http://blog.burhankhalid.com musings of a geek Sun, 25 May 2008 13:47:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out this amazing feat. The guy sent a briefcase with a GPS recorder and explicit delivery instructions to DHL and he then traced the path to create a self portrait. Of course, this is all a publicity stunt for DHL, but a good one! http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/largest-drawing-in-the-world/ It appears that the first monteniva (aka Centrino 2) chipset laptop is out in the wild from PC Microworks -- called the "Edge". Its a cool $8,000+ For those who are not keeping up with Intel's naming schemes -- monteniva is the next generation mobile chipset offering quad core computing for ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/monteniva-in-the-wild/ This is probably old news for those that are keeping up with Linux distribution releases but Fedora 9 "Sulphur" was recently released. I am actually a big fan of Ubuntu but Fedora always seems to be a step ahead when integrating the latest versions of popular opensource programs; and so ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/fedora-9-sulphur-out/ In preliminary results of the Kuwait Election, Islamists particularly the Salafis got a sweeping majority and Shiites gained more seats. http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/kuwait-2008-preliminary-election-results/ What a week -- trip to Dubai, the Amir's passing away and the abrupt days off, the Kuwait election, and then my curse of a car breaks down. So now I'm car shopping -- and considering the new 2008 Altima. Any suggestions? I need something with plenty of room, and plenty ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/week-roundup/ As of May 1st, the new law -- yes, the same one for which you have heard the very bland commercials on radio went into effect. Namely, you cannot use your mobile phone without a headset while driving.  This is a Good Thing™ as would any law be that would ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/05/mobile-restriction-in-effect/ So for a foreigner like myself, the Kuwait election process seems a bit like a circus. At last count, there were 300+ candidates, hoping for 50 seats, across 5 constituencies. That's not the circus bit; in almost any democracy there are more candidates than seats. The circus bit is ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/04/kuwait-election/ After two years of not playing, I am back at World of Warcraft (WoW) and happy to report that after re-activating my account, my characters were still there!  If you are ever on Bronzebeard on the European realms, give one of the fine chaps below a /wave (Grovey is my ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/04/world-of-warcraft-the-return/ Today when I logged into facebook I found a new bar at the bottom of my home screen; and a nice popup telling me about the new facebook chat feature (which I think is a great idea). They are currently beta testing the service and if you don't see a bar ... http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/04/facebook-chat/ I found these when searching the web for some art inspiration. All I can say is -- I love it! http://blog.burhankhalid.com/2008/04/auto-ads/