From The Independent: Ten very surprising things you probably did not know about the Islamic Republic.

What is Mail to the Future? The purpose of this site is to allow you to send mail to yourself or others at a specified date and time.. in the future!

Anil Dash and Caterina Fake have a good conversation about the interesting economy, or the economies of interest. Both make good points. This conversation can also explain Gina Trapani’s words I linked to previously.

Al-Mohareb writes about the first Saudi bloggers meetup (Arabic). Too bad I couldn’t be there, and looking forward to attend the next one.

Caterina Fake: “Facial expressions are essentially involuntary; they’re meant to communicate with other people, and yet they occur even in situations where other people are not present. Funny!”

Gina Trapani: “Writing can be an act of selflessness and selfishness.”

Someone has hacked the website of Arriyadiyah, the most popular sports newspaper in Saudi Arabia, and changed the content of Adnan Jastniah’s column with these words: “Do NOT write anything related to Al-Hilal Again.” I love it when Saudi football maniacs/hackers get mad!