General

server load

Guys, sorry for the various downtimes the server has been experiencing. The biggest culprit is the amount of comments being pulled all the time from the database which is overwhelming it. In the words of tech support: SELECT comment_post_ID, post_title FROM (wp_comments LEFT JOIN wp_posts ON (comment_post_ID = ID)) WHERE comment_approved = ‘1’ AND (wp_posts.post_status=’publish’ …

Blogging Baby!

I would like to extend many many happy wishes to the blogging couple Tanya and Hashim for the arrival of Naief just a few minutes ago! 3.8kgs and blonde! Mother and baby are doing well. May he live in your shadows and your protection for a very long time to come, and may Naief also …

Al-Jazeera Calling

Bahraini Bloggers listen up: I got contacted by Al-Jazeera International (English) who (initially) wanted to interview me about the Just Bahraini campaign, and now they grew that idea where they want to do a whole program on the Bahraini political scene, and want to talk to several bloggers. If you want to get involved in …

Future visions

Bahrain is the second country after Oman to publicly state that it won’t make it to the 2010 Gulf single currency target. The crown prince said in a comprehensive interview with McKenzie Quarterly (also reported in Arabic in Al-Waqt yesterday) that the main economic factors – inflation metrics, jobs, fiscal policies, transparency, etc – are …