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Month: December 2006

  • Blogging from the ICT Forum

    I am “posing” as a journalist this year at the ICT Forum, complete with Jordan Times badge . I am sitting on a staircase in the lobby of King Hussein Conference Center at the Dead Sea. The forum has not started yet, and we’re waiting to be let into the plenary hall. Lots of corporate…

  • Dancing in Palestine

    Read these related posts on 360east: Paradise Now: The Academy site says “Palestine”! Pro Palestine ‘Paradise Now’ Petition George W. Palestine Session about Palestine now on at the WEF The world revolves around Palestine and Israel

  • Wanadoo breaks Jordan’s DSL speed limit: 2 Mbit is launched!

    FINALLY! Wanadoo today announced the availability of the 2Mbit/sec DSL service in Jordan. This is the most important development in the Jordanian internet scene for years. It comes quite late, actually. Countries like Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE already have this connection speed. Now that it’s here, I immediately called Wanadoo sales and requested…

  • Why are flat screen TVs so expensive in Jordan?

    I just got this ad in the “local spam channel”, a SPECIAL OFFER for a 40” LCD TV. It’s “just” JD 2199. So I checked online: in the US this TV would cost you US$ 1,800 (= JD 1278). That’s a difference of “just under” JD 1000). OK, let’s not compare the prices in the…

  • Asia comes together in Qatar, while Lebanon falls apart

    Opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha. Friday, December 1, 2006 A rally by around 1 million of the supporters of Lebanon’s opposition parties. Friday, December 1, 2006 What a day! And what a day to watch TV! Qatar, a tiny country (“slightly smaller than Connecticut”, “mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose…

  • Steorn finalizes selection of scientific jury to test ‘free energy’ technology News | Steorn

    The story of Steorn continues. The Irish company has now announced that it has selected a high calibre scientific jury to test its claim of a magnetic device that produces energy for free (basically from thin air). I bored my readers with this story earlier. But for me this claim, and the way it was…