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| Language Bluff |
| 2008-07-09 03:48:20 |
It often happens that a few seconds are wasted staring at the horizon trying to translate a very Arabic word to the Syntax German imports or vice versa. Occasionally, a word is brushed off as being too Arabic for translation. At other times, in a twist of cultures and language, an otherwise untranslatable would just [...]...
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| Cascading |
| 2008-07-09 02:25:34 |
I guess the whole “things bursting out” of something style is all the rage these days. This ad is still pretty cool though. I like how 3D it is. Thanks Noori!...
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| Calligraphy 2.0 |
| 2008-07-08 09:05:01 |
Great news for anyone who missed out on the first fantastic calligraphy workshop, there’s going to be more!
I took a similar course with the same calligrapher (Saleh Nasab) a few months ago and it was awesome. You can see pictures and read more about that experience here and here.
For more information, contact Hussein AlAzaat [alazaat [...]...
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| Testing Orange’s “Order Online” |
| 2008-07-08 02:04:06 |
I’ve been putting off applying for a phoneline/ADSL service for a while now, mainly because in my head, applying is just a long queue of angry people waiting in line in a governmental office with grayish yellow walls for a guy drinking coffee to stop drinking his coffee and actually do his work. This image [...]...
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| Bad habits |
| 2008-07-07 16:49:43 |
it’s 12:43 and i’m really sleepy and i really want to go sleep because i have to wake up early for work tomorrow and i haven’t been getting enough sleep these days and i really want to go sleep because i’m tired and i have less than seven hours to wake up and the clock [...]...
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| That orange liquid |
| 2008-07-06 04:36:52 |
Every now and then, I go through a “my favorite drink in the world is Mirinda” phase, which I’m currently going through now. I loveee Mirinda. It’s so sweet and so soda-ish and slight sour and so orange and so smooth and has the distinctive taste of orange jelly candy and makes me feel like [...]...
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| Thank God it’s Wednesday. |
| 2008-07-02 16:50:25 |
Utah this summer will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees, joining local governments across the nation that are altering schedules to save money, energy and resources.
[link]...
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| Herd Mentality |
| 2008-07-02 02:03:32 |
Ladies and gentlemen… behold… the newest Danish cartoon crisis. Except this time it comes in two fantastic parts:
1. Part “Israeli conspiracy theory to brain wash our youth into only caring for immoral strippers” courtesy of many of the so called “parties” who only have a say on such silly events, including leftist, socialist, Muslim Brotherhood, [...]...
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| Themed Sari |
| 2008-07-01 04:41:06 |
Dave sez, “Spotted this Google-themed sari in a fancy shopping mall in Gurgaon, India (the tech hub south of Delhi). I couldn’t get the backstory because (proving that India is nearing Western standards in every way!) a guard started rushing over to bust me for taking pictures.”
by, via....
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| Another place added to the boycott list |
| 2008-06-30 05:21:44 |
… and this time, it’s Milano. Yesterday, I got a message from them that read, “Milano Restaurant invites U to watch tonight Germany & Spain on a big screen. No cover charge.”
I thought, wow, that’s cool. Milano’s food isn’t all that bad and their backyard garden is very cute, so I reserved there for four. [...]...
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| Today |
| 2008-06-29 03:47:49 |
For tonight’s game, a pretty big group of us are boycotting all the places that are screening the game with minimum or cover charge, and heading to Milano instead....
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| Wednesday Brand Diary |
| 2008-06-24 04:17:44 |
This is my Wednesday’s brand diary. Most of my days really include the same brands.
The only Arab brands: Mood, Fine, and toot.
(idea stolen from here, hattip: Phil)
What brands do you use every day?...
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| Survey for Ammanites |
| 2008-06-23 07:51:11 |
My cousin Basem has a project and has very, very nicely asked me to post this little, teeny, weeny 3-question survey for him.
If you live in Amman, please take half a minute to fill it out. It won’t take much of your time, I promise!
Thanks!
http://www.makesurvey.net/cgi-bin/survey.dll/30FCA3C7140A4412B9DE5F35BCB3A681...
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| FIFA through the ages |
| 2008-06-23 03:28:29 |
Since the Euro Cup is not the freshest subject right now, lets take a minute to commemorate the various designs of the FIFA World Cup instead.
