Mario’s World

Qatar airways has successfully tested a flight on Gas instead of the regular aviation fuel. This sounds like great news. I think all airlines should look at cleaner fuels and it would probably drop the cost of flying substantially in the near future. “A Qatar Airways aircraft completed the world’s first commercial passenger flight powered [...]

“Anna Dornhaus, a University of Arizona researcher, painted ants different colors to study them. Great differences were found in the speed of ants’ work, and about 50 percent were found to do no work.” [link] And you thought I was referring to humans? Looks like its about the same case with humans too. Perhaps the [...]

Looks like the recent rain has done a bit of magic in Kuwait. Can see these little green shrubs and weeds and whatnot trying to break through the concrete everywhere!

Finally got around to sharing this map. If your staying in Dubai and want to explore the Deira area, this map comes in pretty handy. Its longer than it looks so wear comfy shoes and carry a bottle of water. Also don’t forget your camera. If your planning to enter the Gold Souk and buy [...]

Got this via email. Had to share it. Thanks Loreto. Its a more realistic view of how “big” our planet really is. Take a look at the first image above and feel proud. Can see Kuwait and Goa as pixels.  Now take a look at the images below. Its a real eye opener. And where did these [...]

This is what the Dubai Festival City parking garage looks like. Not as large as Avenues perhaps, but look more closely at the picture above. Notice those little lights above the cars, they are all red. And the one above the empty spot, its green.  Now wouldn’t it be nice to have this in all [...]

The Dubai Dolphinarium is a must visit when you are in Dubai. Its an amazing show with dophins and seals. The show starts with a lazer display and introductions. They the dolphins come in and perform a series of tricks, jumps, dances (yes they do dance in sync) and other funny stuff. If you pick [...]

Lets see if I understand these symbols correctly: 1) No marching with roller skates on and a muffler/shawl round your neck. 2) No threesomes. 3) No wolf/wild animal allowed in 4) Don’t use bicycles with two seats and no handlebar. 5) Don’t stand on the trolleys  6) No smoking. I must have got at least [...]

  Professor Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist from Harvard, punched in a few numbers, posited a couple of suppositions and declared that two Google searches generate as much CO2 as boiling a kettle. You would, I hope, not expect me to spout the numbers at you, but apparently the fact that Google transmits every search inquiry [...]

This is how garbage is disposed of. All dumped into a large concrete bin and then set on fire. If you need to practice your smoke signals, get an oxygen mask along.