Finally! You don’t need a US credit card to purchase songs off iTunes store anymore! All you need to do is buy an iTunes gift card from Ebay!

Yesterday I bought a digital iTunes card off ebay and got the code via email. I just went to the iTunes store, redeemed the card and started downloading songs legally! (for a change) it can’t get any easier than this! down with the US credit cards! Hello iTunes cards

For those of you who love to see their OS 100% Arabic interfaced, AppleME.ae is offering a full support file for both OS’s, Tiger & Leopard.

If you want to install it & try it out yourself just click HERE.

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I think this will help Tarsheed campaign a LOT if they distribute it.

Thanks to Labeba

Since the weather has been shifting to madness by the second I thought you might find this site, KuwaitStorm, helpful to decide whether to stay indoors or go out. I know I’ll be checking it from now on before I make posts like “Enjoy the weather this weekend.”

You might want to check Yahoo Weather too. My brother seems to like it.

Thanks Hamad.

LINK

Just imagine EVERYTHING is upside down! And YES you can use them while they r flipped!

I ordered a 4 GB Kingston Ram for my Macbook pro off amazon.com. I went to Youtube and looked around for an easy installation guide and found a good one, I won’t be showing that video in here, Instead I’m doing my own stepbystep post

First thing first, Go to whatever site you like to order your desired RAM. Crucial, OWC & Newegg are all good sites, but unfortunately they were a big pain when it came to placing my order. They emailed me asking for a copy of my driver’s license and my (late) visa card. I ignored them and went to amazon and ordered my RAM from kingston. Windows users, there is a good Kingston Helper in there to help you find the suitable RAM for your PCs.

Now lets get to business. make sure you have a tiny philips (cross) screw driver. and i mean tiny!

Flip the laptop and remove the battery.

Now take the screw driver and start undoing the screws. becareful you don’t want to lose any of those tiny things.

Now remove the lid

There are tiny little clips on the left and right holding the RAM down. press them outward, away from the memory to release them.

Once you do so they’ll stick out. Remove them and place your new RAM. Press them down hard and you hear this little “tikk.” (anything other than a little tick means you broke your RAM)

Close the lid and put the screws back. And You’re Done!!!

*Now its just plain bragging*

The RAM was $115 when I bought it, now they’re selling it for $95, Link.

Today me & Ali were coming back from work and Ali found a new type of petrol machines in the KNPC station. Its located between Mishref and Bayan. He was wondering about new colors so i left my car and went to the employees who were installing it and asked them a couple of questions. I found out that they are introducing 2 more types of fuel, dedicated to our SUPER RICH people for their Super cars.

They are defined as following:

• Pink Color – Name: Ultra Euro – Cost: 120 Fils/Liter.
• Orange Color – Name: Ultra Diesel – Cost: 100 Fils/Liter.
• Green Color – Name: Ultra Super – Cost: 90 Fils/Liter.

Actually the employees there said that they are facing a lot of problems installing the machines & that this station will be the first petrol station to offer these fuel types. So it might takes some time to run them across Kuwait.

Thanks for the picture Ali.

Posted By Mishary.

Amazon today introduced TextBuyIt, a new service that lets you use text messages to find and buy products sold on Amazon.com. Simply send a text message to “AMAZON” (262966) with the name of the product, search term or a UPC or ISBN code, and Amazon replies with the product or products that match the search, along with prices. To buy an item, customers simply reply to the text message by entering the unique single digit number next to the item they want. Customers will then receive a short phone call from Amazon with the final details of their order and asking them to confirm or cancel the purchase.When customers choose to purchase something for the first time using TextBuyIt, they will be asked for their e-mail address and shipping ZIP code they use for their Amazon.com account. With this information, Amazon uses customers’ default settings for payment method, shipping address and shipping speed, including 2-Day shipping for Amazon Prime members. (I’m Still unsure whether international orders are accepted or not).

Posted By Mishary.

