April 30, 2005
Posted on April 30, 2005 09:07 PM under:
Cinema
Last night, we watched Spanglish, a movie featuring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni and Paz Vega. It's a romantic comedy about a woman and her daughter who emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the dad is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife. It's a really nice movie, and I truly enjoyed watching it. The story is very nice and sweet, the actors did a great job and the director put it all together very well. With every new movie I see Adam Sandler in, I become more of...
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April 29, 2005
Posted on April 29, 2005 08:18 PM under:
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SpamShirt A fashion use for spam. This is cool. (tags: spamshirt spam fashion) Newborn "zonkey" is talk of Barbados Put a donkey and a zebra together, and you get a baby "zonkey". (tags: zonkey barbados) Pakistan Photographs Photographic Gallery inspired by Pakistan's decorated vehicles. This reminds me my visits there. (tags: pakistan photography) Posterwire.com The movie poster weblog. (tags: movie posters)...
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A thought that crossed my mind a while ago is: Where is the thin line between what's human nature and what is actually animal instinct drawn in us people? Even though I do believe in some aspects of the theory of evolution, especially when it comes to the evolution of some creatures into different breeds of the same creature depending on different factors such as the environment they're in, and even though I do believe that we humans have actually evolved over time, I don't really believe that we humans evolved from monkeys. Anyway, I also believe that a lot...
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This is an interesting meme started by Defective Yeti. The following are the first urls that come up in my browser's address bar for every letter in the alphabet. A is for aquacool.blogspot.com - Of course, my wife's great blog :)B is for blogdex.net - The best blog diffusion index out there.C is for chanadbahrain.blogspot.com - A great Bahraini blogger.D is for del.icio.us/subzeroblue - My del.icio.us page.E is for edition.cnn.com - CNN International edition for news and stuff.F is for flickr.com - The amazing flickr.G is for google.com - Duh!H is for hamoudy.com - A Lebanese blogger in the US.I...
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April 28, 2005
Posted on April 28, 2005 08:17 PM under:
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Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It... Girls should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds :P (tags: geek nerd dating) Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe. (tags: astronomy photography) Xtra-Google The Best of Google on one searchable page. (tags: xtra google) Thinking Machine 4 Play chess against the computer & watch it think. Wow, Amazing stuff. (tags: chess computer)...
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April 27, 2005
Why is it that when driving in rush hour you always end up in the slowest lane?!! And then to make things worse some car ahead of you breaks down?! And then an accident happens?! And then you switch to another lane, only to see the lane you were in start moving faster, and the one you're in becomes the slowest?!! Why? Why? Why?!!!...
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Posted on April 27, 2005 12:57 PM under:
Tunisia
So after a number of years of not changing time, Tunisia is back to applying daylight saving time starting this year. Clocks will be advanced by one hour on midnight this coming Sunday, May 1st. This comes as a move by the government to try and promote saving of energy in the wake of the ever-rising cost of fuel in the world market. Doesn't bother me at all. In fact it adds an extra hour of daylight to the summer days, so one more hour of summer fun ;)...
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April 26, 2005
Dubai desert gives way to ski resort... Ski Dubai is a formidable engineering feat, an incongruous 25-storey structure rising from the Gulf emirate's sands as some 1000 labourers work round the clock building the Middle East's only indoor ski resort and the world's third largest. The brainchild of Majid al-Futtaim, the mountain-themed resort is being built within his group's billion-dollar Mall of the Emirates, partly to lure people to what will be the third largest shopping centre in the world, and to make it different. [Source: Al Jazeera] Man!! Dubai is becoming more and more like a wonderland / amazement...
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Posted on April 26, 2005 08:17 PM under:
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Deep Ocean Photography Gallery Some fascinating and unique photos. (tags: ocean photography) Guess-the-Google Image Guessing Game Guess what Google search term would return the shown images. (tags: google image game) TV Turnoff Week Turn off TV, Turn on Life... (tags: tv television turnoff) Creating fire with a can of Coke and a chocolate bar Good thing I didn't know this as a kid, i'd have burnt the whole neighbourhood down. (tags: fire cokecan chocolate) Fake or Foto? Test your ability to tell which images are real, and which are computer generated. (tags: images cg real) Dubai desert gives way...
