Looking for Mother's Day gift ideas? How about this nice gift for young mamas. A set of fabric covered notebooks. The notebook features2 small pockets for pens, and a larger pocket for loose papers. The elastic band keeps it all together no matter how overstuffed. Get it here.
في احد الايام انفصل الانترنت عند بوحمدان فقال هذه القصيدة:انترنتي واقف مدري وشعلامة ابدخل النت ومايجيني ارسالشكلي برجع لمراسيل الحمامة والي مايرجع لأصله ماهو برجالابفتح الكام واشوف العلامة على خد حبيبي واعرف الحاللاكسرت لابتوبي ما من ملامه عارف حظي ومايصير المحالالمهندس دوم مغشوش كلامه صار كل يوم يجي بدون سؤالدوم يفرمته ويفرمتني سلامه الى متى واحنا على هذا المنوال
Andrew Keen is no stranger to controversy. He has irritated bloggers by equating Web 2.0 with communism and enraged citizen journalists with his best selling book, Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture . Naturally when I saw Keen’s core conversation “Is Innovation Fair?” on the SXSW program, I knew it would incite lively discussion. Sponsor SXSW and the term “read-write web” are perhaps the antithesis of what Keen has become known for. While we as a publication (and often as a community) celebrate the participatory culture of Web 2.0, Keen sees the rise of amateur publishers as the fetishism ...
في محاضرة دينية بالمسجد الكبير حضرها حوالي 38 ألفاالشيخ مشاري الخراز: التقرب إلى «الله» هو مفتاح السعادة الدنيويةلقراءة التفاصيل من صحيفة الوطن اضغط هنا
Seriously I was off for a few days these past weeks relaxing and chillaxing at home and I was fine health-wise and everything well I was treating a problem that I had before but I am shocked to say that today since it was my first day back at work I got the sniffles (i.e. cold and flu) and now my nose is annoying the hell out of me, one nostril I can breathe in (thank god! knock on wood) and the other is either clogged or runny and it annoys the hell out of me, because it makes me develop a headache. I took ...
Experimenting with water I came across OGO water, it is rich with Oxygen :] not sure about the health benefits of that, but it tasted nice. Liked the website theme & music.The above picture is of the bottle which has a cool spherical shape, by the reflection of the text you certainly know its liquid, part of the ingredients tell you that it has Agua = Aqua = Water, Yet what I deliberately added
I heard rumors ages ago that they would be introducing wide license plates and it seems the rumors came true because Mrs F over at Tidbit Du Jour spotted one and took a picture. It’s about time! [Link]
Last night, during Digg ’s annual SXSW party, Digg’s CEO Jay Adelson announced a set of significant changes to Digg. Among the changes Adelson announced are a streamlined submission process, a personalized homepage, an unlimited amount of topic pages, a new commenting system and better curation tools. Earlier this morning, we got a chance to sit down with Adelson to discuss these changes in greater detail. Some of these changes will surely be extremely controversial in the Digg community and might also make some publishers who rely on Digg’s traffic a bit nervous. Sponsor It’s hard to underestimate the influence these changes will have ...
I Noticed this "MILK" store sign next to Pinkmoon Boutique the other day. Does anyone know if it's a cafe/restaurant or a clothes/accessories boutique?
For anyone in this business who isn’t at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week, pretty much every social media channel feels like sitting next to a high school clique loudly talking about a party you weren’t invited to. If SXSW doesn’t interest you, or if you’re able to rise above it all, then my hat’s off to you and your Zen-like transcendence. Sponsor For those of us who still have some lingering envy or a fear that we’re missing out on… well, we’re not quite sure what, but something really cool… there’s actually some soothing relief this year. Check out the Twitter discussion on ...
My friend, Arwa, sent me this picture by BBM earlier today
Two remarks:
Why Salon spelled with س and not ص
What is هوت النفط?
Then after few minutes she sends the English version of it
Again, two remarks:
Why Salon is spelled “Saloon“?
The Hot Oil explains it all, which was written somehow in Arabic (lost in translation a bit) as Hot Petroleum!
Oh and believe me… there are more in there that I am ignoring in this hilarious ad LOL!
