Month: June 2005

  • MixUp Arabia Episode 2

    After a month of absence, here’s episode 2 of MixUp Arabia. This is a short one to test the new iTunes 4.9 podcasting feature. Have a listen to this episode and look out for the song ‘Sweet Lady’ by Whakken (Hi Akram!). The link below downloads the episode (around 8 min/4 MB) in mp3 format.…

  • Yes! 360east is on iTunes!

    Ok.. So I just finished downloading iTunes 4.9. Happy to report that Apple made good on its promise to be inclusive. 360east is there, and it seems to be easy for people to add their podcasts from iTunes itself. I will be posting a new podcast in the coming few hours. It will just be…

  • iTunes with podcasting is here.. and I am excited

    Yipeee.. It’s here. And it’s almost a month AHEAD of schedule. As I write this I am downloading iTunes 4.9 which features podcasting. And apple are promoting it big time on their site. It’s amazing. I discovered podcasting around three months ago. The whole phenomenon is not even a year old and here is Apple…

  • Open letter to hotels and airports: make wireless internet free

    IMPORTANT NOTE: After the article below was published in the Jordan Times last Thursday, I was contacted by Wanadoo, the ISP responsible for the wireless service in the airport, telling me I got it wrong. Wanadoo say that the wireless internet service in the airport is still free and accessible to all. Eventually, it will…

  • Mac-Intel?

    PLATFORMS | Ahmad Humeid reflects on the Apple latest technological transition. Mac fanatics were shocked by the rumours that were coming out earlier this month. Some of them even refused to believe them. Until, that is, Steve Jobs, speaking in front of thousands of Mac developers, uttered the words ‘It’s True’. On the large screen…

  • The talking web

    SPEECH TECHNOLOGY | The talking computer has always been something that fascinates us. Ahmad Humeid looks at an interesting application that makes the web talk to you Science fiction movies have made the idea of a “computer that speaks to you” a very popular concept. That’s not to say that the real life implementations of…

  • Testing the WordPress Dashboard Widget for OS X Tiger

    Just downloaded the Dashbiar Widget that enables the posting on WordPress directly from the Dashboard. This is really cool..

  • Death of free wireless internet at Queen Alia Airport

    It’s sad.. Just sad. The airport just doesn’t ‘get it’! The free wireless is gone. And here’s an example on how this refelcts on the airport’s image.. From Philip’s Blog Little over a month ago, Ahmad Humeid reported about the great free W-LAN access at Queen Alia airport in Amman. Now let’s try it out…