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April 25, 2005
Register or face legal action... Webmasters face prosecution if they defy new rules announced by Bahraini authorities. All Bahraini websites set up here or abroad must register with the Information Ministry or face legal action, it was declared yesterday. A six-month campaign is being launched next Monday to register all Bahraini websites, under orders from Information Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. ...websites would face similar laws to newspapers, related to libel, public decency and ethics. Just as a newspaper editor-in-chief is held responsible for what he publishes, so will the webmasters be... [Source:...
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My Computer programmer nickname is: Hot Swapper. My Nickname-o-matic is: MC Muchacho. My Sopranos Gangster Name is: Childlike Complexion. My Hobbit Name is: Berilac Deepdelver of Brockenborings. My Pokéname is: Snaketung. My Ninja Burger Name is: Tadao Katayama -san. Loool... [Via: Sabbah's Blog]...
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April 24, 2005
Posted on April 24, 2005 11:02 PM under:
Tunisia
We just got home from the first Tunisian Blogger Meetup at Biwa in Les Berges du Lac. It was a lot of fun and really cool to meet all the bloggers who came. We really wished everyone else could have come too and we remembered the bloggers outside Tunisia too. I hope next time more people will come, including our expats, and we'll have more fun. We were 16 all in all, a lot more than I expected to show up. So that's really great :) The following blogs were represented today: Mouse Hunter, Pensées Perdus, Adibs1, Zizou from Djerba,...
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Posted on April 24, 2005 04:17 PM under:
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Guy implants RFID tag in his hand To open his car door, home and log into his pc by simply waving his hand. (tags: rfid implant) Email destroys the mind faster than marijuana Interesting. Send me marijuana instead of emails from now on. (tags: email marijuana brain) Movie posters, if they were translated in japanese and back in english again Some funny stuff, lol. (tags: movie posters japanese english) Taiwanglish Taiwanese english mistakes, lol. (tags: taiwan english) Amazon Free Music Downloads Top free music downloads from Amazon. (tags: free mp3 music download) It's a whole new internet Interesting article...
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Posted on April 24, 2005 12:43 AM under:
Books
I bought "Siddharta" by Hermann Hesse from a used book store in downtown Tunis a couple of weeks ago, and only got around to finishing it today although it's not that long. Not much time left for me to read these days with work and a bunch of other things taking up my time. When I first picked this book, I thought it was about the life of Siddharta, The Buddha. It turns out it's not. It's about the spiritual journey of an Indian man called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. He actually meets the Buddha but doesn't...
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April 22, 2005
I just found this really funny list of things that only happen in movies. Here are my faves: - If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear. - If you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts, your opponents will wait patiently to attack you on by one by dancing around you in a threatening manner until you have defeated their predecessor. - One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at once (it's called Stallone's Law). - All...
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Posted on April 22, 2005 04:10 PM under:
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Individual-i A symbol of individual rights. (tags: individual rights) 40 Things That Only Happen In Movies Lol. Good one. Funny and true. (tags: humour movies) Medical Usability: How to Kill Patients Through Bad Design There are 22 ways that automated hospital systems can result in wrong medication. (tags: medical design) 53 Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena I like this kind of stuff. Always interesting. (tags: optical illusions) How to write a masterpiece of a resume This should come in handy every now and then in a person's career ;) (tags: resume cv writing)...
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Something that really annoys me in the world today is how people just have to think of themselves in terms of belonging to very specific seperate groups and how they get too obsessed with it all. Not only that, but this seperation also results in ethnocentrism, where everyone thinks their group is superior to others, thus creating this ugly stupid form of racism. It comes in many forms, from belonging to religious groups and their subgroups to belonging to geographical areas, countries in those areas, cities in those countries, towns in those cities, neighbourhoods in those towns, families...etc. I understand...
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April 21, 2005
Posted on April 21, 2005 09:16 PM under:
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As the Arabs see the Jews A great essay by King Abdullah I from The American Magazine, November 1947. (tags: arabs jews) Plain English version of Adobe/Macromedia Acquisition FAQ Sums it up pretty well for me. Funny too. (tags: adobe macromedia acquisition) Processing 1.0 (BETA) Processing is a programming language and environment for artists and designers. (tags: processing programming art design) Google Search History Google now lets you view and manage your search history. (tags: google search history)...
