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100 things

by Haitham Sabbah December 31, 2005

An almanac of 100 quirky snippets that we didn’t know this time last year.

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Looking for Santa Claus ?

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 2005

You can now use Google Earth to track Mr. Santa, or, if you are old fashioned, you can still use Norad to track his path.

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Gulf Air – Color Your Sky?

by Haitham Sabbah December 7, 2005

Almighty Gulf Air announced further delays after we boarded the plan. They first claimed that two passengers are missing and they are offloading their luggage for security reason, which is fine. One hour later, the captain announced that “the airplane have a technical problems in its fueling system, which will take another 1:30 to 2 [...]

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A new wave of lies and intimidation

by Haitham Sabbah December 5, 2005

A series of three extraordinary opinion polls released within the last week have all shown the same thing: at least 6 out of every 10 Americans believe Bush is a liar�and better than 7 out of 10 think that Cheney is one�and that the overriding reason for this belief is the war in Iraq.

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Hurricane Vince

by Haitham Sabbah October 10, 2005

Hurricane Vince Threatens Europe!

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News Roundup!

by Haitham Sabbah October 9, 2005

Most popular links appearing in blogs today: Google just announced their new RSS Reader, called Google Reader. It’s browser-based (of course) and has similar look n’ feel to Gmail. Very Ajaxy… Oh great, now we get another list where the same old folks get to get around and give each other a proverbial pat on [...]

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News roundup of the day

by Haitham Sabbah October 7, 2005

Here are some of the most popular links appearing in blogs today: I’m a A Persian Cat… What Cat Breed Are You? Scientists have taught dolphins to sing ‘Batman’ theme… Python tried to swallow a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator but then exploded… The Flock, the latest challenger to Explorer and Firefox aims to beat the big [...]

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Tallest wave

by Haitham Sabbah August 7, 2005

Hurricane Ivan generated a wave more than 90 feet (27 metres) high – thought to be the tallest and most intense ever measured.

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On this day!

by Haitham Sabbah July 31, 2005

On this day, last year, I said: Kerry is a mass-murderer. Bush is psycho. What�s a voter to do?

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On this day!

by Haitham Sabbah July 30, 2005

On this day, last year, I said: Clone Steak Safe, Unless It Isn�t.

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Colour Lovers

by Haitham Sabbah June 23, 2005

A little something for all you Colour Lovers out there. View, rate and review some lovely colours & palettes. The idea is to create a place of color inspiration.

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I Used To Believe

by Haitham Sabbah June 22, 2005

I Used To Believe is a collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts. If nothing else, it’s good motivation not to lie to your kids about too many things, [...]

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Just for Roba!

by Haitham Sabbah May 7, 2005

Reduced the sophistication of the ‘security code’ used for comments. Less characters, bigger fonts, less blur, less swirl. If Roba successfully commented on this post without any problems and she is satisfied, I’ll happy and will conceder work done :-) Thanks, Roba for the note and your concern ;-)

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King of Robbers

by Haitham Sabbah April 22, 2005

German “King of Robbers” can rob 20 banks, speak six languages and pretend to fall asleep at his trial.

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Indians ‘Marry’ Sacred Trees to Ward Off Evil Eye

by Haitham Sabbah April 18, 2005

Indians marry trees to ward off evil eye; claim they pine for the trees, want them to spruce up their village.

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