A couple of months back, I posted reporting Google was leaning towards opening a new office in Jordan. 20 minutes ago Executive Google Recruiter Nabil Khatib graciously wrote back confirming that Google has chosen Amman as the location of their new office. Congratulations to Amman, and the Jordanian IT community. Mabrook!
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This morning my Heating Fuel distributor (Abu Nabeel) called me about 30 minutes before he was scheduled to arrive. He explained that prices went up last night, and that 1000 Liters would cost 563JD ($794) instead of the usual 323.5JD ($456). It was like hearing someone had died, when they had been sick for weeks [...]

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I was scheduling a conference call with a customer, and if memory serves, the conversation went something like this:
Customer: I’m sorry, was your name Honey? (heavy southern accent)
Hani: Hani, it’s like Danny but with an H.
Customer: Alright Hahny, so what time-zone are you on ?
Hani: I’m on GMT+2. It’s 5:30PM.
Customer: Where are you located?
Hani: I’m [...]

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As we all know most guys hate shopping, this is partly responsible for our tendency to be loyal to a specific brand once we found one we like (lucky for the wife), and why commercials tend to target women more. Even then, nothing is worse than having to shop for underwear, I mean its not [...]

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Here is Abu Mahjoob’s Ramadan Production Line:

For the past week, here is my “Ramadan production line”:

12AM: Sleep
7AM: Shut off alarm
7:30AM: Actually Get out of bed
7:30AM: Breakfast
8AM-12PM: Connect to my office PC from home to work
12PM: Exercise on Treadmill
12:30-1:20PM: Free Time
1:20PM: Wait for heating system to heat the water
1:30PM: Shower
1:45PM: Prepare Dinner to take to work [...]

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