Author Archive for Omran Al-Owais

iPhoto diet

I had about 38000 photos + 5000 more somewhere in my external hard drive. That’s an average of eight photos a day since 1999. iPhoto ‘09 is a fantastic software that has handled all my sharp, colorful pixels. Over the years, I enjoyed many desktops and laptops, PC/MAC, which made it hard to keep [...]

Adobe Tutorial: Panorama With Photoshop

With a digital camera, one of the most fun and rewarding things you can do is take a panorama. Basically you take a number of pictures side by side and stitch them together with software on your Mac, in our case Photoshop. It’s not a very complicated process, we’ll show you how in this tutorial.
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Review: Moshi Zefyr notebook cooler

Zafeir in Arabic means light breeze. Which is exactly what this product does for your MacBook or MacBook Air. (There is also a model for MacBook Pro) It’s a highly efficient notebook cooler that not just cools down you Mac, but makes you look cool too. This product is designed for the MacBooks and what [...]

Review: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

In the past few years, my addiction to photography has been growing and so has my equipment. Starting from a point and shoot, I gradually transitioned to DSLR’s (Digital Single Lens Reflex), also adding better lenses along the way. It’s been ten years, a dozen cameras, countless chargers, memory sticks, batteries, etc. But since the [...]

What’s In Your Bag?

There is really not much to be said about my bag. It’s a Mont Blanc document holder really, which I’ve taken as a computer bag for my MacBook Air. It typically holds the Mac, a Mont Blanc pen, and some business cards. As an architect and designer, it’s important for me to have something stylish [...]

Porsche Promoting New 911 on Basis of iPhone Connection

A special car was being presented today to the press and the public. During the session for press, the new Porsche 911 Targa 4 PDK was introduced. The 911 comes from a proud heritage of flag ship sports cars since the 60s.

The introduction started by mentioning how they kept it in the tradition of the [...]

Google Maps Behind in Dubai

When I tried the GPS and maps functionality on my iPhone 3G in Dubai recently I noticed the maps are pretty outdated. When driving over the Business Bay crossing from Festival City I found myself in the middle of water according to the iPhone. That was a bit weird. Even if the iPhone would be [...]

Magazine Stand for GITEX

I’ve been busy today working on the design of a stand for Shufflegazine for GITEX and other events and locations. It has storage from front and back, which should add some better balance to it as it is tall. What do you think?

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Cheapest MacBook in Dubai?

When visiting the Al Ain Computer Plaza in Dubai the other night I saw what might be the best price for a MacBook in Dubai: AED4390. Also in the store I saw pretty much any other Apple product, all at good prices. It even looks a bit like an Apple store with decorations and displays.

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