It is raining Bobs!

in «Blogging & Personal» by moftasa

Global Voices Online (GVO) won the best English language journalistic award in the 2005 Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards!

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Global Voices is a remarkable blog that brings the voices of international bloggers to the attention of the rest of the world. It is an organization launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. Founded by Ethan Zuckerman and Rebecca MacKinnon.

!Goals of GVO:

  1. To call attention to the most …

Egypt: HIV+

HIV

I have nothing new to say. Probably people reading this already know that the moral stigma of HIV is getting more people infected. The ignoramuses fearing that people would be promiscuous because of sex ed, are helping no one. Arguments against teaching teenagers about sex, drugs and condoms are no longer justified. I think more delays in introducing such classes will be a landmark failure in proper reasoning by the Egyptian society.

From the latest …

We have a retarded patent office

in «Local & Regional» by moftasa

Everyone should browse the Egyptian Patent Office website. It is a goldmine.

In a few minutes I found out some extremely retarded entries. In an exceptionally bad site.

Honey treats everything:

HONEY KILLS THE BACTERIA THAT CAUSE CHOLERA TYPHOID BACILLARY DYSENTRY AND DIPHTHERIA AND THE FUNGUS WHICH CAUSE TINEA PEDIS AND CAN BE USED IN TREATMENT OF THESE DISEASES.

A multipurpose time machine:

MULTI-PURPOSE TIME CONTROLE MACHINE.

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A patent for what seems to …

Reproduction of masculinities

in «Experimental & Humor» by moftasa

Why would anyone pay 37.24 USD plus tax for a paper published in 1998 about four men chatting about the 'one-eyed trouser snake' and big boobs around several pints of beers. Here is a intriguing piece from the abstract:

... examining the reproduction of masculinities in the context of a group of four young men interacting under the influence of alcohol.

Reproduction of masculinities ?

Wait, it turns out that the full text of the paper …

Religious harmony severed in Egypt

in «Politics & Human Rights» by moftasa

The Egyptian blogosphere has been agitated by the events in Alexandria that shook the country. Four died (3 killed by riot poilce), tens wounded and 100 detained after 5000 angry Muslim protesters demonstrated against a play that the protesters considered offensive to Islam. Protesters demanded an official apology from the Pope.

Continue reading a round up of what the Egyptian blogs are saying about the tragic events

The network effect as a business model for ROC

First, some of you already know what is ROC. I wrote about it here. In a few words it is a volunteer driven undergraduate medical research course that aims to help medical students learn proper scientific research skills and qualify as research assistants.

As we are in desperate need for proper funding. I think we need to come up with a sort of "business model". Although we don't aim any profits. We aim to be …

Wind Power

in «Blogging & Personal» by moftasa

Was responsible for many bruises I have right now.

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Today, windsurfing was fantastic, but really harsh for me. I returned home exhausted, fatigued and discovered a good number of bruises.

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Anna should have docked in front of the Manesterly palace today. She is a Greenpeace sail boat, originally built in 1901, staying 3 days in Cairo to raise awareness about climate change.

Will we see the millennia old Nile valley looking like this, providing renewable …

Cockroaches

in «Experimental & Humor» by moftasa

cockroach

Cockroaches are said to be stinky, disgusting and repulsive pests that can carry cholera, typhoid, salmonella and even more pathogens. But if you look beyond this. You will find:

And finally:

Cockroach fetish !!!

UPDATE: LOL, Ritzy will use …