Obama wins US presidency
The first message I received this morning was a Ufone breaking news alert stating that Barack Hussein Obama had won the US […]
Author: Ahmed
Winters, darkness and peanuts
Winter has been late in the making this year. November has started, yet it’s hot enough to go out in a t-shirt […]
Juicy mosquitoes in October
October is on its last breaths. Halloween is near. And things are peaceful and quiet for once. Yet the mosquito is still […]
Back to the stone age
Pakistan has been suffering from a severe power shortage for almost a whole year. The electricity outages subsided in September during the […]
Taming the Microblogging clutter
In the movie Back to the Future, the future Marty McFly loses his job and printouts of “YOU’RE FIRED” start popping up […]
Eid Mubarak without the network
It’s been one of those controversial Eid celebrations with new announcements at the eleventh hour (literally). With so many Muslim countries relying […]
Huge bomb blast in Islamabad
Was shaken by a huge explosion a few minutes back. Felt like the building was about to come down, but initial reports […]
Recovering data from a shredded hard disk
Ever since I got into system administration, hardware security to narrow it down, I have been led to believe that virtually any […]
Start of Ramadan fasting
As of yesterday, the Islamic month of Ramadan has started in Pakistan (there is a difference of a couple of days for […]
Pakistan Daylight Savings Time extended
Daylight savings time in Pakistan, which was initially planned to be in effect till the 31st of August, has been extended for […]