I m sure everyone who reads my blog (gratitudes), know I have a friend who’s got a band, and loves to be called a ‘Rockstar’ (ding ding, new discovery, it also sounds funny to him, sometimes), anyhow, he’s been at my place today for an overnight stay. We had some fun, I teased his girl while she was on the phone with him, and I barely know her, I m sure she’s going to be pissed at me, like hell

On the other note, I m seriously thinking of joining a creative services company, that would offer me good value. I m also thanking Hira and Hassaan for their concerns.

On some of my serious thoughts, I m really really thinking that my web host has gone crazy, recently I mentioned that I over-used the bandwidth (surprise surprise, shock time was not over), I got another email today stating I’ve used almost 555.4%, that’s 455.4% more bandwidth than I should’ve utilized, and if I don’t cease to use my web hosting that way, they may suspend my account… So much for freedom, I have no control of visitors, and I m thankful for that.

Minor Screenshot from Plesk (my web hosting control panel) :

I m sorry that everyone (that is who reads my blog) has to tolerate all my crappy rants

take care everyone !

Looking at the series of images (video image) below, I m sure I would’ve wet my pants, had I been inside the plane. The people inside the Aircraft are lucky to be safe

Spectacular shot of a Nippon jet being struck by lightning in Osaka. Amazing that the aircraft itself and the people and equipment inside can survive such a hit!

Source : Coast to Coast

I m not sure if I should be happy that I have very bumpy and bouncy life, since sometimes I m really happy I have life like that, and sometimes I m really pissed at it. Never mind ! I just got off the phone with one of my really cool ‘rockstar’ friend, Hassaan Sarwar, and he says the plans for going and watching Khuda ke liye (In the name of God), might be postponed. Surprised I still haven’t watched it, so am I, I just realized I m missing out on that movie ! And now the plan is going to be even more postponed, I actually am happy it’s being postponed a bit, I m short on money for the moment !

Oh and as if surprises are not a part of my life, I over ran on my bandwidth, yes I over ran it, meaning used excessive of it, that was confirmed by my web hosting company that sent me an email to reduce the usage, and I was like, ‘hello it’s the people coming to my website, how can I tell them not to come ?’ Odd ! It was also time I finally installed Google Analytics to see who actually comes to my blog and from where, turns out Spain, USA, and a couple other places are also included to my visitors board. thank you folks ! (I’d be happy if you comment on my pathetic life too :P)

There’s a meeting to this Metal Seinen thing this Sunday too, which is kind of bashing it’s head with the Jam session at G Studio (Gunnaah’s Studio) I hope I m going be able to make it to both the places wish me luck !

Other than those thing’s my life is pretty boring now a days. I m also on a look out for a decent job, if some one can offer me one

I logged in today into orkut, and voila, a new design, finally !

Incase you’re not aware, orkut had been going through a number of revisions internally, which finally showed off recently, when the folks at the core team of orkut, decided that they should go public with their new design, and boy it pleases me immensely !

Even the login page for the website is finally so beautiful. But for a lot of people, the old design may still be there, I mean they might not have got the new design, and that’s because the design is not totally rolled out, a couple of hours back I could see the design on my orkut account, but my sister’s account still had the old design, poor soul I teased her to be an old kid…

Any how, do let me know how you think the new design is, and incase you’d want, my orkut profile link is in the side bar.

A couple of things happening in my life, and some for odd reason, I don’t even know ! For some thing, I m supposed to take the blame, for others I don’t know whom to put the blame to !

Life right now seems pretty down, ever since I recovered from the hundred degree plus fever, life seems slow, I don’t feel like doing a thing. Feeling pretty down and lazy.

I m not even in the mood to browse and surf the internet, something I love doing, when I m not working. Work on the other hand, is slow too, or so I made it a bit slow. Thats just lame of me, I know I m aware, but right now I can’t help it, if some one can share their 2 cents to get me back up and running right, please do, I need them.

In need of support? yes definitely.

Thanks for your time !

Tafiti, is another Microsoft venture into the search realms. The first thing you know when you visit the tafiti page, is that they ask you to get the Microsoft Silverlight plugin, which is Microsoft’s alternative to the already successful Adobe Flash.

The search page itself looks nice and fancy, but not something I’d like to see on a search page, search pages are mean’t to be lean, mean and clean, for easy info retrieval, tafiti on the other hand, uses bulk of graphic data, which I don’t quite enjoy. Some of the graphics are indeed nice though !

Some thing’s I do like about the search engine is the ability to save the search results, incase you might need them later, which is something good, really good. Not only can you see the results, in a normal way, you could also switch to a tree view, which shows results on a tree, which I think isn’t as useful, the text overlaps, and makes is all jumbled.

The other nifty feature is you can divide the results into books, web, images, news, but that’s not new, instead they just make it appear on one page, without reloading the pages. simple.

I could say more about it, but it didn’t work much well for me, it’s in beta stage, and has bugs, and that is real bugs, had problems working !

Since the search is powered by Windows Live Search (formerly MSN search) it’s the same results you’re going to get that you would other wise get from Windows Live search, the only difference is the UI.

Wacky title, I m sure you’d agree to that ! Never mind ! Thankfully, I m almost back in my normal self, that is out of fever, have a little, minor weakness, but that should go away in like a day or two hopefully.

The other good news is, my blog, that is this very site was featured on CSS mania, why that makes me happy is because I already tried submitting my blog their before, but it never was approved, so now I m pretty happy

If that’s not good enough, it was featured on the 14th of August, when the whole of Pakistan was getting sick of those morons who rode their bikes with out silencers.

I’d also like to thank all those who wished me, prayed for me, loved me, hated me, and what not while I was ill, or other wise, thanks for all your support guys, it al really means alot to me. Love you !

I m really sick right now, with 103 degrees Fahrenheit body temperature and super un cool weakness, I can barely do anything, apologies for that.

I m also sorry for not attending the great Metal Seinen meet up, which was scheduled for yesterday.

apologies to all.

Some one is way a crazy Apple fan. no kidding. you see that image above, it’s made from metal and wood, no chips no circuits, no functionality !

How awesome is that.. ?

Check out this page and find out more. The way the guy/girl made it, is along process, but hell, I m amazed. !

Happy Independence day ! For the years gone by, it’s not the time to regret, but it’s time to look forward, look at the light that’s shining upon us, look forward, and think positive, Act smart and live as a symbol of prosperity, devotion, faith and love.

This nation was a gift to us from our fore-father, it’s a possession we should value and respect, it’s not just some other soil, it’s our own, our own pretty land. Our identity.

On the other hand, I’ve managed to complete my blog’s overall layout and theme, it’s got bugs, I am aware of that. Let me know if you come any, I am smashing as many as I can, but as long as it appears bug free to you, enjoy while it’s here.