2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003

Today I was able to check out a TANDBERG video conferencing setup. Its such a cool system, we had 2 huge ass plasmas built into the wall and a videocamera built in between them. The system video conferences at various connection speeds but we were using 384kb/sec. The TANDBERG system is also a very secure system I was told (the US defence department uses it!), so its perfect for talking business no matter how confidential the matter might be. The guy who was showing me the video conferencing system used a Marantz RC9500 remote control (drool!!) to control the whole thing including rotating the camera and zooming in and out. With a click of a button we connected to an office in Oslo which was closed but we were able to pan the camera around over there and check out the office. While checking out the Oslo office he also connected to a roof top cam on their companies head office in Japan and then connected to the conference room located in the same building we were in. So in total we were connected to 3 places on the same screen, very cool. The guy also told me that you could connect a laptop to the system and do a power point presentation or play Quake and they could all watch you. I don’t know how much a system like this costs, I should have asked him but I know I can’t afford the Marantz remote yet alone the two plasma screens and the TANDBERG system.. sucks!!

Landor – Dubai
Senior Designer – Branded Environments
Will initiate and develop design concepts and solutions. Will work with design team in fulfilling client needs under the direction of Design Director. Candidates must have a BFA or equivalent education and 5-7 years experience. Good communication and presentation skills. Ability to travel, prioritize and meet deadlines. Proficient in Mac and numerous graphics and design software.

Apply Here [Link]

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Fitch – Doha
Client Manager
A new Client Manager is urgently required in Doha, Qatar. Fitch’s studio in Qatar is growing rapidly and seeks a Client Manager with 2-3 years experience in project management and a desire for a new challenge. Not only is the work exciting and varied but the role comes with the added bonus of a tax-free salary and a generous living allowance.

Please reply with your cv to: Lucy Salter, Fitch, 121 – 141 Westbourne Terrace, London, W2 6JR or by e-mail: [email protected]

Apply Here [Link]

This is one concert I would love to go to, maybe they will come out with a DVD for it. Starting July 6th at the Hollywood Bowl, the first major U.S. concert tour featuring music from a variety of the most popular video games will begin.

The announced game titles for the 2005 tour are:
Mario, Zelda, Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Warcraft, Myst, Castlevania, Medal of Honor, God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic, Tron, Tomb Raider, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil, Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, EverQuest II and a special retro arcade segment that goes from Pong to Donkey Kong!

For more information visit the official website. [Link]

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You can watch and listen to the Live 8 concerts online from the AOL music website. I am currently waiting for Audioslave to come on stage in Berlin. [Link]

Update: Other shows to look out for, Pet Shop Boys in Moscow, Pink Floyd and Velvet Revolver in London and Placebo in Paris.

Update 2: WOW, Audioslave are playing acoustic version of Sound Gardens “Black Hole Sun”. I hope they play some Rage Against the Machine songs!!

Update 3: They just started playing a Rage Against the Machine song!!!!!!

I hate them.

Just passed by the Apple Store in Muthana Complex called Solize. I got some Mac prices which surprisingly turned out to be pretty good. Not cheaper then the States but pretty close specially if you consider shipping and customs. Here are the prices:

Power Mac G5 1.8ghz = KD555
Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8ghz = KD654
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0ghz = KD731
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3ghz = KD930
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5ghz = KD1040
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7ghz = KD1117

Mac mini 1.2ghz = KD190
Mac mini 1.4ghz = KD228

iMac 17inch G5 1.6ghz = KD600
iMac 17inch G5 1.8ghz = KD690
Both come with a free HP printer and scanner

Powerbook 15inch G4 1.67ghz (SuperDrive) = KD768

Apple Display 20inch = KD258
Apple Display 30inch = KD1175 (FUCKING HUGE BTW!)

iPod mini 4GB = KD72
iPod mini 6GB = KD90

For more information call Mohammed the salesman on 7923875 or on the shop number 2493196.

Remember I posted about the new large TV screen outside the Kuwait Stock Exchange and how there was a large palm tree blocking the view. Rampurple just messaged me that “KSE have removed the trees”.

Just yesterday I was watching the Rides episode where they built a car for drifting and I was telling Nat how cool drifting is when today I read that the new Fast and the Furious will be based on drifting. Neither Vin Diesel (who co-starred in the first film, but not the second) nor Paul Walker (who co-starred in both) will appear in the new movie which is scheduled to begin filming this fall. [Link]

On a side note, the show Top Gear is currently showing on the Discovery Channel in the States. Hope they come to Showtime also. At the moment you can watch Top Gear every Sunday at 1PM on BBC.

I have this really cool song but I don’t know who its by or whats the name of the song, do you know it? [MP3 6.04MB]

Update: Thanks to Talal I now know the same of the song. “This song is called “Alpha Male”, and it comes from “The Understanding”, the 2nd album of an incredibly talented Norwegian electronica duo, Röyksopp“

Update 2: Just pre-ordered their new album from Amazon.

My agency just installed iInventory on my mac. According to the software’s website this is what it allows Big Brother to do:

* Compare installed software against licenses
* Spot hardware and software changes
* Check unauthorized software or files like .MP3

Now I just need to find out what port its using so I could block it. I am sure if I google it I can find it..

Someone went and scanned a LadyBird book for kids on how the computer works. The book is from 1971, really interesting. [Link]

Saw this green H2 today while coming back from lunch. Surprisingly, it didn’t look that bad…

A group of people in San Fransisco experimented in the idea of multiplayer gaming with strangers on the streets. They would for example take out their Sony PSP’s while waiting in line at the movies and start playing against each other hoping that someone else in line would see them and want to join in. Their experiment didn’t work out as planned since no one joined their games but the idea is cool though. I personally carry my PSP wherever I go and I usually have 2 games with me. It would be cool if while waiting in line at the bank I notice someone else with a PSP and we end up playing a multiplayer game together while we wait. Maybe once the PSP really starts becoming more popular here in Kuwait that would be possible, so far since the PSP came out I have only met like 2 other people who own PSP’s. [Link]