On February 28, 2010 at the American University in Cairo, Jordan's Queen Rania gave a speech on the importance of civic engagement in the Arab world. While her idea that regular citizens need to be more involved in government, the hardhanded policies of Arab governments make it almost impossible for that to happen. Read the whole post »
flashbakectl is a handy little script that starts and stops Flashbake by loading and unloading plist files. Read the whole post »
Flashbake-iTunes is a plugin for Flashbake that allows you to include information for the current track in the periodic git commit message. Read the whole post »
Description of how to make Google Voice and the Gizmo Project work together with an ATA so that you get a free phone number and almost free phone calls. Read the whole post »
Pictures and details of a minor train wreck in Alexandria, Egypt on July 30, 2009. Read the whole post »