My wife and I have been to Bibliotheca Alexandria seeking a quiet place to work at and read. Well, it wasn’t as we’d hoped for. First, we had to leave out belongings at the safekeeping (even my wife’s handbag). They told me to leave my laptop outside, but after convincing them that it was essential to take it inside...
Couple of days ago, I had a very refreshing talk with some bright brains about Opensource (and other issues). It was interesting to meet up with ppl who appreciate Opensource as a mean of doing business, and as a way of (feasibly) creating reliable solutions. I’m looking forward to more talks (I’ll keep readers posted).
While store shopping, ever wondered how much that book, CD, gadget… cost on Amazon? Now, according to a Gizmodo article (slashdotted here), if you’re in Japan, you can easily know the price of that item by photographing its barcode via your cellphone (equipped with freely downloadable software), and send its info to Amazon.co.jp to know its price, and buy...
I was excited when I first heard that Google has launched its first Cairo office. Yet again….
“I Know Why Software Sucks”. very refreshing and insightful thread in “artima developers” about the process of managing software project, or simply, managers. enjoy.
“Knowledge is in the Journey, not in the Final Destination” – Anonymous.
Congratulations to Karam Gaber Ibrahim. He won an Olympic Gold Medal at Athens 2004. He’s the first Egyptian to earn an Olympic gold medal in the living memory. He’s also a fellow Alexandrian Congratulations for his coach and team members for their achievement. Karam won a Gold Medal for the Greco-Roman Wrestling 96 kg, a truly non popular sport...
Today at work, someone was talking about the achievements of Muhammad Aliwhen he ruled Egypt (not Cassius Clay by the way). He was talking about how Muhammad Ali had reformed education and tried to transfer Egypt into a modern nation. I admit that I’ve lost the knowledge I previously gained about Egyptian and world history through the primary/seconday education...
Few days ago I saw a street officer (shorty morour) getting pushed by a semi-fancy car. He was trying to prevent the driver from going in the wrong direction. Apparently, the driver had the upper hand. Yesterday, I saw a street police officer getting cursed because he tried to prevent a car from going past a traffic light. For...