Ahmed's Chunks

This blog is dead. Live update from new blog.

2008-12-15T16:22:22Z

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Blog move

2008-12-07T22:51:30Z

ANNOUNCEMENT I have moved to http://ahmedschunks.blogspot.com/ Please note I will not be updating this blog anymore.

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Poll for all readers of my blog

2008-11-28T23:28:27Z

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What ventures will live forever in Dubai? Lessons from the lavish King of Egypt circa 1870.

2008-11-22T04:36:39Z

Consider this bit of news from Dubai (last night): "Grand opening of the new $1.5bn marine-themed facility built off the Gulf coast on an artificial island in the shape of a palm tree. Organisers claimed that the fireworks display for the $20m par...

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Malcolm Gladwell and the statistical basis of Outliers

2008-11-20T02:25:53Z

Malcolm Gladwell promotes his book on Colbert. Go watch it. Isn't it just wonderful how comedy can get to the nub of things and throw thoughtful, serious people off-balance? So, Malcolm Gladwell has published a new book: Outliers. It is Gladwell...

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John Sergeant has dropped out of Strictly Come Dancing!

2008-11-19T23:55:11Z

Here are the facts: 1. John Sergeant is a former BBC news correspondent. He was the Downing Street correspondent during the last couple of years of Margaret Thatcher's prime ministership. He was there at No 10 when Thatcher resigned. 2. Strictly...

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Why you should undergo ritual humiliation

2008-11-19T02:36:25Z

This is an account of my fifth-ever judo session. see my previous entry on learning to walk like a baby. I went to my fifth Judo session after a week's break. I was recovering from a 'discovered injury' - an injury that took a couple of days to b...

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Our unreliable memories

2008-11-15T03:53:33Z

When I was 13, I used to hang out a lot at a friend's house. The other day, the same friend and I reminisced about those days. He asked me: "Remember the dog?" I asked him: "What dog?" He replied: "My dog!" I had absolutely no recollection of his ...

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We are no angels

2008-11-12T19:12:29Z

It's taken me ten+ years to figure out that women, like men, are no angels. Ever since my early twenties I have felt "less than" the average woman I met. Less in the sense of being less gentle, less thoughtful, less kind, ... Afterall women are...

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Learning Judo is like a Baby Learning to Walk

2008-11-10T03:30:34Z

This is my fourth blog post on my new journey into Judo. See the previous entries: Rei!, My Understanding of the Philosophy of Judo, and Strangled By Judo. I have a baby niece who I had the pleasure of observing as she learnt to walk. It was exc...

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