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Customs block Amazon DVDs : Update
Sunday, 8 Oct, 2006 – 3:06 | One Comment
Customs block Amazon DVDs : Update

Last month I had ordered certain movies from Amazon and two of them were confisicated at the customs. Read here ‘Damn ! Customs has blocked my Amazon Order‘
Today out of the blue I receive a call from someone at the customs department, asking me to come over at cargo section near the Airport, regarding my [...]

ShaSawy Kuwait?
Saturday, 30 Sep, 2006 – 15:52 | No Comment
ShaSawy Kuwait?

New site in Kuwait. I ask what, why, who, when, where, and definitely how mu$h ?
ShaSawy [LINK]

Hair Styling Online
Wednesday, 27 Sep, 2006 – 19:38 | 2 Comments
Hair Styling Online

Get hold of this, a portal where you can upload your picture and apply 5000+ hairstyles with color options virtually.
TheHairStyler [LINK]

Let your Mobile Screeeeeeam !
Tuesday, 19 Sep, 2006 – 7:55 | No Comment
Let your Mobile Screeeeeeam !

Cool new service from Synchronica for your mobile phone. If your mobile gets stolen, the Mobile Manager service will ‘remotely lock and wipe data from mobile phones as soon as their owners report the loss. If the phone has been stolen, companies can also turn on the Synchronica Scream Feature, causing an annoying and embarrassing [...]

Space Tourism : Few points to consider
Monday, 18 Sep, 2006 – 9:00 | No Comment
Space Tourism : Few points to consider

With Anousheh Ansari’s launch to space as a tourist, space tourism is all the buzz and all over the news channels again.
Consider this that to be a space tourist:

you have to for atleast 6 months live and train in Moscow, and no you wont be given a medal from Putin on returning back

there is a [...]

My favorite Bank : NBK
Tuesday, 12 Sep, 2006 – 8:26 | One Comment
My favorite Bank : NBK

Rated: [rate 5]
Reasons I love NBK:

Absolute gem of customer service

Varieties of products and services

Visibility across Gulf and other countries

Very style conscious from branch interiors to employee attire

Every employee I come across, any given time of the day, has a smiling face

Online banking service is great

They always have sweets for me

NBK Online [Link]

Corporate Logos Library
Monday, 11 Sep, 2006 – 8:53 | No Comment
Corporate Logos Library

Cool site for those corporate logos that you might need in lot of your projects.
Click here [Link]

ITunes we have a problem : Amazon Unbox
Sunday, 10 Sep, 2006 – 8:19 | No Comment
ITunes we have a problem : Amazon Unbox

Amazon Unbox the latest offering by Amazon is the new video download service offering TV shows, docos, movies starting from $ 1.99/- for TV shows to $8 to $15 for full length movies.
Facts:

You can’t burn the movies

You can watch it on PC only or approved handheld

Works with Microsoft Media Player only

Good TV shows like 24, [...]

Google Arabic-English Translation
Friday, 25 Aug, 2006 – 0:44 | 14 Comments
Google Arabic-English Translation

This is what I tried. Now only my Arabic writing fellow bloggers can tell me if this is any good.
English
‘ I am testing this translation tool. I wonder if this would tell me the difference between blog and website . now that’s not fair dude. Should I lay a trap for Google and use some [...]

My daily Arab Times dose
Thursday, 24 Aug, 2006 – 23:53 | No Comment
My daily Arab Times dose

Rated [rate 5]

I love my daily Arab Times subscription newspaper. Having read other English dailies in Kuwait, I always found Arab Times to be a better source of news with more newspaper content like I was used too in other countries. Their service has been prompt at 5:30am every morning, and newspaper has lot more [...]

Invitation to test Google Hosting !
Wednesday, 26 Jul, 2006 – 9:12 | 3 Comments
Invitation to test Google Hosting !

Rating: [rate 5]
Great news, just got an invite to test Google Hosting [Email only].
The setup was a breeze. Initial setup has few hundred free accounts
Google hosting has two main components :
1. Google Dashboard [Admin Only]
2. Google Gmail Inbox [per user]
You get all the features of GMail like Inbox [2Gb], Calendar, Contacts, and [...]

Am backkkkkkkkk!!
Tuesday, 11 Jul, 2006 – 22:41 | No Comment
Am backkkkkkkkk!!

After a 3 day break I am back !! Had tons of fun away…
Well my away was .."Away from computer" Yep took a timeout from computer and with home family and friends and had gr8 fun with World Cup finals!!
Italy a what way to go for the Cup…..Big BOOOO to Italian Marco Materazzi and big [...]

UShopWeShip…Story so far
Sunday, 2 Jul, 2006 – 1:48 | 3 Comments
UShopWeShip…Story so far

Rating: [rate 4.5]
As I blogged last week about my order from Amazon getting shipped through UShopWeShip, well ‘am lovin it’ [Mac plz dont sue me for this ]I really like their following features:
1. Notfication by SMS’es for each stage from US to KWT
2. Payment Reminder
3. Online order tracking
4. Online payment for the service
5. [...]

Wataniya GPRS/EDGE sporadic performance
Sunday, 2 Jul, 2006 – 1:27 | 12 Comments
Wataniya GPRS/EDGE sporadic performance

Rating: [rate 2.5]
Got myself Wataniya GPRS/EDGE service [Air-Card] couple of months back. Paid ‘non-refundable‘ KD 120/- deposit and monthly KD 10/- for unlimited usage.
The service is ok for roaming users as long as you have mobile signal in the area. But the performance has turned from OK to really sporadic lurching more towards bad. Spoke [...]