tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181582152024-09-11T22:00:54.264+05:00The god of small GKnoniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00036289250539809877noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18158215.post-38680792505908755332010-09-02T01:53:00.002+05:002010-09-02T01:55:40.066+05:00

To give some more flexibility to my blogging experience, I have moved my blog to a new location. It would take some time until I move my old posts and start sharing new stuff, so keep visiting: blogs.knonie.com

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Here is my version of the famous rebus "I ♥ NY" logo designed by Milton Glaser back in 1970s. I tried to give it a Pakistani Feel, by using the Flag green color for Heart and Using PK initials for Pakistan. It says "I ♥ PK", "I Heart Pakistan", or simply "I Love Pakistan" I Heart Pakistan

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Ever since those correct predictions made by that eight-armed mollusk created a hype during this FIFA 2010 World Cup, octopus Paul has become a kind of pop icon. Coming to Facebook, the presence of Paul can be seen in the form of many third-party applications. Let me share two of my observations as screen-shots. See this: Just check the Grammar of the developers... "What did Octopus Paul

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After Facebook was blocked in Pakistan, I received a really interesting text message from a friend. That text message has a line mimicking Facebook's notification like: "So and so has tagged a photo of you". Below that, there was a picture of donkey drawn in ASCII characters. I shared it with few of my friends to see how they get it during that time. I received quite different types of responses

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Recently, I came across another replica of Facebook, apart from PakFacebook, called MillatFacebook.While visiting it, I got some interesting observations that I'm sharing here.In fact, all these desi replicas of Facebook remind me of the advertisement techniques where some issue, usually, religiously oriented, is highlighted and people are told that we should not use these foreign things, and we

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It's been around a week since Facebook is blocked by official orders in Pakistan. Here are few of my personal observations and ideas regarding this important decision that created a sort of change in our life-styles. What is Facebook? Of course, a social networking site.There are so many other websites, some ever better, less fussy, and even older and more mature than Facebook, but it is

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Now you can play Google's exclusive Free PAC-MAN online on this URL: google.com/pacman/ Google is so kind to offer it here on PAC-MAN's 30th anniversary. Google Rocks!!! [Src: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/pac-man-rules.html]

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So, when the old school Pacman turned 30 this day, Google celebrated it in the form of an interactive doodle... The "I'm feeling lucky" button has been changed to "Insert Coin" It's a Google's version of Pacman, having the maze making the word "Google" in it. I'm attaching a screenshot of it, in case Google replace it again with the regular logo.

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Dear Valued Customer, Micronet has blocked access to www.youtube.com in compliance with recent orders of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for containing blasphemous material and no-action by Youtube to remove the objectionable hate material from its web site. This access would remain blocked till further orders by PTA. Best Regards Manager Technical Assistance Center

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Dear Valued Customer, Micronet has blocked access to www.facebook.com in compliance with orders of Lahore High Court passed today. Facebook has been holding a competition to draw caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and has not removed the objectionable hate materials despite thousands of emails from Pakistani facebook community. This access would remain block till 31 May 2010 or further

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A very well-known poem [Nazm] titled "Ambri" [Punjabi: امبڑی. English: Mother] written by a very renowned Poet from Pakistan Anwar Masood. Although, he is widely known because of his humorous poetry, but he has also written some very serious pieces. This poem is probably among one of the most serious works by him. I'm sharing a video of Anwar Masood reciting his famous poem "Ambri", with a short

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God must be Crazy... Sure He is. But People, there's a God inside everything. Make Him Alive!!! What's done is done; And what's happening, can we try to make it better? If you can't help the Sufferers, No need to watch TV either. It could happen to YOU - Every Life is a Single Soul. Do you really Love Someone??? ... [Some lines about the event that killed around 79,000 people. Originally written

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My Phobias... Hey, I don't even know what this term actually mean in Psychology... I take Phobias as Fears, or rather "Holes" "Voids" in a person. As a human being, I too have many. The thing is that I realized many of them and controlled them a lot. That's the most interesting part... According to my rules, there are two solutions of overcoming your fears: Avoid that thing, if possible. Try

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From the Book by Lewis Carroll "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Although it's a children's story... but it contains so many lessons of life and I personally in love with this entire piece of writing. One passage about "Goals" says: "One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't

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This term "Pay Each Penny, Save Israel" is quite common in many countries as the origin of that cola drink name Pepsi.Wow... So ingenious!!! I've been barking saying since ages that it's mere a propaganda. This cola drink got its name from Pepsin Enzyme in Stomach... Peptic Acid. I think this idea is only common is Pakistan. I'm quite sure that people outside Pakistan

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Many people wonder what is this Tons in Air Conditioning, like you hear them say they have got a 1.5 Ton AC installed in their room... It's often funny when someone says that "Tons in Air Conditioning is actually Weight of that A.C unit..." People usually argue about it... and prove this with stupid examples that Ton is a unit of weight and like. The term TON is actually referred to the

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I came to know through some of my acquaintances that there's a Strings concert coming up on Tuesday evening [6th April 2010]. I liked some selective songs of Strings but never watched them perform live. Since, I got this chance, I thought it's better to avail it. I, with my friends, went at the venue which was PNCA, i.e. Pakistan National Counsel of the Arts. We were told that the time is

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Oh No... Not That Mars Chocolate... It was about that Red Planet - Mars. See what's been shared through internet: !!!!!! NO ONE ALIVE TODAY, WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN !!!!The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.The next time Mars

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Great news for Animal Lovers & Android Fans Translate your pet's speech into English on the go... Really Amazing application for android!!! Just visit the official page to get the application for your phone: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/translateforanimals/ We all know Google is so Genius, so they really inspired us again,  with their ever unique and creative  April

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And there's that hot news in Media where the Pop Star Ricky Martin says he's Gay... Well, after this news, many fans are not feeling much happy and comfortable, and I'm still unable to find the exact reason of their disapproval... To me, if there's some singer, and we like to enjoy his music, we should remain concerned with his music only. Personal life of any artist is separate from his Arts

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'Come to the edge', he said. They said, 'We are afraid'. 'Come to the edge', he said. They came, He pushed. He pushed them.... And they flew. - Guillaume Apollinaire This is one of the finest lines I've ever read. I really like the theme behind this. Sometimes. We are not aware of the things we can do until someone make us do that. Yes, I have Wings... I have Energy... I just Need a Push!!! [

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"Did you go there yourself or only heard about it???""Yes. I visited there to witness that blessed site myself""Amazing! It is a blessing from God, indeed. I'm also planning to pay a visit within few days"This is the conversation between two men, sitting around me in a public transport, few days back, [Saturday, 20th March, 2010]. Of course, when people sitting at a distance from each other talk

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A Zen master was resting with one of his disciples. At one point, he took a melon out of his bag and cut it in two so that both could eat it. While they were eating, the disciple said: 'Wise master, since everything you do has a meaning, perhaps your sharing this melon with me is a sign that you have something to teach me.' The master continued eating in silence. 'Your silence obviously

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Today I found out that there's so much in this life to observe, feel, understand and share... Traveling back from work to home in a van, it was a variety I could see through the window of the last seat, that includes hundreds of different faces, each bearing an individual identity, different expressions and life stories, problems, issues and reasons of happiness, desires, dreams and fantasies.

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You don't have to worry about relationship issues all the time. Relationships are relationships, what else do you expect them to be?! Some are fast running cars, others are slow, some even refuse to run after sometime. But relationships are not cars, they are even worse if they don't run--Only if you worry about them... but relationships are relationships, not cars. It's mid March––Spring. I

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