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Laughing Squid Trip to New York

zuhaib — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:31:21 +0000

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So my iPhone 4 impression after a weeken…

zuhaib — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:41:42 +0000

So my iPhone 4 impression after a weekend with it is pretty much it is very slick and fast. We have all read about all the great stuff, but a few nagging things still remain.

First is the fact that you have to switch to another app to send texts, which sucks. It was one of the key reasons I jailbroke my old iPhone 3G. At lest now some apps can be backgrounds so I dont lose everything but we need to be able to send text inside of an app.

Camera is a lot faster, but still a bit slow to load. Tho some reports this is a bug and could be fixed, but they said that about the older iPhones as well :\

Also I found a nasty bug with the backgrounding, it seemed some app locked up the GPS and caused it to hang and it would not release it. Which caused the phone to slow down, and the GPS would not work with any app. Only fix was to shut down and restart. Should have a “Shut all Apps” button.

Just a few initial thoughts on the iphone

Great Backdrop for a Laughing Squid Part…

zuhaib — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:52:15 +0000

Great Backdrop for a Laughing Squid Party from last Thursday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Varyag_(1983)

Just remember about my Seiko watch that …

zuhaib — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:58:53 +0000

Just remember about my Seiko watch that I got a a few years back, but dont know what do with it now as its in base shape. I will check some watch repair places and see what they think.

Arcattack at Maker Fair! (And more Photos)

zuhaib — Thu, 27 May 2010 02:44:28 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

I never heard of this band, if you call them that till Maker Fair this year and they are crazy! Also its cool that they are playing the theme of Airwolf which I totally forgot till I heard the theme. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuhaib/sets/72157623999767267/ Also got more photos form maker fair and you can check out the rest of the video here http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Zuhaib#g/u

Makers Make Fair

zuhaib — Sat, 22 May 2010 22:37:31 +0000

So this year I signed up to volunteer with iFixit to help them at Maker Fair and one of the perks is you can come in to the Makers Only event Friday so I dropped by to take a preview look and to lend I hand to the iFixit guys. I ended up hooking up their mini network for the demo and taking a few photos and video, include this cool egg machine which you can view

Click here to view the embedded video.

Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Linux? Thunderbird (and xdata-provider) to the rescue!

zuhaib — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:21:29 +0000

As much as open source guys like myself love to bash on MS, there is just something they do right. And if its not right, sometimes they are just the only guys in town. And one of those things in Microsoft Exchange. No one has yet been able to replicate the full experience of Outlook + Exchange in terms of calendaring and E-Mail, especially if your looking for a non-cloud solution. Hell even many Web 2.0 companies who are ready to accept non-Microsoft products have a hard time walking away from Exchange. But in that case you might run in to a case you might have a Exchange Server but a Client using Linux, and that is what I ran in to helping LinkedIn move to Exchange 2010. So what are you to do? Well we got a fix for you.

I am currently helping LinkedIn move its users from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010, and if anyone is thinking why Exchange I asked the same questions my first day on the contract and after hearing the answers its a bit clear. Zimbra has some upside but its still ruff around the edges, and in a environment that has both developers who can live with that, but regular employees who have spent years learning the Outlook world its hard to make the changes.

While most of LinkedIn users are Macs, a few are testing Linux for development boxes. And the question that came up, is their a Linux E-Mail client that is currently supporting Exchange 2007+ as Microsoft has changed the way it does Calendaring. While we can get away with IMAP for all the E-Mail issue, Calendaring is important for a company as that is the way you book rooms, make sure people are free and etc. I posed the question on Quora, invite only, http://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-Linux-email-client-that-will-work-with-Exchange-2010 and got nothing. The best was someone saying Evolution but its support ended with 2003, which is what we are moving away from. Googling did not help much, usually you found most people asking the same questions and the answer was mostly use OWA, Exchanges new Web Mail which is very good and now supports Firefox and Safari with AJAX-ish style.

But some people want a native client. Then Brian Guan, an Engineer at Linkedin and Linux user found xdata-provider which is a plug in for Thunderbird Lightning to add Exchange Calendar support, and since its a plug in it means you can also use it on any OS that runs Thunderbird, not just Linux!. After some tweaking and configuring we got it to work prefect, and pretty much all features worked. You could check availability of other people, book rooms and everything. It crashed a few times and stopped work once or twice, but checking in with Brian today it still works. And from what I see on basic google search we might be the first company to have actually done a Exchange 2010 + Linux setup, as xdata does not provide much info on their own deployment. I hope to take a look of the code of xdata and keep it update, as well as it might help the adoption of Linux in the corporate world as people will have at lest now a working Calendar solution for Linux.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13

zuhaib — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:08:00 +0000

@patricknorton or a long time on Gmail i was getting E-Mails for a guy trying to get a .Net job with a name close to mine in reply to patricknorton #
Something is very wrong when you have snow in the hills around SF and the weather man reports temps in the 30s #
@idancohen Timbuk2 bags, I have had mine for a few years now and they can take a beating #messengerbag #fixie #bicycle in reply to idancohen #
Damn because Bryan found my old Yo Yo I have become addicted to them again :\ #
@Cruzz563 Yeah I found my two Yomega, one Brain and one Raider. I had a 3rd I recall but still need to find it in reply to Cruzz563 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06

