Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

About a year ago, I obscurely mentioned putting a tablet pc to use as part of devising a personal workflow setup in the interest "going paperless" (or at least semi-paperless). I spent a year using the Fujitsu Seimens Lifebook P1510, and, well, I'd like...

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hani/449871405/" title="I am alive!"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/449871405_25bcbdb763_o.jpg" width="500" height="112" alt="My camera resurrected itself" /></a> The following is a...

So I just put together a complete, working desktop computer. Big deal, you might sarcastically think to yourself, but its not as easy as it sounds, at least not for a first-time PC builder. Truthfully, it was not my first attempt and assembling a...

..but I still haven't got around to posting the rest of the entries from last summers trip to Europe. Hell, I almost forgot I even had a blog. The fall semester has started and its chockfull of fun: a full-time job and a full credit load. Probably not a...

February 13, 2006 | In: General, Internet, Technology, blogs

Moblogging

It must be the lack of sunlight for like 5 months a year that forces the Swedes to stay indoors most of the time and come up with all these cool stuff like Saabs, smoked fish and Mobilblogg. I stubled upon this website while searching for a moblogging...

Idly browsing the Internet these days makes me feel like I was sleeping in a virtual cave for the past few months (which is an eternity in Internet time) and woke up in the new and improved world of Web 2.0 to see all those newfangled implements...

July 8, 2005 | In: Technology

Google Earth

This is the coolest thing since...the last coolest thing. Apart from all the neat things you can do with this if you have a GPS, its simply so darn cool to gawk at all this satellite imagery. Here is my house. Nasr City looks so ugly from...

May 2, 2005 | In: Gear, Technology

My gadget wishlist

Just in case you're in the mood to send me a gift. (I know you are!) The OQO: What is it: Touch screen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Windows XP, USB, Firewire, Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 20 GB hard drive all crammed into a 4.9" x 3.4" x .9"...

April 22, 2005 | In: Internet, Technology

Mapping Cairo

Finally! An Egyptian equivalent to websites like Mapquest or Multimap. Surprisingly, its quiet accurate. the "Driving Directions" feature works well. The UI could use some work, however, and the developers should intergrate some kind of a spelling...

[Gadget rant] One of the primary objectives electronics manufacturers take into consideration in product design these days is portability . Therefore it goes without saying, that when designing an entry level, smallish digital camera meant to be...

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