The label ‘you never forget your first!’ is normally used for a few select delicacies in our life. Well here is the story to my very first Little Fish session, and yes, you never do forget your first Little Fish live performance. If you don’t believe me, just check them out where ever they are … Read more
By Sami Mughal Infrared detection via Digital Camera Well we all know that there is no way of detecting if our remote (for TV, DVD Player, etc.) is working or not. Main reason for this is that we CANNOT see IR. IR, or infra-red, is basically light beyond the red (and yes that is red … Read more
By Sami Mughal Within 8 hours of Apple announcing the latest feature on their new iPhone 4S, Siri, Dexetra came out with their own version. Ironically it is called Iris, which is Siri spelt backwards. Being more of an android person myself, I had to give it a go, so I downloaded it. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dexetra.irisNow before … Read more
So Samsung phones come with a pretty useful software called Kies Air where you can remotely control your phone like send messages, download photos, play music, manage bookmarks etc. Well I was just doing some usual downloading stuff when I noticed the language options, and there it was, among many others, Urdu! Obviously I … Read more
I love(d) Blogger’s Dynamic Views. However, there is still some way for it to go. I have found it to give me the following bugs: Mobile Devices were unable to work with it. It could not handle a different version for mobile devices for some weird reason. Search ability was restricted to the number of … Read more
The very name ‘Desk Genie’ (http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/desk-genie-non-slip-charging-desk-stand-p22432.htm) inspires a lot of wonder as well as scepticism. However, to say that I am impressed would be an understatement. I ordered this contraption that comes with many promises mostly out of curiosity, but the fact that it has delivered everything on the list definitely gives it a good … Read more
I have been Blogging before it was called blogging. I had a website on Geocities, and I used to use Frontpage with little snippets of Java and HTML. Suddenly the world was introduced to blogging, and two main players took over: Blogger (or blogspot.com) and WordPress. Both have their advantages. Somehow I have always stuck with Blogger, even … Read more
Just because I like to see the stats and usage of the blog, I have come across an interesting request that keeps repeating. People have been trying to translate the website into German. Yes, the title of the blog is what it would translate to in German. And no, I just copy pasted it from … Read more
By Sami Mughal Philips have been very clever in putting a speaker inside a notebook cushion. Even better, they have actually done a good job at combining both those things. The SDC5100 functions as both, a very comfortable notebook cushion as well as a pretty decent speaker. The quality of the build is very good. … Read more
So pleased am I at achieving this feat, that I am actually blogging it! I logged 500 miles to a single fuel tank yesterday, which is 40 litres of PETROL. And in case you are wondering, I drive a Hyundai i20. I do drive carefully, but I do not drive like an old lady!