2005-08-31

Coffee, dates and tea will make you live longer, look younger and leap tall buildings with a single bound.

I am not making this up, a US study found that coffee has plenty of antioxidants, dates have the most per size, and tea is there on the list also.

Antioxidants are natural chemicals that help reduce cell damage and aging. It also reduces the risk of cancer and heart disease.

So quit your exercises and your salads and load up on your coffee and dates.

Here is the article where all this came from.

2005-08-30

Joke for Today About Nuclear Power

Two strangers are sitting in an adjacent seats in airplane. One guy says to the other,"Let's talk. I hear that the flight will go faster if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The other guy, who had just opened a good book, closes it slowly, takes off his glasses and asks, "What would you like to discuss?" The first guy says, "Oh, I don't know; how about Nuclear Power?" The other guy says, "OK, that could make for some pretty interesting conversation. But let me ask you a question first: A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff, but the deer excretes pellets; the cow, big patties; and the horse, clumps of dried grass.Why is that?" The first guy says, "I don't know." The other guy says, "Oh? Well then, do you really think you're qualified to discuss Nuclear Power when you don't know shit?"

Special thanks to AM for this joke

British are going crazy over a f***ing Austrian village

British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village.

While British visitors are finding it hilarious, the residents of F---ing are failing to see the funny side, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

Only one kind of crimimal ever stalks the sleepy 32-house village near Salzburg on the German border -- cheeky British tourists armed with a sense of humour and a screwdriver.

Read all about this f***ink village here

Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name.

2005-08-29

How much coffee does it take to kill you?

I love my coffee, I can't wake up in the morning until I have a few cups. I like my coffee black, no sugar, no milk, no cream. The worst it tastes the better the effect.

I once got an espresso machine, and instead of putting ground coffee in it, I filled it with Turkish Coffee ground. The coffee that came out was really bad looking, it was really thick in consistency and had oily spots on the surface. It looked like crude oil. I drank it and it kept me wired for 2 days. Tasted good too.


If you want to find out how much coffee it takes to kill you, try this link.

2005-08-28

Are you a true geek ?

Geeks used to be made fun of long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, but now that they manage multibillion dollar companies, everyone wants to be a geek.

I took the geek test and here are my results:

The Simple Geek
You answered 75% of the questions as a geek truly would.
You don't seem to sway in either direction, however you still seem to have some latent geek attributes within you. Maybe you're interested in computers but not a gamer? Maybe you've got geek hobbies but none of the awkward social tendencies. You may be slightly geekier than you thought and in denial!



The simple geek usually has various quirks that friends may make fun of, but in general can be considered a fairly normal person. Your geek attributes make you less likely to conform to society. The popular kids don't hate you but the geeks don't either, so it's a respectable demographic.



In a nutshell, you answered enough questions with geek tendencies and enough questions without geek tendencies that it's difficult to pinpoint your exact alignment.




My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 55% on geekness
Link: The True Geek Test written by ambientred on OkCupid Free Online Dating

How to put the right person in the right chair?

Does your Company have a problem in recruiting the right person for the right chair? If yes, try this simple experiment.



Put around 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window. Then send 2-3 candidates into the room and close it from outside. Leave them alone and come back after 1 hours, and then analyze the situation:



If they are counting and recounting the number of bricks - PUT THEM IN ACCOUNTS DEPT.



If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks - PUT THEM IN ENGINEERING



If they are arranging the bricks in some other order - PUT THEM IN PLANNING.



If they are throwing the bricks at each other - PUT THEM IN OPERATIONS.



If they are sleeping - PUT THEM IN SECURITY.



If they have broken the bricks into pieces - PUT THEM IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.



If they are sitting idle - PUT THEM IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEPT.



If they have thrown the bricks out of the window - PUT THEM IN THE MATERIALS DEPT.



If they are clinging onto the bricks - PUT THEM IN TREASURY.



