Life Must Go On

Pakistan is going through a tough time this Ramadan.  Almost 20M are affected by the on going floods.  According to the United Nations, it is the biggest natural disaster in the last 20 years.  And all of this suffering is in the month of Ramadan.

However if you are talking about the other parts of the country or if i say it right the cosmopolitan area’s of Pakistan.  People are busy doing relief activities and celebrating the holy month in full flow.  Celebrations??? Yes, I have visited a local mall here in Karachi last weekend and one of my fried rightly said that if anyone see the rush and excitement here they wont gonna believe that our nation is in such catastrophic situation.

I think its a good thing if people are out and doing what they supposed to do in the holy month (Shopping, Eating outs, Iftar parties and Practicing their religious activities)  after all we only have one Eid in an year and with the gloomy situation of the country the public already lack such celebrations or events.

Pakistan Flood Effected Region Map

I believe that while considering the fact that what has happened to our country and to our brothers we should open our hearts to those who are not in a good shape to celebrate Eid this time around and we should help them.  But, we should not turn our backs to this religious festivity and should take the full of it because “Life must go on”.

2010
09/06
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Rangoli Restaurant Sux

At one side you have Arena, one of the best hangout spots here in Karachi which has been known for its high standards.  And on the other  you have Rangoli. “Eekh! i don’t want to go there again” atleast if i am paying.

This weekend i got a chance to go out with my friends to Rangoli Restaurant located at Karsaz, Karachi.  I was quite excited about it since i have visited arena quite a few times and i was carrying a perception for Rangoli equivalent to it.  Anyways, we have booked a table for 5 and move forward.  If you look around there wasn’t much theme based decor which was expected as now a days almost all restaurants are theme based and highly decorated.  The ambiance was quite normal like you can find in Lasania or Usmania.  Clean sheets, clean floor, clean dishes and that’s it.

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2010
08/22
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The Do’s and Dont’s of Ramadhan

2010
08/14
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Ramzan Timings 2010 – Karachi Pakistan


2010
08/11
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The Mystery of Mumtaz Mahal in Karachi Zoo

If you ever had a chance to visit Karachi Zoo, you might came across with this tomb sort of thing by the name of Mumtaz Mahal.  The name Mumtaz Mahal might sound a bit familiar and the perception of it is more towards the Mughalz and Taj Mahal sort of things.  However this Mumtaz Mahal is not about the Princess Mumtaz and it is all about another princess, a princess with a foxy tail :D .

I remember back in the years when i came across with her for the first time I was a little surprised to see it but i was more concern about how they have created this illusion.  It is quite sick to see a dead fox infront of you with a head of a she-male but it is a must have experience and highly recommended to all who are planning to visit Karachi Zoo.

Mumtaz Mahal Karachi Zoo

2010
08/07
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Rumor: Noori Files Lawsuite Against Linkin Park

Rumours are out that Noori has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Piracy and Copyrights, Switzerland against famous American Band LINKIN PARK.  According to a popular blog, they have submited a clain of $5 million in damages, citing “emotional, physical, and creative distress” from Linkin Park’s alleged thievery.  For now no one from both sides either Noori or Linkin Park are ready to comment any further on the news.

However, according to the resource Ali Noor claims that Linkin Park copied several guitar riffs and melodies from material legally owned by Noori.  If you see the genre of both bands, there is a major difference between the taste and moods of the bands.  So, it is hard to swallow the fact that Linkin Park really stole something from Noori intentionally.  Linkin Park itself is a huge band with a massive fan following and we all know that EP (Entity Paridigm) is basically a desi version of it.  This means LP should also sue EP.

In my point of view, we should take a tolerant stance on this and Noori should appretiate themselves for the quality of work they are doing and set a positive example infront of the whole world about our community and Pakistan as a talented and tolerant society.  Lets see if this is really true or not, we will keep you posted on the story.

Source: Maila Times

2010
06/21
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Unbranded CNG stations start accepting Credit Cards in Karachi

CNG was introduced in Pakistan, back in 1992.  Since then we have seen a phenominal growth in CNG vehicals and According to International Association of Natural Gas Vehicles, as of December 2008, Pakistan has the world’s highest number of vehicles running on compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The number is 2 million.  The growth rate for the CNG feul stations was rappid and Pakistan also has the World’s highest numer of CNG refuelling stations. i.e. 2941(updated as of July 29, 2009).

