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Master of All Distractions
2009-04-01 23:58:00 Let’s accept it, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace are all just big distractions. You log onto FB and then you go onto Twitter and then you realize you have a MySpace account too and so on… but wait… now there is something else that will provide you all the distraction right on your desktop. It is ... More About: News , Internet , Master , Distractions
Easy way to get Twitter Followers
2009-03-30 22:47:00 Twitter is now becoming more than a hype, it is becoming a phenomenon. Everyone is rushing to join it and get followers. It can be difficult to get followers if most of your friends don’t use twitter yet but there is a solution. It is called TweeterGetter and puts your twitter account on steroids. Even ... More About: Twitter , Easy , Easy Way
A Sad Day for Oakland
2009-03-23 19:15:00 On Saturday, 21 March 2009, Oakland saw one of the worst days in its history. Four Police officers shot, three dead, one on life support. All four officers were shot by Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland, a parolee who fled after shooting the first two officers following a routine traffic stop, then shot two more ... More About: News , Issues
Tweeting and Jury Duty don?t Mix
2009-03-18 23:19:00 Tweeting is now causing some problems for Jonhathan Powell of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Last month he was called for jury duty and he decided to tweet while serving as member of the jury, this act thrilled his Twitter friends but prompted the defense attorney to seek a new trial. Question is, on what grounds? Well, Powell’s ... More About: News , Internet , Duty
Only In Pakistan
2009-03-16 07:15:00 Let’s take a photo journey of few anomalies that can only take place in Pakistan . Some are funny, some reflect the illiteracy and some are outright stupid. No matter what you think of these pictures… don’t be afraid… just be Pakistani. Un-Official McDonalds in Pakistan Child Friendly School - Islamabad Elevator (lift) check Guy on a Motorcycle Guy on a ... More About: Funny , Photos
Delegation to GAZA
2009-03-13 01:47:00 Attorney Reem Salahi will be speaking about her recent visit to war torn Gaza at San Francisco State University tomorrow Friday March 13, 2009. Reem Salahi is a lawyer and Bridge Fellow for the National Security and Immigrants’ Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. Reem traveled in a ... More About: Politics , Islam , Events , Issues
GWAR Replaces JEPET at SFSU
2009-03-08 08:43:00 San Francisco State University had a graduation requirement where everyone in the undergraduate program had to take and pass JEPET (Junior English Proficiency Essay Test). If you failed, you had to take English 414 and pass it with a C or better grade in order to graduate. JEPET was the most hated graduation requirement on campus. ...
AccountingBLOCK One Year Anniversary
2009-03-03 19:16:00 When I first started out back in March 2008, I had an idea and a vision. I wanted to create an accounting website that would become the top ranking account forum on the internet. I am glad to say that I was able to achieve that goal even before the one year anniversary. Accounting BLOCK currently ... More About: Internet , Anniversary , Forums , Year
Bloggers need Newspapers to Survive
2009-03-01 21:25:00 As a Bay Area resident I wasn’t really shocked when the news broke that San Francisco Chronicle is in trouble. Chronicle isn’t in trouble because of diminishing advertising revenues, it is in trouble because most people get their news online through specialized news blogs and aggregators like Google. To be honest, Chronicle is not ... More About: News , Newspapers , Bloggers , Survive
SFSU [x]Press Needs to Wake-Up!
2009-02-27 21:16:00 SFSU [x]Press is a student run weekly newspaper that primarily deals with the stories and issues that deal with San Francisco State University. On February 11, 2009, an incident took place on SFSU campus and there literally was no coverage about it. Instead, so called journalism majors who run SFSU [x]Press decided to talk ... More About: Videos , News , Islam , Issues
Hasan Elahi - The Colbert Report
2008-05-22 22:46:00 After being accused of terrorist activities, Hasan Elahi decided to create a website documenting his daily activities. He was recently interviewed on the popular comedy central show The Colbert Report. He is Bangladeshi with Blonde Hair and teaches at San Jose State University. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mylifedump.com%2F2008%2 F05%2F22%2Fhasan-elahi-the-colbert-report %2F'; addthis_title = 'Hasan+Elahi+-+The+Colbert+Report'; ... More About: Videos , Politics , Television , Funny
Have You Received your IRS Stimulus Payment?
2008-05-17 03:19:00 According to the IRS website, stimulus payments were suppose to go out starting May 2nd for people who will be receiving direct deposit. According to the schedule, I was suppose to get the payment on May 2nd as I paid my taxes using direct withdrawal and so on May 2nd I was expecting a deposit…. ... More About: Finance , Payment
Videos from ?An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu? Show at UC Berkeley
2008-05-12 07:36:00 I reviewed this show last week and now I have couple of videos to share with you. I mentioned in my review that all the acts like the song/ghazal performances, Qawwali, and Khabarnama were very nicely done. Well… here I have two videos; one is of the Qawwali and the other is of a funny ... More About: Videos , Funny , Music , San Francisco , Pakistan
Review of ?An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu? Show at UC Berkeley
2008-05-07 21:16:00 I went to see “An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu” show at UC Berkeley which was last weekend on May 3rd, 2008. This show was presented by Pakistan i Students Association at UC Berkeley. The show had quite a lineup of acts including, but not limited to, a live song/ghazal performance, a Qawwali, Saturday Night Live type news ... More About: News , San Francisco , Review , Show
Harold and Kumar - Escape from Guantanamo
2008-05-01 20:09:00 One day after it opened, I went to see Harold and Kumar 2 - Escape from Guantanamo . The sequel, like the first one was extremely hilarious with lot of funny jokes with racial tones and lot of stereotype bashing. After the first movie, it was hard to imagine that the producers would not make the sequel. ... More About: Movies , Funny
Lahori Style Basant Celebration in Sunnyvale
2008-04-30 22:54:00 Pakistani American Culture Center (PACC) is organizing a Jashan-e-Baharan (Basant) Celebration this Saturday Mar 3rd, 2008 from 12:00PM ? 5:00PM. Location is Baylands Park, Sunnyvale (Exit off 237 @ Lawrence/ E. Caribbean). Activities include a sumptuous Lahori Lunch (Tandoori Specialities, Chaat House, Halva Puri, Samosas, Pakoras, Lassi, and lot more) Bhangra Performances, Adult and Children Kite ... More About: San Jose , Pakistan , Style
An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu
2008-04-22 20:25:00 Pakistani Students Association at the University of California, Berkeley is hosting an urdu language cultural event on May 3rd, 2008. The event called “Eik Dupair, Urdu Ki Sair” which in English means “An Afternoon Dedicated to Urdu” will have a variety of segments in Urdu that will include skits, plays, musical performances like Qawwali, speeches ... More About: News , San Francisco , Pakistan
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5
2008-04-19 20:31:00 Last week I upgraded MLD (this blog) to the latest version of Wordpress which is 2.5. I am writing my first post using the new wordpress admin and it is excellent. I cannot stop loving wordpress, it is an excellent piece of code written by generous people who have made wordpress available free of charge ...
