tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:19:15 +0000PakistanPoliticsSocietyMedicineLifeGeneralPersonalSportsVideoElections 08IndiaTechnologyTwin Cities2013CricketEconomicsEducationInternetIslamMediaPhoneReligion2012EconomyExpediaNFLSuper Bowlfootball201441ArduinoArtCloud storageComedyElections 13EnergyFoodGameJhangScienceTahir-ul-QadriWeatherXboxapplecloudgamesgoogleWords are but empty vesselshttp://moizkhan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger775125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-8648892585090160828Tue, 11 Jan 2022 03:40:00 +00002022-01-19T23:39:36.379-05:00ArduinoTechnologyThis holiday season I decided to gift myself some basic electrical components in the form of a Arduino UNO set from Elegoo. I have always had a desire to tinker with electronics and in gifting myself this basic set I am now starting on a journey to quench my inner electrical workman's thirst. I hope to develop this hobby as I move forward and will, from time to time, post about it here on the http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2022/01/learning-arduino-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-1502129564441370826Sun, 27 Jan 2019 05:11:00 +00002019-01-27T00:11:33.216-05:002014EconomicsFoodSociety There has been a recurring thought in my mind over the past many many months.  Every time I sit on the table to eat food with my family I thank God for giving me this opportunity to sit down and enjoy one of the basic needs of living beings.  Apart from the ability to sit down and eat with family I also do enjoy the absolute variety of tastes that are reaching my taste buds. http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2019/01/gluttony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-4983648660062270524Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:31:00 +00002014-03-01T17:31:47.930-05:00gamesXboxI have been using the new xbox for many days now. The most important part of the console is obviously it's controller as this is the part we interact with most. In comparison to the xbox 360 controller the build quality of this controller seems slightly compromised. There is little counter weight in the wings of this controller and therefore it does not feel quite as sturdy in hand as the old onehttp://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2014/03/xbox-one-controller.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-581626509508111556Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:47:00 +00002013-12-29T16:47:43.702-05:00GameI have recently purchased the newest version of Microsoft's gaming consoles, the Xbox One. This is a shift from my prior gaming system which was Sony's PS3. I loved PS3 and preferred it over Xbox 360 for many reasons. It was smarter looking, faster, could play Blu rays, good games and all my friends had PS3s. However the most like able thing about it was the free online game play that Microsoft http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/12/xbox-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-5105693077071491563Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:10:00 +00002013-12-29T16:52:02.789-05:00The issue of avoiding federal taxes is in the news these days with Apple being in the spotlight.  Most of the times big companies avoid paying US taxes by skirting their profits to tax havens.  Healthcare giants can do the same theoretically.  Imagine if there were a health care giant that opens up shop in tax haven islands and then uses the same technique that commercial entities http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/07/tax-skirting-by-hospital-systems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-4458692282416450431Sat, 25 May 2013 15:55:00 +00002013-05-25T11:55:28.956-04:002013Elections 13PakistanPoliticsSocietyThe contest between PTI and MQM has been very interesting to me. The fact that unlike Lahore PTI has been able to win a National Assembly seat in the city of Karachi in itself is harbinger of some interesting and revealng news. Everyone is so ecstatic on the PTI wagon about breaking MQM monopoly in their own back yard. I will come to this later but the fact that PTI was unable to do so in Lahore http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/05/pti-and-mqm-in-na250.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-6075192611882233774Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:39:00 +00002013-05-25T11:57:18.676-04:00cloudCloud storageI have been resisting the urge to expand my cloud imprint. It becomes a useless exercise when not a lot of storage is being offered free of cost. Therefore today I took a plunge and boxed myself onto the drive. This adds considerable online storage for use. Now all that is left is to wait for a day when otixo like file manager becomes available for free. Then it is a party indeed.http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/03/boxed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-1796442725558261989Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:53:00 +00002013-03-10T00:53:05.683-05:00applegooglePhoneMy iPhone 4s has been giving me troubles recently.  Out of no apparent reason the volume rocker has become self sufficient.  Whenever the phone is unlocked to do any work on the screen the volume starts increasing on its own.  I do not press on the physical volume rocker and the volume just increases on its own.  