; big power surges knock them out for the rest of the night.
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