2010-03-19
Cool Arabic Search Engine - yamli.com
I found this very cool arabic search engine called yamli.com , what it does is take your english text and transliterates it to arabic. This lets you search for arabic sites without needing an arabic keyboard. I dont know how new this is, but I like it a lot. Check it out.
According to my twitter buddy G_E, yamli is not really new, its only new to me. Thanks for the heads up G_E.
2010-03-18
Kindle for Mac Now Available for Download, or rather not.
I was going to announce that kindle for Mac was available from Amazon, then as I went to the webpage, I was told that it is not available for Kuwait, and I had to move to a new country. I know I could lie and say I moved to the States or some other country where it will let me download Kindle, but why should I do that? Its an application, just let me download it and sell me the ebooks. My money is just as good as anyone else's.
I tried to do the right thing, now let me go back to downloading torrents, its easier and available in Kuwait.
Here is a great book from Amazon to tell you just how you can download stuff also, BitTorrent For Dummies
2010-03-16
I am not gone, I just discovered tumblr
Ok, I did not really discover it. Tumblr was there a long time before I found out about it, but it makes blogging so easy and fast and allows me to post a lot of nonsense inspirations very quickly. It is like twitter and blogger got married and their newborn was tumblr. You can find me on tumblr at donveto.tumblr.com .
I am not quitting blogger, just will be posting both here and at tumblr. See you all there, all three of you.
I am not quitting blogger, just will be posting both here and at tumblr. See you all there, all three of you.
2010-03-07
Love and Hate According to Google
According to google results found, here are some love hate statistics for different Arab countries. Bahrain and Oman come out first according to the love hate ratio and Kuwait is fifth.
Note to all the statisticians, this is not an accurate report, just a compilation of google results made just for fun.
| Love | Hate | Hate/Love Ratio | |
| Bahrain | 14,300,000 | 1,800,000 | 89% |
| Oman | 13,800,000 | 1,760,000 | 89% |
| Qatar | 16,700,000 | 2,820,000 | 86% |
| Lebanon | 32,500,000 | 5,870,000 | 85% |
| Kuwait | 25,100,000 | 4,560,000 | 85% |
| Yemen | 17,300,000 | 3,910,000 | 82% |
| Jordan | 74,900,000 | 17,300,000 | 81% |
| Saudi | 40,500,000 | 11,500,000 | 78% |
| Egypt | 30,500,000 | 9,470,000 | 76% |
| UAE | 5,600,000 | 1,810,000 | 76% |
| Syria | 10,400,000 | 4,090,000 | 72% |
| Iraq | 83,000,000 | 46,100,000 | 64% |
Note to all the statisticians, this is not an accurate report, just a compilation of google results made just for fun.
2010-03-01
2010-02-27
Pong Clock
Now thats a clock I'd love to have.
Too bad they sell it in Kit form and you need to solder bits together, more from their site here.
MONOCHRON - open source retro clock from adafruit industries on Vimeo.
Too bad they sell it in Kit form and you need to solder bits together, more from their site here.
2010-02-20
How to write an incendiary blog post
Perfect formula to writing an explosive blog post from the Boston Globe. Article is here.
Now sharpen your pencils, or rather flex your typing fingers and start shocking people.
Now sharpen your pencils, or rather flex your typing fingers and start shocking people.
2010-02-18
Buzz - What is it good for?
Sung to the tune of War:
Buzz, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh
Buzz, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y'all
Buzz, huh, good God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
Ohhh, Buzz, I despise
Because it means destruction
Of innocent lives
Buzz means tears
To thousands of mothers eyes
When their email contacts are exposed
And lose their lives
I said, Buzz, huh
Good God, y'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
Buzz, whoa, Lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
Buzz, it ain't nothing
But a heartbreaker
Buzz, friend only to the stalker
Ooooh, Buzz
It's an enemy to all mankind
The point of Buzz blows my mind
Buzz has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die
Aaaaah, Buzz-huh
Good God y'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
Buzz, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
If you dont know the song, here it is covered by Bruce Springsteen
Buzz, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh
Buzz, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y'all
Buzz, huh, good God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
Ohhh, Buzz, I despise
Because it means destruction
Of innocent lives
Buzz means tears
To thousands of mothers eyes
When their email contacts are exposed
And lose their lives
I said, Buzz, huh
Good God, y'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
Buzz, whoa, Lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
Buzz, it ain't nothing
But a heartbreaker
Buzz, friend only to the stalker
Ooooh, Buzz
It's an enemy to all mankind
The point of Buzz blows my mind
Buzz has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die
Aaaaah, Buzz-huh
Good God y'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
Buzz, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me
If you dont know the song, here it is covered by Bruce Springsteen
2010-02-03
French Spiderman Climbs Burj Khalifa
So Alain Robert aka The French Spider Man decided one day to climb Burj Khalifa, and he did.








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