Hashem E.Zahran.

Installing Ruby on Rails on Windows 7

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:35:50 +0000

In the last two articles, I talked about what is Ruby and what is Ruby on Rails. and what is the meaning of MVC architecture. So we kinda have a general idea of what we will be talking about in the following articles. From this Article we will not only talk but we will start [...]

Riding the Rails: Introduction to Ruby on Rails

Hashem E.Zahran. — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:49:44 +0000

I’m pretty sure that you by now are wondering What is Ruby on Rails? and how it can help me in creating my future web application? How easy is it to learn this language? Well, to answer all your questions let’s first start by understanding the meaning of Ruby on Rails. and to understand that [...]

Riding the Rails: Getting Started with Ruby on Rails

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:02:56 +0000

It has been nearly 8 months since I decided to learn a programming language and get away from the design field, So during my search for an easy to use and easy to learn language I found Ruby. I’ve heard about it a a lot in the past few years, and maybe you’ve heard about [...]

Cloud Computing: 7 Online Virtual Desktop

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:56:37 +0000

A web desktop or webtop is a desktop environment embedded in a web browser or similar client application. A webtop integrates web applications, web services, client–server applications, application servers, and applications on the local client into a desktop environment using the desktop metaphor. Web desktops provide an environment similar to that of Windows, Mac, or [...]

30 Ramadan Wallpapers + 20 Ramadan Songs

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:08:11 +0000

First of all I’d like to say Happy Ramadan & Ramadan Kareem to all my wife, my family, my friends, my coworkers, my team, and to all my blog readers. May Allah bless your days and accept all your prayers in this great month. For those who don’t know what is Ramadan and why we [...]

6 free open-source high-performance HTTP servers

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:05:42 +0000

As a web developer, you probably know that you always need to use a testing environment to run your web application or to test a new feature to be added to your current application without messing out with your current on server running application. Every Geek knows that there is no place like 127.0.0.1 which [...]

20 incredible single page websites for your inspiration

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:55:35 +0000

In this new age of modern web design and development standards, you’ll find designers are trying to showcase their portfolio in the most effective and attractive ways to bring more attention to their services. Weather they are trying to design a complete portfolio website, or just one single page design to showcase what they can [...]

4 free open source network management software

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:03:26 +0000

A Network Management System (NMS) is a combination of hardware and software used to monitor and administer a network. NMS systems make use of various protocols for the purpose they serve. For example, SNMP protocol allows them to simply gather the information from the various devices down the network hierarchy. NMS software is responsible for [...]

9 useful scripts to build your own Social Network Site

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:13:43 +0000

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called “nodes,” which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige. Social network analysis views social relationships in terms of network [...]

Synergy+ share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers

Hashem E.Zahran. — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:44:30 +0000

During my search for a software to make me share a single mouse and keyboard across my 4 work stations instead of buying a KVM, I came across with this wonderful open source software which is called “Synergy+ (synergy-plus)”. Synergy+ lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating [...]

Aslaha Betefre2

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:06:06 +0000

Amr Diab was born in Port Said, Egypt to a highly educated middle class family. His mother, was a French teacher in the Lycee Francais school of Port Said. Abdel Basset Diab, Amr’s Father, graduated from the faculty of commerce at the University of Alexandria in 1958. He joined the Suez Canal Corporation as an [...]

Showcase of 9 incredible fonts you should use

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:55:09 +0000

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space [...]

EgyDalil

Hashem E.Zahran. — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:25 +0000

From 2 weeks ago, i discovered that I’ve a domain named EgyDalil.com and I thought why i didn’t use it yet, so I start installing different open sources scripts on it to test and see or even have an idea on what um going to do with it. Yesterday I was searching for Egyptian content [...]

Top 7 sharing sites for Twitter

Hashem E.Zahran. — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:11:13 +0000

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., that enables its users to send and read other user messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page. Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained notability and [...]

