Author: Moazzam
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Men and Jewelry in Islam
Can men wear any jewelry in Islam? The answer is : No, except for a silver ring which weighs less than 4.235 grams. The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to wear a silver ring in his pinky finger with an Abyssinian stone in it. And, he would make the stone face his palm. The…
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A dua to improve your health
My brother found this dua in the book “Children around the prophet” my brother found this dua.
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RSS Feeds for this blog
For those who want RSS feeds on from this blog, you can click on the big orange icon on the right. It is an RSS feed icon. Here’s a picture of it: Of course, I will probably end up changing the theme of this blog again and then this post will become invalid.
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Java 101 – Lesson 4 – Variables
We know how to compile and run a basic Java application. We also know the basic structure of code for Java. If you don’t know what I am talking about, please refer to the previous articles in the Java 101 series (lessons 1, 2 and 3). In this article, we will take a look at…
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Java 101 – Lesson 3 – Dissecting Hello World
This article is a continuation of articles in the series of Java 101. You will need to read lesson 1 and lesson 2 to completely understand this article (or blog post, or whatever you want to call it). In lesson 2, we executed a piece of code, which printed “Hello World” on the command prompt…
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An application from back in the day
I found a screenshot I had taken of a website which hosted an open source component I wrote a while ago. Back then, I was very active with open source development. Now, life has gotten so busy that I haven’t been able to spend much time on it. This was one of my first applications…
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Windows Mobile 6.5
I downloaded and tested Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM on my HTC Kaiser and I have to say it has a much better user interface than its predecessors. It is finger friendly, has tap-scrolling (drag to start scrolling and tap to stop scrolling) and its “Today” screen is much better (very similar to the Hyperdragon ROM).…
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Java 101 – Lesson 2 – Getting familiar with Java
I’ve never been too fond of books when trying to learn a language for the first time. The reason is that they give you too many details in the beginning that you may not necessarily be interested in until later on. The approach that I’ve found to be very useful in learning or teaching is…
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Java 101 – Lesson 1 – Installing the JDK
Since this is the first class, I guess I should talk about what Java is. Java is a language that can be used to write platform-independent desktop applications or web applications. The term “Platform independent” means that you can write the code for an application on Windows and run it in Linux or a Mac…
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Android Exeda – A more detailed look
I had written a post about CompuLab releasing an Android based phone called Exeda. It’s official now and they are making it available in March. They will make the price available along with the phone. It has a 3.5 inch screen which is sun-readable. It also has a touchpad which acts as a mouse. The…