Archive for January, 2005
The Human Clock
The Human Clock is a website which shows a photograph of the current time with the photo changing every minute of the day (all 1,440 occuring minutes on Earth!) Thus you end up with a rotating picture clock.
Link Humanclock.com
Miserable Failure GoogleBomb
For those who are not aware of this old trick - simply type “Miserable Failure” in google search bar and the first relevant search will bring up the official George W. Bush biography from the US White House web site.
As descibed in Wikipedia - A Google bomb is an attempt to influence the [...]
Democracy @ Gunpoint
Here is the cover of ‘The Economist’ which aptly describes the Iraqi Elections on the 30th
The Election is in danger of seeming paraody of democracy. Almost two years after George Bush toppled Saddam Hussain, fear and murder stalk Iraq. How free is an election in which the citizen who dares to vote stands [...]
Microscopic Dentistry now in Pakistan
This post is to all wanders that happen to pass this blog of mine - I had to get this out of my system.
We at Alvi Dental Hospital are proud to have recently acquired a Dental-Surgical Microscope (Carl-Zeiss), a first ever for Pakistan infact the ‘only’ dental microscope in Pakistan. Its surprising that only 2% [...]
Pre-Rigged Iraqi Elections
Can you honestly believe that the upcoming elections in Iraq are fair and transparent. A few rules of the election day are as follows
Iraqis have to vote for ‘parties only’ since the names of the contesting candidates are to be kept secret for the sake of their security - that’s really nice, so any tom-dick-and-harry [...]
Next Blog >>
The Next Blog icon is indeed a unique way to surf the net.
At first, the concept did not appeal to me much, as I mostly landed on a “no-name / no-activity” site, or it was usually in an altogether different language which made no sense.
But recently the Next Blog icon has gabbed my attention. I [...]
Teeth Maestro Re-design
I’m sure frequent visitors to my blog must have noticed a graphic re-design, to tell you the truth I am an amateur at HTML coding so errors might be there which may need attention - so please critique away.
On a side note I would like to thank G3 for designing a banner for my blog. [...]
Eid Mubarak
I wish an very Happy Eid Mubarak to all visitors
How Do They Measure Wind Chill?
Despite what you might hear on a weather report, wind chill isn’t actually a measure of how cold the air feels.
A wind chill temperature is, rather, a calculation of how cold it would have to be to cause the same rate of heat loss from your skin if there were no wind blowing.
Wind chill approximates [...]
Bhutan The First Nonsmoking Nation
Bhutan has taken the lead in the world to entirely ban the use of Tobacco throughout the nation. Since Dec. 17, it has been illegal to smoke in public or sell tobacco. Violators are fined the equivalent of $232â€â€Â?more than two months’ salary in Bhutan. Authorities have heralded the ban by igniting a bonfire of [...]
Spammers sue Spamee
Found on SlashDot
In an interesting take on the law, some (alleged) spammers are suing some poor chap who got them blocked by ISPs due to the fact they kept sending him spam. According to Spamhaus the company doing the suing is on their books as spammer, and also as a spyware company… If this case [...]
Picasa 2.0. released
Those of you following the constant development of the Google empire should check out the latest release of Picasa. I started off with ver 1.618 have liked it over other off the shelf products but who can beat something for free.
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures [...]
Doodie Animations
For a lighter side of the web tune into the flash animations from Doodie.com some are whacky and some hilarious check them out. Would recommend you to check out WhackYourBoss
PS. Its a bit off the edge humor so don’t get grossed out.
Courtesy - BandBaja.org
Blog Shares
Be it Real Dollars or Blog Dollars - we still love the ‘$’ symbol
Blogshares has created a stock market for people to invest in potentially aggresive shares - aggressive blogs are those that are basically incoming links from other sites hence these links in turn lends credability to the actual blog.
BlogShares is a fantasy stock [...]
Change This
Are you an optimist?
Sometimes it seems as though our disagreements - over everything from politics to business to a controversial run-out decision - are more serious and more divisive than ever before. People are making emotional, knee-jerk decisions, then standing by them, sometimes fighting to the death to defend their position.
And yet, we’re [...]
Army Covering up Rape in Balochistan
Presently there is a massive Hush-Up operation underway by our most honourable Pakistan Army - black-out exists on all local media outlets to prohibit them to report the rape of a cerain Dr. Sadia.
The Army has also prohibited them from naming the primary accused rapist who is a serving Captain in the Pak [...]
CyberWireless Wi-Fi Hotspot Joint venture with Mobilink
I had a meeting with a the Cyber Broadband Product Manager and he had come to pitch for creating a Wi-Fi Hotspot for my Dental Hospital. This is a joint venture with Cyber and Mobilink and the goal is to setup numerous hot-spots around Pakistan so you are virtually always connected.
To access the network all [...]
What is a Tsunami?
For those who would like a better understanding of what is a Tsunami? Can visit this NY times website to get a through explantion via its animated series of explanation, shows how this tragedy occured and its devastation hour by hour on the 26th Dec 2004.
Courtesy New York Times
Blogs worth a mention
I have been an active reader of various blogs and some very good blogs out there are as follows
Spider BlogA group of 10 or so odd people actively envloved with keeping us informed
KO - BlogKhalid Omar - neat layout and a very old blogger, I personally came across this blog long time ago while keeping [...]
Dictator Musharraf in for the Long Haul
Well it ain’t news no more and the world knows it well by now Musharraf plans to rough it out longer then his promise and our expectations, he conveniently amends the constitution and justifies it that Pakistan “needs” him to stay longer. The Pharaoh also felt the “need” to stay longer but someone (The Almighty) [...]
Karrachay never sounded bettaah - RJ on FM 103
I am sure the city of Karachi must have heard this DJ on FM 103 -”DJ Craaasssalaaaaaa” (I really don’t know the exact spelling but that’s how she says it)
In my opinion and many others out here in Karachi, believe she falls into the worst of the worst category. The airwaves are loaded with so [...]
Welcome ‘05
I wish all those who happen to drop by this blog a very Happy 2005 - put your past behind you and look into a prosperous future. Simply let yourself loose and embrace the New Year as a reawakening and grasp it with both hands and may it lead you to your ultimate goal in [...]
