We can travel time but...

cannot change it. Dang! does this mean that all the Terminator movies I saw are not true? I always thought

"the future is not set...
there is no such thing as Fate,
but what we make for ourselves"

Are the machines going to win? They are already gaining conciousness, witness the emergence of p2p software, tying all these electronic neurons islands together, feeding us with mind controlling multimedia, with us voluntaritly storing it in our portable auxilary storage areas (iPods) and hooking it into our brains. Is there no hope? Are we all doomed?

Maybe if the machines build more terminator babes, but a little friendlier and with less violent tendencies then it would not be such a bad future after all.

If you did not see the movie, here is a quick summary, or you can buy all T1, T2 & T3 here:

The Best Product Designs for 2005 from Businessweek

The Best Product Designs, my personal picks out of the businessweek 158 long list are:

Johnson Controls 9100 Series Environmental Room Control Sensors. I have these mercury bulb thermostats in my house and with two settings, freezing or roasting and nothing in between.

The Mac Mini. Apple has always delivered beautiful products, the Mac Mini might not be so hot in terms of performance but it looks real nice.



I love my iPod photo and the JBL OnStage would make a cool addition to it. So far I connected my iPod to some old PC speakers so I can listen to music when I shower.



Alienware has always had cool designs and this Alienware ALX Desktop Computer beast is another one with silent liquid cooling.

This BenQ LCD Monitor Crazy Arm looks like it came right out of the Matrix. I think it looks real cool and would love to have all my gadgets hooked up to it.



Motorola Razr V3 Mobile Phone is an incredible phone, beautiful, useful and razor slim.



I am addicted to coffee and like to try all kinds, the CafeSolo coffee-maker is a new way to make your coffee. Buy the CafeSolo Coffee Maker from Amazon if you want.

Remember the Rubik Cube? well the 3D Mechanical Puzzle looks like it is going to be the new puzzle that will have everyone struggling to solve.

Nokia has some nicely designed phones and other that are not so great. The Nokia 2650 Mobile Phone is one of the better phones, not too complicated and nice looking also.

The MINI_motion Watch is a really ince looking watch, I understand they sold out and now they are making some more.

I always had a problem with those ear bud headphones that always fall off. The other headphones that have ear clips also hurt my ears after a while. These Philips HS740 Lasso Fashion Headphones look like they might be the best solution.

I don't need a knife but the Gerber Truss Clip Knife is so cool looking, I need to own this one and carry it around with me.



Is it a laptop ? Is it a TV? Is it an entertainment center? Is it cool looking?
This is what it is.

I wonder if this jeep is sold anywhere? I have not seen any on the road driving sidways.

HP has put together your own personal HP Masher Digital Music Mixing Device Concept which is a suitcase that can uses ipods and allows you to mix your own music. Truly amazing.

Other cool designs that I liked are:

Lexus LF-A Concept Car
Snap Bracelet Concept
HP DJammer concept
Microsoft Windows Home Center
Nike ID

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

Remember "
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US", well if you don't here is a sample:

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US - ORIGINAL FLASH

Well someone with too much time on their hand went ahead and made it into a bohemian rhapsody:

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY FLASH

Africa and Mobiles

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

Africa is the new mobile growth area, jsut have a look at MTC's stock chart to see what I mean. MTC recently bought Celtel in Africa owning 13 sub saharan networks including Sudan.

Classic Cars inside Dera City Center Dubai

  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

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Story of a Donkey

“One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and begin to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey was doing some thing amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and totted off ! Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is too not to get bogged down by it. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping.

And by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up !”

Scenes from Jordan

I was in Jordan for a few days. Nothing much happened, just lots of work. Here are a few pictures that I managed to take.

Biggest Prime Number Reached so Far.

2** 24,036,583 – 1

"Hmm, so what", you might say but prime numbers are essential for thing like encryption. This means that it will stop the bad guys from reading your emails, listening to your phone calls, siphoning all your money out of your bank account.

Little Things of Much Value

"Push", said the button.
"Never be lead," said the pencil.
"Take pains," said the window.
"Always keep cool," said the ice.
"Be up to date," said the calendar.
"Never lose your head," said the match.


Age is a quality of mind;
If you've left your dreams behind,
If hope is cold,
If you you no longer look ahead,
If your ambition fires are dead,
Then you are dead.


The best things are the nearest:
breath in your nostrils,
light in your eyes,
flowers at your feet,
duties at your hand,
the path of right just before you.
Then do not grasp at the stairs, but
do life's plain, common work as it
comes, certain that daily duties and
daily bread are the sweetest things of life.


Robert Louis Stevenson

new iMate

The New iMate - Very cool.

Work - Explained

Ever feel like that sometimes?

Movies of the Decade

Here is my list for movies of the decade:

Kill Bill 1
Kill Bill 2



Matchstick Men



Gladiator



Matrix

Ok, with the Matrix as part of the list, its not realy a decade, maybe the last 10 years.