One of the reasons I came to love design so much is because it manages to sort of portray a decade. The colors, the styles, the technologies, and the [...]...
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| Cause you know, there’s no one from home to support |
| 2008-06-23 02:54:58 |
When did so many people start rooting for Spain?
Sarah is espanaaaaaaaa…
Oraib is Spain “We Are Still The Championsssssssssss .”
Ola is glad that Spain won because they deserved it, and realized how much Italy SUCKS.
Zeina is only stating facts :P and is thrillledd italy is OUT:D go spainnn :D.
Faisal is OLE OLE España !!!
Ali is ¡Viva [...]...
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| Exploitation Frustration |
| 2008-06-22 06:41:04 |
Without much of a local soccer scene to speak off (unless of course we’re talking about racism), Jordanians tend to follow and relate to soccer tournaments abroad with a lot more passion (case in hand: Euro Cup, Italian League, World Cup, etc).
During large tournaments such as the Euro Cup taking place now, the entire [...]...
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| Typographic Scarf |
| 2008-06-20 18:43:12 |
Not sure how practical this is, but it sure is a cool idea. I’d imagine that Arabic typography would make a much better looking scarf though.
Via the always awesome Boing Boing...
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| Rainbow Bright |
| 2008-06-17 03:17:13 |
Step 21: Jump at any opportunity to take pictures of strange sock/shoe combinations.
In this photo: Roba Al-Assi [photos | remove tag]
Added June 13
From the album:
“How to Act Like an Idiot - Part 1″by Hal
Hal wrote:
at 9:55am on June 15th, 2008
I’m only not on the Internet when I’m sleeping or when I’m shopping.
No wait, sometimes I [...]...
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| Abandoned |
| 2008-06-15 09:28:15 |
I’ve always been seriously amused by abandoned spaces. There’s a certain charm to them, the charm of a place that was once a person’s warm, loving home. The charm of walls that saw intimacy that outsiders have never seen.
When I pass by an abandoned space, especially in the once very beautiful neighborhoods such as [...]...
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| What’s that on the road? |
| 2008-06-15 03:11:57 |
A new program called “CarePhilly” is being rolled out in Philadelphia in an attempt to get drivers to follow speed limits.
The technique: high tech 3D decals that they believe will fake out drivers into thinking there is something in the intersection.
It must be either the most brilliant move ever or the dumbest. I [...]...
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| Patching ancient walls with legos |
| 2008-06-09 06:55:20 |
A man went around town in Italy and filled in all the cracks in the walls with clicked-together patches made from legos. Link (via Boing Boing)...
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| Facebook Quotes |
| 2008-06-07 16:10:15 |
A random “favorite quotes” off a random Facebook profile:
“dont lsn 2 the 99 ppl who say ur useless n lsn to the 1 prsn who says u r”
My brothers, who, by the way, are currently watching a movie with ASHTON KUTCHER in it (yes, that makes it a chick-flick no matter what you say) refuse [...]...
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| Network Error |
| 2008-06-04 06:56:36 |
Is it just me or has the Fastlink network been really suffering since Zain took over? I mean, it’s unbelievable how often it happens that people call while my phone has no clue that anybody is calling. It takes several tries to get a hang of the network while it displays “network error”, and often, [...]...
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| Kuffeyeh and Cross |
| 2008-05-30 17:15:31 |
[Courtesy of a little shop on Rainbow Street]
As I passed down this shop, I could not help but think about how the kuffeyeh now represents terror. Religion these days also represents terror. It seems like most wars stem out of religion: the French Wars of Religion, the Crusades, and the Reconquista, and that’s to [...]...
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| Cellphone monster |
| 2008-05-28 17:01:30 |
So what happens when you put a cellphone in a microwave?
The results are surprisingly surprising… though I personally believe there’s some sort of digital trick cause it really looks too perfect. [via]...
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| GPS Art |
| 2008-05-28 16:56:08 |
The interesting line-y illustration you see in the image above is a part of a concept project designed by a student, where a GPS device was shipped in a certain sequence following the artists directions [...]...
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| May and things are getting brighter (but busier) |
| 2008-05-28 10:30:17 |
Lina is on an adrenaline rush.Hayat Is Excited :)Ala’ is Half Man … Half CocktailFouad is predicting happiness and prosperity to all. Twenty dollars please.Aisha wishes all the 08’s a beautiful farewell!! :)Yasmine is luvin it ♥.Mashal Best weekend ever.Dania is soo hapPy :)Carmen is listening to Fairouz in a [...]...