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Posted on April 21, 2005 07:28 PM under:
Tunisia
Today is the birthday of Prophet Mohamed (PBUH), so best wishes to all Muslims everywhere. The occasion is celebrated in different ways around the Muslim world. In Tunisia, every home makes Assida, a pudding-like sweet delicacy based on zgougou, these little black seeds taken from a pine-like tree. I don't know what they're called elsewhere as I've only seen them used here in Tunisia. I absolutely love Assida, It's one of my favourite sweets. On this day family members visit each other and take some assida with them to share. In fact, in the past when people used to care...
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Made in Palestine art exhibition stirs controversy in US... A unique art exhibition showcasing the works of 23 Palestinian artists, from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as well as those living in exile in countries such as Jordan, Syria and Germany, is facing uncertain times in the United States, with major museums refusing to play host. Chronicling the modern history of Palestinians since 1948, Made in Palestine had its first showing in the United States at the Station Museum in Houston, in May 2003. Currently on display in San Francisco, the opening attracted up to a thousand people....
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April 20, 2005
Posted on April 20, 2005 07:16 PM under:
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Google Maps UK The UK gets it's Google Maps. (tags: google maps uk) German cardinal elected new pope Joseph Ratzinger is the 265th pontiff, Benedict XVI. (tags: pope election) Kuwait moves toward giving women voting, political rights This is great news. I hope this goes on to become a law. (tags: kuwait womenrights) Five simple steps to better typography Interesting article about typography. (tags: typography tips) Personality Disorder Information For those of you who need it :P Just kidding. (tags: personality disorder information) New York Times Link Generator A solution so that your NY Times links stay valid. (tags:...
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If I were to choose my top 10 dishes, the list would certainly look something like this. I'm feeling hungry just thinking of them. 1. Mloukhia: I worship Tunisian Mloukhia. It's truly out of this world. It has nothing to do with the way mloukhia is made in other Arab countries. It's a lot more delicious. 2. Couscous: Our Tunisian national dish, which I love more everytime I eat it. Whether it's with Meat, chicken or fish it just rocks. 3. Nwaser: Another Tunisian delicacy that I love. Yummy perfection. 4. Hummus and Falafel: Man, I love hummus and falafel,...
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Posted on April 20, 2005 12:24 PM under:
Music
An album I have been enjoying quite a lot recently is "Kel El Asayed" by Marwan Khoury. All the songs are written and composed by him. His lyrics are simply beautiful and the music is very classy and delicious. The album takes you on a great ride between great ballads and more uptempo and catchier tunes. My favourite songs on this album are: Kel El Asayed (The title track and power ballad of the album), Khedni Maak (A catchier, more fun tune) and Baadak Ya Hawa (Another catchy lighthearted tune). I really recommend checking out this album....
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April 19, 2005
Posted on April 19, 2005 06:19 PM under:
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Spell with flickr Write words with images from flickr. (tags: spell words flickr) One Idea is Better than Three Guide your clients instead of giving them different options to choose from. (tags: client guidance ideas) Rent My Son Child Rental Agency. This is just crazy. (tags: rent child)...
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So Encarta is more or less becoming some sort of a Wiki... Microsoft Corp.'s Encarta encyclopedia is testing a system that lets everyone be an editor -- in theory at least. Readers can suggest edits or additions to entries, although the changes are vetted by editors before they reach the page. Encarta is not requiring such novice editors to identify themselves, said Gary Alt, Encarta's editorial director. But it is asking them to reveal the source of their information if possible, and the editorial staff will check for both factual errors and evidence of bias. [Source: CNN] So it seems...
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April 18, 2005
Posted on April 18, 2005 06:19 PM under:
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How to destroy the Earth A bunch of ways to destory the entire Earth. Funny, loool... (tags: destruction earth humour) Amazon Expands Into Book Printing Amazon gets into on-demand printing through purchase of BookSurge. (tags: amazon bookprinting ondemand) Opera 8 final released I've heard a number of cool things about this version. I'll be checking it out asap. (tags: opera browser) AIGA Design Archives Annual juried selections of design excellence. (tags: aiga design selection 2004) New State of Matter Is 'Nearly Perfect' Liquid Physicists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory have created what appears to be a new state of...
