Category Archives: General

Impressions from Dubai

12/2/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

So i was in Dubai , but because Flicker is banned there ( and i’m too lazy to search for Proxy to upload pictures while there ) i just uploaded a couple to my flicker

So here is couple of pictures with my comments on them

Now this kinda pose a problem , the device is called eGO same name as the service Zain is running in Kuwait , its a Device by Promate
which is sold in most Electronic shops

virgin seem to have a big promo going with the Dubai shopping festival , each virgin branch had a batman in it , and the one at UAE mall had spider man also
of course he was smiling and waving which set off my comic nerd alert , because batman doesn’t smile and he is too rich to be working as paper boy , spider man is belivable ( he is after all poor )

anyway

I like how they change the picture on these stuff from time to time , and not leave them as they came from the factory ( yes i’m looking at you shops in Kuwait that use those stuff )

this is a picture from my past trip

and also in virgin i saw this

Kane and lynch as a promo for the game

In a trip couple of months ago i spotted this

I wonder what they do with these after they are finished with them ?

okay i could swear we have this restaurant in Kuwait , or is it another spelling ?

General, Rants, Travel

Now i’m in Dubai , now i’m not !

10/2/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

So I’m in Dubai right now , got couple of pictures i wanted to share but it seem flicker is banned over here
( so is craigslist )

i do like what it say at block site web page

We apologize the site you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates.

I can understand Religious and moral values ,, but cultural and political ?

Watched two movies here ( the cinema around here are cheaper than Kuwait and less noisy and they don’t cut ,, imagine that ! )

which bring out a dilemma , if they have no problem with showing movies and magazine and books , whats the problem with the internet ? its not as if i was browsing porn sites
( flicker / craigslist are banned right now , and a friend told me youtube was banned for a bit )

General

Where is my Internet !! DAMN YOU EGYPT

30/1/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

yes Blame Egypt for it

Theregister

A spokesman for Flag Telecom, the owner of the severed cable, told the Reg: “It is a problem off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt. For some reason ships were asked to anchor in a different place to normal – 8.3km from the beach. One of the ship’s anchors cut our cable but there are multiple cuts – we’re not the only company having problems.”

He said they were in the process of getting a repair ship out to assess the damage but he warned the whole process could take 12 to 15 days even though the ship was in the Med. He said users in India would have a slower internet access as a result.

Flag is one of the major Bandwidth provider in this part of the world , and in Kuwait we depend on it a lot
so expect slow internet for a while

General, Kuwait, Tech

Asus EeePC Update

13/1/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

I’m enjoying playing around with the eeepc , sure the keyboard need a bit of time to get used to ( its small if you haven’t noticed ) but , still usable , I type a bit slower than I normally do , but still , the speed reduction isn’t that huge ( I’m not 1 finger typeset or a secretary material )

It’s been working fine with all the WiFi spots I have been to, and worked with WiFi in dewaniyas I frequent.

If you know Kuwaiti culture you would know how most people enjoy teasing and tell jokes at your own expense, I got 3 jokes asking if it was my mobile, 2 about if it was a sandwich

another funny thing , some dude told me that I’m so last year , his brother bought this 2 years ago , when I questioned him further I told him maybe your brother bought a Sony viao , he insisted it was an asus same model as mine but black , so it seem there are people with time machines in Kuwait

This post have been typed on Asus EeePC

General, Kuwait, Tech

Asus EeePC review

5/1/2008 Forzaq8 Leave a comment

first off , i wish to remind everyone that i never won anything big
now i got that out of my system on with the review

operating system
the operating system is xandros
in short its a Linux distro that look a lot like windows , for more information check the website linked above
i know what most would think , Linux ! hard system ! Run away !!
It the same feeling i had at first , but to tell you the truth it isn’t as hard as it sound , yes some stuff sound complicated but help is everywhere online , and i assume anyone buying EeePC to have internet access on other computer or have a Linux nerd on call

Software

they have couple of category’s , first off
– Internet :
you got Firefox , skype , pidgin ( IM ) , google doc , Ebook reader , internet raido

– Work :

open office suit , PDF reader , dictionary
– Learn :

couple of educational games and paint
– Play :

media player ( its playing everything i have on my PC Anime / movies etc , music manager , photo manager , video manager , Webcam , sound Recorder
& Games :

your typical Flash games nothing fancy , but fun none the less
( my niece played for up to 40 minutes which isn’t a short amount for 7years old )

Problems :
i haven’t gotten around to check for a FIx or work on it

– Foxmarks isn’t copying my Bookmarks in firefox
– Zain Ego isn’t working
– Jaci says skype video isn’t working , didn’t test it , some post on the net say that an update is out and solve it , not yet tested also

more pictures of the Eeepc will up in another post 🙂

Forza Kuwait