In Karachi, we have seen local uni-branded CNG feul pumps popped out here and there like mashrooms.  But I have noticed that those CNG pumps failed to attract major chunk of the business pie towards them.  I, my self never use such stations for CNG refills and my reason is that they don’t have facilities to charge plastic money which I use all the time for the refills.  It is my firm belief that this factor is one of the major reasons behind the failure of such investment.

Not now, last week I have noticed from my way from Gulshan-e-iqbal to Nagan Chowrangi in a taxi.    Almost 4 – 6 CNG pumps with a banner “We Accept Credit Cards” and I feel happy about it that finally they got it right.

2010
06/18
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Using Outlook? You Gonna Love Xobni™

As, Bill Gates called it “the future of Social Networking”.  Xobni, the word “inbox” spelled backwards, has created a new way to look at your email. Xobni takes the effort out of organizing, searching, and navigating your email. The only thing that has changed with email in the last ten years is that everyone gets more of it.

Email is overflowing with information. It’s hard to find what you need. It’s hard to know what you have. Xobni creates an information profile for each person you interact with, and surfaces historical information that is relevant to what you are working on. Xobni displays contact information, threaded conversations, attachments, related people, email usage statistics, and information from the web.

Xobni organizes your communication data and makes it available through intuitive navigation and super fast search. Xobni currently integrates with the popular Microsoft Outlook email client and will extend to integrate with other email clients, instant messaging applications, and social networks.

The capabilities introduced vary but highlights include:

Yahoo!Mail : Message previews are availabe from within Outlook and are fully searchable using Xobni. Contacts and attachments from your Yahoo! Mail accounts appear in the Xobni sidebar.

Facebook: View status messages, profile pictures and other recent updates your contacts have made via Facebook

Linkedin: Outlook add-on Xobni has integrated with professional social networking site LinkedIn to enhance your contact information with job and employer details when possible.

Skype: Big improvements here as you can now view status, send messages and initiate Skype to Skype calls all from the Xobni sidebar.

Hoovers: Pulls company information like description and size based upon the email domain of your contacts.

I am seeing a big increase in the number of aggregators and universal inbox applications like Gist, which seeks out more information about your contacts, or Fuser which brings all of your communications together in one place.

As we connect with people through so many various channels, having a way to tie these communications together and connected to your contacts is becoming more critical. If you’re an Outlook user, these Xobni improvements look to be a step in the right direction.

Xobni is a free download and is available for computers running Windows and Microsoft Outlook 2003 / 2007

2010
06/18
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Project Natal: announced as “Microsoft Kinect”

You knew it was coming, right? Hot on the heels of getting leaked a wee bit early. Microsoft has made official the rebadging of a device desperately seeking a new name: “Project Natal” is no more, replaced by Microsoft Kinect. At a circus- and celebrity-filled affair, MS wrapped everyone in high-tech panchos (pictured after the break courtesy of Joystiq) and then took the wraps off of the new title. Quite a few game demos were shown, ranging from Star Wars to tiger petting, the Kinect interface to the Dashboard was shown (said by some to be Minority Report-like), and a video chat app called, wait for it, Video Chat. Through here you can naturally talk to friends (up to four total people at once was “shown”), and also share photos.

Releasing November 2010 with expected price $150


2010
06/14
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HD2 coming with a QWERTY?

clipped from windowsmobile.mobilitydigest.com

Seems like the HD2 might be getting an upgrade with a keyboard soon?  According to xmoo, who is known for dissecting ROMs,  he has spotted some registry keys in the latest HD2 ROMs that hint towards a slide out keyboard. Here are his relevant twitter posts.

@HTC LEO-S [HKLM\Software\HTC\HTCSensor\GSensor] “KBDSlideOut_To_Stop_GSensor”=dword:00000001 “IsKBRotateBackPortrait”=dword:00000001

@HTC Leo-S should be a Leo with KEYBOARD (3.01.405.T1), normal @HTC HD2 will get upgrade 1.78.911.1 with OS 5.2.21905.5.0.93

I really hope this is true because this would make the HD2  my device of  choice for sure. I am not willing to make the move to a virtual keyboard unless I really need to which seems more than likely since most phones now are coming with virtual keyboards only.
2010
06/11
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