Probably one of the only things I enjoyed writing in the past several weeks.

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The BBC held a debate today at Zara Expo on whether the Internet was changing our world. “Our”, being the Middle East. The panel included Rania Kurdi who needs no introduction, Dana Suyagh who’s head of news at the yet to be launched ATV, Doud Kuttab who needs no introduction, the one and only Roba […]

So if YouTube and Flickr mated and the child by some act of God spoke Arabic, he would be named “Ikbis” (press). Such a birth has recently taken place in the Arab world. Everyone’s talking about Ikbis so I’m not going to go into a lengthy review. I just wanted to do my part as […]

In the 6th grade I won a spelling bee at my junior high school. I should have known it was all downhill from there.
Spell checkers have really done me in. It was once enough that Microsoft Word went around criticizing my every spelling mistake with red underline dashes but now Firefox is doing the same. […]

I hate telephones. I hate calling and I hate receiving calls. They are an absolute last resort for me. I hate cell phones more. I hate having to carry one around; it’s uncomfortable in my hand and uncomfortable in my pocket. I hate having one more thing to worry about losing or forgetting some place […]

I’ve been wondering lately about the future of blogging; overloading my mind with questions. What will it look like years from now? Will it fade away like a cyber fad? Will the bubble burst like Dot Coms of the late 90’s? Will everyone online have a blog and will we get sick of it? Will […]

If I counted right, there are 32 female bloggers from 114 total bloggers on Jordan Planet. This is about 28% if my 6th grade arithmetic skills still serve me well.
Why did I count? Because of the 27 bloggers whose blogs are listed in my links section based on the frequency of my surfing, 13 […]

Electronic Lebanon had various artists get together to make this Public Service Announcement. Amongst the faces are poets Suheir Hammad and Danny Hoch. Spread the word by posting the video on your blog.

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The first step is admitting you have a problem.
By way of the very entertaining Bloggers Anonymous…
10. You check your blog stats a LOT. You occasionally get up in the middle of the night and sneak a peak.
9. Your significant other suspects you are having an affair with your blog. Even when youâ??re alone with your […]

It seems that Jordanian Internet companies are at the forefront of offering blogging services to the Arab world. Jeeran, Maktoob, Al-Bawaba, Fastlink and now the Mahjoob Company is getting into it. It was a bit strange seeing that they started offering it. Kind of like the website for Garfield offering blogging services. Mahjoob isn’t exactly […]

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - Inside the frosted glass doors of Afkar Media, located in Damascus’s newly-built free-zone, software developers are trying to rebuild a civilization inside a video game.
Set to be released in September, “Al-Quraysh” is a strategy game that tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam’s history from the viewpoint of four […]

This is such a cool idea and so simple too. I think I saw something like this in the movie Minority Report.

The eStarling frame is a standalone Wi-Fi LCD photo frame that connects to a wireless network and automatically displays photos e-mailed to it in a slideshow format. Imagine having this thing display your latest […]

Nike Inc. is putting the world’s most popular music player to work in a system designed for its latest athletic shoes that tells runners the distance and time they’ve covered in their daily jog.
The company teamed up with Apple Computer Inc. to offer the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, a wireless system that includes a sensor chip […]

This is actually a real product…

The Infidel’s Revenge! is a powerful psychological deterrent to terror. When you carry and use your Infidel’s Revenge Ball Point Pen, you are joining an elite group of citizens committed to ending global terror. Imagine the impact on the worldwide “terror movement” knowing that the possibility of eternal damnation […]

NBC Dateline has hit a ratings goldmine (I assume) with this piece on catching online sexual predators. Basically Dateline sets up in a house and they lure sexual predators by having a “watch nanny” type organization initiate chats; using a woman to pretend to be a 13 year old girl or 12 year old boy. […]