11.10.2009

Teddy in Bazaar Magazine!


Teddy B was interviewed in Bazaar! And I saw him on the list for Pecha Kucha night tomorrow!

my my my he's becoming quite the celebrity! GO TEDDY!

Pecha Kucha Night


PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.

It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of conversation ("chit chat"), it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds.
It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.


I'm going with L :)

p.s. this is last Pecha Kucha Night flyer--I couldn't find the one for this week. The event will be this Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Movenpick Bida3 at 7:30 pm--see you there!

Here's their website link.

Skip the escalator-take the stairs!


As most of you know the UN is organizing a Climate Change Conference in 3 destinations (starting @ Thailand, then Spain, then ending in Copenhagen)....Here's a really neat commercial showing how they applied the "fun theory" to get people to use stairs instead of the escalator.

I really like this idea :) Watch the video!

11.09.2009

Sixthsense


Yesterday my client told me about this MIT student from India, his name is Pranav Mistry. He developed this invention called the Sixthsense (very "Minority Report"!)

'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted in a pendant like wearable device, 'SixthSense' sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects we are interacting with. It projects information onto surfaces, walls, and physical objects around us, and lets us interact with the projected information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or our interaction with the object itself. 'SixthSense' attempts to free information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.
(click the pic above to watch the clip about Sixthsense--it does a good job at explaining it)





You have to check out his website! I thought the Third Eye invention was really cool too!

11.08.2009

Hezbullah freaks out on Anne Frank!



Anne Frank, was the young girl we all learned about in history class. She wrote a diary during world war II, documenting her and her families lives while they were in hiding--up until her family was betrayed and shipped off to concentration camps--where she died!

APPARENTLY she offends Hezbullah!

Kuwait Times:

BEIRUT: Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism.


The controversy erupted after Hezbollah learned that excerpts of "The Diary of Anne Frank" were included in a textbook used by a private English-language school in western Beirut.

Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel ran a report slamming the book for focusing on the persecution of Jews. "What is even more dangerous is the dramatic, theatrical way in which the diary is emotionally recounted," the report, aired last week, said.

It questioned how long Lebanon would "remain an open arena for the Zionist invasion of education." A member of the school board, Jimmy Shoufani, said that the school dropped the textbook from its curriculum after the controversy erupted.


The nerve of Anne Frank! Focusing on Jewish persecution!! We expect more from a 15 year old JEWISH girl in persecution! SHAME SHAME! And using "theatrical" and "emotional" tactics in your writing---cmon Anne!!

For those of you not familiar with sarcasm--let me make it clear--Hezbullah needs to chillax! A DIARY (aka personal property) written by a JEW about the persecutations she was facing as a JEW is NOT an attack on your values or way of life!

Freaks! I guess there was nothing more interesting to pick on that week!

I could continue to bitch about this--but I think you all get it!

I read this article on Kuwait Times...Here's the Link.

First Teddy---Now Turtlet!



Inspired by Teddy B, TurTleT came to Kuwait as a way to campaign for the protection of the Kuwaiti marine environment and raising people’s awareness of the harms and dangers against it!

TurTleT will visit you on a weekly basis to shedding the light on different marine and environmental issues. Stay tuned

I love these characters popping up everywhere! and Turtlet a.k.a. Lil T discusses topics I know are important to alot of people I know--the environmental issues of Kuwait.

Sooo check Lil T out by clicking this link.


One little comment I will say is: I wish Lil T would elaborate more on the environmental issues of Kuwait....most of his posts are a sentence long...

Japs take us to the future!


Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Take a glimpse of the near future. Electric vehicles and other types of eco-friendly cars are taking center stage at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which runs through November 4.

Here's the link

11.05.2009

Another New Moon Trailer!


Should I watch it??? Should I???? It's only a couple more weeks till its release! But it might take me another week after that till I can get my hands on it! ooooooooooo what to do! I cant wait! but I dont want to spoil the movie for myself by watching an extended trailer!!! DAMN THIS TEMPTATION! I MUST NOT GIVE IN!!!

* Animal All Stars *


hehehehe I wasted alot of time on this site :P It has a bunch of short videos of animals doing silly or cute things---CUTE!

11.04.2009

Year of Teddy


If you haven't heard of the Year of Teddy website yet I recommend it to you! It's a social experiment to help someone try to settle back into Kuwait society. This alter ego is photographed each day--and after 365 days Teddy will be given to the highest bidder and the money off to charity.

I think it's a cute idea and I love checking out what Teddy was up to yesterday. Cool pics, cute teddy bear, original idea...what more can you ask for :)

Here's the link.

HAHAHAHAHAhaha! o god!


Need to carry your dog places but want to keep your hands free for running errands? The makers of the Pup to Go dog carriers say they've got the solution for you: a dog carrier that straps onto a person's chest and abdomen.

Pup to Go co-founder Meena Mansharamani says that using the Pup to Go carrier, which sells for $125, should not be a replacement for walking. Rather, it allows dog owners to take their dogs to places where it might be difficult to walk them, such as a crowded street fair.

But the carrier could cause some confusion, jokes the Web site DailyCandy.

A dog in the carrier could be mistaken "for a big, furry human baby," the site said.

I should get one for my cat! lol :P

Rii Riii in Duberz!



Word is Rihanna will be having a concert in Dubai this coming May!

At first I was excited because I love her! Buuuuut how many people really anticipate seeing her in concert?? She's not really known for her stage performance or dancing.....? hmmm I'd go I think if I happen to be in Dubai---but travel solely for her concert--yaaa I dont knooow :s

11.03.2009

Book your next vaca in space!


I saw this on Yahoo! And this isn't the first time I've heard about a project like this....but they never really seem to happen....if they do tho---would you go?? hmmm I think I would :)

"BARCELONA (Reuters) – A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost 3 million euro ($4.4 million) for a three-night stay at the hotel, with this price including an eight-week training course on a tropical island.

During their stay, guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes. They would wear velcro suits so they can crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman.

Galactic Suite Ltd's CEO Xavier Claramunt, a former aerospace engineer, said the project will put his company (http://www.galacticsuite.com) at the forefront of an infant industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecast space travel will become common in the future.

"It's very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space," he told Reuters Television.

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It will take a day and a half to reach the pod - which Claramunt compared to a mountain retreat, with no staff to greet the traveler.

"When the passengers arrive in the rocket, they will join it for 3 days, rocket and capsule. With this we create in the tourist a confidence that he hasn't been abandoned. After 3 days the passenger returns to the transport rocket and returns to earth," he said.

More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved.

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But critics have questioned the project, saying the time frame is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to finance the project.

Claramunt said an anonymous billionaire space enthusiast has granted $3 billion to finance the project."

11.02.2009

WTF? Screwed up swine flu shots! BEWARE!


Someone sent this to my email....This is horrible! This former cheerleader took the Swine flu vaccine shot that resulted in severe (and rare) neurological damage and now she can only walk backwards!
I cant believe this! Noooo WAY am I taking that shot now!---And they just started giving them in Kuwait :s

Note: The video mentions how this is a 1 in a million chance of happening---but still I wouldn't take it!

Tick Tock-Kesha

I likey :)

Bait 7 on FIRE!!


I just read on Buzberry blog that bait 7 caught on fire! Apparently a gas cylinder exploded and the fire spread to Saj Express and Caspers next door! This is horrible! I love Bait 7!! And the fire looks pretty bad :s

Here's the link to Buzberry if you wanna see more pics.

This is so sad...I hope they fix it up and start up again :(