Dave Winer: “In fact I think blogs with comments aren’t really blogs. How about that!”

Last night, on his talk show on Future TV, Zaven Kouyoumdjian was discussing the effects of Bluetooth technology in the Gulf region. Today, Khaled Al-Sulaiman called Saudi Arabia the “Bluetooth Nation.” I don’t know about you guys, but I think they are making a way big deal out of this Bluetooth thing. Bluetooth is just a technology. If you don’t like it, or you think it’s harmful, simply turn the damn thing off! Al-Sulaiman says his device was able to receive a connection via Bluetooth was only when there were Saudis around, which makes him concludes that we are obsessed with Bluetooth. He is so wrong. Saudis are not obsessed with the technology; they are simply obsessed with getting to know anyone from the opposite sex, and they use this technology because a) it’s easy to use, and b) it’s very safe.

An interview with the famouse Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, aka The Blogfather.

I created a new photo set on Flickr from my last trip to Doha to attend the 2nd Al Jazeera Forum. Check them out.

Wired has a story on how to make your own ring tones, and this way, you can stop paying for ring tones. I use almost the same steps to make ring tones for myself, and I’ve been doing it for like one year, but I never thought about writing a HOWTO. Something like that would have been so popular.

Here is a very short video clip from Al Jazeera TV (RealPlayer required) where I, Shaden Abdul Rahman, and Ahmed Ashour appear talking after the last panel of the forum. I will try to post more clips from the event later.

Halima Mazfar on what female journalists go through in Saudi Arabia: “They adopt a hostile tone towards the female journalist and act as if she represented some sort of sin that they had to get rid of as soon as possible.”