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Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. They say: Through the combination of our powerful development, authoring and collaboration tools – and the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – we have the opportunity to drive an industry-defining technology platform that delivers compelling, rich content and applications across a wide range of devices and operating systems. Well, I don't know what to think of this really. I mean when you think of it on the design, web publishing, online documents and e-learning level, this could be great...
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Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II claimed that Islam poses a global threat and urged government to show no tolerance toward the Muslims in the north European country, reported the Telegraph on Friday, April 15. Queen Margrethe, who turns 65 on Saturday, April 16, has ascended the throne since 1972, wields no political power in the north European country but does occasionally give comments on political issues. "We have to show our opposition to Islam ... We are being challenged by Islam these years... We have let this issue float about for too long because we are tolerant and lazy..." the queen...
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April 17, 2005
"No sane leader of any nation in the world can trust America anymore. We have demonstrated that if we desire to attack a nation, we will fabricate the excuse and attack it, despite international law and international opinion. We have demonstrated that a nation need not provoke us or threaten us to become a victim of our aggression. We have said to the world that the only law we respect is the law of the jungle, and that might makes right. That's why so many people consider us to be a rogue nation and a threat to world peace..."...
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Posted on April 17, 2005 07:18 PM under:
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1001 An interesting desktop client for Flickr. (tags: flickr 1001 desktop) Damn Small Linux (DSL) 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution. (tags: linux mini desktop) ColorWhore A directory of nice colors and their html codes. (tags: color directory) What do smileys look like on cats? See different smiley expression on cats. loooool. (tags: smileys cats) Addicting Games Free Flash and Java Games. (tags: flash java games)...
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Posted on April 17, 2005 03:54 PM under:
Music
WAMA are the first Egyptian and Arab boy band, consisting of 4 very talented members, all graduates of the Egyptian conservatoire. They are Nader Hamdi (Waddour,23, pianist and bass vocals), Ahmed El Shami (Shami, 23, percussionist and bass vocals), Mohamed Nour (Nour, 22, violinist and lead vocals) and Ahmed Fahmi (Fahmi, 24, violinist and lead vocals). WAMA was formed in 1999. They wrote their own lyrics and started composing, singing, and arranging their demo tape. I first knew of them when I heard their first single and first album title track "Ya Leil" a couple of years ago. I...
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April 16, 2005
Posted on April 16, 2005 07:18 PM under:
Floating Logos Project Interesting. High logos with the tall poles removed. (tags: art logo photography) Yahoo! News Beta Yahoo! launches beta version of the new Yahoo! News. I like. (tags: yahoo news beta) Grat.uito.us - Social Wishing A free, tag-based, wish list community. Cool. (tags: wishlist tags) AdFlip The world's largest archive of classic print ads. (tags: print advertising archive)...
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Posted on April 16, 2005 10:49 AM under:
Cinema
Last night, we watched the Hollywood version of Luc Besson's Taxi starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. The story follows along the lines of the first French movie with some changes here and there. Queen Latifah plays the role of the speed-crazed taxi driver and Jimmy Fallon plays the dumb cop who doesn't know how to drive. The movie turned out pretty ok. I like Queen Latifah's comedy roles and Jimmy Fallon does a not-bad job. The movie has some good laughs in it. Anyway I still think the original French version is a lot better, more fun and more...
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April 15, 2005
Wandalust, the First Class UK Travel blog has featured my Tunisia photoset in an entry about Tunisian Travel Imagery. This is what they say: Tunisian blogger Subzero Blue has a really wonderful photoset on Flickr. There are more than 75 photos taken over the last six months. It's an insider's view of a magical country: souks, medinas, landscapes, foods and buildings that make up everyday life in a world of intense colour and contrast. This gorgeous gate photo is among my favourites. Wow :) I'm very happy my pictures are promoting Tunisia and giving its beautiful places the exposure they...
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Posted on April 15, 2005 05:18 PM under:
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Gmail Adds Feed Reading Not everyone has it yet, but it should be on the way. (tags: gmail feed reader) Round Two A Firefox products and services company. Interesting. (tags: roundtwo firefox extensions) HTTP in tha House Reads text from a URL and constructs a rap rhyme out of it. (tags: http rap) Bush's iPod filled with infringing goodness It seems Bush is a downloader, an INDUCEr, a Darknet user and an infringer. (tags: bush ipod copyright infringement)...
