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DID you see the new eps from the simpsons, where the new family is comming from Jordan their kid Bashir is Bart new friend in school, and he teaches him to say Alsalm Alikom and Home as usual suspect that they are terrorists The Jordanian guy met his wife at the Jordan University for

How fast can someone put a book together on President-elect Obama? Well, on the day after Obama won the election, The Guardian created a Flickr group to find a creative way of capturing the victory. The group, which now has over 1,600 members, quickly became a collaborative effort to send

As a new addition to the anti-spamming system that I'm using exclusively on this blog. I decided to incorporate a reputation based system that looks deeper into the reputation of the person submitting a comment before deciding whether or not that comment is more "likely" to be good or bad,

Israel launches Arabic YouTube channel to bypass Arab media The Foreign Ministry has launched a YouTube channel in Arabic which is meant to bypass Arab media and give Israel’s version of current events directly to Arab viewers, Haaretz has learned. The ministry’s Arab media department chief Ofir Gendelman told Haaretz on Wednesday

A bit of news has been spreading like wildfire these past few days in Amman: the new 8mb ADSL Internet connection from Orange. The advertisements have been popping up all over town and it naturally got me thinking about what such a leap in speed might mean for Jordan. Yes,

Tech Warning:If you're not interested in Browser Security, Internet exploits, you may skip this article In a very recent security related article by Larry Saltzer, he deconstructs the aging myth of how Firefox is impervious to attacks. Or at least, he shows shows that it's no longer safe from being a

IslamCrunch has started a photo contest about Islam in the 21st century. Here’s how it works. I think it’s an awesome idea to promote a moderate Islam and showcase some examples.

I’ve tried to find a database for public transportation in Amman, but unfortunately i could not find anything useful. We all agree that we have a difficult public transportation system in Amman. But now, I’m not asking to spend millions of dollars to fix roads or to bring more vehicles.

Or at least from time to time! Today, Hell froze over and Sun is going to bundle MSN Tool bar with its Java virtual machine WHAAAT!!? But ... Old enemies... Java wars...? Office Wars!!? 528 MILLION in settlement... Yes, exactly! Perplexing!

• 35 HD cameras pointed at the subject in a ring• Different cameras shoot at different angles (like the matrix), to transmit the entire body image• Cameras being hooked up to the cameras in home base in NY, synchronizing the angles so perspective is right• Infrared communication• A 37-inch plasma