So for the last 36-48 hours the Internet here in Dubai has been running at a snail's pace. Word on the street was that some underwater cables were severed and that caused the slowdown, but that sounded like a load of hogwash to cynical old me.

Turns out, once I finally got the New York Times up and running today, that some cables in the Mediterranean Sea were cut and it's screwed with phone and internet service in the Middle East and all over the world.

Huh.