May 2010
4 posts
Pride vs. Martyrdom - One Muslim's view of the... →
May 22nd
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.
May 21st
Mountains
Stop looking for different paths up the mountain. Just climb the blasted thing!
May 5th
Yes, the iPad is still Magical →
May 5th
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.
Apr 27th
1 tag
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.
Apr 27th
Israel lets iPads in
But still refuses to let Palestinians back into their own homes, villages and towns, while continuing to steal more land.
Apr 26th
2 tags
The Pomodoro Technique →
With thanks to The Antagonist.
Apr 26th
1 tag
Why the iPad is Magical →
Apr 26th
2 tags
Apr 26th
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...
Jan 8th
“The race is not run.”
– Lt.Col Naseem Saifi
Jan 7th
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...
Jan 7th
In addition to the blog, yes
The blog (shahidkamal.com) will be for longer articles. This will be my on-line scratchpad.
Jan 7th
November 2009
1 post
Nov 2nd