Unfinished Projects
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem I have the bad habit of starting things and not completing them. This is bad for numerous reasons, just a few of which I’ll list shortly. I will warn you now that as...
View ArticleRemoved microblogging updates
Bismillāhir Raḥmānir Raḥīm Alḥamdulillāh, I’ve gone ahead and removed all the microblogging updates to my blogs (the ones titled, “Identi.ca updates for yyyy-mm-dd”). I thought it would be a neat...
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My first Fedora
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alhamdulillaah, to my pleasant surprise, I discovered that I started using Fedora personally with Fedora Core 4, and not 5 like I had previously thought. This makes me...
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It’s a boy!
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alḥamdulillāh, on Monday, the 19th of Rabīʿ ulʾawwa, 1430 (16th of March, 2009) at 5:38 PM Malaysia local time, Allāh blessed us with a 2.3 kg (~5 lb.) blessing we named...
View ArticleGetting back on track
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alhamdulillaah, nothing can take away from the blessing & joy of being a father, but one of the obvious side effects of having an infant is the drastic change in...
View ArticleTesting out Lekhonee WordPress client
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alhamdulillaah, I’ve discovered a new WordPress blogging client packaged with Fedora – namely, Lekhonee. There aren’t a lot of formatting options, but it appears you can...
View ArticleUpdated to WordPress 2.8.2
Bismillāhir Raḥmānir Raḥīm Alḥamdulillāh, I’ve just successfully upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.8.2, along with several other blogs that I maintain. I’m really looking forward to the merger of...
View ArticleMore updates to blog, switching to GPL theme
Bismillāhir Raḥmānir Raḥīm Alḥamdulillāh, I’ve decided that, after upgrading WordPress, I should do a little housekeeping. As usual, I find a list best presents the ideas I wish to express: I upgraded...
View ArticleBlogging with Arabic text
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, I am trying more-and-more these days to practice writing Arabic with actual Arabic letters rather than using cumbersome transliterations. This is partially due to my...
View ArticleTesting with lekhonee one more time…
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Assalaamu ʿalaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh Alhamdulillaah, I’ve decided to get back into blogging. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve had much of a presence in the...
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It’s a boy, the sequel!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, on Friday, the 11th of Shaʿbān, 1431 (23rd of July, 2010), at 12:40 AM local Columbus time, Allāh blessed us with a healthy, 6 lbs, 14 oz blessing that we’ve named عبد...
View ArticleUpdated to WordPress 3.0.1
بسم الله الرحمن الريم الحمد الله, and finally, I upgrade my blog to WordPress 3.0.1. With two boys, our own apartment, full time work, and a few other things (including some motivation issues) I am...
View ArticleDonate to Wikipedia
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, Allāh has granted me tawfīq to donate to Wikipedia. I wouldn’t mention this except for the fact that I hope others, upon reading this, might give it consideration when...
View ArticleReturn from blogging hiatus
After “taking a break” from blogging for the past four-and-a-half years (that’s “fancy talk” for being to busy/lazy to post), I realized I was, as usual, over-thinking what I should say for my great...
View ArticleGScribble test
Before this, I had tried a desktop WordPress client called Lekhonee. Now that I’m “back”, searching through Fedora’s repo I discovered another client named GScribble. Out of the box, the one feature...
View ArticleI am now the Director of Software Engineering at SUPER-H Analytics
I am pleased to share with everyone that I have accepted the position of Director of Software Engineering with SUPER-H Analytics. I am looking forward to working with under my old coworker Nicholas...
View ArticleUnsought answers to questions I did not ask today
Too much of a good thing is possible (i.e., fire on a charcoal grill)Tolerance for burnt food is directly proportional to the amount of your own poor cooking skill that lead to itGlasses produce a LOT...
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Remember we have more than one kind of health we need to protect
The emotion for this post is inspiration. Watch me fail to avoid humblebragging in this post. I took a jog this morning. It’s not the longest walk in the world nor the most inspiring, but I did it,...
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I’m still here
It seems the longer you go without writing, the harder it is to get started. I’ve been doing some other kinds of writing as well, but they have also stalled. I have no shortage of ideas, but I think I...
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Meeting humor
Have you ever been in a meeting and you made a work-related joke, and you thought to yourself, “You don’t work hard enough to make that kind of joke….”. I’ve come to realize I’m frequently that guy…
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