Fahdi's Personal Blog

Google search on SSL

// June 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // News

Google search on SSL. Good news. I woke up two hours ago and opened Google for some searchhing and Voila, a new thing every few days. Google in on SSL.

Google SSL

Most of Google Searchers may have recently come to know that Google has publicized SSL version of Google Search. Google SSL doesn’t close the normal http version but Google SSL Search is to provide more secure search service.

With Google search over SSL, you can have an end-to-end encrypted search resolution between your computer and Google Search Engine. This SSL helps defend your search terms and your search results pages from being captured by a third party.

This provides you with a more secure and better way to do your searching. More about it on Google Blog.

How cat has earned Japanese city millions

// October 7th, 2008 // No Comments » // News

As the economic might of Japan faces up to the global banking crisis, a single cat has boosted the finances of a small Japanese city by millions of dollars, according to a study.

Tortoiseshell Tama is the “stationmaster” of the unmanned Kishi train station where she was born and raised on the provincial Kishigawa Line.

But it is not her labours on the platform which have seen the cash rolling in.

It is rather Tama’s irresistible charm which has brought tourists flocking in their thousands to the western city of Kinokawa to see the feline worker patrolling in the uniform of her office – a Wakayama Electric Railway cap.

With 55,000 more people having used the Kishigawa Line than would normally be expected, Tama’s contribution to the local economy is calculated to have reached as much as Y1.1 billion ($A13.5 million) in 2007 alone, (more…)

Mr. Zardari getting hot over Sarah palin

// September 25th, 2008 // 6 Comments » // News, Pakistan, Pakistan Politics

Check this, it tells the story of Mr. President. Check the headline. Tell him he is representing Pakistan, he should at least behave like a President.

Who likes a President getting hot over another international politician? Even not Pro-Americans. Yeah I know Sarah palin is too hot but Zardari is the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, he shouldn’t be so cheap.

Bob Drogin of LA Times reports on how the conversation happened: (more…)

Huge explosion at Marriott in Pakistan capital

// September 20th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // News

By Asif Shahzad Associated Press

A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital on Saturday. Many people, including foreigners, were seen running out, some of them stained with blood.

There was no immediate word on casualties at the site, which is a favorite place for foreigners to stay and is heavily guarded. Ambulances rushed to the scene, where a fire also burned. (more…)

We don’t mind if you code all night.

// September 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // News, Web Development

They are starting Yahoo Hack Day again. They call it, “The hack is back!. Do you want to request an invite to Open Hack 2008, September 12-13? Sign up at www.hackday.org. Hope you can join us at Yahoo! HQ in Sunnyvale. We don’t mind if you code all night. ” (more…)

oDesk is down for maintenance

// September 11th, 2008 // No Comments » // Latest tech News from the planet earth, News

Just though about checking Odesk and its down for 45 mins.

oDesk down for maintenance

We expect our normal weekly maintenance window to be a little longer than normal to accommodate some additional database maintenance tasks. oDesk.com will be down from approximately 1:15AM GMT to 1:45AM GMT on Thursday, September 11th. (more…)

Ahmad Faraz dies yesterday August 25, 2008.

// August 26th, 2008 // No Comments » // Art and Artists, Art from Pakistan, News, Poetry, Urdu Poetry

Yeah I am singing this song written by Ahmad Faraz, as he is no more in this world and this song really resembles the situation.
Ab ke hum bichrey tau shayad Kabhi Khabon main Milain
Ahmad Faraz is considered as one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the present times. Born as Syed Ahmad Shah in 1934, he breathed his last at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan (more…)

Discovery: Adult Brains Wired to Go Ga-Ga Over Babies

// February 28th, 2008 // No Comments » // News

by: Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News

Feb. 27, 2008 — The urge to cuddle and coo when presented with a baby turns out to be an innate response prompted, at least in part, by the structure of an infant’s face, according to new research that actually shows how this baby love process works in adult brains.

The finding could explain many behaviors, including why adults connect with babies, why most parents immediately gravitate to their kids and why many men appear to be attracted to women with baby-like features. (more…)

Youtube blocked by PTA in Pakistan

// February 22nd, 2008 // 3 Comments » // News, You Tube

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has asked all the ISPs in Pakistan to block YouTube and yeah its in effect from Today. I am a fan of YouTube and I use it for watching Tutorials about the things I like, fun videos, information, literature and no need to mention music. (more…)

Future of the white board: MIT sketching

// January 20th, 2008 // No Comments » // Blogging, News, Tech News, You Tube

This may be the future of the white board. I wonder how easy would be to use this for teaching

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