a little of ASP.NET, a little of AJAX, a little of GIS, well … an all Atlas, can I still call it that?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

Albert Pascual

gggggI wouldn’t say I blog, I would say I post links, news and code that I may need in future. As a software engineer, I need a searchable place where my notes and thought, but most important, my code can be found. I started in 2005 and after losing my database with all the post, I learn two important lessons: the fine art of backing up and second that I actually was using those notes and “articles” pretty often.

I won’t call them articles when they were barely a paste from my clipboard. In 2006, I started cleaning my blog a bit and posting more towards other people to read than just myself; I share some of my code with coworkers. Continue reading →

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Show My Street

Posted on June 5, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

Fast and easy street viewing – just start typing an address and streetview or satelitte images start filling your screen.

Try here http://showmystreet.com/

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Do you have a like button?

Posted on June 1, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

IMG_0081Click the like button you find everywhere online carefully. Yes, your like clicks my reveal who you like, who are you cultivating and how. It might also allow to make a fairly accurate guess at type of relationship you are in and how desperately you are trying to keep it in tact while you are hotly pursuing other opportunities and inclinations (including sexual orientation, gender, age, ethnicity, IQ, religion, politics and addictions, relationship status, number of Facebook friends, as well as half a dozen different personality traits).

Relax. I am not saying that. A study published earlier this week in USA says that. Not only that, on the bases of likes analyses, researchers can make a guess about users’ personalities and behavior. “Your likes may be saying more about you than you realize,” said Cambridge University researcher David Stillwell, one of the study’s authors. Continue reading →

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Optical Technology

Posted on June 1, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

I have started using eyeglasses and I need more than one frames; different for office, home and in my overnight bag. The best place to look for quality eyeglasses is optical technology. Have a look and see what they are offering and how. There is a very good post that explains it all and make you feel look good and feel good with new eyeglasses.

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How to Get Filthy Rich [Not Through Blogging]

Posted on May 27, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

How to Get Filthy RichI spend lot of time reading. I read philosophy in an effort to understand how varying points of view about existence are presented and psychology to know how philosophers come up with those points of view, Greek mythology to learn about their strong love of nature and Roman history to explore what they gave to the world. I try to read faces to know what is cooking deep down there. I also read when a good friend recommends some book.

My good friend gave me How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid and I am glad that I read it. First I had marked the book ‘to be read’ when author Mohsin Hamid participated as one of the speakers in the Karachi Literature Festival 2013 earlier in February and spoke about it. Continue reading →

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To the point

Posted on May 23, 2013 by S A J Shirazi

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Recently I presented a question relating to the point of blogging.

To many the point was the pointlessness. Or an open plan diary for you and the world to share. Or a stream of conciousness (or unconciousness in the case of the Old Git) to satiate a desire to communicate something to somebody somewhere…

I first started mine for a completely different reason – I wanted to learn how to build a website and get a podcast together – at the time I was starting to mix music again (unfortunately work has taken that desire from me for the moment) and I wanted to be able to share it with others. Rather than take the easy route I built a site from the ground up learning html and xml and all those fun ‘ml’ things tripping over each obstacle as I went and struggling through (the remnants of those pages are still in my archives). Then to facilitate the graphical side I started to get my head around Photoshop and Illustrator so I could make my own banners, buttons and widgets… Continue reading →

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