Mubashar Iqbal Blog I Blog http://www.mubashariqbal.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:23:58 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. New Website Coming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/8-znpTNoYMc/81
I update my other sites a lot more often than here, so I'm building an app that will let me pull my content from other sites into here. This is NOT another lifestream app. Watch this space!]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:04 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/81 Election Day http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/V3a8W91mK-Y/80
The direction the country chooses today will put the country on a course that won't be easy to change.

Even though I'm not allowed to vote, since I'm only a tax paying Green card holder, I've watched along with interest in both the national and state elections in NY.

The amount of reports of false advertising and finger pointing would be funny if this wasn't very serious business. There seem to be very few checks and balances in what candidates are allowed to say in ads and the rules that companies have when advertising products and services don't seem to apply.

Both Obama and McCain have pledged election reform, and many of the rules and procedures for the election system date back many, many years. In the digital age we should be able to do a better job of distributing information and finding out more about our candidates, instead of relying on advertising done by their competition.

Since I'm not allowed to vote I won't say who I'm supporting, but will be watching along by the what is reported to be record numbers of people participating.]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:16:22 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/80 Hello my name is Mubs and I'm an addict http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/hgTJooINoVQ/78
Yes I know this is what I do for a living, so how can I be addicted to it? It's like a brew master being an alcoholic, which I'm sure happens.]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:42 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/78 Moving to Wordpress? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/J3mp_wi0CFM/76 Wordpress.

I've been using Wordpress on a few projects recently, and I've been very impressed with how easy its been to extend it past a raw blogging CMS.

Add in the hundreds of plugins that have been written for Wordpress and maybe I'm just lazy but you can get a website to do just about anything in minutes.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:31:47 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/76 Please stop resizing my browser http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/1CDpT1N1_IM/75
If a website doesn't fit into my current browser I know how to scroll, and even know how to resize my browser, you don't have to do it for me. What makes thing even worse is that most time my browser is large enough to fit the website, but my browser gets messed with anyway.

I know I can use Firefox to stop the Javascript that allows the browser to be resized, but I use that feature myself when testing to see how designs will look at different screen resolutions.]]> Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:13:28 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/75 Asylum http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/VqyqmQg9bvM/74 Asylum.

The website was designed by Area17, and I integrated the design into AOL's blogging platform called BlogSmith.

The design is beautiful, and content sure to be right up your alley, so click around and enjoy.]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:48:51 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/74 I've been interviewed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/7-GNLhabgNw/73
The interview was posted today on Hatch That.

Hatch That is a weekly entrepreneurial conversation, delivered every wednesday fresh to your inbox.

We interview entrepreneurs from a wide range of industries to get insight into how they do their thing.
]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:12:36 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/73 Saving Bandwidth on your RSS http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/RdOWbEzrE-g/71
In some cases though Feedburner doesn't fit with your needs, and these tips from Pete Freitag could save you some bandwidth headaches.]]> Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:05:44 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/71 Get Your PHP Upgrades ready... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/t9BgEgHnBF0/72 official announcement came today, PHP4 will be discontinued at the end of the year, a good 3 years after the release of PHP5.

This is a much needed move in the PHP world, something to get all the hosting companies to finally upgrade servers. Everyone has had ample time to upgrade their software and still have til the end of year.

There may still be some critical security patches released until August of next year, but come on everyone lets make the move to a better place ... PHP5!]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:08:54 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/72 100, 000+ New Websites http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MubasharIqbalWeblog/~3/QW5adyk7Yck/69 Every 5 Weeks deal, but Marchex recently announced they launched 100,000+ new websites.

OK, so it's not really the same thing, since the sites are almost identical, just providing local or focused business data, based on the domain name, but impressive non-the-less.]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:24:06 http://www.mubashariqbal.com/blog/view/69