Thanks Arwa
This game is available on the DSiWare, and it’s worth it’s points. If you do end up with a Nintendo DSi and some points to spend, don’t hesitate to spend them on this game. Someone from the creators of this game contacted me regarding my Nintendo DSi article and was nice enough to send me this exclusive image you see above. That’s basically where all the magic happens in Globulous, that’s the world where you guide adorable colorful critters with your stylus to play countless games including the following:
Soccer
Tic-Tac
Darts
Bomber
Rally
Sumo
Pinball
Snooker
Basket
Rugby
Ice Hockey
That’s only a few of the other addictive games that you can play on Globulos Party. ...
A man handed me this right as I was leaving work. Normally I wouldn’t have even allowed him to get close enough to hand me something, but our security guard was right in front of my face and looking at me, so I felt relatively safe. When I got all buckled in I felt too [...]
A friend of mine is starting a small casting business here in Kuwait. She’s looking for people who are interested in starring in ads that will appear locally and regionally. I told her I would help her out by spreading the word so if you’re interested in making some extra cash while starring in TV commercials or photo shoots then email her on castingkuwait@gmail.com
Please send your picture along with your contact details and age.
One minute we were at our tables working, next the lights went off and we all gathered in the reception area, thinking that this was a maintenance procedure although I was really concerned for the servers (which are on UPS) thank God! If it wasn’t for the personal “chauffeur” we wouldn’t have known that the basement was on fire – by coincidence I swear! No fire alarms, BAM everything was off including the elevators – I hope no one is still trapped as they cannot do anything to the electricity at this point till they fix the problem and I will explain below:
Anil & Swer ...
A new mobile app called the Recognizr allows people to simply click pictures of anyone on the road and bring up their online presence.The app from a Swedish mobile software firm called The Astonishing Tribe (www.tat.se) is taking information overload to the next level by using augmented identity.How the app works is by mashing up face-recognition technology,computer vision,cloud computing,and augmented reality with the complex digital lives many of us lead on the internet.They have created an app that allows you to gather information on a person and their social networking life by working with facial recognition.
So,when the ...
صباح السبتصباحا مليئا بالكسل للتمتع بآخر ساعات الويك اندهدوء يعم المنزل .. فمن يستيقظ باكرا في يوم كهذا غيري أنا وحماماتي .. وافتح شبابيكي على مصراعيها لأتغنى مع تلك الحمامات التي باتت تسابق أفكاري وهي تحلق بشكل دائري وبحركة منظمه متفق عليها وهي تتبع قائد سربها ابتسم لإشراقة شمسي ... أتنفس مع تنفس تلك النسمات الصباحية اللطيفة ... وأسبح مع موسيقى مدونتي في عالمي وحدي الى ان يفتح باب الغرفه .. واسمع خطوات صغيره تتجه نحوي ...تتوقف قليلا تلك الخطوات ... أضع كوب القهوة جانبا .. وانتظر ظهور الزائر الصباحي الغير متوقع"منو"يطل علي بعينيه الواسعتين وابتسامه شقاقيه عجيبه"عزيز""يمه ... خرعتني .. ليش قاعد مبجر""عشان نايم ...
My sister sent me this interesting email with different Elissa pictures!
Check’em out!
Seems like every dress she likes above, she would get it in black too… plus the below dresses!
مقــــــــــال يستحق القراءهالامير د.سيف الإسلام بن سعود بن عبد العزيز في إحدى بلدان جنوب شرق آسيا التي تقطنها غالبيةمسلمة، ومعروف عنها تسامحها الديني (القديم) تفجرتأزمة جديدة بين المسلمين والمسيحيين حول الكلمات المستعملةمن قِبل النصارى هناك، والتي تعني الله المتعالي في سماواتهوتقول: (إلهنا الذي في السموات.) هذه الكلمات شبيهعند المسلمين، ففي سورة الزخرف يقول الله تعالىوهو يصف نفسه: (وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إله)ءصدق الله العظيم.أين المشكلة؟ المشكلة هي في الشعور الجديد الذي بدأبدا يداهم المسلمين، بأنهم يحتكرون التقرب والدعاءإلى الله دون الأديان وأتباعها الآخرين، نعم الاسلام في - رأينا - خاتم الرسالات والديانات وأصدقهالكن هذا لا يعني عداء ما يعتقده الآخرون عن ربهمورسلهم ...
