May 2010
4 posts
Pride vs. Martyrdom - One Muslim's view of the... →
Too many blogs?
Now there’s:
TheCult.info/blog
suspectpaki.com
shahidkamal.com
shahidkamal.tumblr.com
And the private one, which hasn’t been updated in quite a while.
I’m not clearly breaking down what’s for what.
Mountains
Stop looking for different paths up the mountain.
Just climb the blasted thing!
Yes, the iPad is still Magical →
April 2010
6 posts
Think! - Focus on your Mac →
This fades out all apps bar the one that has focus. I’m trying it. Looks very useful.
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12-year old Muslim girl punished for retaliating... →
Good thing this doesn’t happen in the UK. Does it?
After all, in my daughter’s school, a teacher referred to hijab-wearing as an “extreme interpretation” of Islam.
Israel lets iPads in
But still refuses to let Palestinians back into their own homes, villages and towns, while continuing to steal more land.
2 tags
The Pomodoro Technique →
With thanks to The Antagonist.
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Why the iPad is Magical →
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January 2010
4 posts
CoolBook
Some hacks are so good you wonder why Apple doesn’t just buy them outright.
CoolBook was one of those $10 hacks that kept getting mentioned in various forums by early adopters of the Macbook Air (my weapon of choice) who swore by its ability to circumvent Apple’s cooling system. Oh, why would you want to do that? Well, their first system involved shutting one of the cores down! Might...
The race is not run.
– Lt.Col Naseem Saifi
Meaning
I have considered most video games to be utterly trivial. A rare few have evoked emotion, but usually through the use of traditional techniques like dialogue and plot, bolstered by high production values (and their associated costs).
Recently I came across Every Day the Same Dream and was forced to reconsider what was possible with a video game.
For years I’ve been put off either by the...
In addition to the blog, yes
The blog (shahidkamal.com) will be for longer articles. This will be my on-line scratchpad.
November 2009
1 post