MoWrOw's Biz and Tek BLARG!!! (TM)

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS ALERT: NCH

2012-01-30T23:59:00.003+04:00

The only video editor that I found that can even rotate videos was NCH's PhotoStage Slideshow Producer, and it was free for converting certain formats. NCH's video converter (Prism) and audio converter (Switch) are 500KB files that need no installation, and work just fine. NCH had an October 50% off promotion, and if you buy one software then the other is even cheaper, sow I got 3 software

AWESOME SERVICE ALERT: Yui Choi Yui Kay's Wing Chun of Foshan

2012-01-03T22:03:00.000+04:00

WHAT Wing Chun Kung Fu school called Yui Choi Yui Kay's Wing Chun of Foshan. SUMMARY Their school is in Fooshan of Guang Dong in the south. Yiu Kai learned wing chun from his father as well as Chan Wah Shun disciple Ng Chun So. Yui Choi Yui Kay Wing Chun of Foshan school currently has Yui Kay's 2 sons working at the center as instructors, sometimes some of their sons too (especially of sifu

PATHETIC PRODUCT ALERT: Nintendo 3DS

2012-01-03T01:46:00.000+04:00

WHAT Nintendo 3DS SUMMARY Feels 3D alright, but not at all user-friendly. RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 1 - Efficiency: -2 - Friendliness: -3 - Overall: -1 (PATHETIC) REVIEW Was just too hard to get anything done! For Nintendo, the loss for the 6 month period of 2011 was almost $1 billion! Nintendo blamed "a smaller number of hit titles"; decreased hardware and software sales;

SAD PRODUCT ALERT: BlackBerry PlayBook

2011-12-01T22:26:00.000+04:00

WHAT BlackBerry PlayBook. SUMMARY No good if you are looking to use it with your mobile. RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 2 - Availability: 2 - Efficiency: -3 - Professionalism: 1 - Friendliness: -3 - Overall: -1 (SAD) REVIEW It sure looks and feels amazing, and can play games and play as well as caputre multimedia flawlessly. However, it is no good if you are looking to use any mobile

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: DreamDays Sky Restaurant - Marina

2011-03-27T13:27:00.004+04:00

WHAT DreamDays has a "flight" experience at Dubai Marina Walk. The concept is orignated in Belgium. The idea is to be suspended 50 meters by a crain with a group of about 20 people each seated in a bar environment (a big table with with waiters in the middle) while being serving meals or a snack for 20 minutes to 1 hour. RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 1 - Availability: 2 - Efficiency: 1 -

AWSOME PRODUCT ALERT: CuteFTP

2010-05-15T03:09:00.001+04:00

WHAT CuteFTP is am FTP software product that enables you to upload files to your website. It costs as low as $25 (they have different packages), but it gives you a generous 30 day trial, and the choice to pay by TrialPay which is alternate payment method which enables you to have the product in exchange for purchasing something else from an affiliate. RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 2 -

AWFUL PRODUCT & SERVICE ALERT: FileZilla

2010-05-15T02:54:00.003+04:00

WHAT FileZilla is an FTP (for uploading files to a website) program that is supposed to be the hero of all FTP programs because it's free and yet it works. Don't fall for that lie because this little (err big) bugger costs you more than it can ever save you. WHERE - Virtual Site: http://filezilla-project.org/ - Real Site: ? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 1 - Availability: 1 - Efficiency: 1 -

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: IPredator

2010-03-12T23:45:00.001+04:00

WHAT IPredator, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) service provider for privacy and security. WHERE - Virtual Site: http://IPredator.se/?lang=en - Real Site: somewhere in Europe? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 3 - Availability: 3 - Efficiency: 3 - Professionalism: 3 - Friendliness: 2 - Overall: 2.8 (AWSOME) REVIEW IPredator VPN (from IPredator.se/?lang=en): works much better than VPNProNet so far

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: Slide.com

2010-03-12T22:56:00.003+04:00

WHAT Slide.com. WHERE - Virtual Site: http://www.slide.com/ - Real Site: CONTACT - email-address: ? - phone-number: ? - cell-number: ? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 3 - Availability: 3 - Efficiency: 3 - Professionalism: 3 - Friendliness: 3 - Overall: 3 (AWSOME) REVIEW You can have own URL with your own slide-shows and fun pix and other cool picture / video presentation stuff, then can imbed

