I was listening to this recitation of Quran and wanted to look up the meaning of what was being recited – but that would require me know the verse number and what chapter in Quran is it part of. A bit of Googling, and I ended up on Islamicity Quran Search. Now what is cool [...]

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Managing references is not easy, no matter how carefully you sort them in folders and sub folders. I always end up downloading a set of papers that look interesting while doing a wide ranging search on IEEE Xplore or Science Direct, to be read at a later time. I attempt to keep the download location [...]

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Look at the desk of any research student and then take a peek at his desktop (something like this) and then do the same for couple other researchers. Very soon a pattern emerges. The pattern is chaotic. There will almost always be a folder named Unsorted filled with research papers which were supposed to be [...]

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The World Cup is finally here and believe it or not, Pakistan is looking in a pretty good shape to reach the semis, at least. Surely, we can go on to win it too (yes, we can!) but even if we don’t chances of getting trashed in the first round are minimal thanks to the [...]

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After fiddling with the mouse for good twenty minutes, moving the composed e-mail away from my sight a few times, I finally mustered the courage to hit the Send button. And walked away to catch some fresh air. It felt like a huge load was suddenly off my head. Coming back to my desk, I [...]

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