Month: February 2008
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Dude, so what if there is snow in front of my shop after nine days??
The two guys in the photo above were clearing some snow from a corner on Mecca street, yesterday, Friday. Well it’s about time people!. I can’t understand the laziness and the nonchalant attitude of some business owners (let alone home owners). It’s day NINE after the snow in Amman and some businesses in Mecca street…
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Newly celebrated Jordanian ‘Recycle’ and ‘Abu Raed’ filmmakers already preparing next projects
According to an article on the website of Variety, Jordanian filmmakers Mahmoud Massad (Recycle) and Amin Matalqa are already working on their next projects. Massad is working on “Jackie and the Forty Yellow Cabs” and Matalqa on “Once Upon Amman”, which will reunite the cast of Captain Abu Raed. Massad “Recycle” (which will be shown…
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Free energy: bye bye Steorn, hello Perepiteia?
The last time I blogged about Steorn was in September 2007. I was getting tired of their story, especially after they failed to demo anything. The company has plunged into almost complete silence. Their web forum remains open. But Steorn’s CEO never posts there anymore. Unbelievable. Last November I wanted to write a blog post…
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Can Captain Abu Raed fly?
I’ve never went into a movie theatre with such conflicting expectations as I did today. It didn’t help that I had one tough day behind me at work. February 6 was finally here. This was the day when the audience in Jordan was supposed to witness the birth of Jordanian cinema in the form of…
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Has the Arab web 2.0 failed?
FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a partner in TootCorp, creator of ikbis.com. Before we start talking about the “failure” of Arab web 2.0, let us first admit that the Arab world is still stuck in web 0.5 and has not even reached web 1.0. By global standards, web 1.0 encompasses things like e-commerce (think Amazon.com and…
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iPhone+GPS+Video Camera+3.5G=Garmin nüvifone!
Here is another iPhone competitor. Garmin, the leading GPS device maker is bringing out a touch-screen phone, which, theoretically at least, beats the iPhone by including GPS, 3.5G connectivity and the ability to record video: say hello to the (weirdly named) nüvifone. The only problem: it won’t be out before September ‘08. By then, the…
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SkyFire: one more reason why NOT to buy an iPhone
I am generally known as an Apple fanatic. But I still don’t have an iPhone. I was tempted to buy a unlocked iPhone several times but always decided against the purchase. I simply do not want a phone that: 1. Gets locked every time its software gets updated. Two weeks ago, unlocked iPhone dealers were…