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This is how it all started...

A farewell to arms

Fatima Bhutto, this week, writes in The News:

The United States, under the grand vision of George W Bush, intends to ask Congress to approve a multi-billion (twenty billion dollars to be precise) arms deal to Saudi Arabia. The aid package, which will contain the parcelling out of more money to other 'friendly' Middle Eastern nations, such as Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, includes another generous ten billion dollars to Israel. Certainly these countries have received American dollars in the past, but the Bush administration's paranoid fear of Iran now necessitates that money be thrown at countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel so as to counter the Persian threat.

Source: A farewell to arms

The romance of Lahore

Love of Lahore, in the words of Rasheeda Bhagat - an Indian.

Whether in its people, language or dress code, Lahore will always bring on that feeling of warm familiarity, of the sub-continent.

Source: The Hindu Business Line : The romance of Lahore

Code Monkey Song

Here's the song coming from the heart of a code monkey!

Open this page and click on the little blue button right next to "Play": Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey

Video: luxeed color changing led keyboard

May you have many more!

I stole the title of this post from Fatima Bhutto's article on "The News". She writes:

Pakistan is the sound of the myna birds that nestle quietly in the trees all day and come alive at five in the morning. It's the smell of jasmines worn tightly around the wrist. It's the rush of hitting a six. It's the nuclear green, cardamom smelling Pakola drink.

Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=67991

Here's what the Guardian said about our independence on August 15th, 1947:

At midnight in Karachi, capital of Pakistan, Mr. Jinnah became Governor General of Pakistan. The Pakistan Constituent Assembly met yesterday afternoon and Lord Mountbatten was there to say farewell: not an absolute parting, he said, but a parting among friends.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/india/story/0,12559,822542,00.html

Top 30 Most WASTED Domains!

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Lunar-Resonant Streetlights

OK, I'm no tree hugger! But this is really nice idea.

Lunar resonant streetlights sense and respond to ambient moonlight, dimming and brightening each month as the moon cycles through its phases.

Google News Blog: Viewing the world through images

Here they talk about a very nice feature of browsing Google news through images. For those of you who just skim through the pages of the newspaper and look at the pictures to decide what's interesting, this is your dream come true!

All news in pictures!
Example

Video: I wanna be like Osama

iScrybe

Scrybe Closes Series A

iScrybe (www.iscrybe.com) is an online/offline calendar web application. It looks *very* cool. Checkout this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1YE_xS_n8.

Interestingly, iScrybe is the brain-child of Faizan Buzdar, who is a Pakistani, and a graduate of GIK Institute (http://www.giki.edu.pk) from batch 2.

Revolution Systems Blog: A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality

Here's something that is common sense, but hardly anyone does it. Ajeeb!

Revolution Systems Blog: A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality

Adding stuff to this blog

OK now, I've added a list of "intriguing" items that will keep updating almost daily.

I've also added a list of some of my favorite books under "Mutale'ah".

I'm here

Yes, I think I should move to blogger now from Windows Live Spaces.
Just made this blog. Will post newer blogs here hopefully.

Link to my old blog: http://umeriqbal.spaces.live.com/