Saturday, October 21, 2006

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom

At last, I'm free again, I got rid of the chains in my leg, I have two legs once again, though I feel that one is smaller than the other, but who cares, I've got them once again, wooopieeeeeeeeeee
I guess I'm going to celebrate

Friday, October 20, 2006

Sho Hal Ayam

A magnificent concert held at Mohtaraf Al Remal in Al lwaibdeh, I enjoyed Lot's of the songs I missed for some of time.
Also a beautiful atmosphere, and meeting Lot's of people I haven't seen for quit some time, it was something like heaven for me :P
This group of musicians included:
Tarek Al Jundy (Bouzouq I don't know if it has another name in English)
Ihab Abu Hmad (Oud and Classic Guitar)
Ma'en Al Saied (Percussion)
Baha Othman (Classic and Electric Guitar)
Enass Al sa'ed (Vocals)
Ghaida'a Hamoudeh (Vocals)
They played so beautifully some of the songs that I really miss, it got my memories back in time, including:
Adaish Kan Fee Nas (Fairouz)
El Bent El Shalabiah (Traditional)
Eny Ikhtartok Ya Watany (Marcel Khalifah)
Parts of Ana Ahmad Al Arby (Marcel Khalifah)
Sho Hal Ayam (Ziad Al Rahabany)
Mais El Reem (Ziad Al Rahabany)
El Bahr Bydhak Laih (El Shaikh Emam)
Sharfte Ya Nicson Baba (El Shaikh Emam)
Cuba (Khaild El Haber)

and another magnificent songs.
The place was nice, the audience was good, and the band played cool, what else can a man ask for in this life.
Here is some of the pictures I took there.





Thursday, October 19, 2006

The Origin of Homo Sapiens

Are we Ape descendants? someone here disagrees, watch

Options

it's all about options, or cucumber.
what is your option (cucumber)?

Make a stand

I guess it's time for us to make a stand, but for that you should see this video
very funny :P

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Why Cows Gone Mad

So funny Enjoy it

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Monday, October 16, 2006

أخذ وعطى

Shoo Hal Ayam

Thursday, 19 October 2006 at 21:00 featuring "Shoo Hal Ayam?" at Muhtaraf al Rimal.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Creative Fights

I just recieved this email, I think it's cute so I would like to share it

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Nothing

Actually, I'm not posting this because I have nothing to post about, I have written a set of posts and some key notes, so that I would write them when I have time and mood, but it seems that it's so hard.
I also put notes for three posts to put on my technical blog, but the same shit happens.

My Leg
So what have happened lately, oh yes, My leg is still stabilized, which had put me to the thing of working at home, and I can really tell you that it's not fun in anyway, my whole life is a mess right now, my hard movement led to a lot of shit, My house is so messed up that it's not suitable for human beings anymore, and also, no face to face socializing is killing me.

Love
Another thing that a couple of friends told me that I'm in love, I didn't know that actually, and I didn't expect the girl too, she told more than a person that I'm falling for her, and that she needs to be away for sometime, well what do you know, she 7 years older, and totally not my type, and I expected her to be mature enough, and as a friend of me that used to talk a lot, she should have known that I so damn picky that I don't get attracted to anyone.
what is it with girls, if you're nice to her, that doesn't mean you are falling for her, it's so annoying, like what I shouldn't have female friends unless I'm planning to have them as girlfriends or something, or not to be even nice to females, well the moment I heard the news, damn, the thing flashed to my mind, if every girl is like this one (which I thought that she was very mature) well this means I'm Casanova by now, damn I hate when this shit happens.

Music
Also, I got a new Collection of music, a very big list of Jazz songs, with some classic Rock and blues, I'm spending lots of time discovering new songs (for me), which are really cool, which leads to looking for other songs for the same artist and evaluate them too :P.
Movies
I went to the DVD store the other day, as I was passing by it, and at that moment that my to watch list is almost done, and I couldn't find a thing to watch, I went to home and rewrote my list, it's only 5 movies, I've watched since then 2 of them, I guess I should look for new movies to watch.
One of my friends who is also a Movie fan, explained to me that I have went to far with the movies thing, I should quit :P.

