Archive for February, 2005
and the pictures……
Here are the pictures of the event we held at Alvi Dental Hospital to launch the 1st Dental Microscope in Pakistan - the event was well covered in the press, News reports appeared in PTV Khabarnama, ARY News, City News and Indus News, articles appeared in The News, Daily Times, Pictures were seen in many [...]
Freehand designs
It was for the very first time I played with Freehand Mx together with Photoshop to come up with these designs - In the process I got to learn a lot and now can attest to the fact that these two programs are indeed the BEST publishing softwares to date.
These 2′x5′ vertical banners which elaborate [...]
1st Dental Microscope Launched
I’m back ……
Today afternoon we had a very impressive ceremony at the Alvi Dental Hospital to launch the first dental Microscope was offically launched, the ceremony was attended by more then 250 influential poeple of Karachi with the Chief Guest as Justice (Retd) Saeeduzaman Siddiqui and also Mr. S H Hashmi the director of Orient [...]
Second driver seat belts
The National Highway Safety Council has done extensive testing on a newly designed seat belt. Results show that accidents can be reduced by as much as 45% when the belt is properly installed. Correct installation is illustrated below:
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On Leave
To all my frequent readers,
I apologize for my absence, I am a bit preoccupied with a project and hopefully will get done this Saturday. It is a major event being organised by us (Alvi Dental Hospital) to launch the 1st Dental Microscope in Pakistan to the public, for that reason on Saturday 26th Feb we [...]
15 Things Not to do in a Public Restroom
…. In a public Restroom.
Walk out of the stall and say, "Huh, I’ve never seen that color before…"
Stand on top of the toilet, grunt reeeeally loud, then drop a heavy object in the toilet. Sigh Relaxingly.
While in the stall, say loudly, "Awwww, isn’t it sooo cuuuute?!"
Poke amirror underneath [...]
Branding the Lie
It is well known fact that major brands openly lie to the public! People more often then not forget to read the ‘Astrerix’
Imagine you are the owner of McDonaldʼs.Question: Whatʼs the truth behind your brand?If the truth is:
Your food is not healthy but tastes good.
Your restaurants look and feel outdated.
Your brandÂ’s ethics have been [...]
% Growth in Internet use, Dec 2004
Internet use continues to grow, even if the rate of growth is slowing. Figures for December show that countries such as Spain, Switzerland and Brazil saw a decrease in active at-home users. The UK added more than a quarter of a million users to register a 1.2% increase.
Brazil [...]
How NOT to cross the road on a Red Light
Be careful when you cross the road even on a redlight. A little graphic but a take it with some light humor, take a close look at the reaction of people around.
How Much Did You Spend On Flowers?
We all know each and every flower shop now knows the importance of “Phool Wala Din” (Flower day) and the prices shoot up - I would like to know how much did you spend on flowers this would be a good barometer on the various prices across town/country
Valentines Day facts
I wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day with your significant other. Here are some intersting facts so - Did You Know?
- 2.2 million marriages take place in the United States annually. That breaks down to about 6,000 a day.
- 138,600 marriages were performed in Nevada during 2003. So many couples "tie the knot" [...]
Heated discussion on Jew-Muslim Conflict
For the past few days I have not made any post on my blog - the reason being I was involved in composing a well drafted response to an argument which took a strange twist, since a cerain commenter named ‘Mark’ labelled me as ‘borderline Anti-Semetic’. I was surely indeed taken-a-back as my comment had [...]
Patriots - SuperBowl XXXIX Champions
Followers of NFL football must have seen the victorious New England Patriots stomp out the Philadelphia Eagles in a closely contested battle 24-21 to grab the Vince Lombardi Trophy and also a memorable SuperBowl ring.
The highlight of the mega-event is ofcourse the game itself but strangely the commercials [...]
R I P - Pakistan Cricket Team
Passionate cricket fans must have seen the funeral march of the Pakistani Cricket team in Sydney on Sunday. Bowling staff perfomed well again restricting the Aussies to a fragile 239 and mind you without the so-called heart throb Shoaib Akhtar whose presence is not dearly missed. Infact we could do India without him.
The batsmen [...]
Stock Image Search
I have always been in search of good photgraphs to mainly use on my desktops and sometimes even for designing concepts. A few good free-stock image sites are mentioned below you are more then welcome to add to this list for the benfit to all.
Deviant Art - link
Stock.xchng - link [...]
Shoaib Akhtar in Aussie Bar Party
A couple of revealing pictures of our Pakistani Cricket Heart-throb Shoaib Akhtar, who reportedly went to an Australian nightclub for ‘relaxation purposes’ as he wanted to [...]
Needle-free Anesthesia
Enough about politics now let the Teeth Maestro shed light on some news related to dentistry - a new invention has been recently approved by the FDA which is a non-injectable anesthetic named Oraqix.
Oraqix is applied directly into gum pockets by means of a special blunt applicator. It provides localized anesthesia for scaling and root [...]
