Here are some interesting reads found on the Net.


1) Blogging by Drawing- Going by the online moniker Stickgirl, the blogger uses drawing of stick figures to convey her life to other blog readers. Stickgirl had also signed on a book deal, scheduled to be released soon. Here are a few examples of blog posts

On her new love for Burberry:


On love:


More of her: Stickgal

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2)Can I have my spider back, please? - Apparently, this was based on a true story. Quite hilarious huh?



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3) Taxi Diaries - This was a blog set up by an ex-Scientist (with a PhD from Stamford) who became a taxi driver after getting retrenched. His claim to fame is his everyday stories of people who take his taxi, some of which can be quite interesting

Also, the blogger got a book-deal with a publisher, and is scheduled to release his book in early March.

An excerpt from his blog:

We were reaching her stop, which was in a carpark next to an HDB block. She took out her wallet, held it in her hand, and said slowly, “Yeah. But I have this arthritis for many years. I have never been in a working condition.”

That was what caused her heavy steps, I realized.

I tried to cheer her up. “That’s okay. You don’t have to work then. At least you have your husband to support you.”

“My husband passed away,” she said under her breath. Her hands stopped opening her wallet.

I stuttered, “I…I’m sorry.”

She looked at me, her eyes two ice cubes melting under the sun. “You know a month and half ago, in the news, a husband and a son jumped off a building...”

As if struck by lightning, I felt a current bolt from my scalp to my feet. “My god. That’s your…” I froze in shock.

“Yes. That’s my…husband and…my boy.” Her tears finally overran the dam and streamed down her cheeks.

I read the news after I came back from the trip to China. This was one of the most heartbreaking family tragedies I had heard of in Singapore. I was extremely saddened by the realization that human lives were so fragile, and could be shattered at the most unexpected moments.

More on him: Taxi Diary

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Without New Media, would it be possible for the bloggers of Stickgirl and Taxi Diaries to get known on the world wide web, and subsequently get a contract to release a book?

I think the chances would be really slim, as one reason to them securing a book deal would be because they've got a wide fan-base, and there's a certain number of buyers for their book.

Without the New Media, the author of Can I have my Spider back? would not have his email forward to so many people, thus becoming famous.

In conclusion, New Media plays a huge part in the everyday entertainment we get on the Web.