Asrar Al-Qabandi – أسرار القبندي
16 Jan 2010 3 Comments
On January 14, 1991, Asrar Al-Qabandi was murdered. She was shot five times – four bullets to her chest and the fifth bullet between her eyes, and her head sliced in two by an axe as her body dumped in front of her family’s home by the Iraqi’s. This was the fate of one of the braveset women of Kuwait… of the world. She saved hundreds of Kuwaiti’s during the Gulf War, and came back to Kuwait to save more lives even though she knew the Iraqi’s had found out what she had done. This woman has been dead exactly 19 years. And this is the least we can do in saluting the woman who had died saving lives.
I recieved the above as a message yesterday and thought it would only be fitting we remember and recognize Asrar Al-Qabandi’s amazing feats and life saving actions.
Some of her other victories include smuggling weapons from Basra to Kuwait, money and more weapons from Saudi Arabia, single-handedly destroying the monitored telephones and communications set up by the Iraqis, providing targeted Kuwaitis with new ID’s to protect them from harm, providing foreign families with food and money, and taking care of 65 foreign hostages, risking a guaranteed execution.
Read this article to refresh your memory on some of the other stuff Asrar Al-Qabandi had accomplished in this time of vain and anguish.
Torrenting Made Easy: How To Automatically Download The Latest Episodes Of Your Favorite TV Shows
13 Jan 2010 19 Comments
Since most people are downloading their TV shows from the net via torrents, I thought I might share this with you.
You can set up your torrent client to automatically download the latest episodes from a number of shows automatically without you doing anything.
this can be used on any operating system, you just need to have a RSS enabled torrent client.
Quick Guide after the break….
Unplanned Blog Revamp
3 Jan 2010 13 Comments
After posting yesterday, I went and updated a few wordpress plug-ins. after that the my theme got completely screwed. I lost my banner and a few logos and couldn’t get the theme to work again and the blog looked stupid.
I quickly went through a few themes and went with this look. It’s a temporary theme till we get our custom made one.
Gulf Run 5 Trailer 2
8 Dec 2009 No CommentsAfter the great teaser video we have now a full length trailer from our friends at Gulf Run. Check it out below.
Now it has been confirmed it will be a 3 day event. The final day will consist of “Gulf Run Drag Sudden Death Match” from 10am-1pm. And it has also been confirmed that there is indeed a drift course in Gulf Run 5.
3) Bahrain event will be on the 28/29th of January in Bahrain at the GP Circuit. (Event will have 3 different tracks in which one of them will be the Formula 1 circuit. The Drag strip will also be open.)
Kick a Ginger Day!
7 Dec 2009 3 CommentsA redheaded sixth-grade girl victimized by a Facebook prank calling for students to participate in “Kick a Ginger Day” says she was scared that the incident could have gotten worse.
Sheriff’s investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a “South Park” TV episode that satirized racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned “ginger” people.
Its incredible what you will come up with if you search for “kick a ginger”. Even Prince Harry’s girlfriend and colleagues give him a hard time by calling him big ginger!
Miscelleanous Items – iPhone to Carbon Fiber to Red Eyes
3 Dec 2009 7 CommentsWith the Carbon Fiber fad still coming on strong, and the iPhone fad even stronger, you can find this carbon fiber iPhone case at geeky-gadgets.com.
Buy it from here.
If you want to feel the ultimate carbon fiber wrapped around your body all day at the office, you have the Authentic Ferrari F360 Challenge Carbon FIber Office Chair.
If you have $8,000 dollars you dont know what to spend on, buy it from here.
Want to use your iPhone/iPod touch to control your TV, stereo, cable box, DVD, etc..?
Download the free app from the iTunes App Store and buy this hardware from here.
Want Android 2.1? Even weirder Carbon Fiber stuff? More than an iPhone case? Want to drive real fast but safe? Then read below. Continue Reading
“Unfriend” is the 2009 Word of the Year
19 Nov 2009 1 Comment
According to the Oxford American Dictionary, the word of the year for 2009 is “unfriend”. Keeping up with tech nature of this time and age, they have selected this word which is used in most social networking sites such as Facebook for the word of 2009. It beat out words such as “netbook”, “hashtag” and “sexting” to win the prize.
An Oily Revelation
11 Nov 2009 4 Comments“The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees, now gimme money… thats what i want… thats what i want…” The Beatles.
Kuwait, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ fourth-largest producer, projected a 14-billion dollar deficit in its budget while calculating oil income at a highly conservative price of 35 dollars a barrel.
LINK from AFP
Kuwait has forecasted a post budget surplus of up to 22.3 billion dollars. Still though, there is no decent healthcare, education, infrastructure, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
I leave you with the 4 fellows from Liverpool below. And no, its not Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Jose Reina and Dirk Kuyt.
G-FORCE auto worx
5 Nov 2009 2 Comments
G-FORCE auto worx have their new interactive website up and running now. Its very professionally done and lives up to the standard they have set in their garage. Check out their website here. You can find videos, photo’s, and services offered among other things. They are located in the Kuwait Free Trade Zone, Shuwaikh plot A52.
