Quickstops (Aug 2, 2005)

- Bulldozers tear down giant religious crackpot teapot. (Telegraph)

- Yet another US company bought by Singapore Technologies. (Forbes) But elsewhere, Microsoft says it is not buying a stake in Creative Technologies, as earlier rumored. (Yahoo)

- The New York Times on the set with Singapore's not-so-dangerous bad boy Royston Tan. (NYT)

- A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, technology, and politics wishes Singapore a happy 40th birthday. (Blogcritics)

- Biodegradable food packaging from a Singapore based company receives US certification. (foodproductiondaily.com)

- In defense of sweatshops. (CSMonitor)