Archive for the 'Kuwait News' Category

Skelton Interview

Monday, June 19th, 2006

iTimes Andy Skelton Interview

Around the web

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Page Views 2.0
Clerks 2
FatBits: John Siracusa’s Journal: And we all shine on
On Being a Press Expert (thanks Jeremy)
MoveOn.org Civic Action: Save NPR and PBS (again)
WordPress functions - Red Alt
WordPress no-www - this is on my to-do list, along with a site reconstruction.
The Value of .Mac
PHP 5 Statistics
Mob Mentality and Web 2.0 - I’m still catching […]

Seventy Nine

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

I reached a personal milestone today.

Bouncing Ideas

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

I had lunch with Danny today and took the opportunity to ask for some feedback/help with the tagging interface I’ve implemented for the next release of Tasks Pro™.
I’d already re-done the tagging interface 3 times, and I’m still not satisfied with it. Trying to walk the line between consistency and subtlety with a feature is […]

Banned from Google

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Something really weird happened when I had the password problem last week — I completely disappeared from Google. It’s not just the search for Matt, but almost every page on my site has disappeared even for super-obvious searches. This happened within a day of the guy getting into my blog account. I have two theories, […]

Soldier Convicted in Deadly Attack on His Camp

Thursday, June 15th, 2006


Hasan Akbar could be sentenced to death for killing two of his comrades and wounding 14 others in an attack on his own camp in Kuwait at the start of the Iraq war.

Trial Opens for Sergeant Accused of Killing 2 Officers

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

An Army sergeant charged with killing two American officers in a grenade attack in Kuwait was mentally ill and acted out of desperation, his lawyer said.

[TS] Ex-Halliburton Man Charged With Defrauding U.S. of $3.5 Million

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

The fraud scheme, as outlined by federal prosecutors, suggests how lax financial controls were, in the company and the Pentagon, in the early months of the Iraq war.

[TS] Foreigners May Soon Play a Part In Kuwait Oil

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Thirty years after foreign oil companies were expelled from Kuwait, the state is close to opening its lucrative oil production business again to outsiders.

[TS] Kuwaitis Quietly Breach a Taboo: Easing Hostility Toward Israel

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Kuwaiti newspapers are floating the idea that the country could take steps to reduce hostility toward Israel as a means of helping the Palestinians.