http://www.gyonis.com Ghassan Yonis: Thoughts, Observations, and Theories. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:02:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, I’m back to blogging again.. won’t board you with the details why I toke a (mandatory) break from blogging, or actually, maybe I will some time soon! Well, it’s this time of year (lunar year that is) again, where people here call it Ramadan, and I call it the-I-can’t-smoke/eat/drink water ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/09/02/ramadan-kareem-is-it-really/ I was actually supposed to write a blog about the Palestinian “Nakba” on May the 15th, but since I’m not a professional writers, I only write when I feel there’s something needed to be said, not when I’m suppose to. So, while reading some of the note written on Facebook I ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/05/21/protests-huh-yeah-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-nothing-uh-huh/ I love this guy.. he always make great, easy to understand by anyone, videos.. make sure you subscribe to his channel at YouTube http://www.gyonis.com/2008/05/06/tibet-media-coverage-if-they-were-a-threat-to-israel/ Question: "If you could live forever, would you and why?" Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever" -Heather Whitestone, Miss Alabama ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/04/24/funny-stupid-quotes/ Collection of the GREATEST ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIMES.. the songs are organized with semi-random order; so you either let the list auto-play and enjoy the experience, or you can scroll for the song you want... enjoy Update (May 5, 2008): Since the palylist project only allows 100 track per playlist, ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/04/21/let-there-be-rock/ Not always, but in most cases, the 3rd sequel of a trilogy, as far as I could remember, is a sequel that shouldn’t have been made! That was true in the Godfather case, it was true in the Jurassic Park case, Spider Man, Terminator, Jaws, … and the list goes ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/03/29/third-time-is-the-crap/ This video is all over the internet showing a US marine soldier in Iraq throwing a puppy off a cliff, the funny thing in this sad story that I kept reading people who's defending the US army saying the video is fake! hmmm, ok.. was Abu Ghrab fake too!! Why ... http://www.gyonis.com/2008/03/08/us-soldier-throwing-a-puppy-off-a-cliff/ For those who still didn't hear the news.. Microsoft is planing to acquire Yahoo to cover it's loses in the online services department and fight Google (its competitor).. this is a funny projection on what the result may be :) http://www.gyonis.com/2008/02/10/when-microsoft-acquire-yahoo/ You may heard before about the privacy issues on Facebook, and how Facebook, the worlds largest growing online community, uses your information to make profit. This is a truly disturbing video about this: http://www.gyonis.com/2008/02/10/privacy-on-facebook/ Great video, brilliantly done with the title "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us".. well, watching it is better then talking about it: http://www.gyonis.com/2008/02/10/the-machine-is-using-us/