بريشة منى الشافعي*****قصة قصيرة بقلم: جريس كاجوم باجا ترجمة: منى الشافعي************مع هبة تلك النسمة الرقيقة، كان دوك واقفا، ينظر إلى الاسفل، محدقا في جُو.ي.- أهلاً جُوي.ردّد دوك... بينما الصمت والسكون يحيطان بهما.يكمل:- جُوي.. أعتذر لم أكن أقصد أن... حقيقة لم أكن أقصد ان... بالمناسبة جُوي، عيد ميلاد سعيد.يصنع دوك وردة ندية على شاهد قبر جُوي، ويبتعد عن المكان.- هل سيأتي يوم وتسامحني يا جُوي؟يردد متسائلا، ثم يكمل:- كنت ليلتها، أقود سيارتي وأنا مخمور في طريق عودتي إلى البيت!***********
أحتفل مع صديقتي بمناسبة خلعها للحجاب بعد صراع دام أكثر من ٥ سنوات .. توجد لديها امطات للبيع بنص السعر .. أحد يبي؟ وسيتم إلاعلان عن موعد المزاد العلني على الكريستالات(ستراس) قريبا Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Kuwait
It seems Dubai has turned into the Mecca of Credit Card thieves and credit card fraud, I got a call from the bank late Thursday night if I made transactions in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and a few online transactions. The amount was 460 KD, I told them I only used my Credit Card once in an ATM in Dubai at a National Bank of Dubai ATM in the Mall. How in the hell could my card have been copied from that terminal, I honestly looked at it and scrutinized it and I still got taken. The bank said it isn’t a problem and they ...
This is from the Gulf Times Court RoundUp
Life sentence commuted
A Doha appeals court has commuted to five-year imprisonment the life sentence given to a local teenager, who was convicted of raping a Sri Lankan housemaid.
Two Sri Lankan men in their late 20s were sentenced in absentia by a Doha court of first instance to 15 years imprisonment for helping the accused to perpetrate the crime.
The court heard that the two Sri Lankan accomplices who worked in a car washing facility told the main accused about the woman.
The rape took place soon after midnight on August 14, 2007.
According to the chargesheet, the ...
With the crisis in full swing, the “job search” has become a tiresome task with so many websites and so many listings, most of which do not result in any leads. Based on my own experience and comparison of all the websites available in both countries Lebanon and UAE, I found the following to be the best sites with the most potential for leads.
Dubai:
Dubizzle: A portal for jobs and real estate in Dubai. This site allows you to contact employer directly.
CareerJet.ae: There is no need to check any site other than this one for jobs in Dubai as it is an aggregator of all important websites for any position you are looking ...
When I was in Virginia, I went through my collection of old books on Kuwait and the Gulf and found a May 1969 copy of National Geographic with an article about Kuwait. Mark from 2:48 will scan it and post a good quality copy of the article in .pdf on his blog (will provide you with the link later). If you want a not-so great copy now, write to me and I'll send you one (6MB).Does anyone know where
Last week I did two things to my FJ Cruiser, the first thing was getting a tint and the second thing was installing the sound system I had previously posted about. I’ve been wanting to get a tint for ages now but it would have been really useless on the Wrangler since even if I tinted the windows I would still get a lot of heat come in from the roof since it didn’t have any kind of insulation, just bare plastic.
Anyway, all my friends got their tints done at Huper Optik whom I’ve posted about before when they participated in the Eid giveaway ...
In preparations for my last trip to Dubai, a friend suggested I check out www.booking.com to get the best prices available in the market for any hotel, furnished appartment or short term stay world-wide. I tried it out with a few hotels of which some friends had corporate rates, and in fact the rate was considerably less on booking.com.
This website has no booking fees and facilitates choosing the perfect location depending on your needs, location preference and of course price budget. It does not require you to pay online yet you must provide credit card details only for booking purposes which can be cancelled with ...
كتبت أكثر من 400 موضوع في مدونتي هذه وقضيت فيها كل تلك السنوات الماضية وكتبت في الصحف وشاركت في بعض المنتديات ولم يخطر في بالي قط أنني سأكتب مثل هذه المقالة يوما ما ، ليس لأن موضوعها لن يكون له يوما مقدرا حتميا ، بل لأنه كان مجرد التفكير في هذا الموضوع يفطر الفؤاد ويدمي القلب ويسرح في الخاطر فضلا عن الكتابة عنه بعد وقوعه .
في ظهر يوم الاثنين 8 من ربيع الأول سنة 1431 هجرية 2010/2/22 م وفي الساعة الواحدة والنصف خرجت روح أبي الغالي من جسده مغادرة عالمنا عالم الوهم إلى عالم الحقيقة التي تنتظرنا جميعا بين يدي الله تعالى ، تسللت روحه ...
