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Cord Chaos

By on July 23, 2009 in Geek, Kuwait

This is one way to organize the cords.

plug-wall

But, it isn’t so easy here with so many devices and all different kinds of plugs, British, European and American and most of the stuff at 240 volt but some only running on 120.

Rats nest of cables

Thre is an ADSL Router with a second router and hub on top. And a spare ADSL router which I’m working on putting online to see if it is more reliable than the once I’m using now. But I do believe the un-reliability is from my ISP not my hardware. And below there are two Western Digital 1 TB NAS drives, an old NAS drive and an old USB drive. My USB hub is also overloaded! And some devices won’t work through a hub. Argh.

Network and Storage

This post and the first image were fully 100% inspired by this post on Book of Joe.

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City Snooty Shop in Fintas

By on July 23, 2009 in Kuwait

City Snooty

This is in the Fintas Coop which has a fancy spiral ramp to go up to the main coop grocery area. I was there to get money from the NBK bank machine which is inside the coop mall.

Click here to see it on a Google Map. For some reason I can’t embed this map into a blog post?!

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Sushi Night

By on July 22, 2009 in Food, Kuwait

Tonight was sushi at Sakura. Here’s the appetiser, miso soup.

Miso Soup at Sakura

Just playing with my camera phone then a few tweaks in Adobe Lightroom

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Shopping day today at the Sultan Centre

By on July 18, 2009 in Food, Kuwait

They don’t have the cheapest or the widest selection of produce in the Al Kout one but I didn’t want to take more time to go anywhere else.

To convert the currency at today’s rates

1 Kuwait Dinar = 2.1314 GBP
or 3.9131 CAD
or 2.4808 EUR
or 3.4982 USD

I got the rates from Oanda.com

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Swine Flu Check

By on July 5, 2009 in Health, Kuwait

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Note the nice brown sky. It is dusty here now.

On arrival in Kuwait you are given a card on the plane that you must take to a clinic within 72 hours to get checked if you have any symptoms. I went there with our Mandoup and they asked if I feel anything and I said no. They took the form and that was that. That was what I had to do as I arrived on Saturday. Sometimes they take the card at the airport while stamping your passport at the immigration desk and you don’t need to go to a clinic as happened to someone I know today.

If you are wondering where the clinic is click here to see it on a Google map.

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Another Reminder to Drive Carefully in Kuwait

By on June 14, 2009 in driving, Kuwait

Crashed Car Near Messila

It is impressive how the driver’s space is maintained even in a horrible crash. I have no idea how the driver made out. There are many deaths on the roads here.

Inside the Crashed Car

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Avenues Mall

By on June 14, 2009 in Kuwait


View Avenues Mall, Kuwait in a larger map

Avenues Parking

Parking can be difficult underground if you go in prime time. We came before 9:00 am on a Saturday and it was easy to park. Most of the shops don’t open until 10:00 am but it was nice to be in a big empty mall with the mall walkers. You can easily walk two or three km just going end to end.

The stores were opening up, even the Gap.

Gap

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Turkish Coffee Tastes Great

By on June 12, 2009 in coffee, Kuwait

Pouring Turkish Coffee

A small cup of Turkish Coffee hits the spot.

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Kuwait National Assembly and Beach Panorama

By on June 6, 2009 in Kuwait, panorama

I don’t know if I posted it way back in 2006. I’ve regenerated it with better quality.

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Fender Bender

By on June 2, 2009 in driving, Kuwait

Prado Fender Bender

Somebody backed into The Prado today. No injuries just time spent sorting it out and getting the police paperwork done. Now we take the piece of paper and get the damage fixed all covered by insurance.

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