Archive for September, 2007
Qualitynet planned outage
Dear Valued Customer,
As part of the ongoing developments and enhancements to the Internet services, we would like to inform you that we will be upgrading some major elements of the Internet platform. As a result, the DSL Internet services might not be available for short period on Sunday 30th [...]
Google Images confuses its founders
I’ve always been impressed and WOW my friends with the new Google Images show face only feature, which you can achieve by adding &imgtype=face at the end of the url. See how it improves results for Bush, Ronaldinho, and Bill Gates. Pretty impressive right? The funny thing is, see it applied to Google founder Sergey [...]
Aramex reducing minimum shipping cost?
I wouldn’t bet on it if I haven’t seen it. I’ve had one big order with Amazon recently, and thanks to the deteriorating shipping quality of Amazon the order got split into 3 separate orders at least! Alas, I am sending the shipments to my courier forwarding company in the US, Aramex, who have a [...]
A Vampyre Story that doesn’t suck
I don’t think I’ll be wrong in saying, every vampire movie I’ve seen I’ve hated. (Monkey Island fans would go “If you don’t count all the ones you’ve attended!). Anyhow, I don’t hate the dracula theme, but the implementation it self always manages to frustrate me. This time however, the horror has a taste of [...]
Testing new Amazon widgets
I am playing with some new Amazon Associates widgets that I came across today. These are the new ones to me:
Unbox Video: Lists some videos to play from. Nice feature, but it’s too wide to fit into a blog, and there isn’t large variety of videos. For example, I chose documentaries and biographies, but ended [...]
Recharge your iPod as you walk…
This could be real with the Hydroelectric footwear patent that utilizes the movement of the human foot as he walks to generate power. The inventor assumes the power generated would be enough to power any portable device. As you walk, power is generated, and an output socket is there to connect to your portable device. [...]
Q8igg Live at Last
Earlier today at 3 AM, Q8igg was born at last. A Pligg site, juts like Digg, for the Kuwait community. The idea is to give Kuwait submitted news more focus and chance to get high votes. As with Digg, most likely your Kuwait related posts will not make it to the Published News, unlike if [...]