If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has moved - PUT THEM IN SALES.



If they have already left for the day - PUT THEM IN MARKETING.



If they are staring out of the window - PUT THEM IN THE EXPORT



AND last but not least.... If they are talking to each other and not a brick has moved - PUT THEM IN TOP MANAGEMENT.

World Wide Survey - Pretty Funny



Last month, a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN.



The only question asked was... :



"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"



The survey was a huge failure because...:



In Africa they didn't know what "food" means.





In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" means.





In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" means.





In China they didn't know what "opinion" means.



2005-08-27

Too many fat people in Kuwait

Arab Times has an article about Kuwait being the fattest country in the world. They mention that this women form 75.1 per cent and men 24.9 per cent. That is bad. Better start exercising and cutting out all this junk food.

Gifts for Wives

3 men sitting in a bar bragging about what they have bought their wives for her birthday.
The first starts: "I have bought my wife a gift that goes from 0 to 100 in 6 seconds".
The other 2 man don't understand what he means so he says. "I bought her a white Porsche. She is a blonde so that goes nicely with her hair". The second man says: "Well I have bought my wife a gift that goes from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds!!"

" That has got to be a Ferrari" the first man says."That's correct" the 2nd man replies, "It got her a red one, because she is a redhead". "And what did you buy your wife for her birthday? " the 2 men ask the 3rd guy.


"Well, I don't want to brag, but I bought her something that goes from 0 to 100 in 2 seconds!!!!!!"


"That can't be" the 2 other men reply, "the Ferrari is the fastest car, isn't it?"

"You don't believe me?" says the 3rd man, "I even have a picture of it with me"


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2005-08-26

2005-08-21

A DJ saving lives

Click on the flash below and you will be amazed.







"Who's on first?" with a modern twist

"Who's on first?" with a modern twist

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, "Who's on first?" might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COS TELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?

ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.

COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: If it's a long movie, I also want to watch reels 2, 3 and 4. Can I watch them?

ABBOTT: Of course.

COSTELLO: Great! With what?

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?

ABBOTT: You click the blue "1".

COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?

ABBOTT: The blue "1".

COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?

ABBOTT: The blue "1" is Real One and the blue "W" is Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: But there are three words in "office for windows"!

ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world.

COSTELLO: It is?

ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.

COSTELLO: And that word is real one?

ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office.

COSTELLO: STOP! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? They own it!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "START"...


borrowed (stolen) from here.

2005-08-19

Forget everything and smile

Forget your problems, forget your worries, forget about what you ate last night, it is a new day and here are some cartoons to make you smile, for the next few minutes, or more.

I like the email joke.



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2005-08-14

Arafat's Hidden Treasures

Arafat's Treasures from the English Pravda (which meants truth).

how to change your doberman into a poodle

If you are a reader of this blog, you saw how to change your Acura to a Ferarri.

Now if you have a killer doberman dog, you can now change it into a friendly poodle.

This song is stuck inside my head - I can't get it out

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.

2005-08-12

Are you a true Kuwaiti Driver ?

Here is a test for all you Kuwaitis and non Kuwaitis that will tell you if you have the survival skills to drive in Kuwait. Answer each question honestly. I promise I won't report you to the traffic police:

1) In a roundabout, do you:
a) give priority to the cars driving from the left
b) drive into the roundabout if it looks a little safe
c) jump into the roundabout at full speed, honking your horn and swearing at the people blocking you.

2) Giz means:
a) A new type of shampoo
b) driving all day going nowhere
c) driving all day, music blasting while only looking at the road from your door window.

3) Can you drive a car while talking on your mobile and drinking your cocktail drink?
a) Impossible
b) I can't but all my friends can
c) Is there any other way of driving?