Just as if some one was keeping the volume up button pressed on http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/03/nexus-4-vs-iphone-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-9145974445783608881Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:08:00 +00002013-01-13T22:08:14.306-05:002013CricketIndiaPakistanIt was a refreshing series.  I did not get to watch it online.  I blame Dish Network for being guilty of greed.  They make us pay arm and leg for their programming but could not get us the coverage.  I am paying for a cricket channel's package but still was asked to shell out money if I wanted to watch this series live.  I think dish Network should be ashamed of these http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/01/pakistan-vs-india-2012-13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-5072318630043426933Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:48:00 +00002013-01-13T21:48:03.932-05:002013PakistanPoliticsReligionSocietyTahir-ul-QadriTahir-ul-Qadri is trying to rally Pakistanis to come out in his support and march towards Islamabad.  His million march started last night from the posh neighborhood of Model Town, Lahore.  He left in his bomb proof and bullet proof 150 million Rupee vehicle.  It is also reported that accompanying him in this march is his own palace like mobile home.  The home has been custom http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2013/01/qadri-march.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-7077384159539162189Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:43:00 +00002012-11-09T11:28:48.745-05:002012MediaPoliticsI think most of the overseas Pakistanis today miss a reliable source if news that connects them to Pakistan. Sure we have multiple media outlets that are trying to make us believe that they do the most reliable reporting but this is not true. In fact it is the farthest thing from the truth. Whenever I watch a TV channel from back home or try to read a newspaper I am disappointed by the http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/10/media-warlords.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-3765116200621219292Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:17:00 +00002012-07-28T18:17:40.713-04:00I would really like it if google stopped treating blogger as an orphan child. I mean they have updates for all the software with new innovative designs every day and they can not come up with a decent blogger application. This is sad. I would really like it if the current app would allow typing the post in landscape mode as that is easier on my thumbs and faster to type.http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/07/landscape-view-in-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-8556944689627044605Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:37:00 +00002013-12-29T16:53:46.175-05:00This experiment in education of masses, by coursera, seemed very intriguing to me from the very beginning. The upside of the experience was that it was free and endorsed by some big names in the education arena. I jumped onto the ship from its onset. Currently I am enrolled in a course that is eight weeks long and I think I am enjoying it. My goal for enrolling in the course was many fold. I http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/07/coursera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-8944306250604764344Thu, 31 May 2012 02:09:00 +00002012-07-14T00:22:48.535-04:00The second half of last year was exceptionally and unusually dry. There was hardly an inch of rain for good nine months. Then there was brown thanksgiving and Christmas. Even the new years was bone dry. But then came march this year. It has rained more than eleven inches since march this year. I do not mind the rain much. Infact I look forward to some rain as it keeps the grass green and our http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/05/rain-and-drought.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-8778974638226529356Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:52:00 +00002012-04-08T14:52:01.473-04:00Pakistan faced Bangladesh in the finals of Asia cup 2012.  I had a chance to watch some part of the final live on TV.  Bangladesh lost the game after a good fight.  The game was over in due time and everything went back to normal.  Only that it did not.  No one knew that Bangladeshi crowd and the board are such sore losers.  Having reached the finals of Asia Cup, http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/04/asia-cup-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-3193536030669078377Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:44:00 +00002012-02-11T13:44:38.462-05:00CricketIndiaPakistanPakistan played a one day against Afghanistan in Sharjah.  Sharjah is the adopted home ground of the Afghanistan team since conditions are not suitable for home games in Afghanistan.  Both teams had something in common, both do not have home grounds available for playing games.  This is a sad situation.  But this also makes this match up interesting and unique.  http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/02/pak-vs-afg-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-402554935978181117Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:12:00 +00002012-02-04T19:12:34.031-05:00Almost ever game night I think of a most probable outcome to the ongoing series and almost every time I am proved wrong.  