It has been some time since I wrote a serious entry. So I thought I’d tackle one of my most controversial opinions. This word Tatbee3 (التطبيع) has become a dirty word. In the Arab world it seems to have lost all other meaning, and now only refers to normalizing relations with Israel. Why is this [...]

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In this post, Jad suggested Linux as an alternative to expensive OS like MAC/Windows.
While I think Linux makes a wonderful server platform performance-wise, when it comes to learning-curve, and user-friendliness, it doesn’t measure up. So I would not recommend it to anyone none-technical.
This made me recall an exercise I recently went through to create a [...]

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I got tagged by VA. So here are my thoughts on 15 words of her choice.

Loneliness: The default emotion. You don’t have to be alone to be lonely. As much as I’d like, I’m neither a rock nor an island. I need people.
Fear: Something we must master to have courage. I fear time and poverty.
Love: [...]

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As you may or may not be aware, I am not very fond of children. However I dwelled on this post by Hamede. He was feeling guilty because he swore at his mother’s father when she hit him as a child more than 37 years ago which prompted his mother to cry. I don’t [...]

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Induction:
(knock on room door)
*I open the door to find our maid holding something in her hand*
*Maid Hands over a 50JDs ($70) banknote along with a USB flashdisk*
Maid: Sir, I found this in your pants, It’s still wet!
*I take them nonchalantly, and restrain any reaction*
Me: Ok, thank you.
*Maid goes back to work*
*I close the door*
Circle: Ok, [...]

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