Found safely snuggled within the online Zain portal (after logging in). You shouldn’t have to sign in to find out the network settings of your provider:
Great Post from the Anything Goes Blog (by 3baid) on how to pick the right post-paid connection in Kuwait. I was looking to switch from pre-paid to post-paid sometime back and was basically clueless. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Haven’t seen too many people use this feature. Google Calendar provides an option to send SMS reminders for all events in your Google Calendar absolutely FREE (unless of course you have a shitty telecom provider that charges for incoming SMS).
Here’s how to get it setup (Follow the links for detailed instructrions from Google Calendar):
- Register for Google Calendar Services
- Make your first Calendar
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These are the list of supported mobile providers. Even if your provider isn’t listed give it a shot and enter your number. Zain for Kuwait wasn’t listed originally but still worked.
Customize your event notifications-Now for any particular event/calendar you can add “SMS” Reminders.
A pretty nifty feature, if you want to make sure you never miss an appointment.
What is Google OneBox?
Sometimes the very first result Google shows, is in a nice formatted stand out type of box called OneBox. For e.g. try “1KWD to USD”. Google instantly gives you the conversion of 1 Kuwaiti Dinar to US dollars. Other similar uses include finding the local time: “time kuwait” gives this OneBox result :
A new option of Google OneBox that has been doing the rounds now, is finding the time of Sunrise and Sunset of your location. For e.g check the screenshots I took for Sunrise and Sunset times in Chennai:
I live in Kuwait and so tried “Sunrise Kuwait”, unfortunately the option didn’t seem to work. But a little more digging and trial-error resulted in this:
Google OneBox stands most relevant for the State/City rather than the Country. Kuwait is a pretty small country and doesn’t have very clearly defined “states/cities”. But the capital of Kuwait is supposed to be “Kuwait City” which is basically like an area, hence the mild confusion. So try your Google OneBox searches against the City/State rather than the country.
What am I going to do knowing the timing of Sunrise and Sunset :P ?
- Planning for Camping,hiking,outdoor activities.
- Photography-knowing sunrise/sunset timings is critical for planning a good photo-shoot.
- Astrological Calculations in Hinduism (Horais) are calculated based on this
- Prayer timing for Muslims – Salah
Other Cool Google OneBox queries
- pizza in kuwait city – Notice you have to put city/state here again
- weather kuwait
- time delhi
- time india
The Google Operating System blog has a comprehensive post on some of the other useful Google OneBox searches.
Core Fitness is a kuwaiti men’s gym that promises to “transform” your physique over a course of 7 weeks for only 3 – twenty minute workout sessions a week. so 3 sessions a week, for 20 minutes over a course of 7 weeks. The sessions are known to be grueling, and that apparently is an understatement. I tried searching online for the prices but couldn’t immediately get hold of it. So called them up and found out:
| Sessions per week | Level | Price for 7 weeks |
| 2 | Human | 90 KWD |
| 3 | Cyborg from future | 135 KWD |
| 4 | Arnie | 180 KWD |
| 5 | Clearly on Steroids | 225 KWD |
Their timings are from 6:00 am – 10:00 am and 1:00pm-10:00pm.
