Lao Voices

I created this video for those, like me, who had to get used to the new way images are posted in Wordpress version 2.5 and above. It is not necessary to use linked images and, in fact, they lead away from good interaction design of the blog and basically “break” the user experience. It is [...]

Miss Phom was kind enough to help me pick out my camera, now I’m in the market for a new lens, my current one does not give me the capacity to zoom image in closer to my liking, there are so many out there and very confusing, so I thought asking the professional photographer would [...]

I thought this is a happy news coming out of Laos. I hope the students at Vientiane Secondary School will take advantages of the computer lab and language lab. With internet access, the world is at their fingertips.
Vientiane students say ‘merci’
More than 4,300 students at Vientiane Secondary School now have a new computer laboratory and [...]

Police ban use of mobile phones by drivers
Police in some Vientiane districts have begun fining motorists who use mobile phones while driving, in line with the Prime Minister’s Decree No. 188, dated July 3, 2007.
But the Head of the Vientiane Traffic Police Station, Colonel Khampheiw Vatthanaphone, said last Friday that fines were still not appropriate [...]

Nam Theun 2 dam ready for flooding, panel says
An independent panel of international environmental and social experts has expressed support for a plan to seal a tunnel to direct water into the Nam Theun 2 dam this week and close the dam gate in June.
This will store water for electricity generation, which is scheduled to [...]

I was quite happy to read the news regarding Lao Cable TV company becoming the new internet service provider in Laos. I thought about how I can keep in touch with some of my relatives better if they have access to such service. After the excitement has died down I thought about the price for [...]

Chinese made electric motorbikes have made their way into Laos. According to the Vientiane Times Newspaper, these electric powered motorbikes have been on sale in some shops in Vientiane since January of 2008. At Nong Duang market, you can get an electric motorcycle for about 4.4 million kip or roughly $477.00 for today’s currency exchange [...]

If you don’t have a car or a motorbike, then how do you travel in Laos? For the majority of the people living in the rural area, they take a tractor and turn it into a modern wagon for hauling goods and people. This little thing will travel on a normal road along with big [...]

Let me just do a little experiment here Here is a tutorial how to use Kwout, an extremely helpful tool for bloggers that want to quote a website in a fast and effective way.

And this is the output of my “Kwout”; simply copy and paste:

And there we have the quote from a pompous Christmas [...]

My dad is in his early 70s, since one of his Thai TV channels is no longer available because I think they want him to pay for it, I’ve been printing the news from Manager Online, a Thai online newspaper for him on a regular basis. I think it might be time for him [...]