Month: January 2006
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From the Chocolate Factory to Scandinavian Children Literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Today I finally got around to watching Charlie and Chocolate Factory. I was never exposed to the original book as a kid, so I approached the whole thing with a curious, open mind. The DVD of the movie I watched with my kids was NOT a crappy pirated one, but…
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Disregard for public safety at Mecca Mall
As you can guess, I am in my complaining mode these days. Monday night I went with a friend to Mecca mall. The place was packed and there was no parking space in the lots around the mall. So I drove to the back of the mall to park the car in the new car…
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SYNTAX designs visual identity of the National Agenda
It’s a project we finished quite a while ago but were waiting for its public announcement. Now, we’re happy to announce that SYNTAX was responsible for the visual design and layout of all the National Agenda publications. Photographs used were done by Zohrab and Osman Akuz. A main element of the design was a Jordanian…
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Flickr RSS glitch shows other people’s photos
I don’t know if anyone outthere experienced this. This morning I found 10 new photos show up in my Flickr RSS feed. I immediatly thought that somebody either hacked into my account, or uploaded by email using my secret Flickr email address by mistake. But when logging into my account I did not find these…
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Amman set to win “Worst Sidewalks of the World” prize!
Creativity in using materials.. Superb functional solutions.. excuse the brick.. Sidewalk as storage The art of disintegration The words ‘high’ and ‘craftsmanship’ come to mind An empty plot of land needs no side walk (patent pending) Sculptutal composition in stone and asphalt.. Creative integration of flowerpots and other artefacts Just off Jubilee Circle.. men at…
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Will 2006 be the year of VoIP?
Here’s a prediction: the first quarter of 2006 will see the introduction of a number of VoIP (Voice over IP) services in Jordan. For the better part of 2005, the newly registered telecoms have been busy, well, getting registered and approved by the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and establishing their corporate presence. I am actually surprised…
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The world revolves around Palestine and Israel
A quick look around the world media, BBC, NY Times, CNN, etc, etc, shows that the amazing Hamas win of the Palestinian elections are the undisputed headline all over the world tonight. And the Arab blogosphere is talking too. As there are enough intelligent people reporting and anlyzing the situation, I don’t think I can…
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Has Jordan lost its IT focus?
BUSINESS | A few years back, Jordan was talking about becoming a knowledge economy. Ahmad Humeid follows up on the state of affairs of Jordan’s tech industry. It is only a few years back that IT was the big news in Jordan. We started imagining a future were Jordan becomes the Ireland of the Middle…
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Google.jo!
Others have beaten me to the story Google.jo is here. We just checked who registered the domain for them and it’s the Abu Ghazaleh company (they have an Intellectual Property division that handles stuff like that). [Thanks Jad for the quick info and David for his comment on my previous post] Now, I have been…
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Steve Jobs, Buzz Lightyear, Mr Incredible and Nemo on the way to the Magic Kingdom?
Well well. According to reports Disney will be making an offer of $7 Billion to buy Pixar. If this deal goes through, it will make none other than Steve Jobs, the biggest single shareholder in Disney. It will also bring John Lassater, the former Disney animator and the current creative chief of Pixar back to…
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toot is growing..
After the positive press coverage, radio interview and overwhelmingly positive response on the blogosphere, toot is ready to grow.. Read these related posts on 360east: Watch the toot grow.. Let the best designed blog on toot win Soon on toot? toot launches the first Arab blog ad network BREAKING NEWS: Toot ‘acquires’ iBaloo6!
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Reposting: iPod Shuffle for Sale
For sale in Amman. Brand new iPod Shuffle 1GB. Free extra: Capdase iPod USB charger (works with many iPods and comes with 4 changeable plugs for travel, valued at JD 20, see picture below). Total price: JD 130. Payment in cash. To be picked up from SYNTAX office in Amman. Email me at ahmad.humeid (…