Author: hatem

I recently upgraded to the Precise Pangolin (12.05) … but it wasn’t a simple process. I had issues regarding dependency breakage which is probably a result of some of the ppa’s I had installed. After deleting some of the packages I had installed…

Was having subtle issues ever since I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. The major issues were all fixed the day I upgraded but the subtle issues showed up after. To be honest I cannot really blame the issues on Ubuntu, they may have not been th…

Teaching AJAX to our co-op student at GenieKnows.com (where I currently work) I decided to show him how it works on Google’s search. In the process of describing anchor text, back button, transporting content, … I had a look at what Google retur…

I have always thought of tickets as being something that is in place to protect and serve. Many people have slandered the institution that issues such tickets claiming it is a means of generating revenue, but I had always thought that it must not …

I have consistently had issues with Rogers Wireless’ incompetence. I wish I would find out where to apply as a Software Engineer so I can look at the, pardon my french, crappy code that powers their Accounting & Billing. Back in 2006 they have man…

Thanks to http://bridell.com/how-to-switch-on-an-imac-sic/ I learnt how to turn on an iMac. Stupid Apple! Edit: The link seems broken now … the power button is basically on the back of the iMac in the lower left corner (when looking at it from t…

Unbelievable, Mozilla you should embrace the 21st century, you should have in the least salted those passwords.———- Forwarded message ———-From: Mozilla Add-ons

I had issues building 6.1rc5 but I finally did it, I have also included the all new ADWLauncher 1.3.3 (it wasn’t really a choice). The issue that I stumbled on was with the revision numbers, I kept getting an error compiling ADW, I wasn’t actually…

I didn’t understand the concept at first, but Jeff Attwood is right (link below)! Although I don’t usually agree with him, this is not an opinion it is a fact. Penny Auctions are not auctions, they are simply Gambling. Why? How do they work, you s…

I was forwarded an email recently with the subject line “Important Information about Google Buzz Class Action Settlement”. At first I thought it could be a hoax, after annalyzing the headers it seemed legit enough, atleast it seems like someone ma…