4) Ever parked your car on the left side of a major road?
a) Isn't that illegal?
b) Only if there is no parking space on the right.
c) Always

5) What does Red - Orange - Green mean?
a) Stop - get ready - go
b) Stop - drive - drive faster
c) Fast - Faster - light speed

6) Ever drove on the left lane, noticed your turn on the right about to be missed, and took a sharp right trun and managed to get to your turn and lived to tell the tale?
a) No, or don't understand
b) sometimes
c) always

7) What is the shortest distance between your house and your coop?
a) Don't understand
b) Gulf Road
c) Love street

8) You get a text message on your mobile while you are driving, do you:
a) Reach your destination then read it
b) Wait to stop at a traffic light to read it
c) Read it while driving at full speed and replying to it and forwarding it to a few friends

9)When you get a traffic ticket, do you

a) feel bad, and promise yourself you will drive better in the future
b) feel pissed off, you where not breaking any traffic laws, the police are picking on you
c) don't care, you have vitamin W

10) Can you drive at 100 km/hr and have a conversation with your friend in the car next to you at the same time?

a) Huh?
b) no
c) yes



Scoring time. Count how many times you answered a, b and c and check your results below:

Answered mostly a

You will not survive driving in Kuwait, I reccomend you take a taxi, bus or wanette depending on your budget.

Answered mostly b

You have some Kuwaiti driving skills. Driving in Kuwait is like playing a video game, the more you practice the better you will be. It is ok to eliminate your opponents but be careful, you only have 1 life and there is no "restart" button.

Answered mostly c

You are the king or queen of the road. The Schumacher brothers want you to give them driving lessons. When you get in your car, you are Batman in his batmobile, you are Michael Knight in his black trans am, you are crazy frog flying all over the city.

2005-08-11

It really is Michael Jackson in Bahrain

take a look at this CBS news item titled Bahrain Future Home For Jackson?

Thank you Reema for the link.

Michael Jackson in Seef Mall - Bahrain


Michael Jackson in Bahrain

I don't know if this is the real Michael or one of his many lookalike fans, but this is definitely Seef Mall in Bahrain.

Computer Storage Story

In these days of giga storage, does anyone remember punch cards?

A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, actually it was here on planet earth 45 years ago, punch cards where used to input your software into a huge mainframe computer, the output would come out the next day on accordion computer paper.

punch card

Each card would hold one line of software code. If you had a 200 line program, you would have 200 cards stacked together in a batch. You would submit this batch to the people maintaining the mainframe behemoth. These days, you might sometimes hear somebody say that he had a batch job running, meaning he was running his software overnight or in the background.

Technology improved, people got smarter or where tired of carrying heavy batches of cards for their software. IBM invented the 8 inch floppy with an amazing capacity of 242,000 bytes or characters.

8 inch floppy

The floppy was a a circle of plastic with a magnetic coat. It was enveloped by a plastic protective case. It was bendable, hence the term floppy disc. Although you could lose your data if you bent your floppy.

Later on the 5 inch floppy came out. That was basically the same except now it was 5 inches in diameter. More improvements came with the last innovation being double sided double density meaning you could write data on both sides of the floppy and the magnetic coating could carry more data. The first floppies for PCs where 150k, followed by 360k.

IBM AT

The IBM AT had 5 inch floppy drives with a massive capacity of 1.2 MB.

Back to the present, you have 80GB storage as standard, and your file size would be measured in megabytes. There is no way you are going to store these on 1.2 MB floppies.

Flash Drives

Flash drives where invented that you connect to your PC / Laptop through the USB port. The latest model I saw could carry 2GB of data. Thats a lot!

Now I am waiting for someone to invent a flash drive that does not protrude from your laptop like a small diving board and slides into your computer without fear of damage because you move your laptop around and risk breaking your expensive laptop if you put it down somewhere.

2005-08-07

We interupt this blog to give you the latest weather report

Today's weather report in Kuwait is:


Dusty with more and more dust, visibility is little to none, stay indoors, watch television, surf the net, and cruise the malls, do not try walking outside,

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