Hey Kuwaiti ISP’s I Download “Legally” Over 30GB’s a Day and Here is My Proof

Kuwaiti ISP suddenly implemented a Fair Access Policy (FAP) a few weeks ago that caught a lot of people by surprise. Nobody agreed to this when they first signed a 12 months deal (15 months in my case) and you cant just change what your terms of service in mid contract , even if one of your clauses in your terms of service is “changing the terms of service without prior knowledge” , because thats freaking stupid. So I’m basically signing that you might downgrade my speed from 8mb to 128Kbps just because you can? I don’t think so.

KEMS’s Facebook page operator also used the word “Abusers” to define the people that use too much data by pirating applications and movies as he says. If he truly thinks that then my friend you are misinformed. I can legally download applications movies and tv shows and also pass the stupid CAP that is implemented. What make you think that illegal means we are hogging more bandwidth than legal ones?

I have a number of itunes season passes that can also easily pass the cap as I “BOUGHT” i.e. with my own money, more than 30 HD season passes.

Using steam is also a bandwidth killer. I bought recently a number of games during steams summer sale where they have a number of games each day that are on sale for 24 hours. after BUYING the games that I really wanted/liked/didn’t own on a PC, I realized that only by downloading those games that I PURCHASED I would pass the stupid cap.

I also didn’t talk about updating my PC and 3 laptops, updating my apps on my 2 iphones, 2 ipads, 3 android phones. Updating Navigon on an iOS device is almost 2GB by itself not counting other applications or any other activities like downloading podcasts and watching HD youtube which is FREE the last time I checked.

There is an online bloggers campaign that me and countless of other Kuwaiti bloggers have joined that is against internet capping of any kind. [Link]

Viva la revolucion

Acer Iconia Tab A500 Available at X-Cite

I posted last week about why i’m not getting the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and what alternatives are available out there right now. One of those alternatives, the Acer Iconia Tab A500, was available at X-Cite when I was there yesterday. Due to the stupid pricing system that both X-Cite and Eureka uses, I am not sure if the final price is 211KD or there is a 25% discount on the listed price which brings the price down to 169KD.

هوشة المنتخب الكويتي واللبناني

The sad thing is it was a "friendly" match.

[Exclusive] Shake Shack Opening Next Week

According to sources familiar with the matter, Shack Shack will be opening next Thursday, July 7th 2011 at the Avenues Mall.

Thanks Abdulaziz

Shake Shack Dubai

I was in Dubai during the weekend stayed there for a couple of days. Watched a few movies and did some shopping. It was a bit overcrowded in Dubai Mall but it was somewhat ok in Emirates Mall where we tried the first Shake Shack branch in the region.

I posted about Shake Shack 2 years ago when I was in New York. And for me it was the best burger I’ve tried back then (five guys takes top spot now). But standing in line 45 mins for the Shake Shack burger was an absolute nightmare. Thank god that wasn’t an issue in Dubai.

After trying out Shake Shack’s burgers, I can confidently say they are almost identical to the ones in the US. And by that they knocked Fat Burger off as the best fast food burger in the region.

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عطلة الإسراء والمعراج.. الخميس بدلا من الأربعاء

For those who didn’t already know, next Thursday is a holiday.

أصدر ديوان الخدمة المدنية كتابا تم تعميمه على كافة الجهات والهيئات الحكومية، بمناسبة عطلة الإسراء والمعراج، حيث ستكون الإجازة الرسمية في يوم الخميس الموافق 30 يونيو- 29 من رجب 1432، بدلا من يوم الأربعاء والذي يوافق 28 من رجب 1432 هــ، الموافق 29 يونيو.

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Aqua-Tots Swim School Opens First International Branch

Aqua-Tots swim school just opened its first international branch here in Kuwait a few days ago. Aqua-Tots specializes in teaching kids from 6 months to 12 year olds how to swim. I just might enroll my kids there.

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كلنا واحـد

كلنا واحـد

حملة كويتية وُلدت لمحاربة الفتن الطائفية. لـلمحافظة على استقرارنا.

وطننا واحــد.. طائفتنا واحــده .. كـلنا واحـــد

Pick Yo – Frozen Yogurt

Last Friday, I passed by a recently opened frozen yogurt place called Pick Yo in Kaifan co-op mall to give it a try after reading about it in Qortuba’s blog.

The have normal frozen yogurt and they also have what they call “Pick Yo” which is frozen yogurt blended with your choice of fruit jam. It was very nice.

Also their berry flavored yogurt tastes very good.

Their prices are very reasonable, unlike some other places here in Kuwait.

A Blast From The Past: عبدالله الرويشد – نقطة التغيير

كلمات : بدر بورسلي
الحان : محمد الرويشد
خذني معــاك أرفع شراعك طير
خذنــي معاك خذ ني بلا تفسير
اثر غرامك في قلبي بالغ التأثير
وأنتا يا سيد سيدي نقطة التغير
دخلت في دنيتي ألوان فــرح ماله حدود ابداً
لقيت في ضحكتك عنوان يا كل الظروف شكرا
عيني عليك ليمن ضحكت عيني
عيني عليك ليمن سكت عيني
كلي حدودك تهادى غرب وشمال وشرق
لون حياتي تمادى خذني لصوبك برق
خذني ولا عندي شروط
عمري لجل عمرك نقوط