Wakeup Pakistan: 08/01/2005

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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ecard/certificate/images/NASAlogo.gif" align="right" />I am sending my name to <a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/29/1657212&tid=236&tid=162">Pluto</a>. You can too: <a href="http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ecard/scripts/addSignaturesForm.php">here</a>.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div>comment on this post, and....<br />1. I'll respond with a random thought I have about you.<br />2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.<br />3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.<br />4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or so we think).<br />5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.<br />6. I'll tell you what intoxicant you remind me of.<br />7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.<br />8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal.**** Not really, but it would be nice to continue it on. :)<br /><br />[via <a href="http://umem.blogspot.com">Dinky Mind</a>]<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />This is what Dinky Mind says about me:<br /><br /><em>1: Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa</em><br /><em>2: your own compositions/ gone in 60 secs. </em><br /><em>3: mmmmmmm...I'll tell you later :)</em><br /><em>4: OLPM! (I know you must have forgotten it) :P</em><br /><em>5: *recalls* my memory ain't that good :). the one who was always seen studying something.</em><br /><em>6: B&H.</em><br /><em>7: Why are you so intelligentttttt? And why don't you become angry??????</em><br /><br />Tell you the truth, I am not very good at these things, but now I can't turn down my neice, can I? :)<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
<pubdate>Thursday, August 18, 2005</pubdate>

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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/1600/DSC00281.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/400/DSC00281.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />These hands go up in prayers, when I am sick<br />These hands wipe my tears, when I am in pain<br />These hands feed me, when I am hungry<br />These hands work hard, to see me happy<br />These hands are beautiful, for they are my mother's.<br /><br />I love you Ma for everything you have done for me. Indeed, you are the greatest Ma and I thank God for giving me the best mom in the world.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
<pubdate>Wednesday, August 17, 2005</pubdate>

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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wakeuppakistan"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/1600/wupPC1.gif" align="right" border="0" /></a>Motivated by what <a href="http://blog.absarshah.com">Absar</a> had to say about <a href="http://blog.absarshah.com/?cat=9">podcasting and me</a>, I decided to make a button for my <a href="http://wakeuppakistan.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-to-set-your-pc-to-receive-podcasts.html">podcast</a>. And would you believe it, it came out rather good. I mean, I am not very good at graphic and web page designing. But this button did come out pretty good. In fact, I was planning not to change the current blog template, but it seems, I might work on something along the same lines as the button I have designed for my <a href="http://wakeuppakistan.blogspot.com/2005/08/introducing-some-desi-rap-art.html">podcast</a>. The button has nothing special to it, but it just looks, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatchamacallit">whatchamacallit</a>, coool =).<a onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'res','2','')" href="http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/watchamacallit.asp"> </a><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
<pubdate>Monday, August 08, 2005</pubdate>

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<title>Goo Goo Dolls - Iris</title>

<description><div style="clear:both;"></div>I have just fallen in love with this song. The lyrics say it all.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">Goo Goo Dolls - Iris</span><br /> <br />And I'd give up forever to touch you<br />Cause I know that you feel me somehow<br />You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be<br />And I don't want to go home right now <br /> <br />And all I can taste is this moment<br />And all I can breathe is your life<br />Cause sooner or later it's over<br />I just don't want to miss you tonight <br /> <br />And I don't want the world to see me<br />Cause I don't think that they'd understand<br />When everything's made to be broken<br />I just want you to know who I am<br /> <br />And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming<br />Or the moment of truth in your lies<br />When everything seems like the movies<br />Yeah you bleed just to know your alive<br /> <br />And I don't want the world to see me<br />Cause I don't think that they'd understand<br />When everything's made to be broken<br />I just want you to know who I am<br /> <br />I don't want the world to see me<br />Cause I don't think that they'd understand<br />When everything's made to be broken<br />I just want you to know who I am<br /> <br />I just want you to know who I am<br />I just want you to know who I am<br />I just want you to know who I am<br />I just want you to know who I am</blockquote><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div>I am releasing my third number. Hope you will enjoy it. Do let me know if I should make any changes to it. By the way, this work is also under Creative-Commons, so feel free to play with it!<br /><br />You should be able to download this songs by right-clicking on the title field and selecting "Save target as...". You can also click on this <a href="http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/some_desi_-_rap-art.mp3">link to download this track</a>.<br /><br />People who have <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wakeuppakistan">subscribed to my podcast</a>, shouldn't have any problems downloading. If you are unsure about the podcast, please read this <a href="http://wakeuppakistan.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-to-set-your-pc-to-receive-podcasts.html">post</a>.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />For some reason, I am unable to publish my podcast RSS feed in iTunes. It keeps on saying that my country in AOL doesn't have an iTMS (iTunes Music Store). I am not buying any music from iTMS, but I just want to publish my RSS feed there. I will figure out something for it.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div>This is my moment of pride. I have finally recieved my <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">original</span> books from States and I have already started reading them. I had ordered:<br />1. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (by Aaron Hillegass)<br />2. Programming in Objective-C (by Stephen G. Kochan)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/1600/pride.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/400/pride.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Apple/Mac/OSX is one of the rarest platform that has actually intrigued me into programming for this platform. I have been a windows user for quite some time now, but I never wanted or felt like programming on the Windows platform.<br /><br />So be prepared, here I come with my Mac OS X applications :o)<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
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<description><div style="clear:both;"></div>Wakeup Pakistan was hit lightly by the slashdot crowd this weekend. Roughly sixty to seventy hits were received from <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a>. Now, if you don't know what slashdot is than you better check <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot">wikipedia for slashdot</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/1600/Picture%202.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/400/Picture%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Due to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect">slashdot effect</a>, the brower data for the hits were interesting for me.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/1600/Picture%203.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7983/360/400/Picture%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> </div><div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div></description>
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Pluto: 75th Anniversary

