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Resurrected

Remember that crappy WD Passport 160GB that dropped about a foot and died on me completely? Well, you will be glad to know that the data within the drive has been almost completely recovered. 120GB of it, by a company I dealt with in the States: First Advantage Data Recovery to the tune of US$1,400! …

One Week of Good News

I hereby declare, that in response to eMoodz’s 85 nags about Bahrain and enTaiFah’s excellent opposing list, that I shall only publish Good News™ for 7 days starting immediately! First bit of good news: Our compatriot Juma’a Al-Dossary has been released from Guantanamo after being incarcerated there for five years without trial. An agreement has …

Overreacting

This is just getting ludicrous, but I fear might be symptomatic of the sectarian and racial tensions between some in Bahrain and Iran. If this is not put in perspective (read as: tell people not to overreact) then this could very well escalate into things we just do not need. Bahrainis should know that throwing …

Mine is bigger!

The race for the tallest building has never abated, I don’t think, since man started building abodes, but now it is just getting silly: But Burj Dubai may not hold the record for long. Another Dubai skyscraper, Al Burj, is slated to begin this year with a rumoured height of 1.2 kilometres. More tentatively, two …