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 [...]
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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
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 [...]
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
Thank You
August 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Thought
A sad day for the country. But thank you, Mr Musharraf, for all that you have done — we are forever grateful. Shame on us for not appreciating you.
Happy Independence Day!
August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Thought
While the creation of Pakistan is certainly enough cause for celebration, I think this independence day also brings with it a warning — a note of caution, if you will. We as a nation need to rethink some things, and quickly.
Tags: creation of pakistan·flags·hope·independence day·national anthem·pakistan·pakistan zindabad·patriotism·quaid e azam·urdu