The landing into JFK (New York) from the cabin of the pilot
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Most Exciting Thing I have Ever Done!
The landing into JFK (New York) from the cabin of the pilot
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Book: Regards from the Dead Princess
This is the best biography I have read this year. I bought the Arabic version (حياة أميرة عثمانية في المنفى) from Lebanon in March. An amazing life and an amazing story. I loved it much more than "Stolen Lives". I'm not going to ruin the book for you but her life was really amazing. (highly recommended).
Book: Outliers
What are the factors behind success? skill, hard work and intelligence? or maybe being born at the right time? or maybe having the right opportunity at the right time? This is definitely not a boring book. the author explains to you by example various cases of successful people like Bill Gates and explains the "unknown" reasons behind their success. A very interesting book and everyone should read it. (highly recommended).
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Link
I have finally watched the "The Link" which was about the famous 47 million years old fossil scientists have recently presented as the missing link in the human evolution.
Ida was discovered in Messel pit, Germany in the 1980s. A private collector presented Ida to Prof Hurum at the annual fossil fair in Germany in 2006. Prof Hurum and a team of scientists had been studying Ida for 2 years.
"Ida" has nails, a hand, an opposable thumb and most importantly the "talus" bone which humans still have and which directly links Ida to humans as they claim.
The fossil has been named "Darwinius masillae" in honor of Darwin's 200th birthday.
The documentary explains the process of how they have discovered Ida and how they have reached the conclusion of "Ida" being the missing link in the human evolution.
Ida is currently displayed at the American Museum of Natural History (New York).
Friday, June 19, 2009
Gizmodiva
this is really a cool blog if you're interested in cute gadgets and so many other cute stuff :)
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