TGM HOLiC, The Chuck Norris of Tetris
23 Nov 2011 1 CommentThis video is pretty amazing. If you thing the beginning if the video is cool, watch around the 3 min mark when the speed gets a little bumped up and then watch just past the 5 min mark to watch TGM HOLiC, the world’s best Tetris player, play the game in freaking invisible mode.
Easy -> Medium -> Hard -> Asian
The Wonderful World of Skyrim
22 Nov 2011 1 CommentThis is a gorgeous time-lapse video shot inside Bethesda’s Skyrim game. I can’t get enough of this game.
Yet Another PC Assembly
22 Nov 2011 5 Comments
It has been more than 2 years since I last put together my own PC build. WIth the amount of gaming that I’m doing on the PC I thought I should upgrade to enjoy the games even more.
I initially wanted to upgrade my existing PC but the CPU upgrade path was out of the question. So I had to buy a new motherboard to accommodate the new processor. I should tryout an SSD as my boot/OS disk for better performance. And of course a new graphic card. I also wanted a new case with USB 3.0 support and more room inside and better cooling solutions. Wanted also to replace my Razer Mamba mouse, its a great mouse but after playing for a few hours non-stop and the battery runs out, you get screwed. So I decided to get the Cyborg R.A.T. 9 wireless mouse that come with 2 batteries. After looking at all of that I was only short of RAM and a power supply and I would have a fully functioning PC. I got 16GB of RAM bundle for almost $100. but decided to stay with my power supply and get a new less powerful one for my old build.
Part List:
- Intel CPU core i7 2700K 3.5Ghz (Link)
- Asus Republic of Gamers Maximus IV Extreme-Z motherboard (Link)
- EVGA GTX 570 superclocked GPU (Link)
- 4x4GB (16GB) GSkill 1600 RAM (Link)
- Samsung 830 series SSD 128GB (Link)
- Cyborg R.A.T 9 wireless mouse (Link)
- Thermaltake Chasar MK-I case (bought from Kuwait for KD85) (Link)
Now I just have to have time to put it all together.
Achmed the Dead Terrorist Has a Son
22 Nov 2011 3 CommentsJeff Dunham has a new skit that feature the famous “Achmed – The Dead Terrorist” we he meets his son. You can check out the original Achmed – The Dead Terrorist skit here.
The Kindle Fire
22 Nov 2011 5 Comments
Yesterday the Aramex guy delivered a package that contained Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet. The design is very familiar if you ever seen a Blackberry Playbook. I think the 7″ screen size is just about right for a tablet, either for reading or watching video.
When I first turned on the device and without putting in any information except for my wifi password. The device automatically synced to my account. It looks like that Amazon ships the devices with credentials pre-loaded.
The device lacks any google app like Gmail and the standard Android Market. But Amazon’s android store has a good selection of apps.
Also worth mentioning that the Kindle Fire’s web browser (Amazon Silk Browser) routes traffic via amazon servers. That bypasses the local blocking methods used to block websites. So getting onto Collage Humor’s webpage was easy, but I had a difficulty playing back videos.
The Kindle Fire costs around KD60, too bad its you have to have a US based credit card to actually start using the app store or a proxy to use the vide service. It looks like a very good tablet to playback youtube videos and some casual gaming for my kids.
Algeria vs Algeria
16 Nov 2011 2 CommentsThe Algerian first football team was supposed to play Cameroon in a friendly yesterday but the Cameroonian team couldn’t make it. The Algerian football federation decided to play the first team against the reserves.
In the the first half, the first team was a head with a goal but that soon changed in the second half when the reserves scored 4 goals to win the match 4-1.
Will that make the coach change the reserves to be the first team?
Really Hating Customs At The Moment
16 Nov 2011 3 Comments
I’ve been waiting for the rest of my PC components to arrive so that I can really enjoy the gaming frenzy that is currently going on. But my packages have been piling up in customs since before eid and they are still there 4 working days later. I am really frustrated.
