Archive for February, 2006

Benefits of Check Lists

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

I’m planing to have this weekend with my grand mom in Khobar, and for sure my wife and my daughter are my company. and usually I forget some important stuff to pick with me. untill I decide to make check list. Check list is greate Technique. try to practice it and you will notice the deferent. try it in :

  • What importnat things you need to accomplish this week.
  • What do you want to ( or have to ) do this weekend.
  • if you plan for trip, prepair a check list a week before you go. and use to double check every thing before you leave.

A funny story in the past: I planned to join some of my friends going to gitex 2001 and I’m going by car. so I went from Riyadh to Khobar to pick my cousin. but 90km before Khobar, I discovered that I forgot my PASSPORT :) after driving 300Km. so I had to go back and get it.

So try to start using Check list.

Start losing some Weight

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

يازينه هالاكل لو بس الواحد عنده بطنين كان فلس من الاكل

قبل فترة قابلت واحد من أولاد خالتي ، الاخ صار مصاب بالسكري الله يشفيه و يعافيه مع ان عمره ما بعد وصل 40 ( ما عنده مشاكل وراثية) ،

ثم تذكرت واحد ثاني من ربع بعد على حدود الاربعين و بدأت عنده علامات الضغط و السكر و الله يستر.

قبل كم شهر قررت من داخلي ابدأ برنامج يومي للمشي لاني كنت محتاجه نفسيا ، المشي يخليك تعيد تفكيرك في كثير من مشاكل الحياة.

صرت امشي فقط 3 كيلومتر، و صرت استمتع فيها ، و مع المشي قررت اعتدل في الاكل بس !!! ما اخفف من الاكل فقط اعتدل فيه.

الحين النتائج كالتالي / في السابق كنت 84 الان ما شاء الله تبارك الله :) 75 .

و على فكرة ما فيه اي برنامج حمية . فقط نقاط اتفاق في حياتي و مشيت عليها و الحمد اشوف انها ممتازة و صحية و لا تعتبر حمية و هذا الكلام و سأذكرها باختصار:

  • هدي الرسول صلى الله عليه Ùˆ سلم ( ثلث لطعامك ØŒ ثلث لشرابك … ) Ùˆ عشان اقدر اغلب نفسي احدد كمية الاكل قبل ما ابدأ الاكل ØŒ Ùˆ ابعد الباقي في المطبخ :D Ùˆ هذي مهمة زوجتي. كيف تعرف كمية الاكل المناسبة لك ” عشان ما تحس بالجوع Ùˆ لا التخمة ” كل مرة احسبها لين تضبط الكمية Ùˆ بعدها ان شاء الله اذا ثبت عليها بتستمتع في الاكل Ùˆ في نفس الوقت شي جيد لصحتك.
  • استخدام كل البدائل للسكر الابيض ( شخصيا استخدم الشي اللي الله وضع فيه الشفاء ” العسل ” )
  • حد عدد مرات الاكل من المطاعم ( الاكل المضر)
  • السلطة وجبة جانبية Ùˆ اذا كانت عندك هواية المضغ ” او اذا صرت فاضي تفكر في شي تاكله جرب الخضار Ùˆ خاصة اللي عندهم مشاكل قولون”
  • اذا كنت في العمل مع الشباب اللي يشترون سندويشات بيض مقلي Ùˆ ما إلى ذلك أوقف هذا التصرف الطائش :D Ùˆ ابدأ بإحضار سندويشة خفيفة معك من البيت مافيها مقليات Ùˆ لا ملح كثير يرفع ضغطك مع الوقت. Ùˆ اذا صعب عليك انك تجيبها كل يوم معك مر اقرب بقالة Ùˆ جيب معك زبادي Ùˆ خلي عندك تمر إخلاص ” لانه ما يجب الحموضة ” في الدرج ØŒ Ùˆ اذا جيت تشرب الشاي – بدون سكر- جرب تحلي بالتمر ØŒ Ùˆ صدقني غير شوي من عاداتك Ùˆ بتدعي لي.

الكلام عن تخفيف الوزن يطول Ùˆ يكثر ØŒ Ùˆ فيه طرق كثيرة لانزال الوزن – لكن اللي تراكم مع سنوات – لو نظمت نفسك Ùˆ ترك له السنوات عشان تشيله ترا افضل ØŒ Ùˆ لو قدرت توقف زيادة وزنك ترا اهم من انك تفكر كيف تنزل وزنك !! Ùˆ اخيرا ØŒ جسدك أمانة اوكلها الله عليك ØŒ Ùˆ المؤمن القوي خير Ùˆ أحب.

Me and the Pocket PC’s Bluetooth.

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Yasterday , I was in a coffie shop with one of my old friends. I brought my new pocket PC “ETen M600″ :) of course. I made bluetooth on, because I’m using Jabra headset.

I noticed that the blue led in my mobile became steady, instead of blinking.. I waited 30 minutes then I decided to switch off the bluetooth.

when I came back home. I found some files in my pocket pc “porn movies!! and word documents of some unknown companies !!! ” I was shocked at the begining , I thought that may be somebody hacked my Pocket pc espcially it’s from Micro$oft.

I deleted the files and Went to read about it. Wow if you have pocket PC , it’s not possible to refuse or to accept the incomming files through bluetooth. if it is on , then you already accept it!!!!

