Month: September 2006
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Segway Jordan offers test rides..
I just received a comment form the people at Segway Jordan, who responded to the comment made on my previous post on the introduction of the Segway Human Transporter to Jordan. They say they targeting the Segway at the corporate/industrial market (factories, warehouses, etc) and that advertising is one of their main focuses. Expect branded…
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Part of the Jordan Gate towers collapses, but almost no one blogs about it!?
This is what one Egyptian worker said to Al Ghad: جريدة الغد: “أنا داومت الشفت الصباحي وروحت الساعة ستة، واحد من الشباب اللي ماتوا كان ساكن معايا في الأوضة“. It was shocking news that spread on the mobile phones in the evening yesterday. Only a few weeks after a fire in the Jordan Gates project,…
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What? No iPhone..
I have to say I am disappointed by Apple’s announcements today, mainly because most of them are not of use to me at the moment. The new Nanos are cool and the new Shuffle is mind boggling small. But I already have a Nano (currently being fixed after dropping it caused the lock button to…
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Showtime at Apple: What has Jobs for us today?
It’s Showtime at Apple today! AppleInsider | Briefly: delayed stream of ‘blockbuster’ Apple event likely: Apple Computer boss Steve Jobs has laid out his favorite pair of blue jeans and black turtleneck for tomorrow morning’s special “Showtime” event, expected to be one of the largest in recent years. People familiar with the chief executive’s plans…
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Monster.com comes to Arabia. Will other web brands follow?
The first dot.com wave of 1994-2000 barely made itself felt in Arabia. Sure, we had our own little dot.com scene in Arabia. Remember PlanetArabia.com (the domain, which now points to some dating site is for sale if you’re interested!). Then there was Arabia.com (disclaimer: I was a founding member at that company but left before…
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9/11
Fouad said it well: To those who died for no reasonTo those who lived and still live through the pain To the victims of hatred, injustice and tons of melted steel not just under the sunny skies of New York, but also the sunny skies over Darfour, Baghdad, Ghaza, Southern Beirut, Saida, Sour and Bint…
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Segway.. now in Jordan?? Huh?
I just received this ad by email.. Segways have reached Jordan! If you don’t know what Segway is, look here. I don’t have time to call these people up today. But I would be curious how much it costs. Another question would be: where will these machines allowed to go. Malls? Airports? Sidewalks? Hospitals? Interesting..…
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Pigeons on a tank: what does this cartoon mean?
What does this cartoon by Emad Hajjaj mean to you? Read these related posts on 360east: Genpets fiasco: thank you Emad Hajjaj! It’s a branded world out there, “ya man!” One more congratulatory ad.. Brilliant Hajjaj cartoon about the current water pollution crisis If your a rich or poor Jordanian, you’re still going to be…
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It’s official: the Smart is faster than a Ferrari!
..and if you don’t believe it, just check out this video. My kids will love this. I mean.. I drive a Smart, and they are crazy about Ferraris, Porches and Lamborghinis. I will show it to them this evening and see what they think.. [whisper]: Maybe I will not tell them that this Smart 4two…
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Skynews interview with Steorn shows glimpse of their technology
It’s not more than a few shots of stop and go mechanical action, but it’s the first time that the technology (or let’s say the ‘claimed’ technology) is shown on video. A longer interview with Sean MacCarthy with SkyNews is available here. One of the most interesting statements Sean makes is that the reaction by…
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Amazing project: Greening the Jordanian Desert
I just read this post on Rami’s Wall. It’s about an amazing experiment in reviving a damaged land.. Rami’s Wall: Greening the Jordanian Desert: Geoff Lawton has found a way to green the Jordanian desert. Using the ‘principles of permaculture’, he helped Jordanian farmers ‘to salvage a heavily salted environment and turn it into a…
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Do you believe in free energy?
Note: I wrote the article below summing up the Steorn free energy so far for the Jordan Times. This repeats some info I already had on 360east. CONTROVERSY | Are we witnessing the birth of the biggest invention of the past millennium, or a hoax of global proportions. Either way, Ahmad Humeid thinks this is…