6 free online image editors

Hashem E.Zahran. — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:05:09 +0000

As a designer, you already know what it means to have a Mac loaded with your best image editor software Photoshop. but what if you can’t access your Mac or even you can get a Photoshop license? There are a lot of free online image editors tools that you can use, a simple Google search [...]

3 free Operating systems for your netbook

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:01:59 +0000

Netbooks (sometimes also called mini notebooks or ultraportables) are a branch of subnotebooks, a rapidly evolving category of small, lightweight, and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing Web-based applications; they are often marketed as “companion devices”, i.e., to augment a user’s other computer access. At their inception in late 2007 — as [...]

5 Virtualization Application for development testing

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:17:37 +0000

As a developer, and tester at the same time, I need to have multiple operating systems to test my applications or even my design to get a better look of what the user will see. Of course I can not have multiple OS that dual boot on my system cause that would be painful especially [...]

How to add custom Google Map to your site?

Hashem E.Zahran. — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:04:11 +0000

During my search on how to customize a Google map to be added into a project I’m working on, I came across on on a very useful tutorial on how to Google maps more customized by adding your company logo, parking lots, or even the nearest traffic directions on how to get into your location. [...]

Keyword Density Vs Keyword Stuffing

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:33:27 +0000

When crafting an article for SEO exposure propose, a client requested a keyword density of 10 percent should be achieved at least. In a 500 words article this wouldn’t be a problem if the keyword is “the” which means the keyword stated on that article should be repeated 50 times at least, but for a [...]

free all-purpose icons for UI designers and web developers

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:00:53 +0000

The open-source world is overwhelmed with design resources. For UI designers and website developers, there are a huge number of nice icon collections but most of these collections are designed for specific purpose, theme or industry. Most of the time, designers have to mix and match desired icons and customize them according to the requirements [...]

5600+ Amazing Free Icons

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:57:44 +0000

As a designer, you already know that it’s kinda hard to find free for commercial use icon sets to us on your projects. Over the past few years I’ve been gathering icons over web to be used in my client projects. Sometime I had to design my own icon sets because almost all icons i [...]

10 Brilliant Web Design Tutorials

Hashem E.Zahran. — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:25:59 +0000

If you are interested in web design, This those tutorials would be useful for you. Even professional designers can use tips and tricks from other tutorials found on the internet. So in this post I’ll show you 10 briliant web design tutorials that I’ve always stumbled upon. All of the tutorials use Photoshop for the [...]

Windows 7 GodMode

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:54:26 +0000

Yes you read it right, I know it seems like a joke, but guess what it’s a reality. Windows 7 has a GodMode which enables you to have a place where you can get to all the settings without having to browse around and click through options and folders in control panel. So, How can [...]

Ben Eidek

Hashem E.Zahran. — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:18:01 +0000

Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan (Arabic: محمد فؤاد عبد الحميد حسن ; born December 20, 1961) Mohamed Fouad is a popular Egyptian singer, actor and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1980s when he released his first album Habeina. 01- Ebn Balad 01- Ebn Balad 02- Bein Edeik 02- Bein Edeik 03- Besohola [...]

Haga mosh tabe3ya

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:40:45 +0000

Mohamed Hamaki (Arabic: محمد حماقي‎; born Mohamed Ibrahim Hamaki in Cairo, on November 4, 1975) is an Egyptian singer. His mother is from Aswan, Egypt. His first appearance was through his song “El Helw Yeheb El Heneya” which was released in 1996 in the album “Leqaa Al Nogoom”. The album was the work of Hamid [...]

ADDA Host

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:41:37 +0000

ADDA Host is the preferred choice for hosting personal and small business websites in Alexandria, Egypt. Related Posts Aslaha Betefre2 American Cosmetics US Arab Chamber 20 incredible single page websites for your inspiration 9 useful scripts to build your own Social Network Site

American Cosmetics

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:38:45 +0000

American cosmetics manufacturers association (ACMA) is a U.S. trade association that founded to issue Free Sale Certificates to cosmetic manufacturers. The company started by offering certification services to cosmetics. Related Posts US Arab Chamber ADDA Host 20 incredible single page websites for your inspiration 9 useful scripts to build your own Social Network Site Aslaha [...]

