whachamakallit's blog Vox 2007-12-23T03:31:24Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22520c69f604a/ no imaginary lines, just cross-hatches... Apple TV to be demoed in Dubai tag:vox.com,2007-03-22:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00d09e5dedb7be2b 2007-03-22T04:35:40Z 2007-12-23T03:31:24Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've got an email from a friend in Dubai letting me know that the Mac User Group have organised an event there to demo the new Apple TV: We're arranging an Apple TV Event on March 29, where an Apple engineer will demo Apple TV in Dubai. It's our ...

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]]> I got my passport! tag:vox.com,2007-02-07:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00d4141f78743c7f 2007-02-07T14:38:59Z 2007-07-24T17:26:55Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wdpassport

My laptop was wheezing lately, with only 500MB left over from the internal original disk of 75GB on my MacBook laptop. It was exhausting limiting myself in the number of pictures I take or the movies I want to edit (not many of the latter, but th...

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]]> Sick! I tell you, EVERYONE'S sick! tag:vox.com,2006-11-14:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00cdf7e41f27094f 2006-11-14T10:16:34Z 2006-11-27T12:18:41Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This is the story of my household for a little more than a week now.. I've had an "incident" with a Segway that left me hospitalised for 5 days, am still in bed forced into bed-rest by the doctor to try to fix my damaged back but he insists that t...

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]]> Gardening day... tag:vox.com,2006-10-27:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00ccff98944e6ea5 2006-10-27T16:30:28Z 2006-10-30T03:36:07Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

My front garden

We've been entertaining almost every night for the past week. If it's not entertaining, it's a business meeting at home which entails, well, some sort of entertaining (coffees, teas, drinks, chocolates, sweets, etc) till late hours, certainly lat...

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]]> Just Bahraini! tag:vox.com,2006-10-05:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c22529b12d8fdb 2006-10-05T10:03:55Z 2006-10-09T06:17:52Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Just Bahraini

I am completely aggrieved, disgusted and bewildered at the rate of sectarian fires which have been eating up Bahraini society especially over the last 5 years or so. These sectarian feelings however have not come out of a vacuum, they must have b...

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]]> Phew! No problems mate! tag:vox.com,2006-10-02:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c225292ff5f219 2006-10-02T12:10:16Z 2006-10-02T12:12:37Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

No ED!

Ramadhan. It's almost 3pm and I can hear everyone outside on the highway doing 200kph to get home to snooze a bit before they wake up from their fasting stupor and stuff themselves silly. Me. I'll carry on in the office for a bit more before goin...

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]]> Backbreaking work tag:vox.com,2006-10-01:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c22529055ff219 2006-10-01T12:44:43Z 2006-10-01T16:47:20Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The new border

and I'm not really complaining. In fact I'm enjoying the sense of pain! I know I know, but I'm no masochist really, it's just that contented feeling that you have worked hard and have given it your best and hope that things will turn out well, as ...

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]]> I don't want to go to sleep tag:vox.com,2006-09-28:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c225289ae8604a 2006-09-28T19:33:42Z 2006-09-28T19:33:42Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's 31 minutes past my usual bed-time. My bed-time is 10pm. And that's pushing it. But it's Ramadhan. It's Thursday night. And it's the start of the weekend tomorrow with no plans whatsoever! I don't want to sit here and stare at the screen an...

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]]> Bloody Batelco's at it again tag:vox.com,2006-09-27:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c225285e688fdb 2006-09-27T14:04:09Z 2006-09-27T14:08:43Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Talk about quality of service.. the internet has been on the blink all day at the office and it's a hit or miss affair. I had 3 people calling me today asking if "I was alright" and complaining that they couldn't access my blog today. Thanks f...

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]]> Texting Teletubbie tag:vox.com,2006-09-25:asset-6a00c22520c69f604a00c22528104e549d 2006-09-25T18:29:07Z 2008-09-06T14:00:45Z Mahmood Al-Yousif http://mahmood.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Texting Teletubbie

I detest those *hits more than a lot of the stupid children characters, and seeing this guy dressed as a Teletubbie, texting and holding balloons, I had to hold myself pretty hard from attacking the prick and shoving those balloons where the sun ...

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