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: Anabolic Trigger

2010-03-06T23:58:00.002+04:00

WHAT An anabolic pre-strength-training carbohydrate product called Anabolic Trigger by 'nutrabolics'. WHERE - Virtual Site: - Real Site: CONTACT - email-address: ? - phone-number: ? - cell-number: ? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 1 - Availability: ? - Efficiency: 1 - Professionalism: 2 - Friendliness: 2 - Overall: 1.2 (AWFUL) REVIEW Too sugary and artificial, ends up making me feel pretty sick

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: QuickBooks Pro 2010

2010-03-06T23:06:00.001+04:00

WHAT QuickBooks Pro 2010 by Intuit, an accounting software. WHERE - Virtual Site: http://www.quickbooks.com/ - Real Site: ? CONTACT - email-address: ? - phone-number: ? - cell-number: ? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 1 - Availability: 1 - Efficiency: 1 - Professionalism: 1 - Friendliness: 1 - Overall: 1 (AWFUL) REVIEW Takes around 4 hours to install on a PC within requirements) even though

POWERFUL SERVICE ALERT: Laserdrome (Dubai)

2010-03-06T22:53:00.001+04:00

WHAT A PHYSICAL shootem up at Laserdrome at Autodrome. Laser-light guns with sound for AED80 ($22) for 15 minutes. WHERE - Virtual Site: ? - Real Site: Dubai Autodrome in Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Emirates Road towards Sharjah: pass Kudra and Bawadi roads, right at small roundabout. CONTACT - email-address: ? - phone-number: (04)3678700 - cell-number: ? RATINGS (out of 3) - Quality: 3 -

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: RTA's buses

2009-09-23T12:44:00.001+04:00

I went to a bus stop according to RTA's Wojhati (Journal Planner) online (along with a printed map of the stop's location), checked its location with 2 RTA personnel at the nearest Metro station, checked its location with 2 specialized RTA Wojhati personnel via phone while waiting at the stop as to its location, but no bus stopped for around an entire hour even though I waved and made sure the

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: RTA's Dubai Metro

2009-09-23T12:34:00.001+04:00

I tried out the Dubai Metro yesterday, and it really IS awsome! It's very safe, smooth, clean, and easy to use. It's very safe because there is no gap between the platform and the metro, and there is no way to access or fall into the track without because it's layered by glass-doors that slide only whent the metro arrives. It's very easy to use because of the regular speaker announcements in

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: Etisalat Messed Up With Blackberry

2009-09-21T15:24:00.008+04:00

A person that I know got the Blackberry Bold, and soon after that, the poor thing would run out of power in no time, even shortly after the power is actually turned off!It appears that despite all of Etisalat's (the main telecom provider in the United Arab Emirates) adequate services, it installs a program - which can be best explained as a Trojan horse - as soon as the Blackberry owner requests

AWESOME SERVICE ALERT: Dubai Metro's Virtual Transport

2009-09-19T02:48:00.005+04:00

As if having a Journey Planner that cost around $3 million to make, RTA (Roads & Transport Authority) unleashed a Virtual Metro!!!Virtual Metro is basically a 3d sim game that allows anybody to explore the entire metro system as a tutorial!!! I already tried this and it's bloody fantastic, and FUN! It is mentioned in Gulf News that it cost the RTA $165,000 to make this in just around 5 months.

AWSOME SERVICE ALERT: Wojhati & Dubai Metro

2009-09-13T12:21:00.004+04:00

RTA' (Road & Transport Authority)'s Journy Planner named Wojhati (my point of view in Arabic) is aweseome! I've never seen anything like it XDWith Wojhati, you can plan public-transport (inlcuding Taxi actually) route from anywhere to anywhere in Dubai, and it will tell you exactly where to go, using which medium (which you can specify), how long it will take, complete with map, interactive map,

PATHETIC SERVICE ALERT: Alpha Data (UAE)

2008-09-11T12:00:00.004+04:00

Aspect: Pre-Sales service ==> After-Sales service also.Site: http://www.alpha.co.ae/Availability: medium.Efficiency: very low.Professionalism: extremely low.Report: extremely slow, keep rejecting form without saying reason, when ask for quotation adjustment according to choices says that no discount, then asks to talk to somebody else.Events: in descending order of

AWFUL SERVICE ALERT: AIESEC

2007-02-04T11:33:00.002+04:00

AIESEC: Association of Incompetent Ediotic & Stupid Embecile Crocks Just a demonstration of the level of professionalism that this so called association enjoys: AIESEC UAE Jive . I've had first hand experience with this AIESEC, and I haven't experienced anything but bullshit, inefficiency, unethical standards, and students, learning on my own expense. I took an internship with this thing, in

testing

2006-01-29T15:09:00.000+04:00

just testing... it's going to be ok.MoWrOw