I am sending my name to Pluto. You can too: here.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Chain blog comment ... continued!

comment on this post, and....
1. I'll respond with a random thought I have about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or so we think).
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what intoxicant you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal.**** Not really, but it would be nice to continue it on. :)

[via Dinky Mind]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is what Dinky Mind says about me:

1: Mamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
2: your own compositions/ gone in 60 secs.
3: mmmmmmm...I'll tell you later :)
4: OLPM! (I know you must have forgotten it) :P
5: *recalls* my memory ain't that good :). the one who was always seen studying something.
6: B&H.
7: Why are you so intelligentttttt? And why don't you become angry??????

Tell you the truth, I am not very good at these things, but now I can't turn down my neice, can I? :)

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

These hands

These hands go up in prayers, when I am sick
These hands wipe my tears, when I am in pain
These hands feed me, when I am hungry
These hands work hard, to see me happy
These hands are beautiful, for they are my mother's.

I love you Ma for everything you have done for me. Indeed, you are the greatest Ma and I thank God for giving me the best mom in the world.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Can ye'all handle this?

Motivated by what Absar had to say about podcasting and me, I decided to make a button for my podcast. And would you believe it, it came out rather good. I mean, I am not very good at graphic and web page designing. But this button did come out pretty good. In fact, I was planning not to change the current blog template, but it seems, I might work on something along the same lines as the button I have designed for my podcast. The button has nothing special to it, but it just looks, whatchamacallit, coool =).

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

I have just fallen in love with this song. The lyrics say it all.

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

Introducing: Some Desi - Rap-art

I am releasing my third number. Hope you will enjoy it. Do let me know if I should make any changes to it. By the way, this work is also under Creative-Commons, so feel free to play with it!

You should be able to download this songs by right-clicking on the title field and selecting "Save target as...". You can also click on this link to download this track.

People who have subscribed to my podcast, shouldn't have any problems downloading. If you are unsure about the podcast, please read this post.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For some reason, I am unable to publish my podcast RSS feed in iTunes. It keeps on saying that my country in AOL doesn't have an iTMS (iTunes Music Store). I am not buying any music from iTMS, but I just want to publish my RSS feed there. I will figure out something for it.

Monday, August 01, 2005

Latest additions in my book collection

This is my moment of pride. I have finally recieved my original books from States and I have already started reading them. I had ordered:
1. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (by Aaron Hillegass)
2. Programming in Objective-C (by Stephen G. Kochan)

Apple/Mac/OSX is one of the rarest platform that has actually intrigued me into programming for this platform. I have been a windows user for quite some time now, but I never wanted or felt like programming on the Windows platform.

So be prepared, here I come with my Mac OS X applications :o)

The Slashdot effect

Wakeup Pakistan was hit lightly by the slashdot crowd this weekend. Roughly sixty to seventy hits were received from Slashdot. Now, if you don't know what slashdot is than you better check wikipedia for slashdot.

Due to the slashdot effect, the brower data for the hits were interesting for me.