My Social Card

Hashem E.Zahran. — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:50:55 +0000

Font information: This design uses Calibri Font, it can be legally downloaded by following the directions here: For PC – http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/download-windows-vista-fonts-legally.html For MAC – http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/free-download-calibri-font-on-mac/3684/ Icons: Social Network Icon Pack. Practika Icon Set. Download Information: download link: Click on the icon or Click here to download. file size: (9.70MB) added on: 18/07/2010 total clicks: 44 [...]

Color Motion Business Card

Hashem E.Zahran. — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:29:33 +0000

A “3.5”x”2” Business card design. 2 different color variations light & dark. Fonts Used: ** All fonts used in this design can be obtained from Adobe Font Folio 11. Helvetica Inserat LT Std. Helvetica Neue LT Std. Myriad Pro. Files Included: Layerd CMYK ready PSD file. Layerd RGBready PSD file. JPG design preview image Full [...]

Elegant BlueBlack

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:12:58 +0000

CMYK Ready – 300DPI – 3.5×2 in Curved Corner Business Card Design. Font Information: Bastardus Sans – Free font can be downloaded from this link. Download Information: download link: Click on the icon or Click here to download. file size: (36.88MB) added on: 18/07/2010 total clicks: 51 description: Free Elegant BlueBlack Business Card Design. Related [...]

SplashO’Mania v2.0

Hashem E.Zahran. — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:35:18 +0000

Font Information: Palatino Linotype. Microsoft Himalaya. Trebuchet MS. Extra Credits: Ink drops brushes by synthexstock. Download Information: download link: Click on the icon or Click here to download. file size: (19.97MB) added on: 18/07/2010 total clicks: 33 description: Free Splash O'Mania Business Card Rev2 Related Posts Riding the Rails: Introduction to Ruby on Rails Showcase [...]

SplashO’Mania v1.0

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:06:27 +0000

Font Information: Palatino Linotype. Microsoft Himalaya. Trebuchet MS. Extra Credits: Ink drops brushes by synthexstock. Download Information: download link: Click on the icon or Click here to download. file size: (20.48MB) added on: 18/07/2010 total clicks: 34 description: Free Splash O'Mania Business Card Rev1 Related Posts Showcase of 9 incredible fonts you should use Elegant [...]

Gurngy Look Business Card

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:44:37 +0000

This is a print ready business card design 4 background variations. It’s 3.5×2in 300DPI CMYK ready design. Fonts Information: Helvetica Neue LT Std “These can be obtained as part of the Adobe font folio”. Century Gothic “Free Windows Font”. Files Included: Layerd CMYK ready PSD file. Layered RGB ready PSD file. PNG design preview image. [...]

US Arab Chamber

Hashem E.Zahran. — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:30:30 +0000

The US Arab Chamber of Commerce is a nationally recognized chamber of commerce which serves the business community by providing certification for commercial invoices, certificates of origin and related export documents. Related Posts American Cosmetics ADDA Host 20 incredible single page websites for your inspiration 9 useful scripts to build your own Social Network Site [...]

Curved Art Business Card

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:41:51 +0000

This is a print ready business card design 4 colors & 2 cut variations. It’s 3.5×2in 300DPI CMYK ready design. Fonts Information: Myriad Pro. Rockwell Condensed. Card Previews: Files Included: Layerd CMYK ready PSD file. Layered RGB ready PSD file. PNG design preview image. Full preview JPG images for both front design & 8 back [...]

Beauty Salon Business Card

Hashem E.Zahran. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:26:36 +0000

This is a print ready business card design for beauty salons. It’s 3.5×2in 300DPI CMYK ready design. Fonts Information: Myriad Condensed Web “These can be obtained as part of the Adobe font folio”. GAMECUBEN “Can be obtained for free from http://www.fontcubes.com/GAMECUBEN.font”. Trebuchet MS. Files Included: Layerd CMYK ready PSD file. Layered RGB ready PSD file. [...]