2009-03-28
2009-03-27
Calorie Counter Steps
No this is not a diet post, but I did come across some steps that help you count calories:
Very cool, don't you think?
Very cool, don't you think?
2009-03-18
The Kuwait Contract - Het Koeweit Contract
While strolling down a flea market in Amsterdam, I came across this used book placed among a pile of others.
The book had the insignia for Kuwait and was titled "Het Koeweit Contract", published in 1987. I don't speak Dutch but I guessed that it could be a translated official contract. It turns out I was mistaken. I looked up the name of the book and it is a thriller about Kuwait with different dutch contributors. I would be interested in finding a translation for this book. Here is the translated link that I found on geocities.
Anyone familiar with this book ?
The book had the insignia for Kuwait and was titled "Het Koeweit Contract", published in 1987. I don't speak Dutch but I guessed that it could be a translated official contract. It turns out I was mistaken. I looked up the name of the book and it is a thriller about Kuwait with different dutch contributors. I would be interested in finding a translation for this book. Here is the translated link that I found on geocities.
Anyone familiar with this book ?
2009-03-17
Ripping DVDs and Loading them on to your Nokia Mobile with Handbrake
I just got a new Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic mobile with 8GB memory. That memory needed to be filled. The Nokia 5800 is touchscreen meaning that if you where to play a movie it would fill the whole screen. I asked on twitter what would be the best tool to rip DVDs from and I got an an answer from the ever helpful blasha and 3baid. They both recommended handbrake, which as described on the site as an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows. meaning you can use it to RIP DVDs and convert them to files you can store on your iPod, iPhone or Nokia mobile or any other gadget or computer that can play those files.
Of course, only rip your legal family DVDs, and none of the copyrighted stuff.
I tried to rip a few DVDs and load them on my Nokia mobile but it would not play it, I looked around the web on the best settings for Nokia and I did not find anything useful, I did a few ripping experiments and succeeded.
So here are the best setting for your Nokia Mobile.
I would also recommend playing around with the picture settings to have the output less than or equal to the resolution of your mobile, to save on space of the final output file. After the movie is ripped, you can transfer it normally to your Nokia mobile via USB or bluetooth.
Of course, only rip your legal family DVDs, and none of the copyrighted stuff.
I tried to rip a few DVDs and load them on my Nokia mobile but it would not play it, I looked around the web on the best settings for Nokia and I did not find anything useful, I did a few ripping experiments and succeeded.
So here are the best setting for your Nokia Mobile.
I would also recommend playing around with the picture settings to have the output less than or equal to the resolution of your mobile, to save on space of the final output file. After the movie is ripped, you can transfer it normally to your Nokia mobile via USB or bluetooth.
2009-03-16
EXCLUSIVE - Space Shuttle Launch Pictures
My friend who lives right next door to Cape Canaveral in Florida sent me these pictures of the space shuttle launch that happened yesterday. He took these pictures from his back yard last night.
Here are some news items about that same launch:
NASA readies for Sunday space shuttle launch.
Discovery Blasts off.
Here are some news items about that same launch:
NASA readies for Sunday space shuttle launch.
Discovery Blasts off.
2009-03-14
Hamad Darwish - The Kuwaiti Vista Artist is giving away his wallpapers that did not make it to Vista
A little more than a year ago, I wrote about Hamad Darwish. Hamad is an amateur photographer that got contacted by Microsoft to use some of his photographs on Vista. Yuo can find my older post here.
Now Hamad has a site and is giving away the his photos that did not make it into Vista. You can get these beautiful pictures here.
Now Hamad has a site and is giving away the his photos that did not make it into Vista. You can get these beautiful pictures here.
2009-03-12
The 10 Most Disgusting Delicacies
I have eaten a in a lot of bad restaurants, but I have never come across the food items listed here. Actually I did try the Sheep's head, or bacha which was pretty filling and tasty as long as you did not look at what you where eating.
Don't follow this link if you have weak stomach. Enjoy and bon apetit. [Link]
Don't follow this link if you have weak stomach. Enjoy and bon apetit. [Link]
2009-03-03
The Definitive List of the 99 things you should have experienced on the Internet
In case you have been travelling to another planet for the last 10 years or so, or possibly just discovered the Internet, here is GREG RUTTER'S DEFINITIVE LIST OF THE 99 THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED ON THE INTERNET.
I copied this list here from Greg's site, just for posterity in case the original site disappears into the great /dev/nul
Feel free to forward to all your friends and coworkers and witness and dramatic drop in productivity, resulting in a banking crisis followed by an economic collapse. Oh, wait, that already happened.
Note: Some content inappropriate for children, and people with sensitive eyes and ears.
