I was intrigued to read about a conservation effort in Bahrain mounted by one man to rescue the dwindling population of indigenous Bahraini frogs and terrapins in Khaleej Times on June 21st. The intrigue was due to two factors: (1) it was reported in an Emirati paper rather than a Bahraini one, and (2) we …
We had lunch today at Cafe Italia at the Seef Mall. I believe that it’s the best pizza on the island, I always over stuff myself there, and in keeping with the Friday traditions, I have! But, in between ordering and waiting for the meal to arrive, I thought I’d take Tariq Khonji’s advice and …
It seems that most people visiting Mahmood’s Den have really fast connections. Certainly 75% of the audience have connections equal to or better than 512kbps, 12.5% connect through 256kbps which is still acceptable (on a Batelco good day!) to view movies, while only 12.5% connect through dial-up. So I won’t bother changing my compression and …
[arabic] دجاجة مقابل كل سيارة جديدة! 2005- 6 – 21 الوسط هناديمنصور تÙ?اجأت Ø¥ØÂÂدى السيدات ØÂÂينما توجهت إلى وكالة Ø¥ØÂÂدى السيارات Ù?يمملكة البØÂÂرينبوقوÙ? طابور منالزبائنبانتظار دورهم لتسلم السيارة الجديدة ويمسك كل واØÂÂد منهم دجاجة استعدادا لذبØÂÂها وإسالة دمها على مقدمة السيارة تجنبا للØÂÂسد Ùˆ“صك” عيون. وقالت السيدة نقلا عنأØÂÂد …
The next bloggers meetup is coming on July 7th, I hope that we can grow our meeting more than the usual suspects. Therefore I was thinking that we might want to change the venue as because of the presence of alcohol others might feel uncomfortable joining us there. May I suggest therefore somewhere like Starbucks …