No this is not for one car or two cars or a combo deal, its Ford that wants to sell off these two brands. Looking at recent Kuwaiti Consortium which bought Aston martin, I would’nt be surprised if one of the big-wigs from Kuwait or GCC would pitch in their offers. Any takers?
Read More [LINK]

IPod works like a charm with Kubuntu. Its just a matter of using the right software for managing both Music and Photos. To manage music I use Amarok and for photo management GPixPod. Both these have seamless integration with IPod. Although ITunes has many more features and especially connects to ITunes Store, I dont [...]

 
This used to be one of my fav cartoon series during the 1980’s. My fav character was Mumm-Ra . Now Warner is going for a full length CGI feature on Thundercats. Although no tentative dates have been released, but they have started on scripts. Read here full details [LINK]
 
It’s Thundercats, ho! at [...]

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Just became a proud owner of a sleek, shiny and chic Black IPod Video 80Gb. I already have three other portable media players Black IPod Nano 4GB, Sony Network Walkman 20GB and Creative 1GB MP3 Player.
Step one was to download new ITunes 7.2 software and initialize my IPod. Once that was complete, [...]

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City Center Group has tied up with Deenside UK [LINK] to dress you up in the ultimate high-tech gear. The gear looks totally futuristic and is professional grade.
Deenside Personal Protective Equipment is specifically designed for the enforcement of Law and Order.
Deenside are the UK’S leading manufacturers of personal protective equipment designed [...]

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Overview: Surface is the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft Corp. It turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. The product provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. In essence, it’s a surface that comes to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying [...]

Excellent start, as per my conversation yesterday with Daily Star, someone was supposed to call me to collect money for the subscription and give me box for paper. And the delivery would start from today. Well guess what nothing happened! No one called me to collect the money, although they did take my address details [...]

 
Just subscribed to Daily Star Kuwait & International Herald Tribune. The paper will get delivered from tomorrow. Lets see how prompt/punctual the delivery service is [fingers crossed]. The concern regarding delivery was raised by some visitors to ChillNite in an earlier post. After that I wrote to the management of Daily Star Kuwait to give [...]

Mark your diaries for GITEX Dubai, to be held during September 8-12, 2007 at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
More details here [LINK]

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As usual the grand old man never ceases to amaze us with his balanced views. Amazing letter from Mahatma Gandhi on the Arab-Israeli conflict circa 1938. It should be read and printed and passed on to all involved in this region.
Read full letter here [LINK]

[click for larger pic]Caught a glimpse of limos parked at the Burger King Pizza Hut outlet parking lot off Belajat Street. All limos are from car rental ‘Princess Limos’ outlet which is opposite to the Burger King Pizza Hut outlet on Belajat Street.

 
Wearing a Tie everyday is like a religious practice for me. Even in the heat of Kuwait where one would love to be in bermudas with Hawaiian shirts in the office, I prefer to be suited,booted and tied [pun intended] in the office. I have had the romance with ties for last few of years only. [...]

Just checked my Yahoo! Mail, it has started rolling out its unlimited storage to everyone. Great now lets wait and see replies from GMail and Hotmail?

Finally the signs are here, bad sales in US, obscene gas [petrol] prices and the monstrosity itself, is paving the way for the death of Hummer H2. I have seen tons of these in Kuwait being driven around by mostly ‘couldnt care less’ people. All it imposes is sheer bulk, attitude and balatant show-offs. [...]