I do hope that during my life time we come in contact with intelligent alien life forms and that one of the them are the Vulcan. So I can finally move to their planet and feel like I have finally gone home.

I would pick which guppie would be better suited in which (Star Trek) alien planet but I don't want to stir things up!

I am thinking of making a 'you come to my door, your picture will be taken' camera.

I can use a small CMOS Camera, hook it up to a motion sensor and a low power design so I can use regular batteries & then hang it next to my front door.

Another idea would be too hook it up to the door bell. When someone rings the door bell, s/he gets his picture taken.

Neat thing would be if I could just stream the picture to my home server, which then sends that picture...

Why is it that I have to go on the guilt trip of not calling you or keeping in touch while I am the one picking up that phone in the first place. Why don't you pick up the phone and dial the freaking number!

If you don't leave a message, I don't care who you are, I am not calling you back. Missed calls are truly missed calls. Not another way to say 'call me back'.

Thomas Hardy said 'A man's silence is a wonderful to listen to' ... I think he really meant woman.

sari sari ra'at
koi .. hum I forgot the song.

I't 5:06 a.m. and I just got home and I am soo hungry I can eat a horse!

You know, I keep life on a tight leash and like full control over it but for the past few weeks it's been beyond overwhelming. 4, 3, 3, 3, 2.5 are the hours I have slept in the past 5 days and the next 5 look the same. Thank Allah for Thanksgiving weekends which basically means a breather before another grind.

This past year, Misbah has grown a LOT. I sometimes cannot believe the things she says or the 'dots she connects'. This weekend she said, "Baba when I will be as old as...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...thyandtolerant

would you please not have so much color (especially pink) in your blog? Its not ok for me to be reading blogs in general at work but reading sparkly, shinning colorful blogs is certainly asking for trouble.

I don't want to be caught at work pink handed.

Besides, don't you think your choice of words are more important than the colors you use in your blog?

I stumbled upon this recent research the other day and it is a good read. I think, technology in any form is not good or bad, it's the use of it. TV do not make people dumb, watching dumb shows make people dumb. Video games don't make kids fat, it's the vacuum created by irresponsible parents. And yes, Internet doesn't make people socially inapt, it's the use of it. If anything it encourages those who are often socially secluded to broaden their horizon without feeling too uncomfortable.
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Koi mahram raz nahin milda

They say; a good investor invests in a company that has a potential to grow in the future and often, if not always, it's past performance has nothing to do with how well it will perform in the future. If you invest in companies already established, you might not get a lot of action but you won't lose money either. A good example might be buying WalMart shares. So if you want to be a successful investor, invest in potential, not in past glory.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TnSDeS2pTA

The future is all touch screen. I bet you can say goodbye to your plastic keyboard in a few years.

So in the early star trek episodes the "extras" who would die in a mission would wear a different color shirt. These guys are suppose to be zombies from such episodes.







Yes, I work with nerds and geeks. They are disappointed that I didn't join them.

Oh, btw, if you were wondering how much snow I had to shovel yesterday? It was 20 inches, yes, 20!

six inches ... maybe 8? The say it can be up to 16 inches by tomorrow. Who in the world is going to shovel it??




And it's not even Halloween yet ...

And I am about to leave the lab; have to go take a shower, get Misbah ready and go to work. Then come pick her up and tag her along for the presentation tonight because Nadia is out of town on business starting today.

Such is life.

I am sure everyone has heard of the story, right? Be it falsely yelling wolf, or lion or robbers etc. The end is the same. The menace eats his goats, or him ... he loses. The idea behind the story is to be truthful or it will eventually catch up to you. I think it is very appropriate. Though there is also another subtle message and that is if someone does lie, he deserves a punishment. "He had it coming" kinda feeling, the message that it is very natural for the world to stop caring about...

Went to the spine specialist. He looked at x-rays and said I need MRI (typical). He didn't sound much concerned, so I think I will be ok but I am sure he is going to say no more running. That's what all my doctors say. They don't know jack ... I need the pain. It keeps me going. I wouldn't mind started swimming again (did I ever tell you guys I went to all Pakistan under 16 swimming competition, representing N.W.F.P?) ... but I will never find a non-co-ed swimming pool. Well I can go to the one...