Monday, October 01, 2007
Very nice table at Midas
I found this table at Midas Furniture Store in Kuwait, and I absolutely loved it! Though I do prefer hand-painting my own version… hmm..
Midas has totally changed their furniture collection, seems so much like The One now.
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
Not-So-Zain
I recently purchased a GSM from Zain, in Bahrain, and after using it for two weeks now, I thought I have to talk about the experience here.
Some friends told me that Zain-Bahrain offers a unique service that Kuwait doesn’t. It goes like this: if you make/receive an international call from Zain-Kuwait both the receiver and caller will be charged for the call. Whereas, if you receive an international call to your Zain-Bahrain, only the calling party will be charged. Same thing goes for making and international call from Zain-Bahrain, only the caller will be charged.
So, I thought that was cool, and I wanted to try it by calling my buddies in Kuwait. Only, I never was able to make an international call until after 4 or 5 attempts. The connection never makes it, and when it did, the receiver gets a random number calling them. So, if I happen to leave them a missed call, they wouldn’t know it was me!!! I thought this was ridiculous and went to Zain, but they claim that this is handled by the receiving country’s operator [Kuwait’s, in my case], and that the random number issue is very common and they can’t do anything about it!
I am hoping someone can explain this!
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ahamshay blogs…
There seems to be a confusion, so I think I should explain a bit about how this site works.
There are actually two sites, an English and Arabic site, both of them have different posts, they are not the same blog but translated. I have decided to write simple tech posts in the Arabic blog and keep the English blog for the general posts like travel, book & gadget reviews and programming articles as shown in the ”tech blog”.
I do recommend using RSS feeds for the English or Arabic website, or both! That way, you can keep track of all new posts or you can always check the archive page for the English or the Arabic site.
Happy Ramadan,
Shaymaa
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Trip to Ethiopia
Recently, we went on a trip to Ethiopia and I decided to share my experience. Not many tourists select Ethiopia as their destination and the reason is pretty obvious; there’s not much tourist infrastructure there and the only reason foreigners show up is to pick up their adopted children or to start a business. Basically, you won’t have to worry about crowds of tourists. Ethiopia is the 2nd-most populous nation in Africa and the official language is Amharic that is written in the Ge’ez script. You will find many English and Arabic speakers.
First Impressions
The landscape is amazing, the people are very nice, the sense of history is tangible. Ethiopia is pretty pleasant all year round, with temperatures in Addis Ababa averaging around 20°C (68°F) no matter what the season! They say the best time of the year is in Early October, just after the rains. Our trip took place in early August, so it was raining on and off, but even then, the country was wonderfully green, the wildflowers were stunning and everyone was preparing for the New Millennium!
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Friday, September 07, 2007
View Folder Size in Windows Explorer
When you’re using Windows Explorer and you want to know the size of any folder, you usually have to right-click on the folder icon and view its properties. It gets kinda exhausting after some time, so I found a way that is much easier. You can install a little software/plugin that will allow you to add a column to Windows Explorer and view all of your folders’ sizes.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
The Ten Commandments for C Programmers
Hilarious. Read the descriptions here.
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
How to Write a Master’s Thesis in Computer Science
I found this extremely useful article written by William D. Shoaff from Florida Tech on how to write a Master’s Thesis in CS. I believe it is a great read for everyone in Computer Science. Read it here and share your thoughts.
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