My best friend Martine and I are constantly on a quest to find a relaxing hangout with great food at decent prices. After a long shopping day in Kaslik, we came across a beautiful villa of which under a small cabin like restaurant has popped up within the last year. We decided to try it out and were very satisfied with what we found. The atmosphere is very zen with refreshing green plants and wooden walls and comfortable pastel green and white couches. The music is a non-lyrical light melody set at just the right level.
The menu offers a variety of tastes from light salads ...
في السياسة لا أثق حتى بظلي لأنه ممكن يسبقني ويمكن يتأخر ويخليني أدش قبله بالطوفةوعلى هذا الأساس انا لا أثق بمواقف نواب كتلة العمل الوطني - التي ظهرت على خجل وعملت على خجل وضمت نوابا يجلبون الخجل - فهل يستوى صالح الملا مع سلوى الجسار ؟ وهل يمتزج عبدالله الرومي مع علي الراشد وهل يتوافق عادل الصرعاوي مع عبدالرحمن العنجري ؟؟؟ اما أسيل العوضي فلا زالت تنتظر المديح وتتمشى في بستان الأحلام الوردية وترتدي ثوب فتاة المراعي وليتها فعلت كما فعلت جارة القمر رولا دشتي عندما نأت بنفسها عن عمل الكتل وأكتفت بالعمل العلني مع كتلة الحكومةلا أدري حقا ولا أعرف لماذا أعلنوا عن وجود هذه ...
Someone's being a total green-thumb and growing these (lettuce?) plants near the lab entrance. OMG CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE HATE THE BUTTERFLIES?!? Peace(But not to the butterflies)(OMG FINE OK YES TO THE BUTTERFLIES ! NOT PLEASE STOP ATTACKING ME AND MY WINDSHIELD!)*breathes*I am Calm. NO I'M NOT, I'm BEING ATTACKED BY THESE GODDAMN BUTTERFLIES ! Dramatic The End. :D
I always go to Al Mansouriya Gas Station for “Ultra” gas. I have asked my friends for other gas stations with Ultra… and here I am asking you on my blog again, any gas station with ultra you know of? Please drop a comment
Thanks
I had spoken previously about Paraloid B-72 and its value to any conservator. Paraloid is an acrylic resin that can be dissolved in Aceton for a variety of uses- label adhesive, labeling basecoat, joining adhesive. I use it to apply KNM numbers to the archeological artifacts. I use it instead, drum roll please, of nail polish. Only sucky thing about it, it's never as 'thick' as nail polish. And it doesn't come in a bottle with a brush. And the shaking ! These little pellets need a good twirly motion for 15 minutes or so to dissolve. Carpal tunnel is my near and ...
These days the weather has been near perfect, sunny during the day and cooler in the afternoon. Just a little too hot at noon but still great for riding, I’m out when I can be but this was a special ride. I got a call from Ahmed at Bike World which I visited last time and he told me he has something special for me, I asked him whats special he said to pass by and I will see. I was expecting a Moto GP Machine capable of breaking the sound barrier with futuristic technology. When I got there he had for me a scooter, ...
نجمة الغناء الجميلة بيونسي تعرض مجموعة الربيع والصيف لدار أزياء دريون والتي تقوم بتصميمه والدتها تينا نولز.تم تصوير الحملة الدعائية والتي ستظهر في بعض المجلات العالمية قريبا في الجزر اليونانية الساحرة.http://blog.thouq.com
Although the show has been cancelled I couldn’t help but want to write about it since it was one of the new shows that were introduced this season on ABC and one of the first that got cancelled for not bringing in too much ratings. Unfortunately it could’ve been something had it not been for the cliched story-lines.
This show basically talks about 3 women who possess unique powers and how they meet each other in the village of Eastwick, a village that is not oblivious to a little bit of supernatural stuff going around in it. Think, Charmed but without the sisterhood of real life ...
A few days ago I was starving after spending the day out furniture shopping with my sister and on our way back from the Avenues we were a bit hungry and were thinking of what to have for dinner, for it her it was lunch since she didn’t have any that day. We wanted something light and being stuck on the 4th ring road we decided to take a detour into Jabriya Land and see what’s new there. I remembered that “Salad Boutique” was located in that area and off we went.
We ordered the Quesidella Salad for the parents, she got the Chicken Nacho Salad, ...
