Fahim Ilyas' Blog

Blog to be discontinued...

2009-09-19T01:59:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,I have been into blogging for quite some time...I ve enjoyed blogging about my experiences and technologies I have learned...although i maintain separate blogs for technical topics, I find it quite hard to update all the blogs regularly...therefore I have decided to discontinue this blog for sometime and concentrate on my business and upcoming venture...I intend to merge all the data

The Untitled Post

2009-08-12T21:13:00.000-07:00

Beautiful....

Passion and Preparation

2009-07-17T23:48:00.000-07:00

Hi,Last 5 Months have been ground breaking for me. By the grace of Allah, I had two important milestones achieved (I would tell you about them on the right time). At the moment I am just following my passion. I believe in hard work not the short cuts. I hear the voices that tell me that I am dumb and fool not to take the short cuts but I believe in my destiny...I truly believe that I need to

Unoriginal Bollywood

2009-07-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

Now this is what I call inspiration :)Nasha Yeh Pyar Ka Nasha Hai - MannOriginalKya Kehna - Kya KehnaOriginalKya Mujhay Pyar Hai - Woh LamheOriginalPal Pal hur Pal - Lagay Raho Munna BhaiOriginalKoi Mil Gaya - Kuch Kuch Hota HaiOriginalKoyla Theme - KoylaOriginalDil Na Deeya - KrrishOriginalChand Sitaray / Sitaron Kee Mehfil - Kaho Naa Pyar HaiOriginal

Australia's got Talent

2009-06-27T17:56:00.000-07:00

Blast from the past!!!

2009-06-15T02:32:00.000-07:00

Just a random post without any reason :) . Reminds us that our film industry used to make good movies which is not the case these days.

D : It is written

2009-03-16T20:10:00.000-07:00

For the last month or so, I have met numerouse different people from around the globe. People from different cultural backgrounds and different languages and different age groups. I have found that I am always faced with one of the most hot issues these days... Have you seen "Slumdog Millionaire?". And I reply back with the signs of getting used to it..."Yeah...I have...It's sort of a good movie.

Flashback

2009-03-16T19:51:00.000-07:00

Two of my fav Lucky Ali songs...

Sheesha.pk : Pakistan's First Social Microblogging Service

2009-02-03T00:04:00.000-08:00

I have just launched Sheesha.pk. Sheesha.pk is a social microblogging service which allows you to post notices/updates about yourself and share it with friends (just like twitter). However, you can also create and join groups which would allow you to talk to the people of a particular interest. Not only that, it also allows you to export your data in RSS or ATOM format. All that and more

More Memories...

2009-01-17T06:05:00.000-08:00

It was back in late 90's. I was still a school going kid and I was a big fan of different cartoon shows then. Back then, there was a private channel by the name of STN which used to telecast different cartoon series. Starting from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to The Mask, I have many favorites and Of course they bring me back many memories. Here is a collection of cartoons I have made so that I

Pakistani Pop Music in 90's

2008-12-10T09:12:00.000-08:00

The 90's era saw emergence of various pop artists in Pakistan. Some of them came and left, some of them stayed there for some time and some of them went on to become stars. With only two channels namely PTV and STN, one can argue that the exposure they got was somehow very limited but there is certainly no doubt about the quality of work done then. With Music Channel Charts and VJ (STN/NTM), the

Showing Recent Comments in your Blogspot (Blogger)

2008-12-08T22:04:00.000-08:00

When I was revamping my blog, I thought it would be a great thing to show the recent comments of the visitors in the right sidebar. Since I have worked on wordpress, I thought there would be some widget for that for blogger too. Unfortunately, blogger doesn't come with such widget. You always have an option to use third party widgets (that can be integrated into blogger quite easily). For me, I

Google's Strategy

2008-12-07T20:28:00.000-08:00

Found this very interesting presentation regarding the google's strategy towards web and how it monetizes the web.All about GoogleView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: google strategy)

Ahhhh...Good Old Times - Part 2

2008-12-06T05:42:00.000-08:00

Well, in the second last post I shared some glimpses of the system I made for FAST-NU Karachi. The other stuff that I recovered includes some clips from Annual Dinner 2008, and couple of pics which I took to keep them with me (sort of achievements :) ) Here we go then.Annual Dinner 2008, FAST-Karachi CampusAitebar bhee aa hee jayega (Yasir Safeer Full Version)Aitebar bhee aa hee jayega (Yasir

This is my December...It really is!!!

