May 2009
Monthly Archive
Sun 17 May 2009
Posted by Osama under
Gaming[3] Comments
I love being a Canadian! Though I have many reasons for this, today’s particular cause for celebration at being a Canuck was brought on by the X-Box 360’s new live game show “1 vs 100″ being open to all Canadian Gold members for the beta on Microsoft’s experimental X-Box LIVE Primetime.
I hadn’t actually heard about this and so was pleasantly surprised when I turned on my 360 the other day and was met with a “1 vs 100 – Play Now” message.
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Thu 14 May 2009
Yesterday was a very “bitter sweet” moment for me, bitter because LOST was going to leave my life until the year 2010, and sweet, of course, because I was going to watch the season finale of LOST! Much before the show was aired, I was quite confused on what to expect. I had read on many news outlets that the show would finally reveal its mysterious character “Jacob”, as well as define more precisely the pieces that would put together a “war” on the island. Also, given the previews that were aired about the finale, it obviously did not look as exciting as I knew it was going to be. So let’s take a look at a finale…
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Tue 12 May 2009
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Life[21] Comments
My little brother Yasser showed me some of his art and I just had to share it with the world! He’s pretty good for a 9 year old and I’m hoping that people would leave some kind comments to encourage him to keep drawing and become a world-renowned concept artist one day
Well here they are:
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Mon 11 May 2009
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Movies[6] Comments
I confess, I am and have always been a closet Trekkie. Until now, only my closest friends knew and they were all sworn to secrecy. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve done other extremely geeky things in my youth such as code in basic, read fantasy novels, operated my own BBS, and even played Dungeons and Dragons … ok forget that last one, I’m not ready to confess that just yet.
Moving right along, so I’ve been a Trekkie since the first episode of The Next Generation and have never looked back since. I even like the ill-received Enterprise series. Now that you know all of this, it won’t come as a surprise that I had milk coming out my nose when a Star Trek reboot movie was announced about a year ago. Strangely, I wasn’t even drinking milk at the time.
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Thu 7 May 2009
I’m a long time comic book collector and fan. I have every X-Men comic book from 1991 – 2001 (both main series, annuals, spin-offs, etc…). I take my comics seriously, especially when it comes to the X-Men. I liked the first X-Men movie, LOVED the second, and absolutely hated the third. To be honest, because of the third movie, I didn’t have too much hope for X-Men Origins: Wolverine even before I saw it. It seems that even with low expectations, one can still be let down.
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