Archive for December 2nd, 2004

Gates-crashing the Blog Party

It was only a matter of time.

Software giant Microsoft is taking the plunge into the world of blogging.
 
It is launching a test service to allow people to publish blogs, or online journals, called MSN Spaces.
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MSN Spaces is free to anyone with a Hotmail or MSN Messenger account.
 
People will be able to choose [...]

Hebron Through Two Lenses

Now this is interesting:

TEL AVIV (AFP) – Young Palestinians and Israelis from settlements in the divided West Bank town of Hebron who would normally not exchange a word have been brought together through the power of the lens.
 
Israeli photographer Menahem Kahana and his Palestinian colleague, Hazem Bader, loaned digital cameras for 18 months to members [...]

Problematic

As convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti declares his intention to run for the position of PA President, soon-to-be-the-ex U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, states the bleeding obvious: 

The sudden re-emergence of Marwan Barghouti as a rival candidate to Mahmoud Abbas as chairman of the Palestinian Authority has spurred widespread criticism within Fatah, as U.S. Secretary of [...]

Television Highs and Lows

Last night’s television provided one of the viewing highlights of the week for me, as well as one of the lowlights.
Highlight – The Ambassador
Israel’s version of The Apprentice, which I have mentioned here and here, delivers the goods. I watched the second episode last night, and was pretty much hooked.
Last night, the men and women [...]