i am a follower

so i'm starting to get into this whole twitter thing .. i never liked it but i'm slowly warming up to it .. yes i can be like that sometimes .. for example i still refuse to buy a blackberry or an iphone ..

religious technology

been loading up my new ipod .. so much memory to fill yay .. i downloaded the entire mus7af by yaser eldosari as a torrent overnight .. i was so glad i found it .. it had a lot less seeders than some of the more famous guys .. maybe i'll download some of those too .. now that i have so much memory lol .. but on the other hand i have like 80+ gb of music on there .. so i need to balance it out .. i'm gonna start listening to it from tomorrow .. no more music for a while .. here comes ramadan .. speaking of which .. tv channels are already running ramadan promos .. UGH!

btw .. i have NO idea how i'm going to fast this year .. it's going to be HARD .. but washing away your sins always is ..

cannot kill the battery

i think my ipod battery died .. you know normally when the battery runs out you plug it in and it will play dead for a bit .. simply saying please wait very low battery then after a while it lights up and charges normally .. but it's been stuck on the please wait very low battery forever .. almost a day now .. so something tells me everything is not alright .. anyway i've had it for 5 years .. i guess all those years of leaving it in my car to bake under the sun have finally caught up to it .. normally i would be devastated but everything that was on there i have on my laptop .. so i'll just buy a new one .. with more memory this time .. happy trails black ipod .. the only sad thing is it was a graduation gift from my older brother .. oh well ..

fly like an eagle

remeber space jam ... that looney tunes movie with michael jordan in it ... well it seems the movie website is still up ... it's like the internet equivalent of cave drawings ...

song of the day

if you're like me and have a ton of music on your ipod ... and another ton on your computer ... a combined total of well over 100 gb ... then often times you will be listening to one or the other when a song will come up that you never heard before ... and you'll be like this song effing rules ... it just happened to be a part of your vast collection but you never knew it existed until now ... i like to call them hidden gems ... no i don't ... anyway ... the other day i was driving and came across such a song ... listen ...

coolest google logo ever

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the spaghetti slide

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti.
“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General McChrystal dryly remarked, one of his advisers recalled, as the room erupted in laughter.
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click here to see the slide he was talking about ...

kitty discovers ipad

google toilet

music massage

in case the golden wii is too expensive ... you can get me this instead ...

Finally, a great scalp and head massager designed for home use. The OSIM® uCrown is inspired by traditional head and scalp massage—and enhanced with a combination of patented air pressure technology, vibration massage, magnetic therapy, gentle heat and soothing music. A choice of programs target key acupressure points for the desired effect. Ergonomic design is close and comfortable for any size head. Adjustable fit. Includes auto-timer that lets you set your massage session at 5, 10 or 15 minutes. Portable and cordless. Uses 4 AA batteries (not included).
A comprehensive massage experience.
Patented air pressure technology, vibration massage, magnetic therapy, gentle heat and soothing music combine to deliver a tension-relieving, circulation-boosting treat to your head and scalp. The unique “human touch” acupressure massage is designed to simulate the hands of a professional massage therapist.
Add a soothing soundtrack.
To further support relaxation and an overall “feel-good” experience, add a soothing soundtrack with music from three categories: Wellbeing, Ambiance and Nature. Includes built-in speakers, earphones and remote control.

virtual suicide

whoever thought of this is genius ... i loved the idea ... i'm not gonna do it ... but i loved the idea ...

What Is This Walkman You Speak Of

this is funny ...

Lame

Thnkng of playng dress up & tryng ths out. http://bit.ly/11rw69 If u hear of a Susan Boyle sightng in Amman...well, u knw who it is.

queen rania's latest tweet ...

Ironman Suit

Cyberdyne Corporation of Japan, in conjunction with Daiwa House, has begun mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that augments body movement and increases user strength by up to tenfold.

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sounds cool ... certainly doesn't look cool though ...

WTF

In a recent interview with The National Post, Toronto Raptors forward Shawn Marion asked about transitioning his massive DVD collection to Blu-ray ... Here's what he had to say ...

"Hell, no! Blu-ray [Discs] cost too much. They cost like 35, 40 bucks apiece. I'm going to stick with the $19.99s. $14.99, $19.99, widescreen, I'm good."

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Oh by the way ... Shawn Marion will earn roughly 18 million dollars this year.

سبحان الله

i was browsing yahoo's most popular page today and they had some photos taken with the hubble space telescope ... amazing stuff ... and although the captions talk about things i cannot begin to comprehend ... still it really gives you some perspective ... we're all so caught up in our little bubbles on this planet when we really are just a drop in the ocean ... kind of like that scene at the end of men in black ...


here is the slideshow i'm talking about ...

Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Its electronic gadgetry is gathering dust on the shelves of high street stores, nobody is buying new fridges and the mountain of unsold plasma televisions is growing by the day.
However, in desperation, Panasonic has hit on the perfect counter-attack against the consumer slump: it has ordered every member of staff to go out and buy £1,000 of Panasonic products.
Large swathes of corporate Japan are expected to follow suit, either by directly commanding or indirectly “pressuring” employees to divert part of their salaries towards the goods that their employers produce.
Toyota has already tacitly applauded a “voluntary” scheme in which 2,200 of its top brass decided to buy new Toyota cars, and the president of Fujitsu recently e-mailed 100,000 staff and gently pointed out how nice it would be if “employee ownership rates” of Fujitsu PCs and mobile phones were a little higher.
The 10,000 Japanese staff affected by Panasonic’s unorthodox strategy do not have long to consider their purchases.
Management insists that staff buy their Panasonic goods — whether they need them or not — by the end of July.
Upper-level managers, all of whom have been “encouraged” for years to fill their homes with Panasonic goods as a symbol of corporate loyalty, are being asked to spend at least 200,000 yen (£1,500).
A Panasonic spokesman said that because the “Buy Panasonic” request was made to management-level employees, the company did not expect refusal rates to be high.

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Raccoon City

Earlier this week, two electronic signs intended to warn motorists of construction in Austin, TX were changed by hackers.
(AP Photo/Chris Nakashima-Brown)

You Can't Friend Me, I Quit!

a nice article about facebook ... for those who are bored at work and want something to kill the time ...