The fun and comfortable loungewear store Oysho has been hit with Alice in Wonderland's fever. Oysho paid homage to the wonderland world with perfect-for-lounging-at-home pieces. I'm loving this cute tank top with matching PJ pants.
I was picked as one of the judges for the Taste of Kuwait event It was such a nice experience…
Anyways… the event got extended for one extra day – today, March 14th – and it will also be a day for the awards ceremony. I am going at around 4:30PM and I hope to see you all there
Cheers!
Ansam
I’m glad that I am back to blogging more often lately, I seem to have come up with the idea of writing up a few posts and scheduling them to go up sometime in the future or just saving them for when I need to write something but I am not in the mood for it. Lately it has been one thing I like or hate and I just sort of forgot a little bit about myself in the run.
Blogging has changed since I first began to blog in 2004 and I think it’s not really that fair to those old bloggers who never fell ...
I am delighted to hear that Qatar has appointed its first female judge. I have to points of contention with this article. First – while I want women to have the same opportunity to be judges as men, I do not believe that because they are women, they can solve family rows better. I believe some female judges may be better than some male judges, but I don’t believe women will be better with family issues just because they are women. Women have agendas, too.
Second, one female judge does not fill a void. It sets a precedent. It breaks new ground. It IS a great ...
It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.
A new twist on Greek Mythology, Percy Jackson is thrown ...
Having worked on Linux intensively on servers & networking. i decided to push it into a desktop mode, where i wanted to see how far i could make it go and how practical it would become for a normal windows user to migrate to this strong OS.
Well, my conclusion on this was bad. Even though i love linux alot, but i find it not-practical at all for the desktop user. the amount of customizations, plugins, etc to make it close enough to windows is basically a lot of effort. i thought of many users when i was making this study and i find it impossible ...
We write this for you, the tired, the weak and the weary, the dogged attendees of the South By South West festival in Austin this weekend. We know that you’re exhausted, but it’s not from the booze, the parties or the product pitches – it’s the endless location based check-ins. If only someone had solved this in time, right? From what we can tell, the folks over at Brightkite have the solution with Check.in , but have yet to release it to the achey-thumbed, smart-phoned masses. Sponsor According to the splash page we found at Check.in , the app, which looks to be for ...
Remember my article I wrote on Apple’s unveiling it’s latest Ipad product and how its going to fail miserably. I am not the only one who is saying this but a lot of bloggers and gadgets reviewers have said the same thing. Macrumors.com did a little investigation regarding how many people are [...]
Buzz , Google’s controversial attempt to unseat Facebook as the most mainstream of social activity stream readers, just made some much-needed changes that Facebook could learn from as well. Buzz users now have more granular control over what social interactions with content trigger an email sent to their email inboxes and explicit explanations for why each piece of content was sent by email to them. These changes are a good start but ought to extended into the body of Buzz as well. Sponsor Just like most Facebook users can’t explain the difference between the new algorithmically filtered News Feed and the raw bulk flow ...
Upon first glance we were skeptical. Generally when someone says they’re launching a business directory it’s an SEO play with little value to users. Nevertheless, the small business web directory is a pleasant surprise. The group is providing a variety of useful resources to help startups integrate services and scale up their internal operations. Sponsor Launched at last year’s SXSW, the small business web is a group of software as a service companies that have joined forces to offer cheaper services to clients. Companies like Batch Blue Software , Freshbooks , Mailchimp , Shoeboxed and Outright have been integrating APIs in order to help ...
Back in January I joined Core Fitness and the first thing they did was take my measurements so I can compare them 7 weeks later. Well it’s been 7 weeks and I finished my first course and here are the results:
Before
After
Weight
84.7kg
80kg
BMI
25
23.6
BMR
1946kcal
1881kcal
Fat
20%
17%
Fat Mass
16.9kg
13.6kg
Fat Free Mass
67.8kg
66.4kg
Total Body Water
49.6kg
48.6kg
Chest
99cm
101cm
Shoulder Girdle
55cm
57cm
Thighs
56cm
58cm
Arms
28.5cm
29.5cm
Hips
105cm
100cm
Waist
98cm
93.5cm
What do these numbers mean? Basically my weight has gone down from 84.7 to 80 and that includes gaining around 1.7kg of muscle. I’ve lost fat around my waist and hips (I actually had to add two new holes on my belts) and I’ve added muscle to my other areas like chest, shoulders, thighs and arms. My aim ...