Update in Hollywood Video Case
2008-04-14 07:24:00 I talked about a girl being disqualified from an interview at Hollywood Video because she was wearing a head scarf a week ago and I am happy to report an update in that case. Apparently, a CAIR representative contacted the manager to mediate the matter explaining that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of ... More About: Islam , San Jose , Issues
My Visit to SFSU Career Fair
2008-04-12 20:37:00 I attended the SFSU career fair yesterday and was disappointed at how things were organized. SFSU gym definitely wasn’t the place for this career fair. It is very small and it was really crowded in there. I don’t know why the GYM was chosen for this career fair because in the Cesar Chavez Student ... More About: San Francisco , Personal life , Career , Fair , Accounting
Hollywood Video disqualifies a Girl Wearing Hijab during a Job Interview
2008-04-06 22:14:00 My wife told me about her friend who just got booted from a job interview at Hollywood Video store in Los Gatos, CA because of her Hijab (head-scarf) which Muslim women usually wear. At first I couldn’t really understand anything and was really surprised because California as a whole is very diverse and you see ... More About: Islam , San Jose , Issues
Zindah Network of Websites
2008-04-03 21:11:00 After a lot of consideration and out of necessity, I have decided to launch a portfolio type website that lists all the websites managed and operated by Zindah Inc. Zindah Network lists all the websites that I (aka Zindah, Inc.) currently operate on an ongoing basis. The purpose of this portfolio type website is to basically ... More About: Internet , Websites
Islamic Art and Architecture
2008-04-01 20:50:00 MCA Outreach Inside Islam Series presents: Islamic Art & Architecture Sunday, May 11th from 2pm-6pm MCA Banquet Hall 3003 Scott Blvd Santa Clara, CA 95054 The goal of the event is to show case the enduring beauty of Islamic Art in many forms, especially in callighraphy and Architecture. Volunteers are needed to: 1. Design an artistic flier for the event 2. Help drive ... More About: News
Upcoming Career Fair at SFSU
2008-03-30 21:33:00 There is a career fair coming up on 11th April at San Francisco State University, I might attend this one as I realy have to get an accounting related job ASAP. Here are the details: Timings: Noon-3:00 p.m Date: 04/11/2008 Open to only SFSU students and alumni (sorry everyone else) Professional attire is required Bring extra resumes and be ... More About: Career , Fair , Accounting , Upcoming
I have a Job Now!
2008-03-22 21:40:00 I had been looking for a job for almost two months and finally have one now. This semester I am taking a break from school and I was looking for a full time job. I interviewed at 3 places, two of the jobs were directly related to accounting and I really wanted to get ...
My Visit to San Francisco Wax Museum
2008-03-21 21:22:00 I went to San Francisco wax museum this week and it was a fairly good experience. I was expecting a little more REAL looking wax statues but was disappointed. I have heard that the wax museum in London is the best one; I want to visit that one day. I took some pictures at the ... More About: Photos , Personal life , Museum , Visit
Mp3 Music Album - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2008-03-19 01:54:00 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is in the list of my all time favorite Bollywood movies. I like the music, the story, the acting, the magic and everything else that this movie brings to light. I got hold of the mp3 music album in zip format and thought you guys would like to listen to it. ... More About: Music , Album
AccountingBLOCK.com - Accounting Forums
2008-03-17 18:33:00 Even though I had been working on Accounting BLOCK for a while, today I announce its launch. Accounting is very near and dear to my heart as I am pursuing my Bachelors in Accounting. I always wanted to start a website related to accounting and finally I decided that the best way I can contribute to ... More About: Internet , Finance , Money , Forums
Amal Soliman - First Female Marriage Officer Appointed in Egypt
2008-03-17 00:24:00 In Egypt , first female marriage officer was appointed last month in a very unprecedented move. Islam ic countries usually draw a line which defines the role of women in public. Sometimes this has to do more with tradition then Islam. The appointment of a female marriage officer is a big thing because women are barred from ... More About: Middle East , Marriage , Female
Alia Ansari?s Murder wasn?t a Hate Crime
More articles from this author:2008-03-13 22:12:00 Alia Ansari, 37, and a motrher of six was gunned down in Fremont, California on October 19th 2006. Manuel David Urango was found guilty March 10th of first-degree murder of Alia Ansari. She was walking her 3 year old daughter to school when she was shot dead. Fremont has a big afghan community and this ... More About: News , Murder , Islam , Crime , Hate 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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