I think this next post can easily join Farah’s Callous KSU Came-abouts series. It can also be a part of my Things That Bug Me series. Talk about multiple purposes post!

I have never been a fan for energy drinks, but I noticed how popular they had come to be in the few past years, especially among young people. This NY Times story reveals some important information and interesting facts about energy drinks.

Antonio Jorge Goncalvez made over 300 sketches of random people in subway trains in 10 cities. (via Neatorama).

An Arabic language Discovery Channel is to be launched soon.

You think Google is just about search? Think again. Check out the Ultimate Guide to Google Services to find out more.

Last night, Raja al-Sanie’, author of the controversial novel Banat al-Riaydh (The Girls of Riyadh), was interviewed by Turki al-Dakheel on AlArabiya TV. A rerun of the interview will be aired today at 1100 GMT. I’m still in the middle of the novel. I’ll write about it when I finish it.

For those of you interested in Web 2.0 and all that stuff, here is a good post by Mike Arrington about ten companies that would make our lives on the web much easier.