Wouldn’t it be ridiculous if the government ordered McDonald’s sell Burger King’s products at all of its restaurants, simply because Burger King did not have as many locations? Wouldn’t you roll your eyes at this example of the government sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong? Doesn’t that seem like it would be unfairly punishing [...]

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In which Zach discusses what the new iPhone/iPod software update means for the Arab World: most obviously, Arabic language support.

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I can’t believe that it’s already drawing near the end of my first four months in Jordan. Time has really flown; it still seems like yesterday that I was meeting Ahmad at the airport, awkwardly shaking hands with him while carrying what seemed like a dozen bags, and taking my first sleep-stupored bus ride into [...]

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There’s only about a week and a half remaining before classes start at Ayn Al Basha, and I can tell that they’re going to be ridiculously busy. Since Sunday, Wajih has had me going onsite every day to help oversee the final stages of the construction, and he’s put me in charge of designing, purchasing, [...]

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In which Zach offers a technician’s opinion on Apple’s new computers, released Oct 14, 2008, as to why the new design is inferior to the previous.

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In which Zach enjoys the end of Ramadan, and gets to do some relaxing computer work.

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