Just a random tidbit, 14 years ago today I posted my first post ever on a blog called Qhate. Before 248AM I had a blog called Miskan, before that I had another one called Moblogging from Kuwait (it was like instagram, but before instagram) and before that I had another blog called Qhate. Qhate was a war blog where me and a few friends were posting about life in Kuwait during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
My first post on February 6th, 2003.
Unlike my old posts here on 248AM, I don’t cringe when I read my old posts on Qhate. It kinda feels like I started off writing pretty well and then took a big dip in quality by the time I started 248AM, only to recover again years later. In around 10 days time its also going to be 248AM’s 12 year anniversary. Crazy.
All my posts from all my previous blogs are still online except for “Moblogging from Kuwait” since it was hosted on textamerica.com which shut down a decade ago. You can still find some stuff from it using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine but not much. I used to take all the photos and post to my blog using the Sony CLIÉ UX40. That was back when smart phones didn’t exist and Sony PDA’s were so ahead of their time.
7 replies on “14 Years Ago Today”
What got you into blogging in the beginning?
One of my oldest friends from high school convinced me to blog. Qhate was his idea and he posted there under the nickname nibaq
You need to drunk post like back in the day to spice things up!
Or bring back your hardee’s posts!
https://248am.com/mark/food/hardees-2/
https://248am.com/mark/kuwait/review-hardees-chili-lava/
Hahaha why you are you trying to embarrass me like that
Im not. Think of it as a TV show and im airing re-runs. Its been 14 seasons.
I am a frequent reader of your post. I got you all wrong. I assumed you were a teenage arab who writes well.
Nice to see this.