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Month: October 2006

  • The Freeware Genius is here

    My friend Samer has just announced the launch of really cool website: FreewareGenius.com. I really think its a cool idea: Samer Kurdi’s Weblog: Announcing: Freewaregenius: Freewaregenius.com is a freeware blog that contains reviews and download links of some of the coolest legal free PC software out there. The basic philosophy behind the site is simple:…

  • Zarqawi font designers!

    Recently I was pleasantly surprised to find two type foundries in Jordan (for those of you who are non-designers: type foundries are companies/groups/individuals who’s business is to design and sell fonts). It’s really great that some Jordanian designers are directing their attention toward type design. Arab type is very lacking in diversity and innovation. Look…

  • Confirmed! Skype is getting blocked in Jordan..

    A few phone calls to a number of ISPs and to Jordan Telecom confirmed that there is indeed work underway to block Skype. The request, as we have been told by one of the ISPs, came from the TRC. This is being done on the grounds that Skype is ‘not licensed’ as a telecom operator…

  • Amazing design: Exhaust couch!

    I found this image on Jad’s blog. This is an amazing design for a couch. I honestly think this deserves to be in a museum. I am not joking! “The Exhaust Couch”, Soldered Tin, Artist: Anonymous. Think about the symbolism: “Exhaust” couch”. I would buy this on the spot! Read these related posts on 360east:…

  • Time servers giving wrong time for Jordan?

    I use Apple’s time server at time.euro.apple.com to set the time of my Mac. The other day I noticed that the clock on my machine is running an hour too early. All Apple’s time servers are giving the wrong time for Amman, Jordan. I think this might have to do with the fact that we…

  • Arabs online: civilized dialogue or civil war?

    WEB | Wishing death upon the ‘Safavids’, Sunni bashing, Nancy Ajram pictures and scenes of ‘rape and slaughter’. Ahmad Humeid on a quick tour of the Arab web. If you want to get a sense of how the internet is taking root in Arab societies, just check out a few Arab online discussion forums or…

  • Toot and Arab blogging to be featured today on Amman Net Radio

    Today, Thursday at 2.35 pm, Amman Net Radio (Amman community radio on 92.4 FM) will be talking about blogging in Jordan and the Arab world. I was interviewed for the show to talk about blogging in general and about toot, the Arab blog network. You can listen to the live broadcast of the station on…

  • ALARM! Is Skype being blocked in Jordan?

    I received a very disturbing rumor by email on Wednesday, stating that the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (the people responsible for regulating the telecom market in Jordan) are instructing internet service providers (ISPs) to block Skype. If this is true it is a DISASTER. One sign that the rumor is true: I can’t access the Skype.com…

  • Baby Sinan was born exactly a week ago..

    On 27 September 2006, at 11:50 am baby Sinan said: “Hello World!” He’s baby 3.0 for our family. He joins Qais (8) and Eyas (3.5) to make our house even noisier Read these related posts on 360east: A new SYNTAX baby is born! Remembering Sofian Eid in Dubai with family and friends BOBS interview: Die…