Month: August 2006
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Identity of Amman’s ’scooter woman’ revealed
Today, in the youth section (PDF/Arabic) of Al-Rai newspaper, an article revealed the identity of the ‘scooter woman’ who has been whizzing around Amman with her red bike. It turn out that it none other than Mrs Haya Karadsheh Qubain, the teacher at my son’s school! The article is quite amusing and ecouraging. Apparently, Haya…
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What’s wrong with Jordan Planet?
No, this is not a post pondering the changing face of Jordan Planet (that post is still forming in my mind and might see the light of day in the coming weeks/months). It’s just a friendly note (yo Isam!) If you notice the date: it’s December 31 1969 today.. (screenshot from Camino browser on a…
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The Streon ‘free energy’ controversy continues..
The ‘free energy technology’ claim by Steorn is continuing to elicit widespread response. It’s still the No. 2 search term on Technorati. But there’s no new info on the matter. It’s all just speculation. Major news outlets have largely shunned the story (so far). Nothing about this story can be found on the BBC or…
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What do British pub goers and Arab have in common? Al Jazeera!
Who said globalization is a one way street? The New York times reports on how Al Jazeera and other Arabic satellite channels are making their way into British pubs. Al Jazeera Sports that is! Al Jazeera on Television Is Causing Trouble for British Pubs, but It’s Not Political – New York Times: Al Jazeera Sports…
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More news around the Steorn energy controversy
Sean McCarthy, CEO of Steorn, with a test rig during development. This is not part of the design to be tested by the scientific jury. Source: Steorn.com As Monday progressed, more news organizations came out with stories about the Steorn challenge: Wired News “Ultimately the aim is so large, that the people involved, and the…
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Steorn ‘free energy’ controversy: holding our breath for what exactly??
Throughout the weekend I kept checking the news on the web, looking for any new info on the claims being made by the Irish company Steorn, which claims that it has invented a technology that produced free energy! By now the term Steorn is number one search term on Technorati. This morning, the first thing…
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Free energy from magnets (not tap water) or a hoax of global proportions?
(UPDATE: The Xogen video above seems to have nothing to do with the Steorn story. The connection between the two is being made on YouTube where the video is published. Meanwhile, over 800 people have registered themselves as scientists in response to the Steorn challenge and over 9000 people have registered themselves to receive the…
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Construction accident knocks out 360east for several hours
360east was off-line for several hours yesterday. A reader sent me an SMS last night alerting me to that fact. Here is what happened. Read these related posts on 360east: Part of the Jordan Gate towers collapses, but almost no one blogs about it!? Disregard for public safety at Mecca Mall Amman: the city of…
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In memory: Mohammad Ali Al-Kurdi, Pharmacist
To tell you how I got to know Mohammad Ali Al-Kurdi, I have to recount how I met his son, Samer, my best friend of my teenage days: Sometimes you have to write a message in a bottle or travel across the globe to find a friend in your city. In the mid 1980’s, a…
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War and dialogue on the webs of Arabia
WEB MEDIA | The war in Lebanon has set Arab blogs, discussion forums and portals alight. Ahmad Humeid surveys some of the features of the electronic conversation The ‘Sandmonkey’, a self described “extremely cynical, snarky, pro-US, secular, libertarian, disgruntled” young Egyptian blogger recently announced that his blog has attracted 2 million hits. That’s hardly a…
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Indian lady is appointed CEO of Pepsi
Picture source: Forbes There’s something fascinating about this piece of news: PepsiCo Names New Female Chief Executive – New York Times: PepsiCo said today that it would promote its chief financial officer, Indra K. Nooyi, to chief executive, making her one of the most powerful woman in corporate America. Ms. Nooyi, 50, the Yale-educated daughter…
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Nox magazine: man enough?
According to Wikipedia, the word “Nox” refers to several meanings: Nyx, a goddess of Night (nox is Latin for night). NOx, a mixture of nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. It is often produced as a pollutant. Nitrous oxide when used to boost engine performance Which of these meanings was the one intended by the name…