To say the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team this morning was a revolting and heinous crime, and to hope for the severest punishment for whoever is responsible for it would be stating the obvious. The attack is a crime not just against a sport, two different countries, the people who were injured [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Thought'
Just a thought
March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Thought
Tags: attack·cricket·lahore·pakistan·politics·sri lanka·terrorist
Recycling Old Cellphones
January 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Thought
Recycling is almost fiction to most Pakistanis, and the wave of eco-awareness has only swept across a startlingly small percentage of our population. You’ll see several street corners here with a pile of trash that’s been set alight to dispose of; it’s a major health hazard, and it would be stating the obvious to point [...]
Tags: cell phone·electronics·environment·mobilink·pakistan·recycling
15 Tech Predictions for 2009
January 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Thought
At the year’s end, the interwebs are full of all and sundry trying to predict what the next year will bring. So I joined the bandwagon and gazed into my own little crystal ball to see what the entire hubbub will be about. This is of course concerned with the tech world (with focus on [...]
Tags: 09·2009·3G·Android·botnets·cloud computing·CTO·facebook·google·Linux·microsoft·net neutrality·netbooks·Obama·pakistan·predictions·SaaS·security·social networks·tech·twitter·web apps·WiMAX·windows·windows 7·yahoo
The Right Direction for Windows 7
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Thought
Windows 7’s low system-resource usage is the right direction for Microsoft to take, and its an essential feature if Microsoft wants to be on the netbook market. In addition, their recent decision to release a small-footprint security suite (antimalware, firewall, etc.) is another plus point under their belt. Read on for a brief look at why I think the things Microsoft is doing with Windows 7 are the right direction for the new OS and the company’s position in the consumer market
Tags: asus eee pc·laporte·microsoft·netbooks·onecare·pdc·pdc2008·resource usage·thurrott·windows·windows 7
Outsourcing code and Pakistan’s electricity crises
October 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Thought
Update: After the blog post announcing this ‘warning’ was inundated with angry and frustrated Pakistani coders, RAC has decided to suspend the site-wide message until they’ve gotten more reliable information on the problem and ground realities.
All,
This is from Ian Ippolito, the owner of Rent a coder. My sincere apologies if your business was negatively affected [...]
Tags: crises·elance·out sourcing·outsource·outsourcing·pakistan·pakistanis·problem·programmers·rac·rentacoder·ups
Thoughts on Poverty
October 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Thought
Almost half the world — about 3 billion people — lives on less than $2.50 a day. To get things into perspective, that’s approximately Rs. 200 (Pakistani), roughly the same cost as chicken.
Tags: bad08·blog action day·pakistan·poverty·poverty pakistan
Eid Mubarak
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Thought
So we finally decided the Shawwal moon had been sighted after all, and tomorrow–okay, technically today, because I’m posting this after midnight–is Eid-ul-Fitr!
I don’t have a shiny graphic to post up here in celebration, but Eid Mubarak nonetheless everyone, and have a great day!
Tags: celebration·eid·eid-ul-fitr·festival·muslim
Happy Ramadan!
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Thought
Wishing a very happy and blessed Ramadan to everyone all over the World!
It’s a time meant for inward thought and reflection — a time to teach yourself self-restraint and learn to last a (large part of the) day fasting, which is much more than just not eating anything.
The card you see on the right was [...]
Tags: fasting·ramadan·reflection·self-restraint·shahzad khan
Honesty
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Thought
People complain honesty doesn’t exist anymore, but what would the World be like if we all really did speak our minds? “Honesty” is a series of shorts by Brit McAdams & Dave Steck depicting a World where everyone says exactly what they’re thinking.
Here’s one from an auto mechanic shop. The script, I think, is great [...]