If you have pocket pc , and you are in a public place, I suggest to turn it off for security reasons :D or find a software to fix this issue.
Thanks Micro$oft , you made the Pocket computers very easy to use+ very easy to hack!!!

لماذا بعض المدخنين يصابون بالسرطان و البعض لا

Friday, February 17th, 2006

هذا السؤال كان محيرني من زمان و لقيت هذي المقالة

طلعوا نفس الشي مثلي محتارين ” ياحظي

عموما السالفة ان التبغ او غيره من مسببات السرطان لها دور اساسي كما نعلم لكن ليش بعض الناس يتأثرون Ùˆ بعضهم لا ØŒ فيه كم جهة مهتمة رصدت ميزانيات ضخمة لمدة عدة سنوات عشان يطلعون باستنتاجات “ياشيخ من زمان سووها Ùˆ خلصونا ترا هذي حيلتنا لو بيصيبنا مرض في ديرتنا بنستناكم لين تطلعون لنا دواء للاسف

‘Sleeping on it’ best for complex decisions نام Ùˆ خلها اللاوعي يطبخها

Friday, February 17th, 2006

from Scientist Breaking News a nice atrical could lead us to good things.”

Complex decisions are best left to your unconscious mind to work out, according to a new study, and over-thinking a problem could lead to expensive mistakes.

The research suggests the conscious mind should be trusted only with simple decisions, such as selecting a brand of oven glove. Sleeping on a big decision, such as buying a car or house, is more likely to produce a result people remain happy with than consciously weighing up the pros and cons of the problem, the researchers say.

” the rest of the artical here
In another word , خلها لتفكيرك الداخلي عشان يقرر و أشغل نفسك في شي ثاني

Basic Management Skills

Friday, February 17th, 2006

I believe ,as human being, we should build up more knowledge in our minds until we die. and Management skills is one of the most important skills or at least knowledge ,we should be aware about, even you are not manager or planing to be!!, they are kind of skills you will use it in your hole life( examples your family, your kids , yourself… ).

I found this website talking about what I’m looking for,

He summerized those Basics in 10 titles:

  1. Teams and Groups.
  2. Presentation Skills.
  3. Time Management.
  4. Quality in the Team.
  5. Writing Skills (expanded here).
  6. Delegation.
  7. Managing People.
  8. Oral Communication.
  9. Project Planning.
  10. Becoming a Great Manager.

and it could be nice to give it a visit

Stabile Pocket PC, ETen M600!!

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

my favorate Pocket pc Last Friday , I took the decision and I bought Eten M600 after alot of reading reviews here and there. ETen M600 according to some reviews is better than K-Jam ( I like the keyboad in K-Jam but slow machine!!)
read it here:
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/articles.php

I will try to post my personal experience the next comming days and all problems I faced with the system (don’t worry I’m not working with Samir Kodak )

Here are some benchmarking:telling you , even processor is slower than other processors but overall system is faster!!

Lexus LS(2007) is the best

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

LS2007 Next generation of LS Lexus family(4th generation) is comming soon, I have believe that Lexus LS is the best car in  the world in term of reliablity, performance , features, and mantinance.

   If you are looking for a car cost you in mantinance little bit more than Camry , try LS. and if you decide to buy a used one “like me” wait until they release 2007 the 4th generation and try to find 3.5 generation. the selling price will drop for sure.

2007 will introduce new look, not too much features    have a look:

you can see it in clear pictures in this website
http://www.is-350.com/lexus/lexuslsweb/index.html

I bought a nice Color LaserJet Printer (OKI)

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

OKI C3200nA week ago, I decided to buy a printer for my sisters ( girls usually like to have color printing ),

I was in between

  • Epson C1100 (1450 S.R.)
  • HP 2600n (1450 S.R.)
  • OKI C3200 (1650 S.R.) unknown to most of us.

I had bad experience with HP 2 years ago.( I kept going to hp service for maintaining thier color laserjet printer- and too heavy printer)

So HP took 3/10 of my choice.

Epson is nice but since long time ago Epson printers eating the Ink like a hungry man. and I read about it in some reviews and it took only 2.5/5
so did I, 5/10.

OKI , as most of us never heard of it. was a shock to me. I found alot of offices in SAUDI ARABIA using it. and it was well know printers. and they have thier own history in printers , not like HP buying the engine of other companies
The problem with OKI , I’m afraid that the supplier after 1 year will disappear because poeple wont by unknown printers.
and then I will not be ablt to find at least Ink for it.

But I decided to take in any way. ( I have no rating for it !!) .

Now, after 1 week of using it (heavly usage) I can tell it will survive with my sisters than I ‘m expecting.

I found

  • nice stable printer,
  • fast printer,
  • low consumption of Ink ,
  • Bios configurable to set alot of parameters.

and I found feature , if you print on normal paper , the paper will be glinting like special papers for InkJet printers.

I think we should stop using HP. and start looking at other technologies from other companies

ِArab Open University is near to open Master Program

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Yahoo!! , Arab Open University is near to open Master program in three majors ( Management, Computer Science,Education).

Finallay the start to talk. I ‘ve been asking for thier program, hope it wont be expensive fees :D

if You are looking for good university to have your master degree in KSA , this one inshallah will be good university , apply for thier survey.
it’s one of the links on the righ called استبيان الماجستير