The Mechanic – Trailer
Posted in Movies on 19 Mar 2010 at 1:17 pmI love Statham action flicks he really knows how to play the badass, and in this remake of the 1972 movie “The Mechanic” he pulls all the stops for it. The cast combination is pretty good Jason Statham is the main hitman taking care of different people based on the “jobs”, and Steve McKenna (Ben Foster) as his apprentice to become a hitman. Ben Foster knows how to play those mean and crazy looking guy perfectly with just a touch of insanity, he pulls of the character who becomes evil perfectly. With Donald Sutherland thrown into the mix, it looks like its going to be an perfect action-thriller movie.
Egypt Advertising
The Egypt Tourist Authority has decided to Rebrand their logo and whole theme, so they went to JWT for their services to come up with a new and unique theme. I like the overall look and the advertisment itself is pretty good. I think Kuwait needs to rebrand a lot of its different entities with some of the advertising agencies, it would do them good for a refresh.
Link: UnderConsideration
Downloads for 03/10
Recently I have been downloading everything and anyting that I can watch, some good movies and some bad. For some reason I enjoy watching horror movies even crappy ones, they make me laugh but other people have to be around just so I won’t be the only freaked out. Animated movies I have to watch it on my own or with the right crowd, I hate if anyone ruins a good animated movie. The Blind Side, The Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans, Astro Boy, The Cove, and The Rebound are one of the main ones I want to watch. Some of them I have already seen which pretty good like Sherlock Holmes, Armored, and The Men Who Stare At Goats. I always like having a choice of movies to choose from, depending on what I am feeling like.
The Movies:
- Sherlock Holmes 720p
- New Moon 720p
- The Blind Side 720p
- DC Showcase The Spectre 720p
- Justice League Crisis On Two Earths 720p
- The Cove 720p
- Astro Boy 720p
- Armored 720p
- The Men Who Stare At Goats 720p
- The Fourth Kind 720p
- Case 39 720p
- Did You Hear About The Morgans 720p
- Capitalism A Love Story 720p
- The Rebound 720p
- The Decent Part 2 720p
- Brothers 720p
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn E01 720p
- The Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans 720p
- Mad Max Trilogy 720p
Reading Now 03/10
Posted in Books on 18 Mar 2010 at 6:56 am
I buy a ridiculous amount of books and I don’t have enough time to finish them. Recently I have been reading some interesting business and technology books, I don’t like something being dry when I read it or else I would get bored and have a hard time finishing it. Whenever I finish a good book I have no clue what to choose next and I have piles of books all over the place with items hidden left and right, so to find the right book is always a challenge after finishing a good one. Recently I have been reading more business and technology books because I feel that they will get old if I don’t read them right now, its a strange feeling I have but with other books it doesn’t matter.
Books:
Legend - David Gemmell (Old Book but new Print, one of the best fantasy stories period)
Brilliant “Shuji Nakamura” - Bob Johnstone (Work in Japan and the Revolution in Lighting Technology)
In and Out Burger – Stacy Perman (All about this little fast food burger place that turned into a cult following)
Yakuza Moon – Shoko Tendo (This book loses me at times, I want to finish the story since I started it over a year ago)
Iron Man 2 – Hot Toys Bust
At 9 inches tall this is a very cool Iron Man 2 bust from Hot Toys. They have released other models such a full figure Iron Man 2 and War Machine but I prefer the ones from Kotobukiya Iron Man 2 but this bust is really cool. Especially since Hot Toys are known for their attention to detail, the Arc Reactor and eyes are light up. A perfect bust to sit on a desk looking as a good as this Iron Man model.
Link: Tomopop
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SuperBikes in Kuwait 2010
Suzuki GSXR 1000
Price: 4500 KD
Warranty: No Warranty
Suzuki
Yamaha R1
Price: 4500 KD
Warranty: 3 Months
Yamaha Al Salem
Kawasaki ZX-10R
Price: 4200 KD
Warranty: 1 Year
ZED Motors
Ducati 1198
Price: 6400 KD
Warranty: 2 Years
Tristar
Aprilia RSV4 R
Price: 4990 KD
Warranty: 1 Year
Bike World
KTM RC8
Price: 5990 KD
Warranty: 2 Years
Bike World
BMW S1000RR
Price: 5640 KD
Warranty: 2 Years
TriStar
Right now in the market you have a lot of choices for machines, from Japanese, to Austrian, to Italian, they have all evolved into the creatures that they are today. This is probably the best selection of motorcycles available in the market period, with a choice of service providers. Some sell motorcycles with a passion and some churn them out like cattle. I have managed to get most of the prices of these machines with their warranty periods, and in my opinion warranty is very important. Out of the bunch Yamaha and Suzuki are the worst and they don’t really care because those machines sell themselves, but oddly enough they have gotten a lot more expensive then they were before. Who would have thought you can buy a full thorough bread Italian beauty for the same price of Japanese engineered machines. Each one of these bikes are suited for a different person, they are all far from the same but I’m still surprised when I was asking around. I’m a huge fan of Ducati and it is still one of my most favorite machines to ride, you feel like your riding a machine with an attitude of its own. KTM came out of the corner punching with the RC8, no one expected a machine such as this from the small Austrian firm. Now out of all of them the best value for riding machine is the Aprilia RSV4-R, everything about it is Italian, the engine, the look, and the attitude, it exemplifies the evolution of Aprilia and it has more meaning then the machine itself. Out of all of them I think the Aprilia is the best value for machine, why go for a Japanese with a bad service save for ZED Motors when you can go for an Italian for a 400 KD difference. When I buy my motorcycle I want it to be from the guy who sells motorcycles not a guy who sells a Corolla and a motorcycle, out of all of the companies I would honestly only approach Tristar, Bike World, and ZED Motors. But still what a lovely menu of machines.
