I'm afraid this is the first I've heard of a " Kyaw Thet" flavoured Blosxom. Try dropping the "/+ Kyaw Thet" bit from the end of the URL.
Sat, 02 Aug 2008
Burmese unicode converter
I thought I would share this Perl script I have written to convert Burmese
unicode from version 4.1 to 5.1. If any of you find it useful, please feel free
to use it with GPL license. If you find any bugs, please let me know.
Dr. Kyaw Thet gave a lecture at the once-prestigious Rangoon University. The clip was
taken from 1957 CBS Edward Murrow's "See It Now" program on "Burma, Buddhism, and
Neutrality".
Click on the keyboard icon (on your left panel) as shown in the following picture.
Click on the input characters so you can see the prediction. Please wait for a
fraction of a second (because of the server delay) after you click on the characters.
You will see the predicted Burmese words based on the dictionary order
as in the following picture.
Warning about fonts
If you use Zawgyi font, you won't see the correct rendering
of some characters, especially subscript forms. Zawgyi is incompatible with the
Unicode standard.
Our dictionary uses the old Unicode standard with UTN #11 (the documentations
are listed below)
I have been reading George Orwell's 1984. I am half way now. I want to share some quotes I like.
One of these days, thought Winston with sudden deep conviction, Syme
will be vaporized. He is too intelligent. He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly.
The Party does not like such people. One day he will disappear. It is written in his
face.
Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was
forgotten, the lie became truth.
Orwell, in my opinions, probably wrote this fiction based on his experiences about
the British colonial rule in Burma. Orwell used to live in Katha and Moulmein
(Mawlamyine) while he was serving in the Indian Imperial Police. He hated imperialism
and quit the job. He later pursued his writing career.
The book vividly describes the danger of being watched and brain-washed by a
government. The main character, Winston Smith, works at the Records Department of a
fictional country called Oceania. The department is responsible for
producing records that are in line with the Party's agenda and deleting those
that are not.