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| Pyjama life |
| 2008-05-25 07:02:07 |
The prevalence of pyjamas, [in Shanghai] Guariglia explained to me, was due to both the extreme summer heat and the lack of plumbing. The area where most of the pictures were taken was one where many people had to use outdoor communal toilets and thus the boundaries of what was considered home expanded past [...]...
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| Where did you sit in class? |
| 2008-05-22 06:49:23 |
In highschool, just like a true nerd, I always sat in the front row, sometimes even on the floor infront of the front row if there was no space in the front row.
At college, I didn’t find most of my courses challenging so I always sat close to the door towards the middle, with [...]...
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| Wondering |
| 2008-05-21 16:41:07 |
Why is it that there is a general belief in Jordan a party won’t be enjoyable nor successful unless the music is loud to horrendously painful extents? What happens to the 50% of attendees who are not there to dance, but just to socialize?...
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| See anything funny in this picture? |
| 2008-05-19 16:33:55 |
Well, neither did Y and I the other day as we left the office, until we looked closer. Holy smokes. How did they get to the middle of Wadi Saqra?...
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| One hit wonders |
| 2008-05-18 08:56:17 |
A cool study on how pop culture and music have changed in the past 50 years.
A couple interesting observations… Looking at the very bottom of the chart, you can see that in the last couple years, it’s become very common for a single to appear in the Top 50 and fall out of the Hot [...]...
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| 60 |
| 2008-05-15 07:40:41 |
It’s been 60 years since the Palestinian Nakbeh. That means around four generations of Palestinians.
Of course, in these past 60 years, life for Palestinians for those still living in Palestine and the ones living in exodus have changed drastically. Thanks to ethnic cleansing, injustice, barricading, lack-of-educational means, poverty, bad health care, constant pressure, among [...]...
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| USA Political Election Logos |
| 2008-05-14 05:25:44 |
This website has a collection of USA political election logos from 1960 to 2008.
The most amusing thing is that they really haven’t really changed much. They’re mostly the same colors, same elements, same styles…
My favorites are in the 1970’s when they used funky fonts that make you think, “did they really use those fonts [...]...
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| Nido |
| 2008-05-13 19:02:39 |
I was very pleasantly surprised today to discover that Nido tastes exactly like icecream. It really does… it has that precise taste of vanilla milk, and with very icy water added, you might as well be sipping icecream.
That discovery was the highlight of my day. No, my month. Actually, a little more. The happiness [...]...
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| Brrr: the tales of a red jacket |
| 2008-05-11 15:17:49 |
“Roobee! Why the hell are you wearing a ski jacket in May?” was the first thing my friend Nisreen yelled when she saw me today. I haven’t seen Nisreen in over 10 months, she dropped unexpectedly today after “escaping war in Beirut” for the second time in under two years.
And indeed it was very [...]...
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| Lebanon |
| 2008-05-08 10:13:59 |
(cartoon by Mazen Kerbage)
I haven’t watched a news channel in a very long time, I usually stick to reading the news online. But today my dad had the TV on Al-Jazeera, and I couldn’t believe how much more horrible the situation in Lebanon looked than it did in photographs.
Masked gunmen… Blockades in the middle of [...]...
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| Nablus, circa 1955 |
| 2008-05-06 02:15:52 |
My cousin just added this vintage photograph of the family to Facebook. My father is the third one from the left on the bottom row, and my grandfather is the man holding the baby. Everyone else in the picture are my dad’s brothers and sisters.
This photograph was taken in Nablus, Palestine, and was probably [...]...
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| Why the Nine Inch Nails rock |
| 2008-05-05 08:51:13 |
After the brilliant Radiohead move, the Nails">Nine Inch Nails are following suite with their latest album “Ghosts.”
In March, the Nine Inch Nails released their album ‘Ghosts’ under a non-commercial Creative Commons license, meaning that it can be shared freely. The band confirmed that they had uploaded the album themselves to sites like The Pirate [...]...
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| Hahahaha |
| 2008-05-05 04:20:25 |
That’s pretty funny, designed by artist Mark Jenkins and Evan Roth. Too bad there’s no color for Arab. [link via]...
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