Just last night when I went to bed I had thought to myself that the result will be forthcoming in the third and final test between Pakistan and England during the second day of the match.  However, it seems, that I was wrong once again.  No sweat as I do not http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/02/pak-vs-eng-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-7846060460007025245Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +00002012-01-29T12:26:38.491-05:00CricketPakistanPakistani team has done it again.  They have pulled off another win against the number one test team in the world.  They have, technically, achieved this feat on a pitch that is away from home.  The conditions are similar but not the same in the middle east.  Pakistan has beaten England in the second test in Abu Dhabi.  I just watched the highlights of the final day of http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/01/pak-vs-eng-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-2185775905071969679Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +00002012-01-18T22:55:08.584-05:00The temperature outside, tonight, is minus thirty four degrees Fahrenheit. This includes the wind chill factor as the non stop wind engines seem to have turned up a notch. This is nothing unexpected of the arctic tundra but we had been spoilt in the last few weeks. The temperatures had been unusually mild. So mild infact that our neighbours were grilling outside the other day. I thought that was http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/01/34.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-2421080126819172483Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:06:00 +00002012-01-07T19:06:41.106-05:00Blogger is finally available on iPhone. I think this adds a lot of value to the application as for me sitting on my computer to type a post was not a very bright idea anymore. I think this saves me time in terms of logging in and opening up new windows. The application is pretty limited in its functionality. There is no landscape mode. This is my first post.http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/01/blogger-over-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-3226719102313978198Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:37:00 +00002012-01-01T15:37:07.805-05:002012EconomicsEconomyPakistan2012 started ticking last night.  A year has come to an end and another starts spreading its sunshine for the next few months to come.  Mayans thought 2012 would be it.  What I find interesting is that some of us in this world are hell bent on making this come true.  This is the sad state of affairs that we are entering 2012 in.  I think if this world would just realize http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-2600593690602985900Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:53:00 +00002019-06-02T08:49:04.376-04:00 I have been trying to follow the general assembly proceedings through various media outlets.  It is nothing new but still is heart wrenching to see how differently various media outlets have covered the stories that have come out of the proceedings.  I do not feel that there is any end in sight to the conflicts in the middle east.  Not at least in my lifetime.  This http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2011/09/conflict-of-interest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-2092174217091672529Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:31:00 +00002011-09-25T00:53:46.633-04:00ExpediaPersonalPhoneIt has been quite some days since I updated my droid x to gingerbread. My experience with the update has been anything but optimal. I think the battery life has been decreased on the phone easily by twenty percent or so. The battery prior to this update used to last for about twenty four hours or so with very mediocre use. I mostly use my phone for web and data usage rather than as a phone. I am http://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2011/06/gingerbread-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-8218626079430396140Sat, 28 May 2011 02:17:00 +00002011-05-27T22:17:36.709-04:00PhoneI have been hearing reports on the Internet that Verizon wireless and motorolla will be pushing software updates for the droid x today. Engadget and other blogs have been ripe with chatter about this information. This update is badly needed and sorely missed on this phone. I have been trying to update my phone but keep on getting the message that there is no update available. So I called Verizonhttp://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2011/05/gingerbread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378199.post-6792997621334375367Mon, 02 May 2011 01:51:00 +00002011-05-01T21:51:35.245-04:00TechnologyThe new iPad is worth it's money. Sleek slender design is a plus and so is the light weight. I am not really impressed by the camera as the pictures with both front and back cameras are pixelated and very amateurish looking. It's handy in the sense that I can carry it around while making rounds and access patient information on the go. This makes life easier and for someone like myself this meanshttp://moizkhan.blogspot.com/2011/05/ipad-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3