There has been much speculation over the green light in the library basement in the AUS Library. Students are not allowed down there, nobody has even seen even staff go to the basement. What is exactly there in the basement? From the freshman year there have been various theories about the library basement: such as [...]
Linux is a great operating system to run on a netbook. There are many linux distributions available made specially for netbooks, but running a standard lightweight distribution is a good idea. I will not take sides, but Xubuntu, Debian and Arch are good choices. What matters more is what desktop environment you are using. Gnome [...]
For the first time I have considered Ruby for programming a desktop application. Switching from Visual Basic, it seemed that programming the GUI would be very difficult, but it seems that you can do it easily with glade. Also I like how you can get gems from ruby forge.
I wanted to fetch and post some [...]
I recently came across Django, the python equivalent of Rails. Since scalability and availability of low cost hosting is a major issue when I have a web app in mind, it seemed to me it would be better if I switch to python considering Google app engine provides free hosting and deployment, which could be [...]
This concept has been told and retold before, but I didnt get a chance to blog about it. Most of the year at AUS, it is unbearably hot outside, each time you enter a building you thank God for creating AC. Its usually quite cold inside buildings.
During a typical day a typical student has to [...]
I haven’t blogged in months, I felt like paying more attention to more useful things. I have been working on a car for the FSAE competition. Now I am programming the ground station for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. After a lot of confusion of where I’m heading, I have no regrets that I decided to [...]
Today was my last IB exam, and finally after months of hardship, its over. I must say although IB may have given me a little different experience, I am an A Level kind of person. My grades have been very low, reason for getting rejected at universities where I would really like going to. I am pretty sure my grades would have been superb if I were doing A Levels.
Well, I should also blame TIS for the bad grades and frustration. At my new school, EIS, it was fun and exciting, while very tough at the same time. I would really miss this place.
I have never waited for any other day as I have waited for today. I had put a counter on iGoogle and google desktop(when I used it) for this day. Finally it counts 0 days.
159 days till i get out of the cage of IB, i.e. my last IB exam. I am already beginning to plan what I want to do. Firstly I want to go trekking, there are so many wonderful places out there like Nanga Parbat, Deosai, Rakaposhi and Siri paye. Trekking previous June was one of the best experiences of my life. This time I also want to do something more thrilling as well like rock climbing, repelling or rafting.
Then I am thinking of doing an internship somewhere as I have never had any sort of real work experience. I might take up some open source coding project, some entrepreneurial idea or both. And of course I want to meet everyone I know in Pakistan before I go on to university.
No post for a long time, I have been quite busy and am trying to reduce the amount of time I waste using my computer, i.e. being carried away browsing sites which are irrevelevant to any of my IB assignments.
A little update on my life, I have started taking guitar lessons, and have to buy a guitar, just that I cant find any time to go to some place to shop for it. Finally my extended essay is beginning to take some shape but still far from complete, instead of doing lab experiments I want to create a computer simulation for the essay. I am making some progress catching up with the french class, but really need to work on my vocabulary.
Over the course of Ramadan I have mastered the art of sleeping in the bus, now I am aware of several postures that are suitable for sleeping. I had got a backache from the way I used to sleep before. One Thursday my phone and watch slipped out of my pocket while sleeping and I had to wait till Sunday to get them back.
Some interesting things from class. Economics period. We are missing a teacher, so there is a substitute but he stays outside the class and we are engaged in various activities. Suddenly he comes in and asks why are some of us listening to music. Somebody says: “Im not listening to music, im learning spanish!” *pause* “Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa “. Really good excuse!
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