I have a relationship with Zain. Zain sends me letters and SMS messages all the time. Zain cares about me. Whenever I feel alone, Zain reminds me that I am thought of. Zain even calls me sometimes for offers. Zain cares for my budget. I am always the receiver and never the giver. Ahh, what is life without Zain.
I should’ve wrote about this TV Show earlier but I was working my way through the list and well alphabetically and the day that this show airs puts it near the end, therefore it took me ages including the weeks and months I used to procrastinate. Anyways, this is my IT show for the season apart from “White Collar” this show gives me my man candy and gives me awesome suspense and fear. It is close up there to replacing the gap that was left by “Charmed” when The WB ended its hit show. And I am glad that this show is still on ...
During today’s SXSW keynote , social media research Danah Boyd , who works for Microsoft Research New England and is a fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, talked about online privacy. Specifically, she focused on how users can navigate issues around online privacy and how developers can help them to do so. Sponsor Boyd, who has researched how mainstream users use social media for the last couple of years, argued that developers have to focus on questions about privacy and publicity as they use and develop these new applications and experiences. According to Boyd, privacy is not dead and users ...
The whole meaning behind the name, was lost in translationهو صالون للتسمير (يفترض) و اسمه "سُمّره في الرمل"، لكن الواقع المعكوس على اللوحة مغاير لما فهمت! فا يا فهمي غلط او ترجمتهم غلطالترجمة نوعين، اما ان تحمل المعنى الحرفي او المقصود "بالسياق / اللفض" مشكلة الترجمة في بعض الأماكن في الكويت اعقد انهم مو محددين وجهتهم في التسمية! فهل يبون المعني الحرفي للمكتوب او المغزى من التعبير/ الكلمات
مساكم الله بالخيراليوم كان يوم مرتب حدهقلت لازم اختمه بموضوععلشان اكون عطيت كل شي حقهاخييييييه علي انا ماكو منييعني كاشخ فيها ديكاتي اويلاه عليكلوووووووووولبمجمع 360 في مكان العاب بالدور الثالثوفي صالة بولنغ شي مرتب واللهمو زحمه نفس كوزمو وهاديه اكثر يتراوالياللعبة الوحده ب 3 د.كوانا صارلي الحين اسبوعين مطيح اهناكاول مره رحت انا مع معاذ ولعبناانا فايدني شي واحد اني كنت العبها علىipod touchفتقدرون تقولون اعرف التريكس واشلون يكون اتجاه الكرهعاد ونلعب واعطيه نتيجه طيبه واللهوطبعا باللعبه هذي كانت ترقيعتين عند معاذاول وحده: انا رأفت بحالك لإن جسمك يعورك من الناديوالثانية: انا العب باليسار وهذي مشكلهولكن على مييين يا حبيبياي اي نعم كل شي موثق ...
I spent all day avoiding this power point. I just didn’t feel like doing anything work related at all this weekend.
Though I am pretty excited about this project because it’s the first time I’m doing it with kids, I find myself anxious for the exact same reason.
Wish me luck!
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I received a link from my sister on Facebook called “ALLAH” and I was disgusted by what I read and NO I will not share the link with you people here! an SOB claims to be Allah – God and recites Quran verses in a sick way.. problem is this person knows Quran! I mean he – she sounds intellectual (although this group and what’s on it are signs of losing it).
I tried searching for an email to contact FB administration and in spite of the numerous “report abuse” hits I’ve done since yesterday, the group is still up and the fans number is increasing ...
It’s SXSW weekend so you may be pretty burnt out on conferences – or just sick and tired of hearing about them – but if you’re in New York City this week, don’t miss what’s sure to be a profound and fascinating A Historic Conversation in NYC: Ai Weiwei, Jack Dorsey & Richard MacManus On March 15, at the prestigious Paley Center in New York City, a conversation will take place between Chinese digital activist and artist Ai Weiwei , Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey , and ReadWriteWeb’s Richard MacManus , ReadWriteWeb founder and editor in chief. The moderator will be Orville Schell ...
This is going to be my second attempt to bring my blog out of the grave I dug for it… for some reason I seem to be not able to keep it alive… I blame it on 1) having World of Warcraft (PC Game) take a big chunk of my computer time, 2) Starting to microblog on twitter and Facebook, and 3) Just overall laziness.
