Month: September 2006

  • WEYNHA GPS maps out Jordan?

    I just got this comment on one of the GPS post I wrote a year ago. SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE i got a surprise for all of you which is: GPS is already setup and ready for use in Jordan, yes .. no kidding! my company: “WEYNHA” is a new company concerned with multi GPS applications…

  • Airport blues: Fatal ‘crashes’ and new terminals

    I am not the first one to report or photograph the arrivals screen at Queen Alia Airport. But I could not resist taking these picture. Who said we in Jordan can’t use technology. We use Windows and we have the blue screen of death to prove it. I’ve written about the Airport and technology before.…

  • Jordan’s first renewable energy expo

    Don’t worry. This is not another Steorn free energy story . This is about free energy that you can have today, without breaking any laws of physics. Yesterday I was driving home and I noticed this banner: Interesting.. Jodan’s first international expo for renewable energy. It is being held, as part of the Global Conference…

  • Jordan Telecom’s adopts France Telecom’s logo: Good bye kite, welcome ampersand

    Starting today, the kite is gone..

  • Hazem Sagheyeh: What is the “Culture of Resistance”?

    “Thaqafet Al Muqawama” (Arabic: The Culture of Resistance), and “Al Mumna3a” (Refusal) are two terms that have surged in usage lately, especially after the war in Lebanon. Hazem Sagheyeh’s article in today Al-Ghad, attempts to ask some critical questions about what exactly is the new Culture of Resistance that is being promoted left, right and…

  • I just drove under the 4th Circle..

    Coming back home from Jabal Amman tonight, I discovered that the new 4th Circle tunnel was open (in one direction only). Mabrook. Read these related posts on 360east: No related posts

  • Amman book fair: glimmers of hope in a sea of depressing isles

    The four books I bought from the Amman Book Fair Today, Saturday, is the last day of the Amman book fair. It opens till 10 or 11 pm. So today is your last chance to visit. The Amman ‘International’ book fair, which is being held in the Abdali Development Project zone (in the makeshift hangers…

  • Nothing For Sale

    Read these related posts on 360east: FOR SALE: PSP with six original games, at cool price Reposting: iPod Shuffle for Sale CORRECTED: For sale: iPod Shuffle 1 GB Super local online advertising: is Facebook the answer? Tha Rabbet gose tooot

  • Skype Video For Macs debuts Today!

    This is great news: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Skype Video For Macs Launches Today: Skype is launching Skype Video for Macs today (look for version 2.0 on this download page). Skype Video for Windows has been available since last December. It was just a week or so ago that I was able, for the…

  • iPhone: one can wish!

    Apple did not announce an iPhone yesterday. But we can dream, can’t we. The ‘iPhone’ above is one of several imaginary iPhone and iPod renditions created by enthusiast recently and compiled by CNET. I find it quite unlikely that Apple will come out with a phone with full keyboard, although, personally, would welcome that. My…

  • Apple’s video servers overloaded by demand for Jobs’ presentation

    More than 24 hours separate us from yesterday’s Apple event, in which Steve Jobs announced a slew of iPod and media related launches. But it seems that current demand for the video is outstripping Apple’s video servers to deliver. This just shows both the amazing promise and the current infrastructure limitation of online video. Also..…

  • Quote of the day: “Learning is not compulsory, neither is survival.”

    “Learning is not compulsory, neither is survival.” W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993) Read these related posts on 360east: Our anti-learning attitude Questler: the facebook for nerds? Flickr, Cars, Starbucks and and Dubai 🙂 Beyond “Reach”: The new targets for Jordan’s IT industry Turkish Cola: Good for cross cultural learning..