Create your own Superhero

Hah! Superman thinks he’s super… well, he hasn’t met my Persian-rug überman. .
Make your own hero over here.

Link: heromachine
Note: The storyline for Persian Rug the überman can be read by click on the heading of this post or the comments link.

AVG Anti-Virus Pro 7.1 [Review]

After a year of using a Norton as my anti-virus, I have shifted to AVG anti-virus pro, not as popular but as capable of doing its job.
They also have a free edition which is one the best free Anti-virus soft-wares around.
So here’s my brief review:
Pros:

Uses way less system resources as compared to Norton while during [...]

Daily Comics

Comic strips are usually my favorite part of reading a newspaper. Here’s site that uploads famous comic stips daily.
Link: Comic strips

Barney the Dinosaur is being sued!

I couldn’t stop laughing when I read this news story.
Privacy watchdog, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a suit against Lyons partenersips, Barney’s copyright owners, for infirnging a parodist’s right to free speech.
I guess “I love you, You love me, We’re a happy family..” can’t be applied here .
Link: the complete story from [...]

“Tailblazing” Firefox Extensions

One of the best features of FireFox is the large collection of extensions or add-ons. Here’s an innovative bunch of them that I use frequently:

Foxytunes – It allows me to control my WinAmp and Real Player (including a host of others) It does away with my need to constantly open WinAmp form the taskbar. Apart [...]

Curveball

A nice simple ping pong sort of game. It may be simple at first but it gets harder as you move up the levels. On my first try I got 11500+ points by reaching the 6th level
Link: Allthingsflash.com

The world’s funniest jokes?

According to a survey conducted by LaughLab these are claimed to be the world’s funniest jokes:
In 1st place:
A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls to the ground. He doesn’t seem to [...]

Nike vs. Adidas

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If you havent noticed yet, there is a “global war” between Nike and Adidas to have the best team or sportman everywhere to endorse their marque.
Here’s what I mean:
Inter Milan (nike) vs AC Milan (adidas)
Boca Jrs. (nike) vs. River Plate (adidas)
Barcelona or Atletico Madrid (nike) vs. Real Madrid (adidas)
Porto Fc (nike) vs. Benfica [...]

Traffic Lights

Often I have noticed that many “strategic” traffic lights in Kuwait don’t work on timer, but rather does its job with the help of sensors and I always suspected the rectangular shaped thingys embedded in the tar were the culprits. Apparently, It turns out that these thingys are called inductive loops.
Link: more about inductive loops
Oh [...]

Design king?

If you have nothing else to do checkout this site of a German design student. Its wierd, its unique and it looks awesome. I like it.
Link: http://www.kingcosmonaut.de/