Let Us [C]ook

Posted by anas on Sep 19, 2008 in Life | 6 comments Absar’s mousse misadventure kinda motivated me to cook something for dinner tonight. It’s always a risky business at a full house dinner when your item is supposed to form a part of the main course (we usually have one course dinners anyways ); the risk being that everyone is relying on you and your cooking skills for food!! I’m not a neophyte in kitchen activities but that...
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Bunking Classes…

Posted by anas on Sep 18, 2008 in Personal Rants | 8 comments When was the first time I bunked a class? I thought for this about a good ten minutes. The answer wasn’t easy and went back to all my childhood days. As far as I recalled, it was in grade 3!! I can’t believe this! My first ever bunk (as best as my memory serves) was a karate class in grade 3. I also remember the reasons pretty well. It was the karate instructor who thought he was...
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My First WordPress Plugin! [Comment Replacement]

Posted by anas on Sep 16, 2008 in Geek Speak | 8 comments Last night someone posted a profane comment and I was forced to replace that comment with a warning that the comment has been removed for so and so reasons. A friend (Awais Karim) then commented asking whether I modified that original comment or was it a feature of the blog? With an empty stomach and a lot of time for Iftar, an idea of automating this process with the help of a WP plugin rushed...
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Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto Links

Posted by anas on Sep 16, 2008 in Geek Speak | 4 comments How many times have you cursed Outlook for opening up when you click on an e-mail address linked on a website? In fact, I began to wonder if those mailto links were of any use if someone doesn’t use an e-mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird?? But the problem is solved now! Clicking on those mailto’s will open up your Gmail with the intended address in the To field in your Firefox...
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Yes, This Is You!

Posted by anas on Sep 16, 2008 in Geek Speak | 2 comments Gmail is known for many of its top features including labels, filters and search. But did you know that you have an unlimited number of aliases in addition to your primary address? Consider the following: If your email address is username@gmail.com, then user.name@gmail.com, us.er.n.ame@gmail.com, u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com, etc. are all yours as well. The number of dots can be unlimited, the...
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