Once again, we are observing DST (Daylight Saving Time) in Pakistan; tonight at midnight, all clocks were moved one hour ahead - causing an hour early power load-shedding :(.
If you are living in Pakistan and haven’t changed your computer clock yet, you can update the zone info and have your computer automatically change it’s time [...]
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has finally lifted the lifted the ban, which it imposed few days ago, after YouTube removed the offensive video from the site.
I am a fan of YouTube (and other Google products) and am glad that it has respected the feelings of Muslims all around the world.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has recently ordered all ISPs to block access to popular video sharing site YouTube, due to some “objectionable content”. Here is an email sent to customers of micronet (taken from naitazi):
Dear Valued Customer:
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (www.pta.gov.pk) has directed all ISPs of the country to block access to www.youtube.com web site for [...]
One month ago, I mentioned that I am de-activating my DSL service and applying again for the discount, that connection still isn’t re-activated.
The short version of the story is given below, if you want to know the complete detail, which includes my rant too, it’s after the jump.
Short Version:
It’s been a month since I re-applied [...]
I have been planning to get the 30% discount offered to the students enrolled in any university / college, which is affiliated with HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan). To make sure that person applying for the discount is eligible for the discount, they would first contact university registrar and upon approval, follow up the [...]
Couple of days ago I got a text message on my cell, from a friend. It was a small quiz type thingy, in which you ask recipient few questions about yourself. I forwarded it to a few of my friends and asked couple of online friends, only a few responded to it, interestingly, results were [...]
Happy New Year to muslims all around the world (and anyone else who uses hijri calendar)
Happy New Year everyone, I hope this year will bring you (more) happiness and joy.
P.S: I updated the wordpress to latest version (fixes some critical security issues), everything seems to be working fine, but if you find anything broken, let me know. Thanks
I just got a rubber keyboard as gift, from my brother. In case you have not heard about them, they are flexible keyboards, made of rubber, virtually indestructible, impervious to water and look like door mat Which means when they get dirty, you can just put them under water and wash them.
The one I [...]
I’ve been procrastinating to redesign my website for quite some time now. To get myself started I planned to do this in small phases (in somewhat long period of time), instead of completely redesigning my website in one go.
In first phase, I have modified current wordpress theme a bit more, removing all annoying orange, there [...]