A few days ago i received my Time Capsule, the 500GB version. it was supposed to be shipped at the end of Feb. but due to some version update Apple delayed it till the end of March.

Whats in the box:

• Time Capsule.
• Power Cable.
• Manual.
• Installation CD.

  

  I thought it would fit nicely on top of my Mac Mini, but turned out its a lot wider & thinner. but it looks sexy!

  Straight to the point

  Pros:

  • wireless access 24/7 to your storage people! this is soo cool! Im backing up my mac & vista wirelessly!
  • i connected it with my Zain router, so now it acts as my storage PLUS internet. The fact that its Wireless N is making it a very good access point.
  • Its Sexy! its an apple product! yes im considering apple a plus!

    Cons:

    • Syncing. It takes ages to sync wirelessly. backing up my MBP took around 8-10 Hours.

      The 500GB costs KD80 & the 1TB costs KD133.

      I give it a 4 Out of 5.

Posted By Yousef

The Indian conglomerate, Tata, buys Jaguar and Land Rover.

Excerpts

“Tata, India’s biggest vehicle maker, is paying $2.3bn (£1.15bn) for the British brands after months of negotiations over price and supply relationships.”

“Jaguar has made losses ever since Ford bought it in 1989. Company sources say those losses are being trimmed with the launch of new models. But everyone at Castle Bromwich accepts that Jaguar faces intense competition from much bigger carmakers such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Lexus.”

“Tata must “decide what Jaguar is for and what is its strategic direction in the future”, according to industry analyst Jay Nagley.”

“Since 2002, when Jaguar sold 130,000 cars, sales have halved, and the slide continues.”

“In Europe, Jaguar’s sales slumped more than 25% in February when compared with the same period last year, while in its key market, the US, sales have fallen more than 33% so far this year when compared with the same period in 2007.”

BBC

Thanks Tariq.

Posted By Yousef

I wanted to review DHL’s @ Home forwarding service for over a week now, but I waited until my first 3 packages got to Kuwait so I can get a sense of DHL’s speed and their delivery patterns.

I ordered 3 packages, 1 of them was a laptop for a friend. The laptop took 12 days to arrive in Kuwait’s customs. The other packages, one took 12 days and the other took 8 days. Keep in mind that I start counting once they are delivered to my US mailbox, which is checked twice a week, every monday and thursday. Once the shipments arrive in Illinois in the mailbox, you’ll feel like you’ve been disconnected from the package until it arrives to Kuwait.  There is no tracking number and no site to monitor the progress. You just have to wait. It can get frustrating as you wait and have no idea about your package status and its whereabouts. You may however call DHL in Kuwait and ask about it.

Now, my cousins had a different kind of experience with DHL’s @ Home Service. I learned that  DHL once misprinted the value of one of the packages which contained a couple of PC games and printed an extra zero, causing my cousin to pay around 45kd as tax for a package not worth that much. While my other cousin told us that they do not use DHL throughout the route to Kuwait. They use other company to deliver the package from illinois to Bahrain, then use DHL to deliver the packages from Bahrain to Kuwait.

First impressions can make or break a company nowadays. DHL should know that by now. Having no advantage over other competitors and no site to go with the service is not helping at all. What would make anyone leave their current forwarding service and join DHL? What will motivate them? At the moment, the answer is Nothing.

Having said all that. I think its still too premature to make a real judgment as to whether I’d continue using DHL for my online shopping or if I would go back to the miserable Aramex. They both, up to now, are doing a job that leaves much to be desired. But DHL being the company that it is, makes me a bit more hopeful for a real improvement. And with Sarita on board, it actually makes it worth giving it a chance.

UPDATE:
Click here for a newer updated review

Posted By Mishary.

I found this which i think is interesting, YES you can make your own puzzle for your kid or even for you!

It gonna cost you around KD1.000 which is good deal for a nice gift!

want to order it? click HERE.

Posted By Mishary.