Work
And in those new days we are planning to lunch a new project, actually today it was supposed to be finished and ready for overall testing, but there was a little delay, part of it was my mistake, as I exceeded some deadlines for the tasks I should be doing, but it's not always something you can control, you know, I guess I've enhanced my multitasking skills a lot, by now I guess I could be working on three codes for three different projects, which are unrelated, at the same moment, I guess that's an accomplishment.

Well, I guess, this is what have to say right now So .....

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

University of Virginia Student Graduates in One Year

18-year-old David Banh recently graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Physics and Mathematics, and an education paid for almost entirely by scholarships. What's truly amazing is that he did it in one year, bringing in 72 Advanced Placement credits, then taking 23 credits his fall semester, 37 credits his spring semester and 3 credits in the summer. His brief undergraduate career didn't leave him much time to explore college, so he's now working on his master's degree.

more on the story
It's really something, but is it really worth it, for me, I don't think so, I just hope to get back to my old days at the university

Monday, September 18, 2006

The 36th Anniversary of the passing of James Marshall Hendrix




Today Marks the 36th Anniversary for the passing of one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century.


In the early morning hours of September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London. Hendrix died amid circumstances which have never been fully explained, and the exact details of his death will probably never be confirmed. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend, Monika Dannemann, and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking nine Vesperax sleeping pills, then asphyxiating on his own vomit. For years, Dannemann publicly claimed that Hendrix was alive when placed in the back of the ambulance; however, her comments about that morning were often contradictory and confused, varying from interview to interview. Police and ambulance reports reveal that not only was Hendrix dead when they arrived on the scene, but he had been dead for some time, the apartment's front door was wide open, and the apartment itself empty. Following a libel case brought in 1996 by Hendrix's long-term British girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, Monika Dannemann allegedly took her own life.

A sad poem written by Hendrix that was found in the apartment has led some to believe that he committed suicide. More speculative is the belief that Hendrix was murdered—forcibly given the sleeping pills and wine, then asphyxiated with a scarf by professionals hired by manager Michael Jeffery. The most accepted and credible theory, however, is that he simply misjudged the potency of the sleeping pills, and asphyxiated in his sleep due to an inability to regain consciousness when he vomited.

Reports that Hendrix's tapes of the concept album Black Gold had been stolen from the London flat are in fact wrong: the tapes were handed to Mitch Mitchell by Jimi at the Isle of Wight Festival three weeks prior to his death. Hendrix's Greenwich Village apartment, however, was indeed plundered by an unknown series of vandals who stole numerous personal items, tapes, and countless pages of lyrics and poems, some of which have resurfaced in the hands of collectors or at auctions.

more ...

Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. Hendrix's innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. Because he was unable to read or write music, it is nothing short of remarkable that Jimi Hendrix's meteoric rise in the music took place in just four short years. His musical language continues to influence a host of modern musicians, from George Clinton to Miles Davis, and Steve Vai to Jonny Lang.

Jimi Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix at 10:15 a.m. on November 27, 1942, at Seattle's King County Hospital, was later renamed James Marshall by his father, James "Al" Hendrix. Young Jimmy (as he was referred to at the time) took an interest in music, drawing influence from virtually every major artist at the time, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Holly, and Robert Johnson. Entirely self-taught, Jimmy's inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he heard.
For Me I guess he deserves a moment of silence and spend the rest of the day influence by his music.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Happy Software Freedom Day

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International provides guidance in organizing SFD, but volunteer teams around the world organize their own SFD events to impact their own communities.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Broken Leg

After a week of my leg hurting me so much (for no reason), I went to a doctor, and it came out that it was broken, the problem is that I don't remember breaking it, or even hitting it with something, so he explained that this kind of fracture is called Stree Fracture, which is a result of overuse of the bone, it happens a lot to the athelets, specially tennis and Basketball players, and to the soldiers.
The thing is I'm not a soldier, and I don't play Tennis nor Basketball, I hardly play any kind of sports .....
"Do you walk a lot?", the doctor asked, "Yes", I answered, "Oh, well that is the reason". Walking is one of my hobbies, actully I love walking a lot, I don't do it to lose weight, to be more presice, none of the people I know walk as much as me.
Well, I guess this leads me to the question that I always hate, What is it with the human body? If you don't walk or play sports, you would have lots of health problems, if you do, you would have this Stress Fracture thing. and getting me back to teeth, you brush them twice a day, and you end up having problems in sleeping from their pain, and looking at animals, My parents have lots of cats, and a couple of dogs, I don't remember any of them ever brushed thier teeth, also I don't remember any of them having problems in thier teeth too.
So would someone explain to me what is it with the human body?

