There's been a constant niggle at the back of my head – having a WordPress blog mirror a Posterous one makes no sense. Google downgrades identical sites to junk reasonably quickly. And even the ADD sufferers among us will not want to read the same content in two different places. Yet while Posterous is the [...]
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Benihana In Flames by Hisham Wyne Download now or listen on posterous Benihana in flames-final.mp3 (4177 KB) Benihana Kuwait has been a model of utter cluelessness thus far, and shows no signs of changing course. Not only did management, in its infinite wisdom, see fit to sue Kuwaiti blogger Mark Mankhoul for a review that was [...]
I chose to dedicate my time to Mr. Edgar Allen Poe. He remains firmly entrenched in the populist canon. Poe's idiosyncratic work and polemic style- he'll write about whatever takes his fancy – have rather made him a piece-meal author. Yet, he has exerted massive influence over modern horror and mystery writing: The telltale heart [...]
We went to the Global Village to explore Pakistani, Palestinian and Zanzibarian cuisines. Good times.
In a corner of the multi-verse, natives of a world ardently believe a unicorn driving a black Camaro is responsible for pulling the sun around the sky. They arbitrarily decide the entire burden of proof for the existence of the unicorn lies on a random person – Dan – who decides to satisfy it by [...]
This was written for 4 Men magazine, and investigates the fanboy phenomenon. Apple! Android! IOS4! No, Android. Alas, an overzealous sub mangled a couple of names in there. Apols, people. You know who you are :p
Download now or preview on posterous WhoDaresWins.pdf (558 KB) This article was written for 4Men magazine, September 2010 and profiles our very own local entrepreneurs, including Mohammad and Peyman of WildPeeta, Danish Farhan of Xische, film maker and animator Ashraf Ghori, the GoNabit duo and Mohammed Abedein of Foo Dog.
An edited version of this article appeared in the Khaleej Times and may be accessed here.
The Flood Situ In Pakistan by Hisham Wyne Download now or listen on posterous The flood situ in Pakistan.mp3 (5790 KB) A column in the Khaleej Times is going to follow – have just been a bit behind schedule. But some interesting points (I'd hope) nevertheless. Was in Lahore, etc, last weekend, where I gathered valuable [...]
