Today Skype waited patiently on the wall, posing, while I took a dozen pictures with a flash. I think he’s getting more comfortable with me.
It’s just a matter of time before he’s eating right out of my hand.
Skype the Magic Gecko, you know, the one from under my ass and on my wall, has the uncanny ability to materialize and dematerialize at will. That makes him difficult to photograph and impossible to catch. I’ve tried to do both, but the second Skype catches notice of you, he disappears instantaneously. It is still […]
The gecko from under my ass is alive and well. I know that because last night while I watched TV, he kept climbing out from behind the TV cabinet along the wall. He is very alert, and VERY fast. The second I even moved my head, he would dart back behind the cabinet in fear. […]
Well, it’s finally official. Skype is now blocked all over Dubai. There have been some conflicting reports over the last week or so. Because my article about how to get Skype working in Dubai (skype.com has long been blocked, but if you get the software and find a way to top up your account with […]
UPDATE 8/21/06: 82 new Spain photos are now up on my Flickr account. There will be more, but this was all I could muster the energy for. Also thanks to Mike for the use of his unrestricted internet access this afternoon.
Dear god. I am ready to pass out. I have been at this for 6 […]
I got very drunk last night and had to sleep until 6pm today. It’s a long story, but the short of it is that a guy from the Tivoli, Libya office was in town for training. A few weeks ago I met him on the roof and shared my beer with him and his friends. […]
So much for video fun on chrisdiclerico.com. YouTube is now completely blocked in Dubai. That means I can’t view, post, or enjoy, YouTube’s video goodness. For any of you reading from Dubai, any posts you find that say “AWESOME”, “funny”, “hilarious!”, etc, followed by a big empty white space, that’s where the embedded videos used […]
So, although most of the rest of the world has already seen Superman Returns, Dubai doesn’t have it yet. But we will. In just a few days it will open here. So, as you can imagine, the marketing machine is running fast and furiously. One of the local newspapers, 7DAYS, ran this Daily Planet insert, […]
Very, very exciting news for those of us in Dubai. It looks like Google got a huge refresh of satellite images of Dubai in their latest map update. This means you can now zoom down almost to the lowest level, actually one tick before it, and see nearly every important building and landmark in this […]
On Thursday afternoon, here in Dubai, it was over 40° Celsius, or 105° Fahrenheit for you Yanks. Instead of taking in the melanoma at the pool, I went skiing. For those of you who don’t know, the very rich and very futuristic leaders of Dubai build a giant refrigerator and put a ski slope in […]
Literally. This is why you HAVE to love Dubai.
That IS what you think it is. It’s a ticket pasted to the window of a big, dirty, green SUV (Nissan Petrol, I think) for being, yes, “dusty,” and “disfiguring the public view and beauty of the city.” Hahahahahahaha.
So far, Dubai has treated me well. Other than my slow-ass Mitsubishi Lancer, “She-Devil,” I have literally no complaints. Even the 104° weather this week hasn’t really bothered me at all. But every now and again, like when my cold water turned hot, Dubai reaches out and smacks you in the mouth.
Today I dropped off […]