Friday, October 13, 2006

Moved... http://uxuf.wordpress.com

Finally it was time to bid adieu to Blogger, and all its eccentrities.
The Regulatory Authority in Pakistan has not helped either…

The final nail in the coffin was the blocking of the beta.blogger.com
domain. That helped break down the entire comment system of my lil
blog, prompting me to take immediate action…

This WordPress account was created by me some time ago because I
wanted to test their service. Turns out I'll have to use it from now
on… Please update your bookmarks and blogrolls and feeds accordingly.
Additionally, the uXuf.blogspot.com address would redirect you to the
new place.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Tagged by Maria

I am thinking about...
ramadan in hot weather and that it'll be the same way for the next 12 years!!

I said...
I'll be late tomorrow

I want to...
go home, hit the bunk and sleep my heart out

I wish...
Pakistan could somehow majically shift to the southern hemisphere

I miss...
university! Friends, foes, bullies, begaars, webmasters, cafe, dhaaba...

I hear...
the a/c whirring (but there's no chill), Buzz's typing on the hard mac keyboard and Rubab talking to someone on the phone

I wonder...
how could they be so dumb!

I regret...
not many things in life

I am...
a lot different than what I was

I dance...
very rarely now, headbanging is more like it these days

I cry...
over my misdeeds that I cannot undo

I am not always...
myself

I write...
on bus ki seats (not really :P)

I need...
paani

I finish...
*most* of the things I start

I tag...
JonyDada, Raheel and whoever else still alive...

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Armstrong finally gets the moon quote right

Armstrong's popular quote:
 
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

has been the subject of much debate among the "correct" grammarians (or whatever they are called) because he (apparently) missed the "a". According to them the sentence should've read:

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

and that in its present form, it sounds as "That's one small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind." But now, thanks to advanced sound processing techniques, an Australian programmer claims he has found the "a" that has eluded researchers (and listeners) for decades. According to him, it's there alright. Seems like the amreeki equipment at the time weren't sharp enough to transmit the whole thing in clarity...!

Read the whole story here.