2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003

The games are over and there was one thing about it that pissed me off and its the fact that Qatar nationalized so many athletes, over 30 in fact. I think that was a very cheap and unfair move. I think there should be rules to forbid such actions. The Olympic and Asian games is a sport, not a business. Nationalized players should not be allowed to take part in the games. I have been meaning to post about this for a while but Kuwitism’s post just reminded me about it.

When paying with a credit card or Knet card at Sultan Center you might have noticed that once the transaction goes through the employee swipes your card into their computer and your credit card number and other information gets dumped into their system. Cajie a reader of the blog sent them an email complaining about this, here is what he sent them:

I have been a frequent shopper of Sultan Center for quiet some time. However, I have become increasingly concerned about your procedure of scanning and storing customer’s credit card numbers in your sales system. This is a highly risky and unacceptable IT process, especially for such a leading retailer such as Sultan Center. Other leading merchants store only the last 4 digits of the credit card for verification purpose, which is just fine. It is my strong recommendation that your systems be reconfigured not to store sensitive customer data – especially in these days of increase rise in electronic fraud.

To his surprise the MIS manager at Sultan Center called him on the phone and assured him they made changes in their system to protect the customers financial data. After the phone call they sent him the following email with more details:

It was a pleasure talking to you over the phone, and we are really glad to have your comments and suggestions which will help us service our customers better. I would like to assure you that our Point of Sales system doesn’t hold or store the Full Credit card details, in fact this was rectified longtime back based on our Internal Audit department report. Now the transactions which are stored in our systems will only carry the last four digits of the credit card number XXXX XXXX XXXX 9021.

I hope that you are satisfied with this and Please don’t hesitate to contact us or me directly for any further queries. Wish you a very pleasant time in our stores and everywhere else.

It still doesn’t make me comfortable having them scan my card but at least now I know the information they do keep from the scan is very minimal.

Its like 3 seconds on my 1.8ghz Macbook. Thats super fast. [Video]

I want this!! [Link]

I have been using Adobe Photoshop CS3 for a couple of months now and its fucking amazing. Its wayyy better then CS2. If you are looking for the Adobe Photoshop CS3 crack which I had posted here well its not here anymore. I am sorry but the crack has been removed.

This is what happened to Geo when I left him with my mother and sister for the evening. [Link]

[via Blogger wannabe]

A public beta of Photoshop CS3 will be made available for download today. Anyone who has an Intel-Mac will greatly appreciate this because the new CS3 version will be Universal Binary. The public beta will be available on labs.adobe.com once it gets released.

Its Friday morning and I just got to work. Its been one hectic week. Actually its only 11AM and its already been a busy day. Nat went off in the morning riding with some Harley bikers. She will be posting about it later today plus she has some really cool pictures.

I also took Geo to the Marina Crescent beach. He spent the whole time jumping into the sea and me yelling at him to get out. Now I am at work, I rode in on my bike which was fun.

Its going to be a busy busy day.

This is cool marketing for the Blendtec blender. Every now and then they blend various objects with their blender from lighbulbs to cell phones. This week they blended an ipod. You can watch the video by clicking [Here]

I already knew the answer to this. [Link]

Don’t know how old this music video is but I just watched it now for the first time and its pretty fucking cool. Reminds me of my university days, makes me want to get wasted.

OMG WTF. [Link]

update: There are renditions for other bands to like Radiohead, Coldplay, Nirvana, Tool and more! All the renditions are terrible. [Link]

update 2: Actually, Karma Police by Radiohead isn’t half bad. [Music]

Looks like Yan Yan have a guerrilla campaign going on. Ok maybe not. Its only one poster I saw on a wall outside a supermarket but still its a pretty cool poster. The best part is the tag line which is “The Fun Dip-Stick” (closer look).

Here are two definitions of Dip-Stick taken from UrbanDictionary.com all though I know it simply as another word for idiot:

1. Dip Stick
One who’s brain capacity is less than a long thin piece of metal used to check oil levels.

2. Dip Stick
The usage of fingers during sexual activities to gage the moistness of a woman’s vagina.

Now thats pretty cool.

“Watch as the voices of Family Guy create an episode.” I thought Cleveland was black! [Video]