Kuweet.com is like KuwaitBlogs.com except instead of tracking local blogs it tracks local tweeters. A lot of people in Kuwait have recently jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon including politicians so Kuweet is a nice site to be able to keep track of all their tweets without needing to have your own twitter account.
What is twitter? I think the easiest explanation is that its like blogs except every post is limited to just 140 characters.. perfect for people who don’t enjoy or have the time to read a lot of long posts. [Link]
Note: If you have a twitter account and want to be added to Kuwait just follow @Kuweet
TIME magazine has put together a collection of the 50 best websites for 2008. I initially thought the list would be filled with mainstream stuff but surprisingly its not. The list is actually interesting with lots of surprises, I mean even UrbanDictionary.com is on their list! [Link]
Q8showroom.com is now launched although I think its still in trial stage since there are a lot of things that aren’t working right or not working at all. Some of the things also feel like they’ve just been ripped off from Q8car like the drop down list for the car models. In Q8car they have a mistake where they listed Range Rover as a brand on its own instead of it being under Land Rover, on Q8showroom they’ve made the exact same mistake. Even the “All Years” drop down list is a duplicate of Q8car’s.
Overall though the site is much better than Q8car’s but they still need to add a lot more cars to their database. What I want is an option to view larger pictures of the cars (like at least 640×480) and a better search function, maybe I’ll get that in the new Q8car redesigned website. Speaking of which, Q8car had a link up a week ago where you could get a preview of the new look but since then the link has disappeared.
Here’s a link to Q8showroom [Link]
With the writer striker almost over, the big question is “when are shows coming back?”. Luckily TvGuide has a list of what is in store for us.
Some highlights:
24
Season 7 likely postponed until January ‘09.
Desperate Housewives
Expected to shoot 4 to 7 new episodes to air in April/May.
Grey’s Anatomy
Expected to shoot 4 to 7 new episodes to air in April/May.
Heroes
No new episodes expected until fall.
Lost
Six pre-strike episodes remain. Six additional episodes could air this season.
Nip/Tuck
Season 5 concludes Feb. 19. Production on the show’s eight-episode sixth season expected to start up this summer. Airdate TBD.
Prison Break
Two pre-strike episodes remain. Future beyond that TBD.
Saturday Night Live
Could be back on the air as early as Feb. 16.
Overall most shows will not be returning till fall or later, others will release their pre-strike shows and begin production soon. [Link]
Posted by Nibaq
A friend sent me a link to Yamli, a website which does a bunch of things my two favorite being:
1) You search the Arabic web but using English letters. Meaning you type the Arabic as it sounds using English characters like 3arabi and it will convert it for you to عربي
2) You can type a document in Arabic but again using English letters and it will do the conversion for you as you type.
You can try it out, its easy. [Link]
Thanks Katia!
If you are like me and have a collection of old vinyl but can’t carry then when you travel, well we have found salvation! This bad boy can rip your old records to your computer for easy transferring, editing and scratching. Also the best part is once your are done you can still use it as a stand alone 3-speed player. [Link]
I use Dictionary.com a lot but I think I just found a replacement, Ninja Words “A really fast dictionary… fast like a ninja.” [Link]
I hadn’t heard the majority of these websites up until awhile ago. [Link]
via del.icio.us
Here is a site with links to all the local newspapers in Kuwait (Arabic and English) and also some magazines. [Link]
The Daily Star is not listed there probably because their site just recently came online.
Here are 26 urls from A to Z. These are the first sites that appear in Firefox when I type a letter:
A – Autoblog
B – Blind Melon
C – CNN
D – Digg
E – Engadget
F – Applenova Forums
G – Gmail
H – Hotbot
I – iToot
J – Joystiq
K – Kottke
L – Lebanese Forces
M – MacRumors
N – NBK
O – NBK Online
P – PowerPage
Q – Qualitynet Unwanted
R – Real Hot Stuff
S – Socialitelife
T – TorrentLeech
U – U Shop We Ship
V – Virb
W – Naharnet
X – XE Currency Exchange
Y – YouTube
Z – zDistrict
update: Just to make things clear. In some browsers when you type a letter in the address bar you get a drop down list of your most visited sites starting with that letter. the above list is my most visited sites per letter on my Mac at home. Yours will be different. This list is just to share with you some sites some of which you might not know of.
Like Metafilter, just more personal. [Link]
For the latest videogame news from E3 check out E3 Buzz. Its like news.google except for videogames. [Link]
