Canon 120MXS 120MP CMOS Sensor – YouTube
Canon 120MXS 120MP CMOS Sensor I used to get unequivocally excited about technology like this, but with all the dark, Orwellian prospects of how this tech can and often is used, my excitement is somewhat tempered by a dosage of concern. Even in the video, they highlight using this for surveillance explicitly as one of […]
GScribble test
Before this, I had tried a desktop WordPress client called Lekhonee. Now that I’m “back”, searching through Fedora’s repo I discovered another client named GScribble. Out of the box, the one feature advantage I found with GScribble is that it supports tags, whereas I did not find that possible through Lekhonee. The advantage of a […]
Return from blogging hiatus
After “taking a break” from blogging for the past four-and-a-half years (that’s “fancy talk” for being to busy/lazy to post), I realized I was, as usual, over-thinking what I should say for my great comeback. So, I decided that I should probably just tear-off the band aid and speak directly to it. A lot has […]
Audacity 2.0 released!
Alhamdulillaah, Audacity 2.0 has been released! As an audio recorder, producer, editor, and overall manipulator, Audacity is one of my most important tools (more on my whole multimedia workflow to come in a subsequent post). I have been using it for so many years, I’ve lost count. Before Audacity, Adobe Audition was my staple, as […]
Fedora 16 “Verne” has been released!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِي الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه, Fedora 16 has been released! You can read the full release notes or just go straight to the torrents for downloading. See the release announcement after the fold…
Donate to Wikipedia
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, Allāh has granted me tawfīq to donate to Wikipedia. I wouldn’t mention this except for the fact that I hope others, upon reading this, might give it consideration when they otherwise would not have. A donation to Wikipedia is tax-deductible, so you can save on your taxes or get […]
Moodle 2.0 released!
Alḥamdulillāh, Moodle 2.0 has been released! This is important for a lot of reasons, amongst them being that I work with Moodle on a day-to-day basis in my daytime job, and I use it on some of my own sites. However, most important is the fact that Moodle provides a platform for education that is […]
Updated to WordPress 3.0.1
بسم الله الرحمن الريم الحمد الله, and finally, I upgrade my blog to WordPress 3.0.1. With two boys, our own apartment, full time work, and a few other things (including some motivation issues) I am finding it hard to keep up old habits, despite a desire to continue doing so. Finding my blog so outdated, […]
It’s a boy, the sequel!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, on Friday, the 11th of Shaʿbān, 1431 (23rd of July, 2010), at 12:40 AM local Columbus time, Allāh blessed us with a healthy, 6 lbs, 14 oz blessing that we’ve named عبد الله (ʿAbdullāh), which, in Arabic, means, “slave of Allāh” (Allāh being the proper name of God). For […]
The Absurdity
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم A few days ago, Matt Lee of the Free Software Foundation had asked in the #theora IRC channel for help in making a DVD of the Patent Absurdity documentary. Several people volunteered to help, and I was one of them. I discovered later that this was related to the “Who should […]
Fedora 13 released!
Alhamdulillaah, Fedora 13 has been released! Torrents (on a newly redesigned torrent page) are also available. Not a bad way to get back into blogging, either. Look for more updates soon, in shaaʾ Allaah.
Testing with lekhonee one more time…
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Assalaamu ʿalaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh Alhamdulillaah, I’ve decided to get back into blogging. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve had much of a presence in the Blogoverse, and part of that is due to just not having the desire to go through, login, and making a post through […]
Ramadhaan 1430 Mubaarak!
بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم رمضان 1430 مبارك الحد لله, it’s Ramadhaan once again! Granted, I’m a bit late, but I posted elsewhere in a more timely fashion, so I guess I have some kind of an excuse. ِAnyway, while this is definitely a month most noted for the abstention of Muslims from food & drink, […]
Blogging with Arabic text
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله, I am trying more-and-more these days to practice writing Arabic with actual Arabic letters rather than using cumbersome transliterations. This is partially due to my father’s abhorrence of transliterating Arabic, lest the skill to actually write Arabic in Arabic be lost. I agree with him, and besides, it’s a […]
More updates to blog, switching to GPL theme
Bismillāhir Raḥmānir Raḥīm Alḥamdulillāh, I’ve decided that, after upgrading WordPress, I should do a little housekeeping. As usual, I find a list best presents the ideas I wish to express: I upgraded to WordPress 2.8.2 (mentioned here). I fixed some posts that had some typos (I usually am good about this, but these had slipped […]
Updated to WordPress 2.8.2
Bismillāhir Raḥmānir Raḥīm Alḥamdulillāh, I’ve just successfully upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.8.2, along with several other blogs that I maintain. I’m really looking forward to the merger of WordPress & WordPress-MU, which, ideally, will make managing multiple WordPress sites on the same server easier to deal with, in shāʾ Allāh.
Testing out Lekhonee WordPress client
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Alhamdulillaah, I’ve discovered a new WordPress blogging client packaged with Fedora – namely, Lekhonee. There aren’t a lot of formatting options, but it appears you can post using HTML, so that’s a plus, I think. Let’s see how it goes.
Shaykh Abdullah ibn Jibreen has passed away
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raajiʿoon. Verily we are from Allaah, and verily unto Him we shall return. Shaykh Abdullah ibn Jibreen has passed away. Muslim Matters has some additional coverage, including some kind words by Shaykh Abu ʿAmmaar Yasir Qadhi, who had the occasion to meet the shaykh several times. Whenever […]
Marwa Sherbini: The Hijab Martyr
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem Assalaamu ʿalaykum wa Rahmatullaahi wa Barakaatuh Innaa lillaahi wa innaa ilayhi raajiʿoon. Our sister, Marwa Sherbini, was murdered in Germany as a consequence of wearing her hijaab, a style of dress fulfilling the commandment of Allaah for women to cover themselves appropriately when outside of their homes. Muslim Matters has a story […]