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April 14, 2005
Posted on April 14, 2005 05:47 PM under:
Tunisia
Finally, the date, time and place for the first Tunisian Blogger Meetup is set. It's going to be on Sunday, April 24th at 7PM in Biwa (Les Berges du Lac). For more details and to confirm you'll be attending, go to the Tunisian Blogger Meetup event page. I hope everyone blogging from Tunisia can make it. I can't wait to meet you all. And hey, please spread the word and promote the meetup on your blogs too so we can get as many people as possible there....
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Just in case... Does anyone of you, by any chance, have an effective get rich fast scheme I could follow? I'm seriously considering an early retirement, lol......
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Posted on April 14, 2005 02:19 PM under:
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Google Video Upload Program Google are accepting your uploads of digital video files to be included in Google Video. (tags: google video upload) Freesound Project A project aiming to create a huge collaborative database of audio samples. (tags: freesound project audio)...
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You have 2 cows: Socialism: The government takes them both and gives you some of their milk. Fascism: The government takes them both and sells you the milk. Nazism: The government takes them both and shoots you. Bureucracy: The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other then spills the milk. Capitalism: You sell one cow, use the money to buy a bull and breed the remaining cow with the bull, increasing your assets. Arab Corporation: You sell one cow, then force the other cow to produce 4 times as much milk as usual, then find it shocking when...
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April 13, 2005
I've always been one big book worm. Ever since my childhood I'd go through one book after the other. I guess it's because of my love for stories and letting my imagination run wild in recreating them and the worlds they happen in. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a used book shop in Colisée Saula in Manar 2, and ever since then I've been hooked and actively looking for other ones like it. I've come across another interesting one in Rue d'Angleterre where I bought Siddharta by Hermann Hesse, the book I'm currently reading. It's quite...
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Posted on April 13, 2005 05:18 PM under:
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Wisconsin Considers Legalizing Cat Hunting Cat lovers are gonna go mad about this one. (tags: cat hunting wisconsin) Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone Calls 14% of people admit they would interrupt lovemaking to pick up their cell phone. (tags: cellphone sex) How to Cut Fruits & Vegetables Illustrations of how to properly cut fruits and vegetables. Really useful. (tags: cutting fruits vegetables) Plane Crazy - The Musical "When stews were sexy and the world was sexist" (tags: planecrazy musical) Homeowner killed by man living in his home closet How could a man live in your closet without...
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Posted on April 13, 2005 11:24 AM under:
Tunisia
Sidi Chabaane Café in Sidi Bou Said. One of my favourite places in Tunisia for an afternoon break and some green tea with pine nuts. Picked for you from my photolog....
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April 12, 2005
As a result of being a finalist for the Bloggie Awards this year, Subzero Blue was entered for the 9th Webby Awards, the most prestigious website awards. The Webby Awards got over 4,000 entries this year, and this what they say: As a result of the exceptional quality of submissions this year, for the first time ever, the 9th Annual Webby Awards is recognizing sites, and the teams behind them, that demonstrate a standard of excellence. Although these sites were not chosen as Nominees, being selected as Webby Worthy is a significant achievement. Of the more than 4,000 entries submitted...
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April 11, 2005
The Egyptian Arnie... Egyptian pop-star Amr Diab is steering away from his profession and will run for elections in the Egyptian Parliament, which will take place immediately after the Presidential elections. The singer has already began his new political campaign by going back to his hometown to try and win over the support of his people. According to the London based Elaph, Amr will make the announcement of his election publicly in the upcoming few days. It is unpredictable if the singer will be able to defeat former parliament members, but he will depend on his popularity to win votes...
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Posted on April 11, 2005 07:18 PM under:
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storTroopers - make yourself! Create your personal avatar and dress it up as you wish. (tags: personal avatar) Common Errors in English Useful resource with the most common errors in English. (tags: common errors english) Lickr: Flickr, without the Flash Firefox extension that modifiers flickr pages to work using html and javascript. (tags: lickr flickr noflash) Ajax: A new approach to web applications Ajax is revolutionizing the way web applications are built. (tags: ajax web applications) PookMail Disposable e-mail accounts to avoid invasive registration procedur
