A sizable population of web developers write their sites pretending that only one browser exists (Microsoft Internet Explorer) on one Operating System (Windows).This is a terrible mistake that even large web sites fall into. Even Al Jazeera did so until they overhauled their site in late 2004.

Can you understand this?

"9aba7 el kheir...Ya alf nhar abya'9"

This says in Arabic:

يا صباح الخير ... يا ألف نهار أبيض

Most of the time, translation can be a good thing since it exposes a whole new audience to material that they otherwise would nothave access to.Sometimes translation can be a sure way of losing the true meaning of a certain text.Bad translation can result from:

The following is a list of sites that would be interesting for those who want to read Arabic on the internet, or would want to research the technology behind it further.

Background

People who speak Arabic as a first language were about 181 million in 1997 (according to Times 1997 article), making it the Fifth language in the world.

The following is a table of Arabic letters, with the Latin transliteration equivalent in internet 'slang'.

Now that the 2004 Presidential Elections are over and Bush has won, there are a lot of interesting facts, rumors, analysis and the like.

I have been struggling with the Water Softener for a few months now. I got it fixed by Sears for about 165$Cdn two years or so ago. A few months ago, it started having problems again. So I decided to try and fix it myself.

Here are some links to web sites of extended family members. Some of them are on constant contact with me, while others I find by chance via other relatives or from the internet:

Sometimes, it is the most unlikely thing that brings back memories. An article that came across my screen the other day caused me to reminisce about many things.