Category: Geek

I was in Hawalli yesterday when I decided to pass by the store Best Buy Kuwait (not official Best Buy just a copy). Turns out they had the Sony UMPC on display. I had only seen it before online so it was cool seeing it in person. Its super tiny and I really wish Apple would come up with something like it. They were selling it for KD699. [Link]

A nice comparison of the top ten most used BitTorrent sites, they recommend BTjunkie.com. [Link]

Not many will get this cartoon, but those who do will find it funny. [Link] #

A cool way to test your bandwidth. [Link]

[via digg]

K.thekuwaiti just emailed me these pictures. Someone in Kuwait owns a K.I.T.T replica from the show Knight Rider. Its really fucking cool.

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Dedicated to King Abdullah. [Link]

I found these Tron Adidas sneakers at Atheletes Foot in Marina Mall.

King Abdullah is an acknowledged fan of Star Trek. In 1995, while he was still Prince, he appeared as an extra in the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Investigations.” Abdullah’s role was not given any speaking lines because he was not a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

[source wikipedia]

(thank you Sakta for this info)

GetWebKit! is a web browser for Windows. GetWebKit! is for Windows what Safari is for the Mac. I haven’t tried it though since I don’t have a PC. [Link]

A week ago Z District reviewed the Seagate Portable HD and although I am a Seagate fan I thought the hard drive looked ugly and fragile. This is why I decided to put up a review of the drive that competes directly with the Seagate one, the Western Digital Passport.

I ordered the 120GB Western Digital Passport drive so I could use it to back my MP3s and personal work. I already have an external drive but I needed something much smaller and portable. Since I was going to use it for my most important data, the drive had to be reliable and durable. Thats why I went with the Passport drive, I have never had any problems with Western Digital hard drives and from the pictures the Passport drive looked like it could take a beating. Now that I have it sitting in front of me I can tell you that it can.

The Passport drive case is made from 2 materials, half of it is alluminum and the other half is rubber. The drive feels like its indestructable but still looks really slick and extremely cool. The other positive thing is you only need 1 USB slot to both power and run the drive unlike the Seagate which requires 2 USB slots.

I really am in love with the drive and can’t find a single flaw except for the fact that 120GB is the largest size available. I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Buy the 40GB WD Passport drive from Amazon
Buy the 80GB WD Passport drive from Amazon
Buy the 120GB WD Passport drive from Amazon

I found this website by mistake while googling. Its an online computer store here in Kuwait. [Link]

Chicken of the VNC is the best VNC client I have ever used on the Mac. Its super fast, has a cool name and its free. [Link]

I have an Exabyte VXA-1 tape drive which I want to give away for free. It takes 33GB tapes and they are very very reliable. You could shove the tapes into a freezer or dump them into boiling coffee and you would still be able to retreive the information from them. The version of the tape drive I have is external and connects using Firewire. The price of this tape drive brand new is $1,099.

I am giving the drive away for free because I am having problems with it. I don’t know if its a software problem or hardware problem. I passed it to TivoGuy and he was able to get it working but when I tried using it on my Mac it would sometimes backup the data and sometimes it would give me an error. It could be from the backup tapes, it could be a software problem or it could be a hardware problem. I am not sure and I don’t care. If you want the tape drive just leave a comment below. You will get it without any tapes and without the firewire cable. If more then one person wants the drive then I will give it to the geekiest one.

For more info on the drive click [Here]

This looks complicated to do but the result is really rewarding. If you have neighbors who are stealing your Wifi you can do two things, either encryt your Wifi or have some fun with them. This site shows you how to have fun by turning every image your neighbour downloads upside-down. It should really confuse them. [Link]

Pimping your bike rims with programmable LEDs, I would love to do this on my bike. Its not really expensive, the kit costs less then $50. [Link]