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How to Write a Good Magazine Query?
Aug 8th
It’s vitally important to develop a thick skin, especially in the beginning – you’re going to get a whole lot of rejections, no matter how good your ideas or writing are.
Intel’s Out with ‘Skulltrail’ – An Eight Core Platform for Gamers!
Feb 20th
For those who crave more performance than what four processing cores and a single graphics card can deliver today, Intel Corporation has introduced the Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform. Formerly codenamed ‘Skulltrail,’ this is one of the first enthusiast desktop platforms to support two Intel quad core processors for a total of eight processing [...]
Heavy Fog Covers Dubai
Nov 18th
Today I woke up in the morning and opened the window in my room, to check out the weather conditions outside. I was quite surprised to see that a thick layer of fog had already blanketed Dubai.
This was taken in the morning. Usually I see the Deira skyline. However, it was covered by a [...]
Is it Time to Head Back Home?
Oct 3rd
GulfTalent.com, an online recruitment site, recently sent me a press release with a headline that screamed “UAE salaries rise by 10.7% – study”. I think they forgot to add “Finally After 100 Years!” after the “UAE salaries rise by 10.7%” bit.
Let’s face the truth – the salaries are still what people used to get paid [...]
Are You a Tour Guide?
Sep 29th
I got an e-mail, from VIAmigo.com. The web site is run by Jeff Goldsmith, a Photographer. The mail that was sent to me, asked me whether I knew of any tour guides in the Middle East, who might be interested in sigining up at VIAmigo.com as Tour Guides.
The mail also asked me to post the [...]
Saving is Sin. Spending is Virtue.
Sep 22nd
Came across this piece of reasoning by one Professor Jagdish N Bhagwati, Department of Economics, Columbia University. It’s titled “Saving is Sin. Spending is Virtue.”
Japanese save a lot. They do not spend much. Also Japan exports far more than it imports. Has an annual trade surplus of over $100 billions. Yet Japanese economy is considered [...]
Xbox 360 Rocks!!
Sep 11th
Yes, I know I am a bit too late in saying this, but I finally got my hands on an Xbox 360. While the gaming console launched in 2005, in the US, it took a little over 2 years for Microsoft to bring it to the Middle East. The gaming console finally launched after a [...]
Free Speech? My A***
Aug 28th
Unless you have been living under a rock, you know what Wikipedia is. It’s THE best and FREE encyclopedia you can ever lay your hands on. It’s the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the internet, and contains over 7 million articles in over 200 languages – which is still growing on everyday.
Virgil Griffith
Most of the [...]
Fake iPhones in Dubai
Aug 13th
Chinese-made fake iPhones are flooding the Dubai market, reports Gulf News. According to the news report, a mobile phone store in Bani Yas Square, is selling a fake version of the phone (made in China), parading it as a genuine Apple product.
The Real iPhone
The imitation retails for AED1,400 ($381) and no warranty is on offer. [...]
Tracking Activities of this Blog Just got Easy
Jul 4th
I have subscribed to the FeedBlitz service. This service allows you to keep your Blog’s readers up to date with updations on your Blog. This is what its web site says:
FeedBlitz is a service that monitors blogs, RSS feeds and Web URLs to provide greater reach for feed publishers. FeedBlitz takes all the headache out [...]