Archive | December, 2005

My Blog got Reviewed!

And it was pretty good really, thankfully ๐Ÿ˜‰

ShaolinTiger – Kung-Fu Geekery

I just loved the title of this blog. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but the name definitely hooked me. The first entry I read made my mouth water. Things were looking up.

The blog is about the daily life of a “Brit in Malaysia”. His entries are self-proclaimed “inane ramblings” that I’m sure everyone will find interesting. The author, ShaolinTiger, is a 20-something geek living in Malaysia working in Computer Security. He says that he is a “professional penetrator. His entries are very entertaining, witty and smart. He talks not only about the controversies involving his current home but also about the random light-hearted topics we all enjoy. He sprinkles a lot of pictures here and there which makes his website quite an eye-candy, in my opinion, anyway.

The layout is the generic one. Colors here and there, links on the side, archives underneath… the usual. However, this site does have a kick-ass banner. It’s red and white and really cool.

Overall, I suggest to everyone to give it a visit. The entries are very interesting and, I have to say, quite gripping. Learn about the most recent news concerning our author’s world and his takes on them. It’s really not a wasted visit.

This site was reviewed on 2005-12-03 by jade smith. They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
jade smith felt that ShaolinTiger – Kung-Fu Geekery deserved a rating of 4.75./5.00

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US to carry out 1,000th execution

The US is about to carry out the 1,000th execution since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976.

Kenneth Boyd, a convicted killer, will be put to death by lethal injection in North Carolina for the murder of his estranged wife and her father in 1988.

He will be given three drugs – one to put him to sleep, another to paralyse him, and a third to stop his heart.

Boyd, 57, has said the death penalty is “nothing but revenge”. Relatives of his victims say he deserves to die.

Any hope of a reprieve ended when the Supreme Court rejected Boyd’s final appeal and the North Carolina Governor, Mike Easley, said he could find “no compelling reason to grant clemency”.

US is one of the few countries that still supports capital punishment in the ‘Western’ world.

UK still has some laws for capital punishment, but only for very few charges, I think maybe on one, which is planning to or attempting to overthrow the monarchy.

Quite a few countries in Asia are of course famous for capital punishment when involved in drugs cases.

Like Singapore, which will be hanging an Australian today I believe, for carrying 400 grams of Heroin through their country.

Australian anger over Singapore hanging

Time is running out for 25-year-old Australian drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, who is due to be executed at Singapore’s Changi prison on Friday.

So what do you think of the death penalty?

Is it a form of revenge?

Or is the ultimate punishment?

Does one human have the right to take away another humans life, because he thinks you did something wrong?

I don’t think people deserve to die for trafficing drugs.

Is there anything people deserve to die for?

I think like having your balls cut off and spending the rest of your life in solitary confinment is a thousand times worse than getting exectuted.

Texas is clearly the harshest when it comes to the Death Penalty.

US Executions since 1976 Texas – 355
Virginia – 94
Oklahoma – 79
Missouri – 66
Florida – 60
Georgia – 39
North Carolina – 38
South Carolina, Alabama – 34 each
Louisiana, Arkansas – 27 each
Arizona – 22
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