Category: Interesting

A friend of mine just emailed me a 2006 World Cup schedule. It has all the dates and times of all the matches which is cool BUT its also an excel file with some cool features. Once a match finishes you can enter the scores of the two teams in the excel file and it will then calculate how many points each team is awarded and mark it down on the group chart.

Its very nifty especially if you want to see what would happen if a team loses or wins a match before the game actually takes place. You can download the file and enter random scores now to see how it works. [Link]

Last year I posted about a pimped out Mercedes SLK in Dubai that had an SLR engine installed. Well today someone passed me a video of the same SLK racing against an Enzo and kicking the Enzo’s ass big time. You need to watch it to believe it. [Link]

How can a Muslim astronaut pray five times a day when a “day” in orbit lasts just 90 minutes? Worship in space presents some unique challenges. [Link]

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I just took a Machiavelli personality test and I somehow scored a 74 which is very close to being evil. I don’t know how that happened… [Link]

The Machiavelli personality test has a range of 0-100
Your Machiavelli score is: 74
You are a high Mach, you endorse Machiavelli’s opinions.

Most people fall somewhere in the middle, but there’s a significant minority at either extreme.

This is pretty cool, all you do is upload a picture and the page automatically converts the image to 1024 people holding up colored signs. Looks really cool when you try it. [Link]

The best spy shots I have seen so far. The car looks cool from the back but like a civic from the side.. [Link]

Dogs can not get salmonella from raw chicken. A dog’s stomach is much more acidic than ours, so they have a lot more protection.

There was a lot of origami talk in one of the threads in the forum so I thought I would share this insane origami with everyone. [Link]

Thats a really long list. [Link]

I just took an AQ test to measure my extent of autistic traits. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis but eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. I scored a 26. [Link]

My office is across the street from Muthana Complex in Kuwait City and I Have been working there for over a year now and I used to visit Muthana daily. Now I pass by there once or twice a week. You would think that after visiting Muthana a couple of hundreds times already that I would know it inside out, well thats what I figured until yesterday I found a store that I didn’t know existed.. the Universal Store.

My usual entrance into Muthana was closed so I had to walk around the building from the outside trying to find an open entrance. While walking around I found a store called Universal Store. From the outside I saw that the store sold movie related items but once I got closer I noticed they sold movie collectibles and props. So I go in and ask the saleslady how long the store has been open and she tells me 1 year! How the hell did I miss this shop? Anyway the shop is small but packed with goodies. You can check out most of their products by checking out their website. I don’t know and don’t think they are an official Universal Store but you never know. [Link]

Kuwaits rank increased this year from 141st to 134th place. Zurich scored the highest for quality of living while Baghdad ranked the lowest. Lebanon is in 155th place, Saudi Arabia 162, Dubai 85, and Bahrain 125. For the full list and more details click the [Link]

I always wanted to know how David Copperfield did his trick and I just found a site that shows you how. Watch this video first of his famous flying trick [Video] then check out this site for details on how he did it. [Link]

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Back in university I used to have a real hard time trying to pull an all-nighter. I probably managed to pull it off only a handful of times and I had a car accident two of those times driving up to university.. and I used to live around 500 meters away! Seriously I drive better when I am wasted or drunk then if I am sleepy. Anyway here is a ink to a site with tips on how to pull an all-nighter. [Link]