Monday, September 04, 2006

Warning - Too Dangerous Together

Just listening to one of these songs makes me high, what happens if I heard them all together. But be ware that this would effect you, only if you are a Blues listener, and adore Jimi Hendrix as much as I do.
Well, you think I'm kidding, well if you match the conditions above, try to listen to Once I Had a Woman, OK after you listened to it how do you feel, aren't you high already, Now if you are not high, well you don't need to continue, as you don't match the conditions, if you do, well be careful this can be extremely dangerous, it's preferable that one of the other type be with you - but of course he needs to shut up, cause these people can ruin everything - in case you needed help.
OK, now go to the second song, Red House, Man that really hurts, It's really a great one, it could make you high alone too.
So, you're still a live, ready for another shot, well go for the great Born Under a Bad Sign, this one is going to get you down, it's extremely dangerous, and you can get an overdose from it, especially after the other two songs.
Of course you can go for other songs after it, but your life might be in danger, so in case you wanted to listen to those 3 songs together put some other songs between them.
I almost took those three songs together yesterday, but a guy from the other type started nagging, and got me out of the mood :s.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Apple Launches New Site for Open Source

Mac OS Forge dedicated to projects focused on Mac OS X.

Mac OS Forge, a new community development site hosted by Apple, was recently launched to support Web Kit and other open source projects focused on Mac OS X. In addition, developers can create and browse third-party open source projects that are closely related to the Macintosh operating system. Current projects on Mac OS Forge include source code to the new iCal Server in Leopard Server, and Apache-licensed versions of Bonjour service discovery and Launchd process management.

While select projects in Mac OS X are featured on Mac OS Forge, a complete set of open source software within Mac OS X can be found by visiting the Apple Developer Connection.


Taken form the Apple Developer Connection newsletter

Monday, August 28, 2006

Sunrise - Norah Jones



I really listen to this Song a lot

Saturday, August 26, 2006

قصيدة لمظفر النواب مهداة إلى لبنان

من دمشق التي يعاني فيها مظفر النواب سكرات الموت كما ذكر الشاعر احمد فؤاد نجم في حديثه لمحطة الجزيرة قبل ايام جاءت اخر قصيدة لمظفر من سرير المرض ... القصيدة مهداة الى لبنان وفيها يقول:


