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Computers and paper consumption

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:28:00 -0700

Paper consumption is increasing. Shirazi of chowrangi.com has an interesting article about computers and paper consumption . He argues that increasing use of computers and web publishing will result in the reduction of paper consumption and...

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The greatest cricket series

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:44:00 -0700

The Cricket World Cup 2007 starts today at around 7:00 PM Pak time when Windies take on Pakistan. 16 teams from around the world will be vying for cricket's greatest prize. Pakistan is abuzz with cricket mania as the tournament nears. As a...

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Western hypocrisy

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:11:21 -0700

The level of western hypocrisy is mind boggling. Western countries like to lecture the world about a lot of things that they themselves are guilty of. Consider the hypocrisy over freedom of speech. America and other western countries love to...

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How to mess with your readers

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:00:00 -0800

Here are a few ideas on how bloggers can mess with their readers : Somebody else's animated feed icon. My superior animated feed icon Use an animated feed icon like this guy writes about . The idea is that the animation attracts...

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New features in windows vista

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:36:47 -0800

Anandtech has done a performance review of Microsoft's new operating system Windows Vista. While Vista's new Aero User Interface has gained the most attention it has a number of new features under the hood. Some of its new features: First up...

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Eid Mubarak!

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:06:00 -0800

Eid Mubarak to all my fellow Muslims! Eid ul Adha or Bakra-ki-Eid is one of two Eids in the Muslim calendar. This year millions of Muslims in Pakistan and all over the world will be celebrating Eid-ul-Adha. In Pakistan alone millions of Muslims will...

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My new "broadband" connection

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:00:19 -0800

After over a month of wasted time due to my new ISPs incompetence I finally have a "broadband" connection. Actually its not really broadband but, at 100Kbps, its faster than my previous dialup connection and its always on so its a bit better. I am...

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Windows vista hardware requirements

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:46:01 -0800

Microsoft's new operating system and the successor to Windows XP, Windows Vista is being released to bulk buyers soon but it will take until early 07 before it is available for retail consumers. Vista has some steep hardware requirements . Its...

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A few common windows shortcut keys

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:29:05 -0800

Here are a few useful windows shortcuts Double click on a windows title bar to maximize it. Repeat to restore it. This is easier to do because the title bar is a wider area than the little square maximize button in the top right corner of a...

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Alhamdulillah! This site now has Page Rank

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:04:23 -0700

Amazing how much things can change in just a few weeks. When I checked my site's page rank a few weeks ago it showed 0 PR but after the recent google page rank update its jumped to 5! I remember reading an article some time back that suggested that...

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The art of spam free email addresses

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:36:31 -0700

Recently I have been buying a lot of domain names for resale and I have had to provide contact information that is publicly accessible in the whois database. This database is widely used by spammers to harvest email addresses. But I figured out a way...

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Israel massacring Lebanese

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:00:47 -0700

America's lap dog Israel is at it again. Massacring Lebanese citizens by the hundreds. It has already ventured into one Lebanese town and I think a full scale invasion is not too far away. I think Israel is simply following America's orders. America...

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My brand spanking new domain - abdussamad.com

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:55:41 -0700

After some unfortunate delays I have finally moved my blog/website to my own domain - abdussamad.com . It feels great to have my very own domain and be able to post anything I bloody well feel like! One thing I learned during this move is...

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Never right off the lions - Sri Lanka roar

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Wed, 17 May 2006 05:31:23 -0700

A never say die attitude by Sri Lanka forced a draw in the first test with England at Lord's . 7 half-centuries out of 11 Sri Lankan players is nothing short of brilliant. While England certainly bowled well the Sri Lankans batted even better,...

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Talk about being backward

nospam@example.com (Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq) — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:26:53 -0700

A google mirror with a difference ...

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