2008-12-03T09:07:00.000-08:00

Needless to mention, this month is a bit too special for me.

Ahhhh...Good Old Times - Part 1

2008-12-01T06:51:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I was just going through the old hard disk which had a virus attack nearly one year ago and I almost ended throwing it away. As I was cleaning the hard drive for viruses, I went to the (www) or web folder which was one of my most used folders when I was studying in FAST. So I thought I would share few glimpses of my web development work from my student life.FYPMS (2006-2007)Well, this

Adding Static ARP Entry in Windows Vista

2008-11-22T20:41:00.000-08:00

I had a real tough time trying to configure my internet connection on Windows Vista. The entry for my DNS was dynamic and I was using arp -d "" as a quick fix. Yesterday, I decided to fix this problem once and for all. I knew that in Ubuntu its quite easy to add a static entry in to the ARP Table. I used the following command which worked quite well in Ubuntu.arp -s "xx.x.x.x" "mm:mm:mm:mm:mm:

Stallman on Cloud Computing

2008-10-18T05:33:00.000-07:00

I am a very big fan of Richard Stallman. This man is responsible for FSF (Free Software Foundation) and GNU. Recently I came across his views on cloud computing. Here is what he said"It's stupidity. It's worse than stupidity: it's a marketing hype campaign""One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control," he said. "It's just as bad as using a

Fedzter (Mission Impossible)

2008-10-18T05:13:00.000-07:00

After working for several hours for the last 3 Months, I have finally managed to complete Fedzter's major functionalities. Its been a real hard work, sleepless nights and very limited social life. I am very confident with the product and I am contacting few companies which might be interested in the product. I haven't revealed much about the product as yet but I do have plans to launch it over

Bzzzzzzzzz times

2008-09-07T21:13:00.000-07:00

Hi,Its been a while since I posted on my blog. I have been busy with the startup I created back in July. Code named as "Fedzter", is now ready for its beta 2 release. I have been working really hard with the schema and test cases. The most important aspect of the product is its user interface. Since I am not good at designing, I am just looking for a person to have final touches with the UI. I am

Microsoft Sharepoint Hosting

2008-08-22T07:16:00.000-07:00

Hi again. I wrote an introduction of Microsoft Sharepoint here. The most cumbersome task is of finding a right host for Microsoft Sharepoint Hosting. Sharepoint Hosting can be used with different options. The two different hosts for Sharepoint that are worth mentioning are Sharepointhosting.com and fpweb.net. Sharepointhosting has been around for a while and I would recommend to try it out if you

Introduction to Microsoft Sharepoint

2008-08-20T06:58:00.000-07:00

I have been working on a startup project using Rich Internet Technologies. For a month or so, I discontinued the development on it but now I am very optimistic that I would end up and meet my deadlines. Since the project demands a team collaboration, I opted for Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 and since I found it very useful, I have decided to post an introduction about Sharepoint for the people that

Welcome to Cloud Computing!!! (Part 2)

2008-07-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

In the second last post, i talked about what cloud computing is and what we can expect from this new emerging platform. Today, i would like to talk about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software As A Service (SAAS) and of course last but not the least Platform As A Service (PAAS). Normally people tend to be confused and use these terms interchangeably so i have decided to define these terms

An Insight into Microsoft's Sql Server Data Services (SSDS)

2008-06-22T03:20:00.000-07:00

It seems as if cloud computing certainly is on the move and everyday you get so much to talk about it. As i am in a process of writing a sequel to my introduction to cloud computing post, I decided to write about SSDS beta. Here is what Microsoft says about SSDS."SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) are highly scalable, on-demand data storage and query processing utility services. Built on robust SQL

Welcome to Cloud Computing !!! (Part 1)

2008-06-16T19:43:00.000-07:00

I ve been waiting to write on this for quite some time now. So today i have finally decided to present my views on cloud computing. Before going any further, let us define what the cloud computing really is.Cloud Computing is about a fault tolerant and scalable platform on which any individual or a startup can deploy an application without worrying about the CPU Usage, Memory Usage , Bandwidth,