I Caved

After mentioning time and time again that I won’t be getting the new MMO game Star Wars: The Old Republic, I finally gave in and purchased the game a couple of days ago. Ever since I got the game working (I had to download the whole 12 GB’s twice due to and installation error) I couldn’t stop playing the game. This is my first MMO since the City of Heroes 7 years ago. The game is huge and I couldn’t comprehend the vastness and the effort that went into the voice acting until I started playing the game. This game is going to screw up my schedule in the coming months.

Taking A Boat Trip

Last Saturday, Me and my kids went to Sharq Market “سوق شرق” to get some stuff from Sultan Center. But while we were there, my wife suggested that we take a quick boat ride that I didn’t even know existed. It turns out that it is possible pay KD1 and get 15 minutes at sea (anyone under 2 years rides for free). The kids were super excited and had a blast.

The boat is docked right behind Debenhams and the play area in Sharq.

Macbook Pro SSD Upgrade

After having the problem with my SSD in my PC build a few weeks ago and having to order a new one. I kept experimenting with my “faulty” SSD and see if I missed something. After playing around with it for a few days  discovered that it ran fine as a data drive (opposed to a boot disk). So I thought I might as well try sticking it in my Macbook Pro.

I’ve opened up every computer I’ve owned but still I had to research the matter before diving into it. After a quick read it was confirmed that it was pretty straight forward and that I had all the tools necessary for the job.

After unscrewing the bottom of the Macbook Pro (I have the unibody 2010 edition) and popping it open, you can see the HDD in the bottom right secured by a latch. removing the latch and the SATA connector completely releases the HDD. And from there its just a matter of replacing the HDD and putting everything back together.

There are a number of benefits to having a SSD such as:

• Speed: boot time is 18 seconds from pressing the power button to read use and having 3 programs running (Pixelmator, Safari and MarsEdit).
• Silent: Because SSD has no moving pars it is virtually silent and also there is no vibrations.
• Slightly better battery life.

The 2 major and only disadvantages that SSD have in my opening are price and capacity. but in time we “should” get there.

This is the first day of using the MBP after the upgrade so I’ll be watching if it acts up.

Sherlock is Back

After almost an18 months hiatus the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, is back on the TV screen. Two days ago BBC aired the first episode of their second season. The previous season was just 3 episodes, 90 minutes each. This season looks like its going to be the same.

Top 5 Movies That I need To Watch This January

This is a list of the 5 most interesting movies to be released this January. Dates are for the expected US theatrical release and I have no idea when will they be released here in Kuwait.

The Devil Inside

January 6th

Contraband

January 13th

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MBC HD Joins Abu Dhabi TV Network

It looks like you don’t need a dedicated Technosat reciever do get MBC’s HD channels anymore. The Abu Dhabi TV Network just added the MBC package to their list of channels. Not sure how much you have to pay to get though. But that beats the stupid exclusivity that Technosat had that made no sense.

You can check you subscription and add the package by following this [link]

LIMBO: Best KD1.5 I’ve Spent On An Indie Game

Even though Steam has a crazy sale going on at the moment, I’ve been persuaded by my brother to give LIMBO a try. I bought it a few months back when it was first available on Steam and didn’t manage to get any playing time on the game.

LIMBO is considered to be a puzzle/platform/adventure game but the puzzle part is where the game shines. It has one of the smartest puzzles I’ve played in a video game. You really enjoy solving them. Also the games art and style is wonderful and different than most other games and takes you back to the 2D era.

LIMBO is available on steam for $5 for Mac and PC. It is also available on the Mac App Sore for $10.

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What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like in 1956

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored a ‘whopping’ 5 MB of data.

Via The Next Web

Bob Arno: The Prince of Thieves

Born in Stockholm, Sweden and acquired US citizenship in 1992. Bob Arno is considered by many as the world pickpocket king. watch the video above and see how he repeatedly keeps snatching items from victims that know what he will be doing and still cant do anything about it.

He also has a series of videos that help law enforcement agents identify potential pickpockets and help stop them.

There is a Ripley’s believe it or not segment and also a National Geographic episode about him that is 45mins long.

The Most Epic Flash Mob

We have seen a lot of flash mobs before. All were about music and dancing, but not this one. This might be the most epic flash mob to date. Why? because its about a video game thats about Star Wars. EA is promoting their new MMO game Star Wars: The Old Republic by having a bunch of Sith lords battling Jedi Knights in the middle of Times Square. Damn you EA for not having this game on Steam.