Last night, we got ready for our Oscar party – just like home – except it’s a day late, being re-broadcast on the Dubai channel at 7pm our time (it wasn’t easy avoiding Internet, TV, and radio for the whole day), we’re all squeezed into a tiny yet comfy room in Addis watching on a … Read More
I just witnessed one of the most gruesome accidents yesterday… I was on my way to work, when a girl running across the street was hit by a taxi speeding by… it’s hard to tell who’s fault it was, but the girl went flying in the air, bounced of the hood of the car and … Read More
Voici est mon premier blog en francais (comment on dit ‘blog’ en francais?) J’etudie francais pour 6 annees mais je ne parle pas bien. J’ai étudié a la Universite d’Ottawa – Il est la plus ancienne bilingue universite au Canada … mais je n’ai pas appris – J’ai seulement appris dire ‘Tabanac’, et ‘merde’, et … Read More
I’ve been playing around with Stockpickr for a few weeks after reading about it on TechCrunch. I like it so far although I’m not sure if I really trust it. While I like that it gives me an alternate source for info and that it gives me the opportunity to glimpse into the portfolios of … Read More
so RIM’s shares have jumped over 10% today apparently based on rumours that they’re putting out a new device… wacko… RIM is now trading at a 56 P/E ratio. Here’s info on the device that I got forwarded from AK today. To be released shortly and likely will be called: Blackberry 8900c. Basically, take the … Read More
We went to go see Aladin a few days ago – a pretty good show, even though we received the tickets for free… I’m not sure if I would’ve paid the $49 that they normally ask. Actually, I’m positive, I would not… but I would pay $20-$25 for one. It’s worth it just to see … Read More
I got a message from jimdwalton on myblog asking me how I define funk . so I thought i’d give it a try… While I think originally it meant some kinda smell – the first thing that most people think of is music – big in the 60s and 70s and couldn’t be defined when it emerged – … Read More
the Bugatti Veyron only $1.2M… ok right now my goal is just to sit in one… One day… 😉
A lot of people have been asking me about Hike4Life since I participated in it last year, so I decided to write my response here…
previously i wrote about the cost of living and metrics in other cities recently, i’ve been seeing other articles about it and it got me thinking about other indexes and ways of measuring cost of living – one of the most common indexes is the burgernomics metric that the Economist puts out. The argument is … Read More