It’s been like that for weeks now and no one is bothering fixing it. Pretty pathetic considering the 1 residential square meter square in Achrafieh ranges from 3000 to 10000$.

After there were worries that Al Jazeera might not agree with the Lebanese government on a deal to broadcast the world cup, it seems they reached a deal finally.

Al Jazeera is satisfied, the Lebanese can now watch their world cup peacefully.

Go Germany Go!

Thanks Johny!

I spotted those toilets the other day in the restaurant where i was having lunch in Hamra. While the girl’s heart is in place, the guy’s heart is kinda misplaced. Why would anyone put a heart there? WTF does that mean?

The only perverted explanation i could find is that the guy’s heart is well-placed and the girl’s heart is inspired from Linda Lovelace’s “Deep Throat” porn movie (the first pornographic movie with a plot and what a plot that was!!).
Whomever saw or read about that movie knows what i mean.

Contacts so far have failed to secure a deal between al-Jazeera TV channel, the official sponsor entitled to air the 2010 World Cup football games, and owners of cable/satellite TV providers.
The two sides were reportedly in disagreement on how much transmission fees al-Jazeera will charge. [Naharnet]

I find it hard to believe that we might end up without a tv station to watch the world cup but you never know!

Plus, we get ESPN in Lebanon and many other TV stations that are covering the world cup.

I received this mail today and thought i share it maybe someone has spotted this old lady and can help her family find her.

“Chers (es) amis (es)

Pour toute nouveauté veuillez contacter les numéros suivants : 05-464933; 70-150888; 03-863511.
Merci pout votre aide. “

I got a mail today that says:
As of yesterday May31 Ogero is blocking all Voice Over IP ports. Meaning any device using VOIP such as MagicJack, Linksys or Cisco VOIP boxes are all being blocked, as well as some SoftPhone VOIP services such as RingCentral and many others.

I remember getting similar mails in the past few months but no official statement could be found to confirm this story. It doesn’t surprise me though as the Internet as a whole sucks in Lebanon and it is all due to the ministry and the government. VOIP is crucial to many businesses in Lebanon, i don’t know which idiot, if they really did, decided to come up with such measures.

Here are some psychological symptoms you might face while using the Internet in Lebanon. (Via Maya’s Amalgam)

PS: While i was looking for official Ogero statements on that matter, i found out that we have a Lebanese geeks website and forums. Pretty cool!

I was on my way to work when i saw this accident. That is one pretty weird place to crash.
He couldn’t have slipped on the way down from Kaslik as there are huge bumps just few meters away.
He must have slipped on his way from the maritime road (Portemilio, Samaya road) and crashed into that poor soldier’s post.

Good thing it wasn’t one of those old wooden posts or else the soldier would have been killed.

PS: For those familiar with ATCL and Kaslik, you take this road after having passed ATCL and on ur way up to Kaslik.