Eshin Direct

With the new redesign and organisation of information on my site, I’ve introduced the category Look! to list all the sites that I think are worth having a look at. Within the Link Repository, they’ll be marked with a “Pick” logo that’s bound to catch your attention (right…).

So for this week, the Picks are Blog Pulse, The 1001 Journals Project, TheBroken.org, Photo.net, and HKFlix.com.

Blog Pulse is a website that deals in trying to find out what people are talking about on their blogs around the world. I think that’s quite nifty and it certainly makes my job of finding out the latest trends somewhat easier. I can now stay on top of all those trends like Paris Hilton’s escapades and the like much quicker.

In a similar vein, the 1001 Journals Project caught my eye since it does something interesting that I’d like to implement in my research techniques. Basically, it claims to be a social experiment to arm 1001 people with a journal and sees what comes out of it. It’s a smaller form of blogging directory but it has an interesting concept behind it.

Continuing on, TheBroken.org promises to keep me upto date with all the latest hacking techniques that are available. While I don’t endorse hacking or any form illegal online activity (hey, it’s all relative depending on where you are), it’s useful to be forewarned. Hopefully, some smarter pundits will be able to come up with fixes making their information obsolete.

On a more personal note, Photo.net was invaluable to me in helping me to pick a new SLR camera with great product reviews, photography techniques and advice. It still is very helpful to me while I get a toehold into this new hobby. The ability to see other people’s photos, and the techniques and critique, is also a very nice idea.

Similarly, I hope soon to be listed in Photoblogs.org. This is a site that is dedicated to listing blogs that have a photographic theme to them. I’m having fun just looking at what people like to take pictures of and see if that influences me in any way.

Lastly, if you’ve ever wanted to find out more about any Hong Kong or Asian films, then a good start would be to search HKFlix.com. It is quite comprehensive and was invaluable to me in setting up the Asian listings I have in my Personal Movie Collection. Sometimes IMdB doesn’t have quite enough information to help you know more about an Asian film.

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