zuhaib — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:00 +0000

RT @mitchoyoshitaka: The Big Picture on Eid al-Adha and the Hajj. Beautiful. http://tinyurl.com/ykt7rau (via @bpick) #
@CoffeeGeek would like to explain what is potato blight and how doesit effect coffee, thats a new term I have never heard of in reply to CoffeeGeek #
Great read, a must for any Pakinstai or anyone who cares about that area http://bit.ly/7ISgDX @gioi you should read it #
@CoffeeGeek I wiki'ed, i wonder how does it effect coffee and how can you tell with roasted beans. Should we coffee drinkers be worried? in reply to CoffeeGeek #
@CoffeeGeek also what about the whole political issue of Rwandan coffee, since we all know about its bad history #
@deltableh Well not everyone out here works on movies, but we got kick ass weather in reply to deltableh #
@Viper007Bond ISO3200 o_0 how is the noise at that level? I would like to see some shots of that in reply to Viper007Bond #
@deltableh lol funny if TO rips you guys apart in reply to deltableh #
@Viper007Bond Have you tried ESPN360? I dont know if clear is a member with them but you can also find ways around it #gobeavs in reply to Viper007Bond #
@Viper007Bond yeah mine does not as well, but my fiancee connection does. See if you can proxy to someone with ATT or Comcast in reply to Viper007Bond #
@Viper007Bond another option that I use sometimes for Cricket, http://bit.ly/xGADd in reply to Viper007Bond #
@Viper007Bond You should see what they do on Sundays, they have a 3rd version of Madden football on set to show plays. Very slick in reply to Viper007Bond #
@Clegko What good jail broken apps do you recommend… in reply to Clegko #
http://bit.ly/8WuxxN that is what I want, a jacket with a name like Fjällräven #
@Clegko well the first thing I installed GV Mobile, and I was able to hack to get the official tethering working in reply to Clegko #
@Clegko well guess what.. I did not notice that till now and had a bunch of VM but none important use this to fix it http://bit.ly/1EPFCZ in reply to Clegko #
How do u tell someone they have too much perfume on http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.714821+-122.440674 #
@Cruzz563 actually no i just saw the button and wanted to try it out, and its WAY off. But thinking of the subject it was a bad idea in reply to Cruzz563 #
@Viper007Bond why not get good in ear with bass, like Shure. I use over head open ear style now for home and Shure for the gym/out in reply to Viper007Bond #
@Clegko Nope, its American version but with fewer ads in reply to Clegko #
@Clegko its a DirecTV only chan that features special shows only for their Customers, i remember it had one some Showtimes show in reply to Clegko #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

zuhaib — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:08:00 +0000

@Dropbox Maybe you guys need more sysadmins *throws his hat in the ring* in reply to Dropbox #
@jon_y I am, I think applied before but no reply in reply to jon_y #
@jon_y Tho i notice you guys changed the way you handle application, i think when I applied it had some web base forum in reply to jon_y #
@sfdpw and what, less parking space in an area that is already a PITA to find parking in reply to sfdpw #
@deltableh dont worry, they have pills that can cure that now Seriously nothing can be too down, just what we all do rant in the IRC Chan in reply to deltableh #
@deltableh but what happen that caused to run man, if your willing to share in reply to deltableh #
@Viper007Bond Here is a few sample video, http://bit.ly/4Mpjoh from Steve race with over cloud and 2nd is my friends http://bit.ly/8oWifu #
@Clegko could be worst, i found one on channel 99 (You can tune in to that to find out on your own ) in reply to Clegko #
@Clegko well its the playboy chan, for some reason the car I got was set to it in reply to Clegko #
Some guy is taping up his whole boxing the post office and it's annoying! #
Every had one of those bad parking day? I am having one today #
@Viper007Bond Nice call, now if only Canon would pay me for sending them a customer in reply to Viper007Bond #
Scraficed a lamb today, been a long time since I have done it #
Well got up at around 5am, just got home and its 12:11am. Man a crazy eid #
@AnamPagal read this http://bit.ly/805gfg #
@Clegko too bad it did not happen before black Friday to pickup a router on sale in reply to Clegko #
Nice Pakistan President uses control of nukes as a pawn to protect himself and friends from corruption charges http://bit.ly/6HYfWI #
@Clegko ouch, my friend just bought a new Linksys N router to replace his Belkin during Black Friday sale. in reply to Clegko #
Jailbreaking my iPhone 3G, wish me luck #
@Viper007Bond More reason to consume soda or any other beverage from bottles in reply to Viper007Bond #
@gioi yeah i thought this should be able to keep me happy till the next iPhone comes out. Did you see my tweet on Paki prez? in reply to gioi #
@gioi link n the short story, http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/pakistan/2009/pakistan-091128-voa01.htm #
Wow Blackra1n makes jailbreaking DEAD simple, easier then Quickpwn which is saying a lot #
espn360 quality is shit.. seriously shit #
@mattbarrows after 5th round, he has too much talent at RB to see how he acts with the game on his backs in reply to mattbarrows #
@mattbarrows you forgot about rooting for the titans as well in reply to mattbarrows #