A blog where Moazzam … rambles
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Cheap cell phone plans
Almost a century ago (when my grandparents were young) land lines were considered to be very advanced technology. Dial tone phones came out when I was a kid. In just a few decades, phones have become so common and mobile that they have become a part of almost everyone’s daily life. Cell phones (or mobile…
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Google voice
Yes, people. It’s out. At least for the test phase Google didn’t really keep it a secret that it wants to get into the telecom industry. And, we all know that when Google does something, it changes everything! 🙂 Google voice is an application that runs on your phone and PC. Google will assign you…
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Producer/consumer queues in C#
What is a producer/consumer queue In a restaurant there are chefs in the kitchen who wait for orders from customers. As soon as a customer orders something, they (the chefs) make it and serve it to them (the customer). A producer/consumer queue is the same. There are workers who wait for a “job” to be…
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Dua for setting of a debt
If you are in debt, then you should recite these duas (in images). [ From “Fortress of a Muslim” ]
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The Downtown Boathouse for kayaking
The downtown boathouse is located on Pier 40, 72 and 96 in Manhattan. It is operated by a group of volunteers who love kayaking and (I think) want everyone to experience the joy of kayaking. The whole thing is free and they provide all the equipment, and teach you how to do it. You can…
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Android 1.5 SDK Released !
Google has released Android 1.5 SDK. This release is based on the cupcake branch in Android’s repository. Cupcake was a modified version of the SDK written by a group of independent developers and functioned better than the 1.0 SDK. Android 1.5 SDK also has other enchancements like a better profiler. For a list of all…
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C# and SQL Server
In this article, I will discuss how to communicate with SQL Server using C#. You can use this code for communicating with other databases too but the connection string may vary. SQL Server supports SQL queries and stored procedure, and we will take a look at how to run both of them. I will assume that…
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Sending data to other activities in Android
Let’s say you have a list activity which lists some information and you have another activity which adds/edits information in the list. How do you tell the edit activity which item (in the list of the first activity) needs to be edited? In the first activity, you will do this : /********************************************* * These…
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A program for mob world players
For those who play mob world on facebook, you know how annoying it is to have to add people to your friends so you can add them to your mob. Here is a short program that you can use to add people using their IDs and not have to add them through FB. You can…
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Gmail Autopilot
For all those anti-social and hate replying to email, Google has release a new update to gmail (basically living your life for you). Now Gmail analyses the way you reply to your email and generates replies by itself. You can, of course, change its settings also if it’s a bit off. If you believed the…
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