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:

Steps Calorie Counter

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 Kuwait Contract

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.


Handbrake Settings for Nokia 5800 for ripping DVDs

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.

Space Shuttle Launch 1
Space Shuttle Launch 2
Space Shuttle Launch 3

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.

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]

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