http://alvares.in/mario on travel technology, hacking and everything else Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:34:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I gotta get me one of these. Maybe I'll build one too! :) http://alvares.in/mario/20100310/future-of-personal-transport/ This was the first computer game I got addicted to back in 1985 with my first MSX computer. Found a MSX emulator for the N900 and immediately remembered this game. I found this video on YouTube with a funny documentary on the game. http://alvares.in/mario/20100303/antarctic-adventure/ Alghanim has this twisted and bronzified Cadillac at their showroom. Most visitors paid more attention to this old beauty than the newer offerings. Its pretty cool to have these antiques around. I guess Alghanim can afford to with such a spacious showroom. :) http://alvares.in/mario/20100221/cadillac-just-twist/ Electrozan is selling this gadget for KWD 40/-. The label says its a Pizza Maker. But the "HP" branded gadget looks like a printer/photocopier. Perhaps, it copies pizzas? ;) http://alvares.in/mario/20100220/electrozan-pizza-maker/ This time around, the "Salary Search" from Bayt.com is ridiculous. The figures are all there, but the presentation is terrible. "Post your salary details anonymously to get FREE access to Bayt.com's Salary Search", but when you do post your info and try to access the salary search feature, you need to ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100220/new-bayt-salary-survey/ I like these new catchy "check list" ads by Zain at the airport. Hotel Booked Car Rented Cash Exchanged Roam with Zain Good to Go On the other hand, these ads make more sense only on the way to the airport, not on the way back from there. Most people would have already booked their hotel, ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100220/new-zain-ads-by-the-airport/ I wonder how often women try to clean out their purses! Ro called up in the afternoon wondering where she lost her keys (again)! Luckily before I got into the car to drive all the way home to let her in, she found them in one of the million compartments ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100219/lost-keys/ Apps on Facebook have been around for a while now and one of the more popular apps I've seen my friends and office colleagues on is Farmville. Everybody is trying to be a farmer. I was least interested in this app but about 10 days back I decided to check this ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100218/farmville-on-facebook/ If you have a barcode scanning software on your cell phone, point the camera at the image above and click. Its actually a link to my blog. :) This is an amazing barcode. You can create you own at this link. The idea of this barcode is to have it on t-shirts, ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100218/qr-barcodes/ The N900 from Nokia is termed as an Internet Tablet with phone capabilities. Wide-screen, touch-screen (finger and stylus), sliding QWERTY keyboard, GPS, Wifi, FM transmitter and receiver, 5MP camera with a Zeiss lens, TV out, 600Mhz processor, OpenGL graphics support, 1 GB ram, 32 GB storage, app store, email client, ... http://alvares.in/mario/20100214/n900-net-tablet/