I got used to short hair for a long time, and now that I have long hair.. its just straight! Boring? Well not with L’Oreal Beach Creme! Basically, after I wash my hair I take some of that creme and rub it in, blow dry it or let it air dry. It gives a windswept beach look with tousled finish… no visible residue! Oh and that peach fragrance… hmmm!!! I LOVE IT
Only problem is I cant find it anywhere now… so if you know where I can find it, please let me know
It's Saturday afternoon. I'm watching CSI on TV. It's 16:48.Mobile phone rings; an unknown number. Hmmm.Me: "Hello?"Caller: "Hi, I'm here for the sugar." (Indian accent)*pause on my end**I listen to the background noise to see if this is a joke. I hear street noise and a kid screaming* Me: "I'm sorry... what?!"Caller: "How much is the sugar?"Me: "Sorry, what sugar? Who do you want?"
الخبر هذا نزل في القبس اليوم السبت 13مارس في صفحة الكويت: هذروقراطية، ودي أعرف، وهذا سؤال حقيقي وليس "ريتوريكال"، هذا خبر حقيقي أم دعابة صحفية؟الخالد: ليش زعلان؟الطبطبائي: لدينا مطالب واجبة التنفيذ الطبطبائي عازفا عن الحديثأثناء انعقاد اللجنة التشريعية دار حديث طويل بين وزير الداخلية الفريق م. الشيخ جابر الخالد والنائب الطبطبائي الذي يبدو زعلان كما في الصورة.مصادر وثيقة الصلة بالهذروقراطية حضرت اجتماع اللجنة لكن بطريقة لا يمكن للعقيد الصبر ان ينكرها عبر البيانات الرسمية لأن الوثائق موجودة في الخزائن الهذروقراطية المحاطة باحتياطات أمنية ومراقبة الكترونية عالية المستوى. الوزير الخالد: بدي أعرف العضو المحترم وليد الطبطبائي ليش زعلان.الطبطبائي: أنا زعلان من الحكومة جميعها ولا أريد الحديث ...
I think that Russel Crowe is a jerk, but he is also a phenomenal actor, probably one of the best at portraying whatever character he chooses. Now he has taken the role of Robin Hood, the last Robin Hood I remember was with Kevin Costner back in the 90s, and then there were Men in Tights, but that was just funny. Aside from those movies, this is taking Robin Hood into an Epic film, as some critics are already saying it, its going to be another Gladiator. I still watch Gladiator every once in a while and I still get moved by that movie, something ...
Our top stories this week were about cutting the strings that tie us to our desks. And also about stalking celebrities at SXSW. Read on for our coverage and analysis. We also continued our exploration of the significant Internet trends of 2010, including Real-Time Web, Mobile Web and Internet of Things. Note: We’ve refreshed the format for our longest running feature, the Weekly Wrapup. It now focuses more explicitly on the key trends that ReadWriteWeb is tracking in 2010, as well as giving you the highlights from the leading story of the week. Let us know your thoughts on the new format. Sponsor Story ...
“Did you know USAA has a car buying service?” AdventureMan asked me. Well, yes, sort-of, but I’ve been not wanting to think about buying a new car with all the house-buying stuff and paper-filling out stuff and packing stuff and making lists.
On the other hand, every day I have to rent a car is money down the drain.
“I’ll just check it out,” I thought to myself.
It was so easy. You go online and tell the car buying service where you live and what you want to buy. They send your name and phone number and e-mail (since I don’t want car salespeople calling me ...
If you didn't get the chance to go to Créme boutique's summer exhibition today, you may have missed out on more than a few chances to buy the best pieces for casual outings and more. The selection of jeans was just fabulous. Exactly what we have been missing in this market, great quality luxe denim from MIH and James jeans: boot-cut, boyfriend, skinny, straight, wide leg... you name it, they had it. Plus they were selling cute and fun dresses and tops from Ashish and Tata-Naka (great for parties!). Now if you have missed it, I have some good news for you, follow Créme's ...
Two movies that I am really looking forward to and have been waiting for them for a while now. Prince of Persia has been quite for some time now and its coming up at the end of May. Iron Man 2 just released the second trailer which was fantastic, leaves me wanting a hell of a lot more. When ever there are movies that I have high expectations for I try not to watch the trailer for them so I won’t know anything when I walk in, but I couldn’t help seeing the Iron Man 2 trailer. I know the basic story of Prince of ...
