I think these are the coolest cufflinks  I have ever seen. True that you can find some funky stuff in the market when you look for them, but a custom made cufflinks that costs $50 are unbeatable I think. check them out, create your own, have them made and delivered in three weeks.

Link: Shapeways

After being hooked on 24 and finishing season 4 in 3 sittings I went online to look up things that they sell from the show. and I found Jack Bauer’s Messenger Bag which is being sold for $25. the bag has:

• Enormous main compartment
• Inside zipper pouch
• Two outside and two insidee pockets
• Brass hardware
• 2″ wide adjustable shoulder strap
• Dimensions: 15″ x 11″ x 16″

That means i’m ordering it as I can use a messenger back for traveling. it’s cooler than the Cocoon bag i posted about few days ago in my opinion, solely because it’s Jack Bauer’s bag :P

This is such a cool bag for traveling short distances.. especially when I come to kuwait and want to travel light but still want my gadgets with me.

The bag you see above is one of many bags they have and this one is priced at a very fair price in my opinion, $69.

Website: Cocoon Innovations

A family friend found a treasure of old Arabic comics of Superman (20) and Batman (2).. Including the 1st volume of the Arabic Superman. take a look at the pictures below, keep in mind those are for sale now.. if you are interested please use the contact form on the blog’s top right side to contact me regarding those comics.

Yesterday as I was buying the Marag Bamya stuff from the supermarket I found this Alicafe which reminded me that a friend told me about it and how great it was, unfortunately my friend’s taste is definitely different than mine. the coffee tastes horrible in my opinion, and now I don’t know what am I going to do with the rest of the coffee I bought!

I received an email from an reader today about IKEA’s 25th anniversary in Kuwait, and this is part of it:

In the month of April this year, IKEA, Kuwait’s first ‘Super Brand’ celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary. The celebration consisted of a plethora of events organized over a span of 25 days; the culmination of which was a grand celebration on the 24th of April.Creativity has always been IKEA’s unique selling point, and this occasion was to be no exception.

We are The Eth, a team of two young, talented and smart individuals who both have media and art-based backgrounds and an ever-burning passion for creativity.  With an eye for beauty in design, and sturdy resources, we feel like the sky is our limit! When we learned of IKEA’s 25th celebration our mind started to bubble over with ideas of how we would love to contribute to the celebration.

We approached the Marketing Manager, Mr. Waqar Bhutta with an idea of building a mural designed exquisitely for IKEA and decided to make it out of IKEA’s damaged and waste products. Since the core idea in building the mural was redesigning waste material into something significant and beautiful; we decided to follow a “Junk Art” theme. We set about making the mural with the support of our diversified, artistic and technically brilliant team and the backing of Midnite Hooters.

However, a glorious occasion of this kind needs a fitting commemoration!

Therefore we decided to pay tribute to IKEA’s journey in Kuwait by designing 25 important iconic symbols from its history here. 25 pieces were crafted using the waste, to depict a story of how IKEA started from Sweden and traveled into Kuwait and into the hearts of its people.  But this mural needed to be unique and special – as special as the occasion it was to be displayed in. that’s when the idea of the optical illusion came to us.
The mural was designed in a way that it appeared to be a normal exhibit of a set of elements supported on wooden stands; but as one walked 25 steps away from it the stands would overlap each other and a giant “25” would come into view!

Congratulations to IKEA for a successful 25 years in kuwait and to making our live much better with their furniture and accessories.

Stop by IKEA, buy something, and take a look at this beautiful mural.

note: thanks Mansha for contacting me and letting me know about this :)

Since the summer is approaching I think it’s time to start buying hats.. and more importantly, cool looking ones like the one I bought from a gas station in Saudi when my self and HJ drove to Kuwait (i should post about it). I think this link will get HJ’s attention and Bin3agul.

Link: Nobis Headware

The world record for car prices was set by the 1961 Ferrari California Spyder at $11 million; but this might not be for long if the 1965 Shelby cobra sell for more than that, and it’s expected to happen as they are estimating this beautiful car to sell for between $10-15 million in the Mecum High Performance Auctions in Indianapolis on may 15th even in this bad economy.

Link: Busters Sporty Distressed T-Shirt

Starting with “aero-dynamics” … I have just received the Vorsteiner Type I rear diffuser and it will be installed on saturday morning.

following that will be 3 more things for sure.. the carbon fiber front lip, the carbon fiber trunk, the carbon fiber hood… hopefully by mid-summer this 3 items will be purchased and installed.

the question that I want to your opinion on is what should i do about the trunk and hood… should I keep them unpainted, or should i paint it to match the car color…. the car is a sparkling graphite. and unfortunately it has a moon roof which means no carbon fiber roof :(

will post pictures of the car with the diffuser on as soon as I install it