Month: June 2008
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Music videos can’t get easier (or wierder) than this..
Sha3teely finally provides THE music video for Yazan Rousan’s “Gally: Errukhas”. The song itself is pretty hilarious. Now it has a fitting video to go with it, shot in one take with no editing! See it on ikbis.. Read these related posts on 360east: TootCorp launches ZOOFS: what Twitter is watching More crazy stuff with…
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Welcome to Jordan, Senator Obama
I just read this in the New York Times: Obama Will Make Visits to Middle East and Europe – NYTimes.com: Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will visit Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Britain. On a separate trip, he also is planning to tour Iraq and Afghanistan, although aides declined to disclose details or the…
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Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft
Yes it’s true. Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft to devote his time to charitable work in his foundation. I am not a Microsoft fan, but I just have to say that what this man achieved is one of the great stories of the 20th and 21st century. To his credit, he became the richest man…
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Sha3shaboneh: Come and learn the art and science of blogging this Saturday..
Come on.. admit it. You want to get in touch with your inner blogger Well, this Saturday, the 28th of June 2008, you can. Thanks to Sha3shaboneh: a joint project between Mohammad al Qaq (the man behind the excellent Khobbeizeh blog), and Makan, Jordan’s most progressive art space. Sha3shabobeh (Arabic: incy wincy spider) is an…
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Arrrrgh! Not another “water-fuelled” car!!
Just as I was forgetting about the (still unresolved) Steorn fiasco, two things had to remind me of the story today. Long time readers of this blog may remember my enthusiastic blogging about Steorn, the Irish company that around two years ago claimed it had invented a technology that creates energy out of nothing using…
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This is what happens when you watch too many football games on TV
My normal TV consumption for the past 5 years has been something like half an hour PER MONTH. For the past few weeks I’ve been watching ALL the European football games with the family. So you see kids. Too much TV is bad for you.
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Wi-tribe network Amman’s air, but don’t answer the phone
A new Wimax-only operator has gone live in Amman. Wi-tribe revealed their service today after a rather large press and outdoor teaser ad campaign, under the headline “we networked the air” (the slogan also has the Arabic meaning of “falling in love”). A Wimax-only ISP is an exciting idea. So today I checked out their…
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Zain Jordan’s network almost unusable for the past days
I have to dial numbers three times to get a connection. Ring tone suddenly drops off Every other call drops off What is happening? This started a few days ago. I am really thinking twice before making a mobile call these days and finding myself reaching for the land line again. Who else is experiencing…
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Meet the Godfather of Jameed
More stuff like this on Ikbis.com’s Ground Zero. Read these related posts on 360east: Got to admire those Norwegians! Guess what? Roba DOES beat me! Ikbis at Photo World Dubai: stay tuned for some cool news Lufthansa pays attention to Jordan Hariri, Dahabi to reveal 7-10 Billion dollar project in Aqaba!
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Good speed on my 2 Megabit Orange internet connection!
I am usually the first to complain about my ISP’s internet speed. But today I have good news. I noticed my browsing was zippier over the past two days. So I went to my favorite internet speed test site and did a test with three US based servers. I am happy to share with you…
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iPhone 3G: the good, the bad and the stoooopid!
First of all, let me share with you how I followed the keynote speech at Apple WWDC 2008: 1. I watched part of this live web video show, hosted by these three geeks.. 2. I listened to the whole presentation LIVE in audio via the USTREAM.TV stream provided by the the amazing people over at…
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It’s another Apple night tonight: 8 pm Amman time
3G iPhone? Touchscreen Mac or PDA? A special Mac for developers? A new .mac service? Errr, The end of global warming? The rumors are raging like CRAZY. We’re now less than 8 hours away from the opening of Apple World Wide Developers Conference 2008 with a Steve Jobs keynote presentation. Apart from awaiting conformation or…