Archive for December, 2008

The New Tunisian 10 Dinar Coin

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

It seems we’ll be getting a new 10 Dinar coin in Tunisia, instead of the paper version we have now… as if money doesn’t already evaporate quickly enough out of our pockets, it should become even easier now.

[Photos found on Facebook]

One Chapter Ends, Another Begins…

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Today was my last day at work, bringing an end to another chapter in my professional life, turning a new page for me to pen some new experiences on, launching a new adventure for me, a new quest.
The last day at a job is a very emotional one for me, especially when you’ve made so [...]

Fate, Our Old Bittersweet Mysterious Friend

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Last night, I sent a little tweet on twitter asking: “What do you do when even fate is having trouble deciding what do with you?”
It was a question that occured to me and that I thought was quite funny, after a little surprise I found waiting for me in the evening, that reminded me how [...]

Tunisia Blog Awards 2008: Why Is It Up In Flames?

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Before I even start this post, I’ll have to admit that I haven’t been as active as I once was in the Tunisian blogging scene, even though I try to always follow what’s going on.
It’s not that I don’t feel like I’m a part of it anymore, neither is it because I think it’s gotten [...]

Subzero Blue Gets A New Design

Monday, December 8th, 2008

As you can see, Subzero Blue has gotten a new design. Finally.
The old design, which I’m still very fond of, has been around for years now, and I thought it was about time to change.
As I’ll be announcing here soon, a number of big changes in my life are starting to take place now, and [...]

Tunisia Launches RFP For Fixed-line, Mobile License

Friday, December 5th, 2008

After hearing about this on and off over the past years, the Tunisian Telecoms Ministry finally launched an RFP yesterday for a license to provide fixed-line and mobile telephone services.
“In order to open up the telecoms sector, Tunisia’s telecoms ministry has decided to award, via an international auction, a license to install and exploit a [...]

Subzero Blue Migrated To WordPress

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

After over five years of running Subzero Blue on version 2.661 of Movable Type, which is a great blogging platform, I decided to switch it over to WordPress, which is the software all my other blogs run on, in order to better organize things and harmonize them for me.
The main challenge was to try and [...]

Middlesex, Oranges, Mockingbirds And A Thousand Suns

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Subzero Blue is the personal weblog of Mohamed Marwen Meddah, an IT manager, amateur photographer and web enthusiast from Tunisia. This site is updated frequently with a variety of topics that I find interesting, from all over the world... Read More »