We just wantd to thank all of our readers for their support! Guys in less than 5 months we achieved around 24,000 reader/month. if you look at the chart above you can see that in the past 2 months, each month doubled the previous one which is amazing considering we’re only 5 months old! *throws confetti*

Again Me & Yousef would like to thank you a lot!

Posted By Mishary.

I think this will help you these days A LOT

The pair is going to cost you around KD 2.150, to buy one just click HERE.

My thanks Goes to Ahmad.

Posted By Yousef

We updated the side bar to:

• Include links to some of our daily stops.
• Remove the pointless links to our recent posts.
• Gave a new look to our categories. (not sure this one will last, we may go back to the cloud effect. if you don’t know what the heck i’m talking about, raise your hands and one leg)

  Hope you like it! coz God knows how hard it was to play around with the sidebar! lol This tiny change made me realize how hard it would be if we ever needed to move our blog or if (God forbid) we decided to change our theme!

Posted By Yousef

I have been having difficulty sending emails when I’m using Ego. Can’t send emails from my .Mac account.

Their call centers are of no help.

Anyone?

UPDATE:

The solution can be found HERE

Posted By Mishary.

I like t when it comes to competition. This is yet another site that share the same concept as 6alabat.com. But this one is exclusive to Crown Plaza and Holiday Inn’s restaurants.

From the site:

ieatonline.com is an online site which is operated by Crowne Plaza Kuwait. ieatonline.com is easy to remember & you can order online from the detailed menus of the international cuisines without visiting or calling to your favourite restaurant. Now you can enjoy the food in your home with your family & friends.

The delivery fees are 400 fils/order. 6alabat.com fees are 200 fils/order. I think they should reconsider their pricing.

HERE is their link.

UPDATE:

The Myka is what many Torrent fans have been waiting for. A device that makes it easy to download torrents and play them on your living room TV. You can connect to the internet via LAN or WiFi. Your choice of 80, 160 or 500 gigabytes (and USB expansion) and the Linux OS with pre-installed BitTorrent software.

“Connect her to the Internet, plug her into your TV and Myka does the rest for you. With the BitTorrent protocol built right in, video torrents can be downloaded directly from the Web or transferred from your computer, freeing up your PC’s or laptop’s memory and processor for work or play”

Available for $299 – $459.

I don’t see this taking off, but what do I know?

Thanks INM . for further information click THIS link.

Posted By Mishary.

Remember my last post regarding Apple pillows, This time will be for Mario & Goomba fans, i think you will love this.

They features also:

• Officially Licensed Large-Size Mario Plush.
• Imported from Japan.
• About 10″ High.
• Brick Block makes a Coin Sound.
• Goomba makes a bop then “defeated” sound.
• Star plays the Mario Star Song.
• Batteries Included.

Each one gonna cost you around KD6.700, If you still want them click HERE

My mother woke me up around 11:30 and gave me a red piece of paper with some weird words scribbled down on it. as i looked harder, squeezing all of my eye powers just to focus on this little paper, i read managed to read words like: delivered, postal service, my name..

I didn’t get it, i was half asleep so i can’t be blamed. but then Mom said “I think its concerning your laptop.” thats when i got fully awake! my laptop is here!!! turned out no, its not here. the ministry of whatever just sent me a notice to come and pick my laptop “or it will be returned to it’s source after 10 days.”

I sprung to my feet, went downstairs and asked our cook, i wanted more info. he said that a guy came, gave him this piece of paper and told him “let Yousef come see us and collect his package after 5 days.” HA! 5 days?! ILWAISH?!

I barely brushed my teeth and went to Kifan Central. after struggling to find the right counter, i finally managed to get my laptop just 1.5 minutes before their closing time. The guy asked me why did i bother come in such a hurry? I said “i paid a lot to get it in time and i didn’t want to waste the weekend with “what ifs” thoughts).

I didn’t pay a single dime for tax (and that my friends, made my week!)