Update: Updated the price of Ducati and included the S1000RR, now thats a full menu.
MOC Stopped It
I have a package from MyUS shipped through DHL which came in with 4 Hard Drives, a motherboard, some ram, and 4 Blu Rays. All the Blu Rays are animated movies, Green Lantern, Dante’s Inferno, Halo Legends, and Justice League Crisis On Two Earths. I have come to the conclusion that you can only buy cartoons on Blu-Ray or DVD into Kuwait so they won’t stop it. Bt I was wrong, it has been two days since they said they would get clearance and I told them its only a cartoon why would you stop it. They really drive me nuts, and they wonder why there is so much torrent downloads in Kuwait, people are honestly willing to purchase but if you make it this much of a headache then they won’t buy online. Put a 5% tax that has to be paid and that is it, no inspection nothing, Customs is supposed to make money for the country rather then waste time inspecting toys and other items. It will probably be clear in a day or two but this is seriously very annoying, and I just bought these because I like these animated movies so much that I decided to buy them. They don’t care about the other items, I have had more electronics shipped in in one box before without it being stopped at all but for movies they stop it.
Review: Alice in Wonderland
I think this is a classic story that a lot of us are familiar with and I was happy that Tim Burton took the project and turned it into a film. From all the previews and Johnny Depps presence I knew that I wanted to see this movie. The funny part is we all know the story from our childhood and what is the story with the caterpillar with so many hookahs, they said the director was on LSDs at the time. Then there are all these kids in the theater see it for the first time, it was a mix of a crowd. The story is in bland England with a odd Alice seeing things when others dont, then she falls into the hole and it takes a different twist. The whole adventure is a lot of fun, so many funny characters, the Red Queen was hilarious, and I loved Chester the cat, always smiling and disappearing and reappearing when needed. The story line is fantastic, just to be expected from Tim Burton, but I wanted more of Johnny Depp, and Alice fit the bill perfectly. The fun never stops, there is always something going on and you know what is supposed to happen at the end but not how its supposed to happen and things just keep popping up, it was a really fun movie and I loved the Mad Hatter, he was really mad.
Link: IMDB
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Cutting Off Soda
I have had this thought of cutting back on Soda for a while now and shrinking my portions a bit. I realized that I now drink coke on a consistent basis, just telling myself that I just feel like it right now. First step of getting healthier was cutting back on all forms of soda, so when I stopped soda completely I got a headache for a few days, its the sugar levels adjusting, it was annoying but now after 10 days I dropped about 1 kilo without doing anything but stopping soda. So now the other steps is cutting back on portions which I have partially started but I really need to get into it. I have gone for a few kilo walks the few weeks but not consistently enough. Its a start and I feel good about it, but I need to keep it up, I’m not having dinner this week except for fruits, its good that I love tangerines and lots of them. Hopefully I will manage to get into a healthy system, those starving diets work to drop weight but never to keep it off for me so I’m trying to figure out what fits at this moment. And the gym will come in soon, its in the works but I need to get over a few hurdles first.
Dell Latitude 13
I’m not a fan of consumer laptops from Dell or HP, but I do like their business lines. They are heavy duty laptops which can take a beating while performing flawlessly. Now they have came out with the Latitude 13, which is part of the business line but had some of the design cues from the Dell Adamo which looked good but wasn’t successful. In this case this machine is thin and perfect size but packs a punch.
Specs:
- Intel Core 2 Duo 1.3 GHz
- Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit or XP Professional Downgrade
- 13.3″ Widescreen HD LCD with anti-glare (1366×768)
- Camera 1.3MP
- 4GB DDR3 1066
- SSD or HD
- External Optical Drive
- Intel WiFi Link 5100 a/g/n
- Blue Tooth
Link: Dell
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