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Month: September 2008

  • ITunes 8: stunning visualizer (but no Genius for Jordan)

    Magnetosphere revisited (audio by Tosca) from flight404 on Vimeo. Today was one of those Apple days. Not in a major way, but still interesting enough to warrant taking a peek at a few blogs that were live-blogging Apple’s “Let’s Rock” event, featuring Steve Jobs, of course. This was a music event. A new Nano and…

  • Today, physicists will get to play with their 10 BILLION DOLLAR toy..

    Gadget lovers may contend themselves with a digital music player or a GPS navigation device. Technology fetishists might dream of a MacBook Air. Really rich guys go buy 70 inch LCD TVs for their home cinemas. But the physicists of Europe have outdone all of humanity when it comes to expensive gadgets. How about an…

  • My wish list for Google Chrome for the Mac

    How DARE they ignore us, these Google people. How dare they launch their Chrome browser for the peasant Windows masses and leave out the Mac Geniuses. One cannot stay silent in the face of such improper behavior.. All those Windows people are chatting about how great Chrome is. Especially those software development geeks downstairs. All…

  • More reasons for me NOT to get an iPhone!

    My N95 is slow. It has adhesive tape holding the battery cover in place. The chrome paint is chipping away (and the N95 is supposed to be a premium flagship product, ha?). I hate Symbian’s interface which reminds of how user interfaces looked like 15 years ago. It has no QWERTY keyboard. Shouldn’t I have…

  • Ambient awareness: how Facebook, Twitter and other social web apps are re-wiring our social lives

    When I describe Watwet to friends and acquaintances they often are puzzled or dismissive. Why would anyone be interested in receiving mundane updates on their mobile from a wide circle of friends? What’s the point. Well, it’s this and other questions about the new tools of social networking that are being address in an excellent…

  • Hey Jordan: What magazines do you read?

    What magazines do you read? Do your friends read magazines? Where do you buy them? How many magazines do you buy every month? Read these related posts on 360east: Your digital magazine has arrived! Question to Jordan’s game freaks: is anyone selling the Nintendo Wii in Amman (or Dubai)? Wi-tribe call back, with answers on…

  • Comic Sans, superhero!

    See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Beyond hilarious. The funniest font movie ever! Read these related posts on 360east: The 99: Islamic culture based comic.. Heard of Aranim? A type experiment that went nowhere! How “Necessary” is it for an “online” shopping business to have a website? John Steward on Gaza..

  • Ron Paul fan trying to reach out to 360east readers..

    Just got this comment from a supporter of Ron Paul, the renegade Republican/Libertarian US presidential candidate who has caused quite a stir on the net and beyond in the ongoing presidential campaign. The man has a strong grassroots following and is currently a bit of a headache to the campaign of John McCain, which is…

  • A Porsche, smashed

    This morning I found this Porsche at the end of cull-de-sac in Amman. I could not resist taking a photo. [Click to enlarge]. Read these related posts on 360east: Today, physicists will get to play with their 10 BILLION DOLLAR toy.. Steorn free energy update: A presentation, and a Guardian article Dubai’s dark side The…

  • Wanna have some Slaves’ Nuts this Ramadan?

    This is from an ad by Carrefour promoting “Ramadan specials”: like peanuts. Or as some would say in Arabic: Fustuq Abeed (Slaves’ Peanuts), packed by Blue Sea. What is life without some residual Arab racism? This is a bit crazy. I don’t remember peanuts being called “slaves’ peanuts”. I mean, there is Fustuq which is…

  • Ramadan TV: it’s time for those disgusting fake mustaches!

    As our post-iftar headache subsided on this first evening of Ramadan, my wife and I decided to check out what’s on TV in Ramadan. One thing you need to know about me is that my average TV watching time is usually something like half an hour per month. I have not watched an arabic series…