كهرمان ... يا كهرمان
الوطن المتساوي الأضلاع
رجسٌ لن يقبله منذ الآن ... الأمريكان
*
كهرمان ... يا كهرمان
في يوم واحد تتناقص ثلاثة بلدان
طهرانٌ تقضم من كبد البصرة
ومن إبطيها تُسحل غزة
وعلى “ أربعة عشر “ صليباً يتخوزق لبنان
*
كهرمان ... يا كهرمان
هل علم فلسطين هو الممنوع
وتزدحم بأعلام ( الفيفا ) بلادي
وبأعلام الألمان
*
في غزة يتوالى القصف
والبلدان العربية
تبذل أقصى طاقتها
من جُمل “ التنديد
وعبارات “ العطف
هذا يستغرب “ الاستخدام المفرط للقوة
وآخر يدعو الشقيقة اسرائيل لضبط النفس
والثالث يخشى من دورة عنف
والرابع يُرسل أرخص انواع البطانيات
لتحمي القتلى
من” أمطار الصيف
*
في القاهرة اجتمع الوزراء
الحمد لله لم يتأخر منهم واحدْ
(هذا أكبر إنجاز في هذا الظرف)
قال عمرو موسى
استطعنا أن نجمعهم على رأي واحد
من أفتى للشيخ حسن أن يخرق إجماع الأمة
ويشقّ الصفّ ؟
وفي تونس كاميرات صُنعت خصيصاً للمسجد
تحصي شعرات اللحية
وتحفظ دعوات المغرب
وتؤرشف أسماء العُبّاد
تساعد الملكين على الكتفين
وتتدخل أيضا لو أن محجبةً مرت من تحت الشباك
هذا بلدٌ منفتحٌ لا يسمح أن يسكنه النُسّاك
*
في “ السوليدير
لجنة تحقيق تنبش تحت” الإسفلت
وشاليهات السُيّاح
من وضع “ الديناميت
ومن أشعله بسيارات “ الموكب “؟
الولد الفذ
لن يتسامح
حتى لو ورث “ المستقبل
و” آذار
وما ترك “ الجمّال
الجد “ في “ جدة “ لا يسمح
والولد الشاطر يسمع آراء العُــقّال
*
كهرمان ... يا كهرمان
من يحمي الآن الخرفان
إن كان الذئب صديقاً
وحليفاً
وهو الآمر والناهي
في هذا البستان ؟
*
والشيخة “عكا “ في المستشفى
بدأت تفتح عينيها
من يعرف ، في هذا القصف ،
إن كانت تتذكر أبويها ؟
ارشقها بالبحر يا “ حج حسن
بالرعب فقط ... تسقط آثار الرعب
على قدميها
*
من يتذكر في هذي الأيام
صواريخ “ الفاكهاني
وحصار “ الشيّاح
لم ينتحر الثوار كما اقتضت المصلحة الليبية
فمن منكم يعرف
ماذا يفعل في هذي الليلة سُلطان عُمان ؟
*
يا سيدي حسن
يا سْيدي ... في جُبّتك الخوف أمان
يتلفّع “ نصر الله “ إذا جاء
بآيات القرآن
هذا الفتح الـــ ... من عند الله ومن “ مارون الراس
لا من عند “ الأمريكان
فسبح بحمد ربك
واستغفره
لن تبقى “ حيفا “ هادئة
بعد الآن

Monday, August 07, 2006

What IF?

Well let's start by that History doesn't understand the question what if, like what if I didn't quit from my previous company, what if I didn't drink coffee this morning, what if I studied more before I went to the test, or what if the USSR didn't collapse? well things already happened, end of story.
Or how about the answer, the world wouldn't be the same, how not the same? this question has no answer. History has one dimension, and one Trend.
Well, this gets us to another topic, REGRET, e.g. I regret that I quited my previous work, oh really, and what did this made you, nothing, a better sentence would be, By quitting my previous work, I learned that I should appreciate the things I have, I'm not trying to be this positive guy, but it's a fact regret wont do you a thing, why?, cause things already happened, and you can't change them.
Everybody have done mistakes in his life, shouldn't they regret it? of course not, things that happened in your life made you who you are today, they taught you, they shaped you.
Now, lets assume that you can go back in history, you've built (or bought) your time machine, and you want to go back in history to change the mistakes you made, well the first thing is that this history is your future not your history, cause you've already done that (stupid ha?!), so if you want to go back in history, you should loose everything you took from that time till now, how is that, it's that you didn't gain any experience from what happened from the moment your going back to, till this moment, i.e. you don't have the conclusion that you should regret this thing, so you are going to do the same mistake again, and regret it once again.
OK, so I've done a mistake what should I do? well at first, if you are really convinced that it's a mistake, try to fix it, usually you wouldn't be able to, cause that is what regret is in the first place, OK now what?, LEARN from it. and stop crying like a baby, regret wont do you nothing.
Another Topic Pops up here, if I where in your place I would've done ..., stop the crap, the first thing you are not me, that's a fact, secondly if you were me you won't be in the exact same situation I were in, cause you where in another situation, that's history dude, OK what does that concludes us to ..., Everybody is the best to be himself, i.e. I'm the best man to be me, I don't mean that there aren't people better than me (although there are not :P kidding), better is a relational word, someone is better than some one in something specific, i.e. I'm better that the secretary in writing code, and for someone to be himself, nobody is better him.

Another Piece Of My Crap