I went to TOK again yesterday for lunch with friends and was able to take more pictures this time
So I snapped pictures of the entrance and the different sections of the venue this time
It was a bit quiet when we first got there at around 1:00PM. We paid KD1.5 entrance fee per person (keep in mind that the minimum charge is KD5 per person also), KNet was not working -which is okay, since I had cash on me… and I usually dont *whew*- Anywho… The place wasnt crowded yet, so I was pretty comfortable walking around with my camera and snapping ...
There are a lot of access points out on the market, and I have tried quite a few, been through 2 Netgear, 2 Linksys, 1 Belkin, and 3 D-Link. Out of all them I would avoid Belkin, probably the worst out of all the products, was horrible out of the box, worse support and I would avoid all their products period. Linksys are good but not what it used to be, I still prefer the older models then the new consumer models. Netgear is nice when its working but after a while it would hang, I would have to plug it and unplug it, and ...
Arai is one the best quality helmets and always at the forefront of design and technology with their helmets. Now they just released a new helmet called the RX-7 RC, it has the shape of the new RX-7 GP but constructed from the Arai’s Formula One-spec race helmet, the GP-6 RC.
No official details have been released for this helmet but carbon fiber helmet is made the same way as the Formula One spec helmet. Its called RX-7 RC for Racing Carbon, same as the GP-6 RC with all the nifty features. Based on factory rumors it takes about 22 hours to make one helmet, ...
I didn’t mean to go to InfoConnect this year but I thought why not check it out on it’s last day in the morning so I grabbed my sister along with myself and headed out there early in the morning and it was crowded but not that huge crowd that you can’t see where you’re going. As what pretty most of the bloggers out there said it wasn’t that great of an exhibition but there was this one thing that I bought that is sort of like a guilty secret of mine.
At this one booth, I saw that they were selling the HP Mini 210, ...
Aviary , the online creative platform is a visionary tool. When it launched a few years back, the irony of a Flash based Photoshop competitor was, well, ironic. With the launch of Aviary in Google’s App Marketplace , we can say that the company is close to making lightening strike twice, this time around creating a home for the creative professional and their most important assets. We want this to work – so we ran it through the paces. Here we got a front-line view on where cloud app meets cloud. We looked forward to counting the pixels that get wasted in the process. ...
So I’ve done it, I’ve preordered my iPad and I went with the 64GB Wifi Only model and grabbed a nice sexy case to protect it!
Should expect it sometime in first week of April!
*eeeeek* can’t wait!
Kaiser Kuo presented today at SXSW about Google in China. He spoke about how the Google situation will impact Chinese Internet users, other companies and the Chinese government. In the presentation, Kuo (who also spoke to ReadWriteWeb a week ago) clarified how censorship in China works. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the Great Firewall that has the most impact in China – but something China calls “self-discipline.” Kuo also discussed what the next moves will be from Google, since he believes that the ball is in Google’s court and Beijing won’t push the situation. Sponsor History of Google in China Before getting ...
We’re seeing a lot more discussion on the topic of single-sign on for SaaS environments. The issue is becoming more important as security emerges as a top concern for companies considering making the move to cloud-based environments. OneLogin is a new company that offers single sign-on, cloud-based service that allows for small and mid-sized companies to enjoy the same level of security as large enterprise companies. Sponsor Most small companies do not deploy security methods that employ SAML , (Security Assertion Markup Language) an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains. It’s expensive to deploy. Open-source tools do exist but ...
Once upon a time, smartphones were mostly about connecting busy professionals with their email accounts while on the go. Now that smartphones have reached the mainstream consumer market, however, people are looking for more than just email access – and a surprisingly large number of smartphones hardly ever leave their owners’ homes. According to a new study from Web analytics firm Compete, 74% of smartphone owners now primarily use their devices for personal reasons, and they often spent the most amount of time with the device at home. Sponsor As we noted last October , when they leave their homes, a lot of consumers ...
Everyone has been talking about how this year’s SXSW will be the “year of location” as Foursquare and Austin-based Gowalla go head-to-head in a location-based battle royale . Location, however, is not the only emerging technology that will be on display in Austin; American auto maker Chevrolet announced it will be debuting new augmented reality promotions at SXSW this year. Sponsor Festival attendees can download the Chevy iReveal application on the iPhone which will allow them to participate in a scavenger hunt-like game that blends augmented reality with location-based functions. A map in the application shows the location of Chevy vehicle promotions around Austin ...