01) Grape Stomp
02) Charlie Bit Me
03) Chocolate Rain
04) Dancing Baby
05) Post Secret
06) Charlie The Unicorn
07) Mentos and Diet Coke
08) Numa Numa
09) Peanut Butter Jelly Time
10) George Lucas In Love
11) You're The Man Now Dog
12) Yatta
13) Star Wars Kid
14) Bubb Rubb
15) The Flying Spaghetti Monster
16) Dramatic Chipmunk
17) Homestar Runner
18) GI Joe Pork Chop Sandwiches
19) Fail Blog
20) Skateboarding Dog
21) All Your Base Are Belong To Us
22) Winnebago Man
23) We Like The Moon
24) I Can Has Cheezburger
25) Barney Vs. Tupac
26) Shining
27) Cute Overload
28) Rick Roll
29) Lazy Sunday
30) David After The Dentist
31) Powerthirst
32) Christian The Lion
33) Bert and Ernie Rap
34) Lady Punch
35) Leprechaun in Alabama
36) Where The Hell Is Matt
37) Boom Goes The Dynamite
38) Breakdancing Baby
39) Drunk Jeff Goldblum
40) Scarlet Takes A Tumble
41) Sepultura - Refuse resist (cover) By Gauchos
42) Gay Mount Everest
43) Afro Ninja
44) Cop Shoots Himself In Leg In Classroom
45) Tron Guy
46) "Leave Britney Alone"
47) Laughing Baby
48) I'm the Juggernaut Bitch
49) The Chairperson Falls
50) Take On Me The Literal Version
51) Bill O'Reilly Flips Out
52) Don't Tase Me Bro
53) The Landlord
54) Breakdancing Baby Kick
55) The Pet Penguin
56) Ms. South Carolina Answers A Question
57) I'm F*#king Matt Damon
58) Will It Blend
59) Spaghetti Cat
60) Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
61) Little Superstar
62) Chad Vader
63) Pretty Much Everywhere It's Going To Be Hot
64) I Like Turtles
65) Who Needs A Movie
66) Jake E. Lee Shreds
67) Hawaii Chair
68) Aussie Party
69) Hitler Plans Burning Man
70) Flirting with Magic
71) Look At The Horse
72) Asian Backstreet Boys
73) Leroy Jenkins
74) Pinky The Cat
75) Monkey Sniffs Finger
76) Sneezing Panda
77) Prison Inmates remake "Thriller"
78) Techno Viking
79) Ask A Ninja
80) Best Man Trips and Ruins Wedding
81) Best Wedding Toast Ever (Amy's Song)
82) Kitten Surprise (how to break up a cat fight)
83) Katana Sword Infomercial Goes Wrong
84) Matrix Ping Pong
85) La Pequeña Prohibida
86) Angry German Kid (translated)
87) Evolution of Dance
88) Ok Go – "Here It Goes Again"
89) Battle at Kruger (lions vs. buffalos vs. crocodiles)
90) Daft Hands
91) Human Beatbox
92) Most T-Shirts Worn At Once
93) Zero G Dog
94) Cuppy Cakes Song
95) George Washington
96) Scary Maze Prank
97) Gay Referee
98) Tranquilized Bear Hits Trampoline
99) Reporter Gets A Fly In The Mouth
I copied this list here from Greg's site, just for posterity in case the original site disappears into the great /dev/nul
Feel free to forward to all your friends and coworkers and witness and dramatic drop in productivity, resulting in a banking crisis followed by an economic collapse. Oh, wait, that already happened.
Note: Some content inappropriate for children, and people with sensitive eyes and ears.
01) Grape Stomp
02) Charlie Bit Me
03) Chocolate Rain
04) Dancing Baby
05) Post Secret
06) Charlie The Unicorn
07) Mentos and Diet Coke
08) Numa Numa
09) Peanut Butter Jelly Time
10) George Lucas In Love
11) You're The Man Now Dog
12) Yatta
13) Star Wars Kid
14) Bubb Rubb
15) The Flying Spaghetti Monster
16) Dramatic Chipmunk
17) Homestar Runner
18) GI Joe Pork Chop Sandwiches
19) Fail Blog
20) Skateboarding Dog
21) All Your Base Are Belong To Us
22) Winnebago Man
23) We Like The Moon
24) I Can Has Cheezburger
25) Barney Vs. Tupac
26) Shining
27) Cute Overload
28) Rick Roll
29) Lazy Sunday
30) David After The Dentist
31) Powerthirst
32) Christian The Lion
33) Bert and Ernie Rap
34) Lady Punch
35) Leprechaun in Alabama
36) Where The Hell Is Matt
37) Boom Goes The Dynamite
38) Breakdancing Baby
39) Drunk Jeff Goldblum
40) Scarlet Takes A Tumble
41) Sepultura - Refuse resist (cover) By Gauchos
42) Gay Mount Everest
43) Afro Ninja
44) Cop Shoots Himself In Leg In Classroom
45) Tron Guy
46) "Leave Britney Alone"
47) Laughing Baby
48) I'm the Juggernaut Bitch
49) The Chairperson Falls
50) Take On Me The Literal Version
51) Bill O'Reilly Flips Out
52) Don't Tase Me Bro
53) The Landlord
54) Breakdancing Baby Kick
55) The Pet Penguin
56) Ms. South Carolina Answers A Question
57) I'm F*#king Matt Damon
58) Will It Blend
59) Spaghetti Cat
60) Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
61) Little Superstar
62) Chad Vader
63) Pretty Much Everywhere It's Going To Be Hot
64) I Like Turtles
65) Who Needs A Movie
66) Jake E. Lee Shreds
67) Hawaii Chair
68) Aussie Party
69) Hitler Plans Burning Man
70) Flirting with Magic
71) Look At The Horse
72) Asian Backstreet Boys
73) Leroy Jenkins
74) Pinky The Cat
75) Monkey Sniffs Finger
76) Sneezing Panda
77) Prison Inmates remake "Thriller"
78) Techno Viking
79) Ask A Ninja
80) Best Man Trips and Ruins Wedding
81) Best Wedding Toast Ever (Amy's Song)
82) Kitten Surprise (how to break up a cat fight)
83) Katana Sword Infomercial Goes Wrong
84) Matrix Ping Pong
85) La Pequeña Prohibida
86) Angry German Kid (translated)
87) Evolution of Dance
88) Ok Go – "Here It Goes Again"
89) Battle at Kruger (lions vs. buffalos vs. crocodiles)
90) Daft Hands
91) Human Beatbox
92) Most T-Shirts Worn At Once
93) Zero G Dog
94) Cuppy Cakes Song
95) George Washington
96) Scary Maze Prank
97) Gay Referee
98) Tranquilized Bear Hits Trampoline
99) Reporter Gets A Fly In The Mouth
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