Month: October 2007
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Scooter Watch: Government makes a U-Turn, eases up ownership and license requirements!
The ‘theoretical test’. Cancelled! Restrictions on owning more than one scooter: Cancelled! Restriction on selling scooters that are of last year’s model: Cancelled! WOW. The government is making a full U-turn on its regulations that were killing (or have already killed) the scooter industry. Al-Ghad has the story [arabic link]. What can I say? It…
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Wakalat Street is the first in Amman to be WiFied
Cool news in Al-Ghad today. Al Wakalat Street, Jordan first pedestrian zone, is now also Jordan’s first municipal WiFi zone. Umniah is providing free wireless access in the street. I think I will pass by soon and test it out on my WiFi enable phone. Umniah, by the way, will be Jordan’s first Wimax provider.…
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Email learns to fly.. (notice anything interesting?)
This must be the strangest application on the planet: 3D Mailbox. You have to watch the video to believe it! And there’s a hidden little ‘goodie’ in the video. Let’s see who notices it first. hehehe.. [via” TechCrunch]
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SYNTAX: creativity is messy and our studio proves it!
I was the last to leave the office tonight. With the voices and movement of the SYNTAXers absent, the creative mess in one of our two design zones was the loudest thing in workplace. This mess is also, in a way, a mirror image of my messy Mac desktop.. Nice.. ha? It’s fascinating that the…
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Hajjaj Watch: Can you tell the difference between these two cartoons?
Brillain cartoon by Imad Hajjaj today. It’s elections time in Jordan and the “Tribes of Civil Society” are making their appearance. Hajjaj’s cartoon is a commentary on the absence of real political forces from the scene and the domination of the tribal voice. (For English speakers: the four candidates have made-up Jordanian tribal names that…
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Blouzaat opening night
Pretty amazing what the Blouzaat guys did with their little store (on the Rainbow Cinema side street, just off Rainbow Street).. On the opening night on Sunday, I hung out there and watched a good crowd turn out. The T-shirts were flying off the shelves (not exactly shelves but cool boxes, with the t-shirt’s art…
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Blouzaat: Urban art hits Amman today
It’s Made in Jordan/Germany 3 Syntaxers and a Friend are behind it. It’s T-shirts, art, graffiti and other stuff. It’s a store near Jabal Amman’s rainbow street. It opens today, Sunday. Blouzaat.com And someone has already made an interview..
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Aljazeera Talk launches Video Talk with Ikbis.com
Aljazeera Talk is not only a pioneering “citizen media” super blog. It’s one that has endorsement from a super brand: Al-Jazeera. From Al-Jazzera Talk’s about us page: An Arab-based multinational-oriented space; through which a generation of young Arab journalists are gathered by supreme human values and are open to international community, seeking to extend bridges…
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The French will demolish the airport (let’s hope they fix it before that!)
Feast your eyes one more time upon this photo of the Queen Alia International Airport, before the French demolish it!! OK. OK. Don’t get too alarmed. You still have 2-3 years to feast your eyes. But then, seriously, this airport, which, for better or for worse, defined the Jordanian arrival (and departure) experience for over…
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Here comes the rain again..
After an evening of lightning and thunder, it started raining as I was driving home. So the first rain came pretty punctually on October 17th. Last year it came on October 15th. Planet Earth is a pretty accurate machine, considering its size. I can’t wait to see the washed trees tomorrow morning. Read these related…
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Who is Amman’s best skateboarder?
Just a question. Is there an answer? Forward this question to a friend who might know. I want to know! UPDATE / 15 October: Check out the videos I posted on ikbis in the comments below. UPDATE / 16 October: Alternative Jordanian news site 7iber.com has just posted an article by one of the skaters…
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Virgin Megastore and SmartBuy: taking electronics and media retail to the next level
Around four years ago, I wanted to buy a simple tripod for my video camera in Amman. I went on a great tour of the city and found nothing to buy. Nothing. Fast forward to 2007: I could shop for one at Prime Megstore, Carrefour’s electronic department or the two newly opened Virgin Megastore at…