Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Microsoft Heroes Happens {Here} - Bahrain
Microsoft has been touring the Gulf region to show off and launch the new Visual Studio 2008, Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008. On March 17, the launch kicked off in Bahrain at the Gulf Hotel Convention Center. It was great!
The program begins with the keynote, where Joseph Landes, the Director of Marketing from Redmond introduced, with great sense of humor, whats new and whats happening. He also went over who this new technology is already in use worldwide and even in Bahrain - by Batelco.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
improv everywhere!
I have been following up with what these guys have been up to for quite some time and they blow me away with their innovative ideas every single time! The idea was first brought by an American comedian, Charlie Todd, who now teaches and performs long-form improv comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In his “spare time” he enjoys organizing tongue-in-cheek “missions” all over New York. Missions such as the hilarious “Red-heads Protest at Wendy’s”, the amazing “Frozen Grand Central”, and their latest: “Mobile Desktops”. I have no idea how they can do that and still keep a straight face! It really requires skill!
Recently, I read at their blog that they have gone international - so I cant wait to see something like this in Kuwait! I also found out that they were the guys behind the “Windws of a Manhattan building” project! My favorite is the Frozen Grand Central mission. Inspired by it, a similarly successful “freeze” experiment was also done in Berlin; the Berlin Alexa Freeze project.
I have also enjoyed the creativity in the experiment done in Dubai, also known as “Go Around Twice If You’re Happy” by writers/directors Vincent Fichard and Matthew Jones.
Would you participate in such “mission”?
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Bayt Abdullah Art Project: Art 20*30
When: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Opening Hours: 10am - 8pm
Where: Dar Al Funnon. Behbehani Compound, House 28, Al Wataniyah, Kuwait City, Al `Asimah
Details:
The aim of the Art 20*30 exhibition is to raise funds for Bayt Abdullah Child hospice through the sale of artwork.
Established and amateurs alike, from all walks of life, have been given a 20 cm by 30 cm canvas on which to create their work. The idea of the exhibition belongs to Thuraya Al-Baqsimi, a renowned Kuwaiti artist, for her belief in the strong relation between art and humanitarian causes.
Each artist donated their masterpiece to Dar Al Funoon and all art work will be sold for 50 KD each. 100% of the proceeds will go to Bayt Abdallah. The target is to raise a minimum of 15,000 KD.
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Friday, February 08, 2008
Working Class Heroes
Nothing much to say but GORGEOUS! I have been waiting quite some time to see this bag out on the market, and here it is - for only $355 Dollars. I have never seen a better looking laptop bag, and it seems so comfortable too! link: http://workingclassheroes.eu/unfold.html.
Features:
- premium aniline cow leather & cotton canvas
- folds in half both front and back
- fits up to a macbook 13” horizontal
- fits up to a macbook pro 17” vertical
- flexible protective padded lining
- concealed magnetic closure
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Monday, January 28, 2008
A very unique pen review
M. Williams has written a wonderful pen review at Amazon, it’s really funny, this is how it goes:
Very good if you need to write on paper
Since taking delivery of my pen I have been very happy with the quality of ink deposition on the various types of paper that I have used. On the first day when I excitedly unwrapped my pen (thanks for the high quality packaging Amazon!) I just couldn’t contain my excitement and went around finding things to write on, like the shopping list on the notice board in our kitchen, the Post-it notes next to the phone, and on my favourite lined A4 pad at the side of my desk.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Calling all Mac users! Unite for a good cause…
Ok - first, let’s make it clear that this is F. typing, not Shaymaa. Shaymaa doesn’t like Macs and refused to post this. So I will. Don’t worry, this is all legal and halal....
Now - fellow Mac users, most of you must know MacHeist. If you don’t, then please note that if you are serious about your Mac oriented life, then this is something you will not want to miss out on. Here’s a quick intro to MacHeist:
MacHeist is a website that resells Mac OS X shareware. The site has become known for its marketing tactics. These tactics include challenges (or “heists") that entitle successful customers to free software licenses and/or discounts, as well as the concept of selling software in a bundle that increases in size as more customers purchase the bundle. The site was founded by John Casasanta, Phillip Ryu, and Scott Meinzer.* from Wikipedia.
Their new bundle is now available - actually, it was available for the past two weeks, but Kuwait University does not acknowledge important Mac dates (they don’t even give us a Ramadan holiday, so.. their ignorance is well expected) - so I only just got a chance to buy it - and this is where you friendly, cooperative, Mac users of the Middle East come in: if you buy the bundle using my referral link, I get TWO free apps.
I’m a starving student.
My money goes on books and book cases to put those books in. Seriously. I’m IKEA’s no. 1 customer when it comes to those white bookcases with glass doors.
So, buy the MacHeist bundle. You won’t regret it, because this year it’s loaded with amazing applications at only $50. And while you buy it, use my link (referral) to help me get more apps. Share the joy.
One more thing - I’m not the only one who benefits here - like always, MacHeists donates 25% of your purchase to a charity of organization, and more information can be found about that on their website.
Take the time to look into the bundle but keep in mind that the last day to buy it is the 23rd of January.
And thanks for letting me post this Shay! I’ll get my site set up soon - inshallah - so that you won’t have to do this again.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
What’s your favorite programming editor?
The clutter-free Steve Jobs at home in 1982. Photo credit: Diana Walker
Intype. It is by far the coolest editor I have ever worked with. Maybe not the best, but that’s because Intype is still in the early stage of development (current release is 0.3). It already carries some amazing features. You can create your own color theme or download other peoples’ themes. I have downloaded a few, switched around between them and they are amazing. Personally, I prefer to write on a black background, I find it easier on the eyes especially after long hours. Intype was inspired by the famous Mac editor, TextMate.
Some Intype features include tabs, line and column counts, language parsing selector. I have been using it ever since it was first released to testers and the improvements are outstanding. Testers have helped improve Intype by listing some feature requests at the Intype forum. This little app is free to download and use during the alpha and beta development phases, but once it reaches release 1.0 it will be priced similarly to TextMate.
Intype will cost between $25 to $45 (€20 to €35). One license will be valid for one version of Intype and all updates for this version (for example version 1.0 with updates until version 1.9).
There are many other Windows text editors, some of the most popular include TextPad, Notepad++, Programmer’s Notepad, Notepad 2, Crimson Editor, Zulupad, JujuEdit, TopStyle, EditPlus and a whole lot more.
What’s your favorite programming text editor? What’s the feature you love most?
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