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August 2008

In the wind’s direction?

by JPierre on August 27, 2008

Which wind? Which direction? Inspired by …

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GPS phones in Egypt? Nokia’s and iPhone’s nightmare

by JPierre on August 17, 2008

Ever wanted to buy one of the latest Nokia models in Egypt? Models like the N95 or the N82, or even one of the new ultimate business phones like the E66 or E71, even the more than a year old E90? The truth is you can, but not through the authorized dealers.  Here is the [...]

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Dumping Twitter? So is it Jaiku or Identi.ca?

by JPierre on August 16, 2008

Thursday 14th of August. I remember waking up early in the morning as I had to drive 150 Km outside Cairo to go for a meeting. Having my breakfast and morning coffee, I did the routine online activities I do every morning, like; checking my email, scanning through the RSS feeds, check if all the [...]

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Follow up on the iCal bug

by JPierre on August 13, 2008

Following up on the missing August 29 in iCal in this previous post, It seems that the issue with not having the 29 August on the iCal is a timezone issue with iCal itself. I asked my friend who also use Macs if they were facing the same issue, and it was a yes, until [...]

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Bug in iCal – The 29 August bug

by JPierre on August 12, 2008

Something seems wrong on my iCal, I found out today that August 29 does not exist, I have two August 28s :) I really don’t know if anyone else has this problem. Luckily the rest of the year is fine.

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Buying and iPod or Macbook soon? WAIT!

by JPierre on August 12, 2008

Rumor has it that there might be a September surprise from Apple. In a research note published last week, Munster predicts that Apple will have a special event next month that will focus attention on new iPod and MacBook models. Read the whole article @ Macworld | Editors’ Notes | A September surprise from Apple?

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In need of sleep

by JPierre on August 12, 2008

I can say that I have migrated 99.99% of my blog to WordPress with success. The challenge was to avoid any broken links and it seems that things are running OK. I am really in love with WP’s simplicity and the way other blogging tools work with it. Next I will hack around the theme [...]

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Apple can delete Apps from your iPhone – Confirmed

by JPierre on August 11, 2008

Steve jobs has confirmed that there is a built in “Kill Switch” into the iPhone which can all Apple to remotely delete malicious apps. This is my first negative post on Apple, but if you are thinking to get an iPhone, think again. However, Mr Jobs insisted that the so-called ‘kill switch’ was there as [...]

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Hello WordPress

by JPierre on August 10, 2008

After many years of using Drupal, I have finally migrated to WordPress. Don’t get this wrong, it’s not that Drupal is not good enough or anything of that sort, on the contrary, Drupal is so powerful, that it was exceed my needs as a tool for blogging. I fell in love with WP’s simplicity. That’s [...]

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