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Jordan Planet Icons

by Haitham Sabbah September 5, 2004

I created few icons for JordanPlanet to help spread the word. Please feel free to use any! You can also download the full list from here.

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Mobile phones have been at the centre of numerous health scares, we all know that. But never before has there been widespread panic that, simply by answering one, you might be risking immediate death. Until now, that is. In a story bizarrely reminiscent of Japanese cult horror flick The Ring, a rumour has washed through [...]

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Googlism

by Haitham Sabbah September 3, 2004

While surfing around, I banged on this cool service at Googlism, which will find out what Google thinks of you, your friends or anything! Here is what it thinks of me: Googlism for: haitham haitham is currently working on this web page haitham is one of the genius arab scientists who lived in the tenth [...]

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115 Accused of Gambling on Insect Fights

by Haitham Sabbah August 15, 2004

Hong Kong police arrested 115 men for illegally gambling on insect fights on Sunday in the same building that housed a cricket lovers’ association, a police spokesman said. Police seized about 300 crickets and $1,025 in cash during the bust, said police spokesman T.K. Ng. The alleged bug gamblers remained in custody Sunday, but weren’t [...]

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Dog(meat) Days… or Would You Prefer Chicken?

by Haitham Sabbah August 15, 2004

In South Korea’s capital, sweating through the highest temperatures of the year, the hottest topic is whether to eat dogmeat stew or ginseng chicken soup. With the mercury hitting 93 degrees in Seoul on Tuesday and set to rise, thousands are heading to restaurants for a traditional if possibly controversial meal to replenish nutrients lost [...]

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Nigerian Killer Calls

by Haitham Sabbah July 20, 2004

Mobile phone use has taken off in Nigeria in recent years Nigerian mobile phone users have been anxiously checking who is calling them before answering them in recent days. A rumour has spread rapidly in the commercial capital, Lagos, that if one answers calls from certain “killer numbers” then one will die immediately. A BBC [...]

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Plan For Ads In Space

by Haitham Sabbah March 11, 2004

A device for putting advertising into space that would be seen from Earth. The Big Dipper and Andromeda could be joined in the heavens by ads for soft drinks and cigarettes if a Russian inventor’s device catches on. Alexander Lavrynov, a spacecraft designer, said he has patented a device for putting advertising into space that [...]

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A Cheap Ballpoint Pen Is All What You Need To Write In Space

by Haitham Sabbah October 25, 2003

Way to go NASA! Roland Piquepaille writes “Today, I had a big surprise. Like many people, I always believed that it was impossible to write in space with ordinary pens because ink would not flow. So imagine my astonishment when I read “Pedro Duque’s diary from space” this morning. Pedro Duque is an astronaut since [...]

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